Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

CIsCINNATI claims more churches in pro-
portion to her population than any other
city in the United States. There is no
doubt but Cincinnati needs more churches
still, if such institutions can do anything
for the morals of the place.
TnE senate will pass the oleomargarine
bill by as large proportionate majority
as the house did and also the Morrison
resolution by majority as large, proper
tionally as that of the house. Either or
both will pass over veto if veto shall
come.
Ir is said 22,00O fourth class post
masters were appointed for tho year end
ing June 30 1886; of which number about
1000 were for new offices created, and of
the others about half were to fill yacan
cies made by death and resignation, and
the rest we're removals.
TnE house bill giving the consent of
congress to the construction of a bridge
by the municipalities of Menomonie,
Michigan, and Marinette, Wisconsin, over
the Menomonie river, passed the senate
Monday, without amendment.
TnE house on Monday, adopted an
nmendmcnt to the forttication appro-
priation bill providing that all guns, pro
iectilos, etc, purchased, shall be of Amer
lean manufacture, ana the bill as amend
ed was passed
MonarsoN ON Monday, presented con
current resolution in the house for the
final adjournment of congress mt o'clock
on Wednesday, July 2sth.
TlrE Evening Wisconsin is out in along
editorial in support of Gov. Rusk and
Secretary of State Timmo for rc-nomina-
tion, but in opposition to all the other
state officers. A great many republican
newspapers favor the denomination Of
GOV Kusk and Secretary of State Timme,
but very few of them oppose the other
state officers, or if they do at all 1t is only
in general way. For the past week,
since the call for the convention was pub
Iishcd, the drift of the party press has
been toward renominating re the entire old
ticket, except perhaps, lieutenant COVER
nor and state superintendent, and it is
not improbable now that this will be done
TuE New Hampshire prohibitionists
have concluded to help free whisky and
the democracy by running third party
prohibition state ticket. - Chicago
journal.
How old and how silly that sort of stuff
has grown is shown by its appearance in
the Chicago journal. There are more
democratic prohibitionists in this country
than republican prohibitionists. Temper
ance in all its forms has advanced ten
times ns much in the democratic
states and localities since the
war period as in republican states. The
difference is that democrats are not hypo
critics. They don't pretend to be what
they are not. They do not aAd never
have said the democratic party was
temperance party. On the contrary they
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not. Republicans have played their do
coitful, hypocritical game of pretending
to be the temperance party until even
the Chicago journal believes it. The
party is Just as big n fraud III that as III
everything else. II is superlative
check for republican organs to attempt
to fodder prohbitionists on such old husks
ns the above excerpt. Prohibitionists
who know anything or have eyes to see
can easily ascertain that prohibition is
not being stunted by hypocrisy i'll demo
cratic states as it is in republican states,
and if prohibitionists want to help free
whisky aud poor whisky, the way to do 1t
is to tie up to the republican party.