The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-03-01
The Tsmpersacs Question
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Tho Afnfr ErIfsfrf ~ fhs - MT
discusses tho temperance lue~iioiaM
length on the bill reported hs MI,
Nickcl FOR Including als, beer nad
Wias among the prohibited articles,
lts tnno now mud just prior 10 nm
election Ia thu state reminds one I'll
the attitude III Indiana democrats OH
the currency question, In their con.
vunuons they are uniformly for
,grconbacks because they arc popular
with the party In tho state, after m
clcci4cn they failio REDEEM the pledge
made ~ obtain VOTES. During u can-
yAss Of tho state tho Register IL SUM-.
,cs4.ntly ultra for the most ul,,n t.m-
pSrlncc mcn o. women Now Instead
oi 80 amending thu law for the s,p.
preston OF in,einreinncr ~ ilni II
ran ", enforced. II snys:
"Thcsnic ground Oh this subject, ~
shown by the experience IT s.arr In
Iowa, and elsrWh.rr. Ii IL leave III.
law inxt ~ Ii III. Ii Ii tho hrsi in.aa-
,slrc TINT cHn h. dcvi-.., the fail.nt.
busiest comrfemis. between the *
.frcmists possible Opinions diIier 30
widely on this question TINT there
must he, In the Justice Of things, Il
middle ground for Inv and rsi,aon
ambiguity. Alllaws must ilntl l.yel
with public sentiment or Ia .lsad
letters. This law l. even more rndl.
col than there IL public sentiment, To
enforce. II II useless II NIX for more.
With It's severe provisions. providing
for damages against saloon Keepers
aud Ter selling liquors 10 minors, II
III all that the most radical temper
ance Nnople cum a~k, nn.l much more
tinn they can enforce. Or essn Try 4
<uAfonr."
The Register knows that lhe sine
and besr clAnsr III the Inv u II now
stl.nds IL the stumbling l.lpek In III.
way u Its enforcement; TINT there i
probably not IL saloon III Town selling
these articles that .lnea fui ,n,le.ls
IN with them distilled liquors. Thai
the law Ii not enforced Ii nul
because public sentiment II w.nE III
that the difficulty In procuring .sl'
dcnce ~ guilt II not only
thereby marniIed b,il
almost precluded. The evidence
fhat distilled liquors are kept M.
sold In violation of Inv wherever nh
tanned and used In the state result,
In conviction Of the offender. Bu'
inca whom II Ii thought will tall Iii,
truth on matters ~ business grner
ally, will cvnde IN. truth. md nl,so
lutly perjurr themselves IL shield tht
man who hHs violated thu law Ii
keeping and selling ih.m that whisI
robs them oftheir reilron, and ,liseri'
them Of hope, home and friends
We're II necessary w could clte IN
stances with the names ~ men VII.
morally. socially, and intellectual,
stand vol In thu community VIII.
hnvo been intoxicated hundred. II
times from liquors bought III e,.llni,
saloons of which W know who whei
brought before the grand Jury - IT,,
Wy, gave evidence ~ fl.Iee - |. Re-
turning hoard. There II not ptobabl,
ono out IL hundred 81 tho merchant,
lawyers or editors II DcsMoincs whe
could b. badkeied Into telling under
oath whore they got their whisky
The coolest thing IN III. Register nr-
ticlc IN IN assurance In speaking 81
those whom IL assumes ''mhke n trnd.
~ tho Cause" when II IL known 10 ~.
cry man who kHs been In tho rfsts
twenty three years ~ ~ have, nfls
who hns observed the course oi
events. that tho principle q prohiii.
tion wins trndsd M by III Republican
party ri Town twenty year. u.u III
the German VOTE ~ IN. state, nnd
thAt for this that party repealed ,lls
clause IN thu prohibitory Inv c'nsrinl
ale, wine and beer anlpnK tlio inter.
dtctNd Articlos, II would an.nl TIM
tho party n rtrnn. enough IN In"u
that N might now as-'u 4 rIinsittlf
with the intention III maintaining II
but Instead In attitude i1 itke TINT .!
tho man who declared himself IN fA.
vor 81 prohibisory lnu hui apposcd
20 III enforcement. And ri With the
Rcgi6trr ii fnvors prohibition ~
bsslHed about rs to b. nnsaiof,.