Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-10-28
THE LIQUOR MEN.
Resolutions Adopted In their National
Convention Mt Chicago:

CHICAGO, Oct Gothic national nti.pro
hIbitlon convention resumed its sessions Tues
day, and various routine matters were attended
to. 1t is thought that the name of the Nation
al Protective s)ciation will be assumed by
| the new organization and that one million an d
| a half dollars will be raised by assessment of
members. 1t is believed that the members Of
the organization will take an active part In the
national election Of 1888.
The platform and resolutions we're then pre-
sented. The long preamble was devoted to a
condemnation of the denunciation OF the trade
INDUCED In by the temperance element of the
country, and the resolutions followed in this
| order:
First-Resolped, That we recognize to theful
est extent the duties and responsibilities rest
ing upon US as citizens, and pledge ourselves, to
the faithful performance OF every duty.
Sicond-Tnat we most earnestly favor tenn
perance and most strongly condemn ntemper-
ance and appeal to every member OF the trade
10 make proof Of this declaration In his daily
life and. in the conduct of his business.
Third-Tnat it is our duty, as Of all good
citizens, to obey the laws Of the country, and
we condemn every violation of law, regardless
of any damage inflicted in its observance upon
any individual, or upon our general business
interests.
FOUTLU-l UHL we are III laNOT Ol DOIH DuDIiC
AMI private morality and COED order and pop
ular education, and that we feel the duty rest
ing upon us as individuals, and as trade to
work with the great body of our people in the
advancement of their interests.
Fittn-Ihat we are unalterably opposed to
prohibition, general or local, as an invasion Of
the rlg t. OF citizens, ami therefore wrong in
princi lie and impracticable In policy. Instead
of att, mptng to destroy business that en-
plOys immense caDital and supports a
vast number Of honest workmcn, the efforts
OF our enem es should be direct in eliminat-
ing the evils ext ting In and resulting from
the abuse Of liquors.
Sixth-Tnat in this work all should unite,
and only those should be found In opposit on
who have no interest to protect, no Character
to ma ntan, no ambition to crafty, no con-
science to appease. The very work Of refor
nation is greatly retarded by the efforts
through prohibtory laws TO destroy great
industry and to degrade the men therein en-
gaged
Seventh-That in our national adherence Of
all titled rulers and in our devotion to liberty
we should not mistake the statute book as a
tyrant, nor establish tyranny In the law. We
hold that law should protect the innocent and
the h nest, and punish the guilty and dis
honest.
Eghth-That the general prosperity Of the
country is promoted by diversity of industry,
giving employment to labor and capital, con-
verting raw material into articles of universal
use, thus benefiting the farmer, the mechanic,
the railroad and the capitalist. While public
sentiment is divided upon manv great eco
nomical questions all must admit that an in
dustry purely domestic, collecting and dis
bursting large sums annually, paying revenue
to towns, cities, counties, states, and into the
national treasury, is entitled to all just and
reasonable prot, elton under our laws.
Ninth--That we are in favor of alb Solute nom
intervention in polit cs as an organization, ex-
cept in such places aud at such times as united
action Is necessary to protect ourselves and
our business against such legislation as seeks
to destroy our trade, and not to remedy the
evils there are existing.
Tenth-That we endorse the license system,
and favor the enactment of laws by States i'm.
in monopoly, but that will give to reputable
uOus liquors. We recognize and admit the
evils that result from the abuse OF all nds OF
liquors, and condemn in the strongest terms
every place by whatever name known that en-
cOurages or permits this abuse. We likewise
condemn the indiscriminate issue of licenses
and the establishment or federation of places
open to disreputable characters who expose
their depravity, under the guise Of intoxica-
ton. Our interest as well as our duty as cit
liens, demand that we enter a solemn protest
against all such places, and we pledge our
selves as trade to cooperate with the officers
of the law and with all good citizens to pre-
vent the issue of license to all disreputable
places.
The resolutions were unanimously carried
amid ringing cheers, and the convention ad-
journed until P. IN.