The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-30
THE TEMPERANCE TRIUMPH IN 1oWA.


Ms 70 meet again So We have saa fare
No one knows the full story. You can
never ACCOUNT for the greatest historic
there arc threads Of the current OF which you
may as well give up tho search, first rs last.
is sure; this result is not thing. OF yesterday.
II began with the first planting Of tho peonle in
this stale. One, is amazed to find, away back
in the territorial days and In the first voting.
and in tracing tho Eastern cradles Of the first
population, the real beginnings Of this strug-
Episcopal Church here land the same may be
sSd Of other th9ngh cannot get at
the reign Of Incompetence ali over these b. o00
square miles. When the far-visiO Toned Horace
MAJ Mann came ON here TO organize tho schoolsys-
fem OF the young State. seeds were sown which
h have now produced a, magnificent harvest.
without our public schools to confront our
ago coul not have been achieved. There was
even temperance color to the cnlisting for the
the blue n No one c sPr rsad nhS
page Of the history of the State without seeing
that this result Is no ethical spasm, but the
ress q the contest, Two successive Lessiisli-
question I,a i was nsedipl that no Political is
There must be no candi dates in the field. The
parties must have one chance. Mt least, to grasp
at T s GGS1 fnd dIs hSa Sa 1G the
nloughing time. and here was a question when
the, farmer must come to the front for his home
sands have been passed. The day was per
feot voting one Of June.-too wet for the iron
furthest tillcr Of tho soil TO get to the voting
place with his omnipotont ballot.
=, There ,lie, were some things that gave promise
coqragoment to let any one stay ut home or
build on the hope Of great snPeriiuous ma
James F. Wilson, with oil the weight Of that
mnanim9 y, vote which had put his new com
words for the amendment" Our Governor.
Buren, X; sherman, hero Of Shiloh took place
Let have the ne II Il viii save
one one home Of one man from the ruin Of in.
made ringing speech the day before the
election, urging his toTnsmen to vote with
took up the cause of temperance at the very
outset. just as soon "a the voting day was de-
termined and. by daily editorials and keel,
tors. has done invaluable service to the good
Washington Appropriated $4,000. to. be paid to
Christian Magnus OF Iowa, for doing the
meet sSSd in hs sst the b' pub
Gold" ,around n beer cask) which deserves
place IN the II. best anthology OF English litera-
of the LEICESTER must be attributed at least 900
of our 10000 majority,
He HltluOlS IOT UOulnR pubic meetings, Ine
choice of speakers, the places appointed, the
literature employed. the grouping of every pos
sibly hepfTl factor have been mastery st' 1t
paign We're it to begin again tomorrow. The
part which the churches have taken has been
simply sublime. II has, been week OF prayer.
Union meetings have been held all over the
State. and ministers Of all denominations have
One Of tho Growing features has been the
part which women have taken. They had am
pie reason to wish and work for this great con-
q m law
we'll could anticipate such wisdom in their
plans; such ub1qity In effort. such golden
gencies as we have witnessed here T? We have
women in l9wa capable Of al these efforts and
Foster, whose house had been burned over her
head for her advocacy OF temperance. has been
as womanly as she has been ELOQUENT. Every
Willard came over from Illinois. and every
Mhssre to PVT her Attic el2Gren nn, on the
from Davenport to Council BLUFFS. OF aii the
rest in dleness in the lowell room on the Krcm.
@ ss is 2a ss %gard Tor the PSsn Of
Danish lady, has made her home here during
this struggle, and by her felicitous addresses
has aroused the scandnayians to vote for the
work rs she has been skilful in speech. To Mrs.
SHELTON. German lady; is largely due the fact
the American in reaching the great majority.
=, This has been typical ,campalg4. Hence
tho power OF song mas come Ill 10 rCcllIOrce tIHU
distinguished for the hearty singing Of melo-
dies born of this momeptous crisis. These
temperance hymns have been sung by thou
sands. in the smaller as well as the larger
towns, with an enthusiasm that has had its i'm
We give specimen OF adaptations by Chaplain
Lozier, an Iowan. Presiding Elder VI, on, the
leaned heavily ON na in the old war days He had
too little time for long companionshtp with his
muse. so n moderate fexibility Of his prosody
must be excused:
s lent hand and had
For when they night for God and Right isn't worth de-
They hs%s their way and win the day or else they'll
Its truck s,rswn with blood and tears through tho
1t runs upon adownward grade; Perdtion is its levels
Its passengers are drunkards and its driver is the
And now good friends before start. we've this good
Whisky Cart and 20 the SthsT
will s' board the journey through and all take
This same chaplain also published An efrec-
de5ermiasd from his Announcement Extra
About the lst OF June viii issue an immense edition
% The .nfs Ps VIA Sr s. n the @
fs fSss T BE r fs !Es III
shot, grape shot, shrapne percussion shells and
casiona 2OO FOUNDER uhats hghng weight at pres
enp with an assortment Of hand grenades. adapted tC
the pulpit and platform and adapted to all temperance
workers. irrespective OF age sex color, nativity, OF
| the fighting chaplain"
Send orders at once and with your orders any facts
showing the workings of the saloon curse in neigh
boz hood-such as lights, runaway Loken necks. wife
beatings Ares mangnGs bv cars eyictions from homes
and other Injuries incident to the OF harmless
lager beer Names of writers must be given, but will
| not be printed unless desired
| Dnnt forget thsi This is ammunition that kills
| Send names Of your county officers and accounts Of
your meetings, &c, DO this right away; the King
work demands haste" Oct w sunday basket meetings
grace in this crisis Send for the Bdutry and lot then
| have 1t double shoted" and at short range.
One OF the singular features of the campaign
has been the way in which the election has
been held. There has been no fighting. 20 fal
as news from every precinct in the State has
| come in. The fact is. polls have not been the
place for its 1t would be impossible to get up
moderate quarrel Here. at the place whore
put in my vote ,my first vote in this Stntel
there were almost as many ladies' young an,
handed them to all who came. One OF these
Miss Pearson, told me at 1 o'clock tina
spoken to her Probably no State cloctioI
has ever been held in this country where SC