Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02
aaosrills Sournal.
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1874.
Press Opinions Of the Anil
STATE Convention and Its
Platform.

POLK county, ana eult0r OF the
.gQats dnzeiger, acting, as he claim
Ell, III behalf Of 10000 foreigners In
tie State, mostly Germans, wa:
Kissed and jeered in the convention
when he rose to offer and speak in
behalf of the following resolution:
That In view Of The ravages Of in
Temperance, and of the demonstrated
inability OF prohibitory law to
ci,pck the same, we favor its enforce
nicnt by iudicious license law.
This resolution was tabled, and a
dodging, meaningless plank adopted
instead. Col. Eiboeck, I'm the next
issue Of his paper, related some
plain truths from which we copy The
following extracts:
+" Beaten again!n was the doleful
greeting Of our friends after the adj
jourtInent Of yesterdays State Con-
vension. Yes, defeated once more in
the oft-repeatcd attempt to- secure
TIE recognition Of the principle of
license By political parties.
The victorious party-those WHO
are absolutely for prohibition, will
have pleasnt task to perform in
describing this Convention, and will
probably speak in glowing terms Of
The large attendance, the intelli-
gencc of its members, and the grand
results Of their deliberation. But we
who are "beaten,'' we who have
been ignored, have before us a much
fess agreeable, more difficult task !;
for, while we are striving to be just,
there rises up like Banqu's ghost
sInt will not down, the Startling
scepes Of the Convention--tie i1toker-
once-he gaggiog process --tife mob
Sph'it--the attempt Dadoe by q portion
ofthdt Uost assembtage 10 de',y q citi-
zen n hearing upon an important issue
this causes ranking which even
and unmodernized Quaker could not
quite suppress. So often had the lib
eFal element, and the German voters
in particular, turned tho other
cheek" that both were yet quite
sensitive and the fresh infiiction TIM
gcs and sinarts more intensely than
ever.
10 he brief: The Convention was
we'll attended and among its MEM
bers We're many Of the most promi-
neBt men Of the State. Some Of
these were honest, earnest advocates
Of reform and In favor Of meeting
every question boldly and fearlessiy.
Ba the majority werc "policy" men.
Ere,y motion, ererB suggestion, .erery
resolution ,cds submitted to The critical
cHe Of policy. Poticy for The sake Of
Ire purity predominated in ece,ything
aud party rose aboce principles. The
htgr7.iousty morded Bi1lfora, is iidico-
tire n the Wiaote aims and purposes Of
the Coarci,tioa. X beautiful cn!lee-
ton OF words and phrases, which like
the Arabian Nights, please The .jare-
nile en-, bm can be construed by aoiiy
pot.tictans LIKE THE ONE WHO
WROTE iT, into any and ece7ything--
~ catch rotes. II was policy that let
loose those glittering generalities on
finance, and II was policy that passed
tire following MISREPRESENTATION:
10. That the personal liberty and
social rights OF the citizens should
not be abridged or controlled by Leg
islative enactment except In SO far as
may he necessary to promote the
peace and welfare Of society.
Which, If interpreted by prohi-
bitlonists Iiieans, that II " the peace
and welfare of society demand I" IL,
the prohibltory and Sunday laws
should be made more stringent. II
the convention did not mean that, 1t
could have settled all doubt by sim
ply adding the words "and are
therefore In favor Of judicious IL
cense law"
But it wasn't policy That was
the answer from the majority Of the
convention. The temperance ele-
rncnt was more feared than tile ad
voeates Of license. The main argu-
ment that, was adduced To favor the
policy" Of lodging " was that, as
there was no Legislature To elect this
year, the Liberals ought not TO press
their tlalm~-that next year they
would grant our request. Or, in 9TH
or words, they acould This gear catch
dtete1,rer1ace rote and nen gear theBl
,rouli dcceire and 90 back stpon them.
Now, we don't like to be parties to
such contracts. Deception Is not one
Of the cardinal virtues OF our polite
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