New-York tribune., 1888-03-25

PROHIBITION AND RIGID PENALTIES.
NUMBER of IvHABITaNrs I'd THE SQUARE MILF. 81
LARGEST CITY, DIS MONIES. 32,469
TOTAL POPULATION, Leo i,615
AREA SO. .025 SQUARE

LARGEST CITY, DIS MONIES. 32,469
TOTAL POPULATION, 1,62 i,G15
AREA. 56,025 SQUARE
MINIS.
Tho prohibltory law Of Iowa Is plain and simple.
Tho Illegal manufacturer OF liquors on his first con-
viction must pay fine OF 500 be imprisoned not
exceeding six months for a second conviction the PEN
atty IS a fine from $500 TO 81 600 and I'm mprisonment
for year. Manufacturers and druggists licensed TO
sell for medicinal or other exceptional purposes must
make monthly report under penalty of Sl0o fine.
The general punishment for Illegal selling Is fna
from $50 300 for the first offence for a subsequent
offence fine OF from sa0o to $500 and Imprisonment
not exceeding six months. But the chief by
which the law seeks prohibit illegal liquor dealing Is
by strict procedure against the building In which tho
unlawful traffic Is carried The building with its
contents fixtures, furniture, etc. becomes a nuisance
Whoever Is convicted of maintaining It must pay
fine from $500 to S1, coo.
IL tho existence Of the nuisance is established the
liquor IS sozed and destroyed, tho fixtures sold
and the place is kept locked for year under
tempt penalties unless released By the Tho
method Of obtaining release Is by giving bond in
tho full value of the property conditioned for tho
future observance of the law No railway company
other common carrier individual legally trans
port liquor into through the State without certf
cate OF tho County Auditor that the person to whom
tho delivery Is made Is authorized to sell liquor The
penalty for violating this provision IS 500 for each
offence.
WHAT GOVERNOR LARRABEE SAYS.
Tho response OF Governor Larrabee is as follows:
a. Yes.
(2j Yes: in Iowa WILLIAM LARRABEE-
Des MoiDes. Iowa
DEMOCRATS.
Judge l. G. Kinnc expressed the following op,n-
ions
Cl 1t is difficult question to answer. II has re-
suited In the greater part OF the state In closing fne
uQuOrs
tain, but not prepared to say that the law IS
wholly 81 5haugh & reps a@ dasa an op i''
q, The enactment, in lieu of it, OF high license,
option law with proper regulations and rostrc-
tons l. G. kINNE
Toledo, Iowa
John h. Duncombe makes the following reply:
(D Il has not hero.
% high license. J. F. DUNcoMBE
Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Congress man Walter i. Hayes was not one OF thoss
to whom letters Of inquiry sent But the follow
Ing extract from letter from him to Mrs. NJ. A.
Weaver. who, behalf of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of Washington, sized him to
al Iowa petition to Congress, shows his position
IN tAe matter:
As have no desire to abrldge the right of petition
return the TO tho end that this may be done,
II desired, by some moro congenial spirit, but must
decline lend quasi Endorsement TO the scheme,
TO this extent. am absolutely opposed TO pro-
shown me Thai i IS an INFAMOUS. niolerant, cruel,
bllghng curse whcn attempted to be put Ia pracilce
II has there feature 10 commend 70. II IS failure
In practice and has brought TO the surface. tatcn
the earnings OF honest men aud To play tyrant ad
nppcssof over helpless women aud children, set Of
csalized spies aud informants
REPU UBLIcANS
The Rev. II. f Wing, who was one OF tho regular
war correspondents VI gHE TRIBUNE IN the Army Of
tho Potomac In the summer OF 1854. after avowing
himself Republic an, GIst and al the tin.cv thas
desnes The position of the Republican party In Iowa:
(al The people may vote on prohibition.
res pected
(c) A prohiotory law having been enacted I, shall
lie enforced.
Mr.. Wings answers to TIE TaiBrSE question,
as follows:
r) IL docs.
(.) Nearly.
60 Greater restraints shoud be PIT upon tho
pharmacists. Some provision should 30 made Oy
which The police iuagcs. marShals ETC, of our cities
shall be selected nom the law'resleetlng clasS
Muscatine Iowa II. T.. WING.
Dr. h. X. Hutchns commissioner OF Labor statstls.
sends the following reply
(il Yes. In upward Of eighty counties the law =
successful In Large number OF our county JAW