, 1875-07-10
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
Views Of Judge Cole, OF Iowa.

,t1EWA Ot tghuEG tNlE9 OF 10sFns
hpeesat CorFestosicMtt gf 1ht Cheupo Tribune.
Deb 3lu1NEs, H., July ia fcw weeks ago
,the ponp!o Of thiH atate woro somewhat Sur.
tpriaed by ho announcement that Judge Cole, Of
tho Supreme Court, who is t. radical temperance
man. and n Probibtionist, Ind gono. back Oh l!,s
record. aud como out for Llcclso Lam, Tho re-
port WAS IN error. Tho judge simply asked the
question, whether Il statute which was
a dead letter upun thu record, and not cu-
forced n .two-th.rls OF tie Staty, waA tie
best Inv. to AaYe Or whether It wore not better
to hAse auch Law that, III tllune rouutien Or sto
,tiony where thpy would enforce l1ohibitton. and
IN tlOse cunntlca whore thev would 0nfurce q
LlcsuHo Law and uot Ptohltitiob law, the Feo-
p!e, might decide which they would have.
Tue Judge las written Beropd article. con-
slnulng thu IDEA advanced III tue tirst. In reply
to tho argument that tho Hrohibitory law ought
not to ba repealed beoallB0 Of its great moral
effect in restraining tito sale Of liquos, oyon it
not enfosceu, he says:
statuts, and not upon IL legal eject tAnd 1t has
legal etIect VIXEN nut trtarcu>, It IL Rrayu ueatul
whether tlu ouset Of suc4 .t4tuss !. uos Immoral
d4seGasde1 and this, leo, Will. complete Immunity 10
te vo>ators pf It, dus not tcul 10 uvite to produce
fAwessncsa Whose direct clirct ID immortality and
Un the other lsAnd It Ia clsl,rc for the satuto sy-
fuX " thu Ieo1ls Ut the Respective cpulGa tho tsh
and MAkIna It their duty fur once 1t lcsA to votu up
on tbs subjecs Of License Or rshlIu. that hs result
reached BY tho vote would cortainy have sanction
has Adopted woal ns9"rsii, h. eafortea. a Tisrei; M
tbs guards, rsatnints aud 6enehts Of ws-d9osted
and tudicto.ls Lcenso Law. Ut thu Last. wouid be
Other counties, ,~Asfe ., r!ohibisory, at..,
Lite e. sa oas sasssd !. icy s si %a Asys WI
unlrr L<slsas,ss enactment, an4 more complete
md thorough enforcement " II. That nothing prAc-
liz
ha counties wtlera uqw lilo proAsory Law s4n ls ea
ioseed. the Prvhilitoty Inv would 10 adopted aud
forced Rlso And wheFs now that law Is pt cauput
u enforced, the peonto wead hiort the fIrense law,
al1tt thurety kecnr0 anch benefits It would afford
orer tho nafcstrsnnl natac ~ Intoxicating drinks.
In so4urt ut .,eh ~. aih'wlns the peo'as u tue
4susIal principal d local aelt government vIieh an-
S 4s Il ons shoe sse u
nent. It In substantially what our statutes now rro-
vide in AlaoAB the reopu Ut *ach suhooltlststet Of
vots tho Qae4!ion Of erecting buildings st1rtuses
tho Aulpunt Ut tax uiay viii levy therefor,
sts IT, & susst,nal,y s W.! !. pox ,9,tsd b
W vote whether 1soca dhs' 10 allowed ko run large
what shall b ths character Of ts fcnees any other
thsre would " n6 aras ditcn!ty Ia guarding agaia.
wrongs, Or enforcing Ito regulation 44optuI4 whlheF
i es l4leuso Prohibition, la.n IN rxxlcc to eLsr
co9nties tye nov autAos1zed to adopt.
H. und.s suth lsy. snd res,,lstons, ms1o By the peo
shs . ICY In. IT, !. 1T. IT, w.
moi EaasouApy s.pset lhAt tho subiecs u tsnperApo
VII tasFaby 10 substantially separated tsoin politics.
bridges; that The law Vt regulation Adaptai will
fded ithat temperance witt ts prou1ottd that law
ie*anss. will bo cheeaeA ta! the Aw Will not then pe
~ now KS, pAAks1 bSttssy 10 liz htdlsA TIL the
nslcs or envy at sprae lstsan tusy as4kra ts dis
charge to tbs snuoyautu, II not riln,o Of those who
;nay hsso acted upon s rscognitioR Lat 1t Ma dead