Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-06

should be-if We would place Il relatively
among the Institutions OF lcarniug In this
country where Iowa stands among the states
OF the union I'VE must adopt u liberal policy
Ia the way OF appropriations and supply a
permanent income therefor, SO that proper
plans for the Improvement OF the school can
be adopted and carried forward In bust
ness way.
A like condition exists In tae normal school
at Cedar Falls, THIS institution is wholly de-
pendent upon temporary appropriations for
means TO perpetuste II existence,
The last of these was only designed 20 sup
ply its wants until the meeting OF another
legislature
Tho same reasons exist here for perma.
nent fund that have been referred TO In the
case OF the university. Ordinary business
principles demand reasonable certainty AS To
means In carrying forward any enterprise
that requires the use OF considerable prop
erty, and the schools of our state are no ex
ception 20 this rule
The appropriation for the normal school
should not only be made Ia the form of per
manent endowment, bus II too should DO
liberal, SO as TO make tho school what II was
dcslpnC To be---a source from which superior
teachers OF both sexes are 10 be supplied for
our common schools Besides this, as fast AS
the state is able TO bear the expense, other
schools OF the came character should DO es'
tabllshed NJ literally endowed in different
parts of the state.
Every Appropriation OF this character VITA
be returned TO the great mass OF our Tcoplc
Ia that what Is more valuable than gold.
IL should also be provided by law that
graduates dip oma from normal school
shall In all cases be equivalent TO n irst class
certificate from county superintendent or
schools, with discretionary power In the
faculty to make II equivalent 20 those issued
by the state board OF examiners whenever In
ha LAT - shs., ,kn.a h.
uate Ia entitled thereto under the law.
This would be Just recognition Of the
efficiency OF the school itself and u deserved
remuneration 10 those who perform tho labor
necessary To complete the course required OF
students.
Serious complaint Is maize by tho pharma
cists of the state against many OF the ~ owl
slons of our statute regulating tho conduct
of their business II can scarcely DO denied
that these complaints, in some particulars,
AFRO well founded.
Personally | can SEQ little excuse and no
justification for the great bulk OF the pro.
visions OF this law regulating the sale OF In
toxicating liquors for edIcinal purposes. II
Is nect ssary that such sales be made those
whose duty Il b ecomes TO transact the bus-
ness are entitled to gentlemanly treatment ut
least from the public they serve. This they
certainly do not receive under tho provisions
OF this statute. Every section OF IL 10 framed
upon the thcogy that these mon as II elias, are
unworthy the confidence OF their neighbore,
and befor they can transact a necessary and
lawful business they are subjected to legal
restrictions unknown to any other trade and
unnecessary Illuminating TO every pereon en-.
gagged In II.
The state OF Iowa owes II to herself and TO
those OF her citizens who arc required 20
handle alcoholic stimulRnts for necessary
purposes TO put this business upon reput.
MI hag al ha In ~ nF utn sh Mt
and forever.
Among questions OF local Interest none so
stir the minds of our people rs those which
relate 10 the manufacture and sale OF intox.
icatlnR liquors IA q beverage.
No one undertakes the consequences of In.
Temperance. All concede the propriety OF
legislation to minimize, rs FAR as practicable,
It's evils, but an irreconcllablo difference OF
opinion exists whenever we undertake 20 de.
termine what the legislation shall he. This
naturally aid almost necessarily arises from
the mixed character OF cur population--the
disparity In our education and customs, aud
In our views as To the legitimate exercise OF
legislative control over social habits that d.
not directly invade either public or private
rights.
In considering this question we cannot
rightfully shut our c, cs TO the fact that n
considerable portion of population have been
taught from infancy TO believe that the mod
crate Use OF matt ana NlnOub llVuOfb AT least
Ia not criminal but instead thereof that II Is
actually beneficial
1t Is needless to expect that criminal stat
ute however armed with penalties for its vlo-
laton correct convictions. II II were capa.
BILE OF controlling tho habits OF these people
the power which would subjugate their will
would be force alone, and the same force
as tina; which nwes into submission the sub.
jects OF every dsspotitm on the face of the
globe IL be n degree of force that engend ers
fear-not love, not even respect for the law,
nor for the government that enacted IL,
OF all the means ever employed to improy We
the morals of men that OF excessive punish
ment Is the least effective. No patriot ever
lived that drew the inspiration of his love of
country from anes or lmnrlsonme mt inGicted
by the government be served
Weak almost TO stupidity IA tho ruler who
covers the land he governs with network Of
criminal laws into witch his subjects nro con
stantIy stumbling. We cannot think alike.
For some insc. utable reason society every.
where Is divided into cIasses Habits which
arc pleasant 10 one are dIstasteful to an.
other Christianity itseli has tia yotarIes
and lie foes WHY then should we expect To
compel lInIrormity OF sentIment on this sub
iect
I. practIeal ,xperlment was necessary to
demonstrates the workings o; this law, we
have had II. No statute was ever supplIed
armed with more excessive penalties for It's
violation, considering the nature of the acts
prohibited, and vet with all its terrors, with
every branch OF tho state government in the
hands of lis friends. a has lain linn and life
less. Ignored, d,srerarded and despised In
most of the large cities of the state from the
day OF IT'S birth TO the present time.
Tho friends OF tho law igbore tho real
situation and assume too much They ex.
aggerate the extent OF incorporate habits
among our people before its enactment and
IL became operative
II is Incapable OF demon stratlou except
upon naked assumption that the use OF In
t1xicating LIQUORS as a beverage In Iowa has
diminished since IL @ law took effect, IL is a
patent fact, known 10 every one who has
taken tho pains 10 inform himself, that In
many of our cities, containing as they do a
large fraction OF our population, the only
effect OF the law has been To relieve the traffic
in these liouors from legal restraint OF every
kind,
IL Is equally notorious that in the large
cities of the state where the open saloon has
been closed, a secret traffic sufficient 10 sup
DIV all tho wants of the trade b as IN mediateiy
followed,
IL must be apparent 70 unbiased minds that
In these localItie, at least the use OF intoxi-
eating liouors as a beverage has not been d.
unfinished by our prohibitory law, but instead
thereof that IL has been greatly Increased, II
want of legal restraint of any kind will pro-