The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-09-09
"a JudiciOus License Law

of the State will venture to tell what
their party means by "judicious Ii
cense law" The Oskaloosa Standard,
however, does not shirk the ques-
tion, but gives plain answer. Its
answers are given below. Saloon
keepers who are not rich will notice
that it virtually sustains the Letter
ian idea of putting the liquor traffic
in the hands of the wealthy. The
Standard says:
"The State Register and kindred
papers carpingly interrogate the op-
position press as to what is meant by
iudicious license law, to which
they are committed by the party
platform.
We think iudicious licence should
contain features something like these:
|. Rigorous inspection Of liquors.
Pure liquors only sold.
2. All sales to minors absolutely
prohibited.
3. License sufficiently high to ex-
clude small dealers from the trade.
1. If man while in liquor is gull
ty of infractions of law, the dealer
| who sold him the intoxicant to be
held equally accountable with the Of
fender
). The names OF men found drunk
on the public streets to be posted in
all places where liquor is sold; and
until such names are removed by the
proper authorities such men to re-
ceiye no more liquor on penalty Of
revocation of license Of dealer sup
plying them.
With law containing such pro-
visions whisky would not be free as
it is now practically under the pro-
hibitory statute"
This is the understanding of n
iudicious license law" as interpreted
by Liberal Republican paper. 1t
is safe to say that not one old Bour
bon i'll the State, nor one in ten Of
the saloon keepers, to whom the par
ty OF the opposition is pandering,
would give such license law any
other notice or endorsement than to
spit upon it. The idea Of license
law for rich saloon keepers only,
strikes at large majority Of that
class. The most Of them are "the
small dealers" that the Standard
would "exclude from the trade, =
an,s the most of the Democrats, liv
ing IN or near small towns, gel their
old time party beverage at the saloons
of these s.snall Dealers" who never
could afford to pay $1,000 license,
or anything. like il. and would either
have to viol,te the new law, or else
cease business altogether. The lat.
ter alternative would make over hall
Of the Democrats Of the State go dry;
a calamity which the leaders Of the
party dare not infict upoh their fol-
lowers.
Again, the proposition that the
aloon-keeper shall be held equally
accountable" with the man he makes
drunk for '.all infractions Of the law"
is to Democrats the most odious fea-
ture Of the present liquor law. It is
useless to talk about the Democratic
party endorsing such theory or
practice. The proposition still fur
ther in the same direction, to post in
public the names Of all good Demo
Gratis getting drunk. and instructing
all saloons from selling such Demo
Gratis any more liquor on pain of
l~.:.. 49,. ,.Ioo,> Goo,eac ;e n ,,rn,,
ositien that the Democratic party
would just as soon die as accept.
But we must give the Standard,
paper always frank spoken. and gen
orally candid even in politics, the
credit of having met, with its own
views at least. the popular inquiry as
to the meaning Of the Democrstic
trick words Of "a judicious license
law" Now that We have something
by way OF light on this heretofore
dark subject, we would like to know
of the keokuk Constitution. the Iowa
City Press, the Davenport Democrot.
the Uerold Of Liber,y. the Dubuque
Herold, the Council Bluffs GioJe, the
Des Moines Leo0er. or some other
loud and thirsty advocate Of "a judi
cious license layg,' if the .Stoadord's
Interpretation of the Democratic plat
form be correct. Come, gentlemen,
we DO rot expect you all to speak at
once. but we would like 10 near from
some one Of you.-Stote Register.
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