Little Falls transcript., 1885-02-27


did those of ono md two years ago.
Senator CLARK of Clarintla presid Cd. S2
Ae said he had no apologies TO make
Tor anything he did for temperance.
little talk md much work:
| his csnyention is called TO see what is
Ito be done. We have, aftera desperate
conflict, made prohibition ii law, and
now thequestion il which Is the biggest,a
few thousand saloonk keeping c6nspirators
or ths grand mil llionsf OF Iowa people e.
He had no patiencs with this talk about
the enforcement or repeal, nor with the
spirit that only Prohibitionists are re-
| sponsible for the enforcement Of the law. ].
It is the duty Of the minority, as we'll as
the majority, to enforce the law, and aEy
other course is resistance to duly constf
tuted government. He declared that
prohibition can, will and must be en-.
forced, as it is already in his own
county page and many others, The
trouble is that there is a conspiracy ,espe-
cially in large cities, to make the law
odious and secure its repeal. For his
part, he would rather see liquor illicitly
sold than under protection Of thu law.
Has it had q chance to be enforced? ?
[Cries Of mo, no. No, it has not had
chance. The litigation has not been
settled, and the ful6llment of the wish
es Of the people has been delayed. He
did not care what the parties of Iowa
did in regard to it. He wanted the
people to take it up and enforce it, and
60 on the prin ciple of clay on, MacduA, :
until breakers Of the law we're IN jails
and penitentlaries and the evil itself be-
came stencil in the nostrils OF the
people. He wanted to take the devil
Of party politics out of the struggle.
These delegates want to go home and
set the state on fire, for the enforce
ment OF the law, like heap Of pig iron,
is very quiet, but its possibilities are
alike great. It must be tried as by fire.
Keep the saloonksepers hiring lawyers.
They have to pay them, but there are o
thousand lawyers willing to work on the
temperance side for nothing. Prohibi-
tion has not had a fair trial. Try pro-
hibition as long and it will gloriously
succeed. .<..
The other usual officers and commit
tees were designated.
d THE RESOLUTIONS.
| After dinner the committee on reso-
lutions reported to the effect that:
! The manufacture and sale Of liquors
| is in itself crime, and that the license
system has filed the land with pau
perism and crime. The verdict of the
people of Iowa has been four times
given for prohibition; and standing On
| the conscientious convictions Of the con-
ventjon of the right and duty Of pro-
hibition, and strengthened by these re-
peated declarations of the people, and
| regarding this question as Of paramount
| Importance, the convention will stand
| by the present law, sof the state and
secure thorough enforcement by
all the proper means which Il
can command; that it will claim
at the hands OF the next general as-
sembly such amendments as will cure
any~defects or ineficiency that maybe
discovered, and make it more easily and
universally enforced for the future
Every decent element should arraign
itself against the saloon. The sixth
resolution reads that ''in our social and
political action on this subject. We will
/ take no backward step, nor will we be
! turned aside by any temporary e1peh.
ency, and we shall expect OF any organ
ization of any kind that looks to proll1-
bltionists for support, that there be no
retreat or equiyocation in supporting
the law
The main discussion arose on the last
amendment. Senator Sutton said it
might be interpreted as threat to the
republican party; but he believed
such was not the intent Of the
committee. He stood pledged to
work in the next Republican state con-
vention against any backward step on
this issue. Mr.. Sovereign said that as a
Greenbacker he considered the resolu-
tion not a menace to anybody. Judge
Nourse for the committee said that
! when Admiral Nelson delivered his pre-
.cept, England expects every man to
do his duty" he insulted no British
sailor or soldier. The resolutions then
I passed without dissent, and liberal
dropping of dollars into the hat fol-
lowed. In the evening Francis Murphy
addressed the. convention. .5~