The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-01

sovereign of all men, from whom the just
powers Of government are derived. to whose
| and peace, prosperity and happiness only can
come to a people when their laws Of National
and State Government are in accord with the
Seccnd-That the importation. r,anufac-
| ture, supply and sale Of alcoholic beverages
| created and maintained by the laws of Ma
the entire history of such laws. is every
| where shown to be promoting the cause of in
| temperance with resulting crime and pauper.
pr.tste ebartx imnasinS srSe a Pdoun
| taxation, and imposing burdens for penal
and sheltering institutions upon thrift, in
dustry. manufacture and commerce, en-
dissertation of the Sabbath, corruptfn9 Our
politics, legislation and administration Of
laws. shortening lives, impairing health, and
| diminishing productive industry, causing
education to be neglected and despised, nulli-
| flying the teachings of the Bible, church and
| school, the standard and guides of our fathers
| and their children in the founding and growth
under God of our widely extended country
| and which is imperiling the perpetuity of our
| civil and religious liberty.
| There are baneful fruits by which we know
that these laws are alike contrary to Gods
| laws and contravene our happiness, and we
call upon our fellow-citizens to aid in the re-
| peal of these laws and the legal supervision of
this baneful liquor traffic. The fact that dur
| ing the twenty-four years in which the Re-
publican party has controlled the General
| Government and that of many of these States
| no effort has been made to change this policy;
| Territories have been created from the Ma
| tonal domain, and governments for then. es-
| tabiished, and States from them admitted to
! the Union; in no instance in either of which
has this traffic been forbidden or the people
of these Territories or states been permitted
| to prohibit.
Third-There are now over 10000 distilleriea,
breweries, wholesale and retail dealere in
| these drinks, holding certificates and claiming
| authority of the Government for continua-
| ton of a business so destructive to the moral
and material welfare of the people, together
| with the fact that they have turned a deaf ear
| to remonstrance and petition for correction
of this abuse of civil government, is conclu-
sive that the Republican party is insensible to
or impotent for the redress of these wrongs,
| and should no longer be entrusted with the
| powers and responsibilities of Government.
Fourth-That although that party in it's late
National Convention was silent on the liquor
| question, not so its candidates, Blaine and
Logan. Within years past Mr.. Blaine has
publicly recommended that the revenue de-
| rived from the liquor traffic shall be dis
| tributed among the States, and Senator Lo-
gan has by bill proposed to devote these rev.
e t,i, to the support OF sen schools. Thus both
| the traffic and that the States and citizens
| shall become partners i'm the liquor crime.
The fact that the Democratic party has, in ita
National deliverances of party policy, arrayed
| itself on the side of drink-makers and sellers
! by declaring against the policy of prohibition
| of such traffic under the false name of "sump-
| tuary laws" and when in power in some Of
| the States I'm refusing to remedy the evil, and
| in Congress of refusing to permit the creation
| of Board of Inquiry to investigate and re-
port upon the effects of this traffic, proves
| that the Democratic party should not be en-
| trusted with power or place.
| Fifth-Tbat there can be no greater peril -
the Nation than the existing competition of
| the Republican and Democratic parties for
| the liquor vote. Experience shows that any
party not openly opposed TO the traffic will en-
gage in this competition, will court the favor
/ nlrlas h.lr p,
| lie morals, the purity of the ballot box, and
| every trust and object of good government
for party success, and patriots and good citi-
| zeps should find i'm this practice sufficient
cause for immediate withdrawal from ali
| connection with these parties
| Sixth-That while we favor reforms in the
administration of the Government in the
abolition of all sjnecures useless offices and
officers in the election of postal officers of the
Government instead of their appointment by
the President and that competency honesty
and sobriety are the essential qualification.
for holding civil office and we onnoSe tho re,
moval Of sncb persons from mere aaministra.
tive offices, except so far as il NAV he ahso-
iute,y necessary 10 secure effectiveness tn ths
vital issue ON which the general administra.
ton of the Government has been entrusted to
a marty
Seyeptb-Tbat the collect on of revepuos
from alcoholic Ia,IOrs and tobacco should be
st,ol;shcd "a the Vices of men are mot the
proper subject for taxation. That rev.
enue FINN, custou, duties should he levied
for the srnnort of ty,e Goyornment GEO.
nomicaIly administered. and when so levied.
the fostering of American labor. msnufsctories
and indusfrjes shou,d con.tantIy he held i'm
view
Eighth-That public land should be held for
homes for the neopIp and moi for Gifts IN cor.
,orat;ons or ~ bp be,d in large hoJioS 20,
snecnIation upon the needs of actuol settlers.
Ninth-That all rnonev coli, and nanar
shall he made issued and pavahle bv the dem
eraI C!overnment and shall he LEGAL tender In,
ali deb,s hubble and nrivot,,
Tantb chat grateful care and sunport
should he given tn our soldiers and saiiors
their dependent widows and orphans. dis,
allied In Tho sery-;ca of thor country
EJeyenth-Tbat we repudinte as up-Amerj.
can. contrary to. and stbyersiye of the prin-
ciples of the Declaration of Independence.
n f;overnmeut of 5OM0 dND of neonIe and n
recornized power among nations tha. apv
person. or persons. shall or NAV be excluded
who NAV desire the benetits which orr insti.
tutions confer mon the onnressed of ali ma.
tions
TweIfth-WbiIe there are important re-
istration and the welfare of the people their
innortance sinks into inisonif,cance when
which annually wastes Sseo Spoo00 of the
wealth creafrx, i,y foil and thrift nraps s,orvn
thousands * {amilies from comfort TO nov.
erty. which nils tails and commentaries in. !
dependency. which DESTROYS health. sans i'm. I
dnstry and causes loss of life and property to
thousands in the land: lowers the Intellectual
and nbysicaI yiror dulls the GINNING hand Of |
the artisan the chief cause of hankT,,ntcv in !
soiyency and loss in trade and by its corT,,nt. |
ing mower endanpers the perpet,,ity of free
inst itu,ions
Thir1eenth-Tbat Congress- sbould exercise
its undouhted power and probibit the manu-
facture and sale of Intoxicating beverages in |
the District of Columbia. the Territories OF |
the United States i'm all places over which the |
Government has executive jurisdiction.
Fourteenth-Tbat hereafter no state shall |
be admitted into the Union until its constitu. |