The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-04-04
oTTUMwA wAPEILO COUNTY, IOWA THURSDAY APRIL 4 1s72


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EDITORS CoURIER:-The legislativ
coach was again set in motion thi
morning, and the first business ths
came up, after the Journal being reat
was II. +. %, q bill for an act maxim
persons selling, or giving away any in
tox1cating liquors, responsible for los
or damage caused by the use Of th
same.
me committce reported an amend
inent 70 the effect, that nothing in thi
act De construed to prohibit the manu-
lacture, or sale Of wine, beer, and ci
oer: Inc amendment was adopted.
ME Ainsworth suggested, out Of re
sPect 70 those who differed with hin
IN ponsics that the consideration o
tnis giu De postponed !; from the fac
mat tais mornings, Register containet
an = arncie, IN which It was stated tina
vne repu0ilcan Convention that assem-
pied yesterday, was the most respecta
Oie that ever came together in tn
ntate, ana concludes by saying that q
me aelegates were fuil & and Il thi
was the casc--and republicans coulg
not well deny it. a. It was publishes
IN ~ tno leading organ OF that party--h'
Ll0ugns some measure ought to 3.
aGoP.ed 70 prevent the sale OF 30 mucl
W1iskey.
MI 1olpns moved that the whole
suDJect oe iald ON the table. The mo
tl0n aia not prevail. .ss
ME Aeaoles, moved to strike out IL
wn0ie OF IN part the second and thirt
lines q tnc tnlrd section which IN
ctuues patent or proprietary medicines
or compounds composed IN whole ol
IA part q any splr1tons liquors, among
inInoxicesing e liquors.
nlte 2 discussion ensned MT. Teale
ieading on In his usual style OF flowing
puL incomprehensiye oratory,
Mr. AeaDles contended that u these
" words were permitted to remain in the
pui, druggists would be left in very
Oau positlon because any person could
Psvsecuto uugg1st Tor seiilng any
mcOince whlch cOntalned any spirftOus
liquor, and three-fOurths Of the pre-
scrlpnons made by physicians could
not be put up without usinp srirituons
liquors. 81
Mr.. Davisson asked Mr.. Teale, what
construction he would place upon that
part of the bill which said ssany COM
pound containing any spurious LIQUOR 2
Teale thus Thought that the courts
wo4ld decide that Red Jacket, Hostel
ter'6 sMd Plantation Bitters were inin-
rious and intoxicating.rrs
To whom Mr., ,RsSfher-opld the
gentleman from Decltur tell from -
own experience that such articles were
injurious and intoxicating?
This turned the lauph On Mr.. Tea,e
1t which he lost his temper and after 4
pause, then thus to Reu-
her IL am clothed in armor of inyul-
lerable mail from which all such shafts
rs that aimed by the gentlemen from
fall harmless. I treat all s,,ch
as the one asked hy the Uan-
.lemen with CONTEMPT,
Then came on John r.. who. ON a.
ling the floor. made brief sneech. af.
or which lac fnove.l tl.et fu.sAnr. con
liberation OF the bill be postponed In-
II the 4th of July. The motion was
ost. -
Mr.. DavissOn offered substitute for
ne bill which was not adopted.
Mr.. Alnsworth offered an amend
nent, which was lost. a
Mr.. Keables offered an amendment,
Q the effect that nothing in Section (2)
hall be construed to apply to drug
yists. Lost.
at this juncture amendments be-
anne so thick, that i could not drive
ny pencil fast enough TO keep track of
hem, SO ] let them "slide."
Mr.. Hall, of Des Moines, took the
loor and argued from a reasonable
md practicable standpoint against the
I'LL, and good argument he made too.
lealing altogether with facts, and
'roved that all legislation heretofore
N this snbject had been a disgraceful
allure, because it was against the will
# the people.
Next to him, came Mr.. Ellsworth, of
dahaska, whose speech would have
ounded much better from the rostrum
7 pulpit, than from the floor of the
iouse, as 1t was an out and out good