Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-01-21
COMMERCE..

COMMERCE.
Closely allied are our mercantile interests,
and what has been said concerning the pro-
motion OF manufactures Is also applicable to
them. The efforts OF our Board Of Railroad
Commissioners to sustain the wholesale bush
ness OF the state against outside encrcach-
ments should be seconded, II necessary, by
appropriate legislation.
JUDICIARY.
Recently adopted amendments to our State
Constitution imply revision OF our judicial
system Much diversity OF opinion OF course,
will exist upon . question Of such import
ance.
would recommend the aboliation Of the
circuit court the establishment OF a coUty
court for probate and such other business as
NAV be desirable to entrust to 1t, the increase
of the number of district judges OF the su.
preme court for n term OF ten years, aud
their inelli gibility for a second term. A prop
err division OF the business among those
courts will render our jude ial system both
more harmonious and economical, and insure
speedier enforcement OF the law.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
large number OF our best people favor
the extension OF suffrage to women. Experi-
en- G Is the only proper guide to dir ct us Ia
solving this important and complex problem
Of so ial science
Social reforms cannot be planned out upon
theoretical grounds alone, impractical in or,
nation as well must be brought into
re4ulsition to insure proper solution
of such problem. 1t Is safer for
us to make experimental trials than to at once
commit ourselves to universal suffrage, II
thought advisable to take step in that direc.
ton 1t wonll be well to experiment BY first
comforting authority upon women to vote at
muniti al or school elections.
1t is clear 10 me that one thing Is Of vastly
more iml ortance to them than the ballot, and
that is to acquire and to hold in their own
name and RI ht a larger share OF property.
This Is essential to secure their real indepen-
dence.
LESS ELECTIONS.
There appears to be general demand that
our Constitution should be so amended as to
require state election tote held only once in
two years, and 1t Gems to me that the pre-
minary steps to accomplish 1t should be at
once taken.
1t is a well-estahlished fact that as the cleo
toral franchise In popul ton Is increased,
and hereby the respons bility OF the individual
voter is decreased, less attention is given to
| elections by those best qualified to exercise
the franchise. 1T is reasonable to infer that
| a similar rule would aprIy to the frequency
| o. ell ctions and that the oftencr they occur
| the less interest is taken in them br the yo-
| tiers. 1t Is d d ty as well as a rivilege to
| vote, and elections should lie neld at such IN,
| terva 8 and at such times Of the ye,r as will
| secure the best attendance at the oils. They
| shotl neither be too ire uent nor too rare,
| end biennial elections are probably Lappy
| medium.
MILITIA.
| We should not overlook the great import
ance OF antain ng small cor IS OF well
trained m ltia, read, for service at any time
| of need, even at the risk OF disturbing few
| over nervous people by tie fear Of bayonet
| rule In q nc of peace. The expendi-
\ tAre cessary Tor this purpose is tfiiling
| inuetd, when conn AIRED with the advan4
| tages derived from having force always at
| command. 1t Is the Part OF wisdom 10 anti
| cipste danger aud prepare for t. Tie hoe
| oil i'm un T. is very strong Indictment to
| sedition, and the dread OF punishment pro-
| portionately strong aisconragement.
| SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HOME.
When our Nation was shattered, AMI in
| twain, am the goyernm mt under the noble
| Lincoln cried for help to sat c its life, Iowa
| responded PROMPTLY and bountilull With her
| blood and her treasures Over seventy Ave
| thousands OF her barve sons marched to the
| field of battle and tber record Is so lrold
| aui glorious that every loyal Iowin should
| treasure it as rich Inheritance OF the state.
| over twenty thousand sleep their last sleep,
| and but few years more viii elapse when
| the army OF the dead will outnunbsr the
! army OF the livng.
| Many of those who survived have become
| disabled and cannot provide Tor them elves
such comforts in their declining years as our
| a preciatve people desire them to
! enjoy. 1t seems, therefore, fit
| tribute to them, and to the memory of the
| deaf, that while tn grateful people Of Is
/ country are about TO erect monuments TO the
| inustrious commander who has atelS gone TO
| his final rest Iowa should erect and maintain
a home for ter disabled soldiers and sailors,
| one that will at once serve as home for the
living and monument for the dead.
| THE pROHiRIToRY LAW.
Alcohol has been known from time fmme-
| mortal, Like gunpowder and dynamite, II is
| bene acial to man whsn p operlY used and for
ri gltful purposes like them 1t Is terribly de-
structive when improperly used.
| Civilized nations have suffered greater evils
from the use Of alcoholic beverages than
| were contained in the failed box Of
Pandora. Notwithstanding our great
advancements, large proportion OF our
| people have not yet succeeded in &C URN
| sufficient control over their appetites to make
| 1t safe for them to be permitted the use or
alcohol except under stringent restri tons
and careful SUI erpision Of the legal authori-
| ties
The monstrous train OF evils growing out
| of the use OF alcohol, or rather Its abuse, is
| atracting more and more each year the at
tention Of the III ii ent and thoughtful pco-
pie not only OF this country but OF tine whole
civilized world.
The magnitude Of these OWLS can hardly be
overstated. This is admitted by all; that
stringent measures should be ado ted lor
their correct on Is also admitted by all, YET
how to effeetually remedy them Is a question
still to be solved. The remedy is not as mani
fest as the evil
The person who has entire confidence IN his
remedy is either blinded by self-sufliciency OF
il ignorant OF many the difficulties attending
the solution Of this problem.
Many experiments to check the ex'
cessive use OF alchoholic LIQUORS
hrve been made, and various remedies have
been tried, but the success OF no one OF ehem
has yet been such as to prove concluslvell
that il is better than some other remedy, and
this I is therefore subject for further ex
Fermentation.
Questions OF this kind require for theil
final solution calm and cold reasoning or
clearly reco snized principles and the Danish
ment OF sentiment.
unanimity of action among those desiring Il
correct it. No such unanimity of action Il
attainable unless Difference is paid 10 the vii
of the majority of those who interest them
selves in the cause, and whatever remedy i
a freed u on by the majority should be hear
tily and earnestly sustained by al. TIT
dram shop should never again have a lega
existence in Iowa. This much should be ap
parent to ALL
1t is estimated by those familiar with thi
subject that prior to the adoption OF our pres
emit Jaw twenty five mill on dollars were an
nually expended Tor intoxicating liluors u
tile state tbs amount Is equal TO two third
o the total receipts OF our 1920 miles OF rail
road. According to this estimate Ii Is safe Z
say that the profits to those engaged In tn
LIQUOR traffic were greater than the combine,
pioits earned In Iowa by all its corporations
The saloon Is the educational institution
which takes no vacation or recess and wher
the lowest and most pernicious political do;
trnes are taught. Its thousands of graduate
may be found In all pos tions OF wretchednes
and disgrace, and are the most successful
candidates for ur 10 houses and peniten
aries. II Is the bank where money, time
strength mani ness self-contrjl and happi
ness are de, osited to be lost, where drafts ar
drawn on the W dows and or hans an
!, where dividends are paid only to his Satani
Majesty. Let it ertsh.
For thirty years Our statutes prohibited tn
sale as a BEVERAGE Of strong liquors, an
ermitted munici alities to prohibit or licens
tie sale OF wine and beer. Those enga ed u
the trafiic, however, invited by the rersisten
demand OF their patrons and political allie
for more freedom OF tr de, constantly dlsrt
0 gardel the restrictions imnOsed upon ther
by law Their counrc provoked such OF gu
. citizens "a were devoting their best energies
D | ~ the temperance cause, to demand entir
D | Prohibition of the sale Of all intoxicatln
E | LIQUORS