Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-07-02

Tes0lMeS0n sCt1e submitted tn tAe critical
eye IF policys Policy for tn: aake AZ
the party psdGlOMtuafed IN eussYeAisr
and party 'rOss above fsfMciples. The
sngeRi0stsly scorded plat u s,sGlicG-
tire If the srssls 0snas and purposes "
the C0NUeNttdes. A beautiful cOllec.
tion OF words and phrases, which Like
the Arabian Nights, pledse Tie j9Vegetle
e0y, out can u construed BY wiIy poli.
ftcsoms Luxe fnE ONE WHO lwBoTE n
into any 0Hd tvesyt hing--to catch s0ses.
II was policy that let loose chose gilt.
tcring genefalftfes on finance, and II
was policy that passed the Following
lodging resolution: "a 1et9
10. That the personal liberty and
social rights OF tho citizens should mot
be abridged or controlled by lcgsila-
tive enactment except In 80 far % may
be necessary 70 promote the peace and
welfare Of society. ~ ~
Which, IL introduccd by prohibition
lists means, that IL ''tbc peace and well
fare Of society demand0 Il, the prohib-
ttory and Sunday laws should be
tnadc moro stringent. II the Conven-
ton did not mean that Il could have
settled III doubt by simply addin & the
words .'and are therefore in favor Of
= jndicious License Law"
But, \ wasn't policy That was the
answer from the majority Of the Con.
vention. The Tempersnce element
WINS more feared than the advocates of
){eep n sIaE1,1S ..ss4hlsd. at the
Iscensa' n ~ thra.sh.sr;I - ~
moment Anv ono sns,s.ctad -
ardent nrcfarcnca e.. tket mi
was ia Ia halS IN he h.cn nrn,,aJ IA
ali discnssion Of the nnestion was 10
be promptly suppressed. And yet,
the great majority Of the Convention
claimed to bo 10 favor of license. We
saeUer saso 30 many license men assens-
bled at one time. If oil wero honest in
their professions they could hape car
REED q resolution endorsing stby an over-
scsc ming majority. But they had not
the Independence to announce their
convictions of right. They were
willing to tyxckle 70 the prohi6it0ry
clement, and ignored the fact that they
were in 90 doing SNsnltiag the advo-
cates Of license. ~ "a
The Convention may be likened to
pair of scales n ne iouds 4,fd pol;k.
zeal dissesm6ler, In which the temper.
apce element out lpiohed the Nberals.
not because, 40 W. have shown, that
the former were Numerically stronger
in the convention or the party
throughout the State, but Il was such
. terrible thing 10 be designated by.
our opponents. the 8 liccnae-tho
whiskey party" and then the German
and Irish vote could be got auyhow.
They could risk tho foreiruere but
couldn't risk the psohibitionists. Il
Snch IN hr,.f III |. a. .,rtarrr>t.L
tion AZ The action a the cnnvertinr
,ohich .oe .c;V cor -, .rSen - co, ,r y,
rrs,sUi - sr". ~ ywnrrrrns Ths snes.,
arsn men. that - sddnced 10 tavor
~ r-.I,..' y q M sSSss-s-N
- ,here - 10 i ..ossis,srs q ~isc, sh;s
year, the Liberais ought not % press
thNir claim-thAf noxf year they would
grant our requesf. or, Ia other words
ktey sposld this ve1r catcA TIE ten er..
oncs v0te and next nvsar .abev scoMld de-,
ceive and 90 bacf UPON them. Now
We dos't like to.be parties 70 such con-.
sra0ts. Deception II not ope ofthe card
inal yirtass Of Our poiitiesl catschism.
aud tilt were, ordinary sagacity would
ieacil us that whas 4 not policy -
msttnow is not policy 70 meet ) ysss,
hencss BesidsA bad We mot knocked
at the door Of ttree FORMER State Con-.
veatioms Of the Liberal and Anti-A0..
nOp0ly party, and each time bean
tarned away with tho cry that Il
wasn't 4 policy !" 10 admit The justiccl
OF the itcense esfaon. Exptricacsi
teaches iessons thass sine does not 06 q
iiterate from the '0cmory q men. We
nov begin to ask When Wilt Be pol
icy! And turthest g y good policy to
postpone doing ytChty IAN party no
trusted, which e - infancy seeks TO-
deiude or deceivo sny OF 10 adhsr-