Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-05-21
The Lull Before the Storm.
A TALK ON BUSINESS AND POLITICS BY
PROMINENT FARMER

A TALK ON BUSINESS AND POLITICS BY A
PROMINENT FARMER.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN, One or two persons
have recently asked me.who thought ought to
be nominated by the republican party for repre-
sentative The most hotly contested election,
ever held in Audubon county will take place this
fall on the question of who shall be county rep
resentative. A last desperate effort will be
made by the democratic party to repeal our tenn
perance law, the law above all others that has
most blessed the people of Audubon county.
One single whiSkey murder in this county cost
the tax payers of Audubon county ten thousand
dollars (Ryan case. Before the prohibition law
in period of seven years we had seven murders
in the county, all caused by whSkey. The most
infamous debauchery held high reyel, public life
and property were far below par scarcely a
brick or stone structure OF any kind dare be laid,
law was violated, the county dead and business
in state of paralysis. Such has always been
the curse of whlskey; it blights and wthers
everything it touches Such was Audubon in
the day of unlimited whiskey. How is it now
No county or town shows such rapid business
push in the state. Blessed with officials and
business men OF the highest type, enterprise and
activity on every hand, property at rapid sale
and full value, prospects ahead still brighter.
Farmers of Audubon and laboTers OF every call
ing, do you want the return of the saloon with
crime and taxation? Every curse that could
follow the human family and every paralysis
horrible to business, walks in when the saloon
door is again opened in our great and doubly
blessed state of Iowa. AS long as we have a
church and school we must have sober people
with just and good laws.
Now who do / want for representative? First
he must be a clean man with good business abil-
ity; he must not be Il crank or fanatic; "he must
be the husband of one wife; :" he must not be a
crazy opposer OF just railroad enterprises and
cripple this most powerful and potent corporate
body in the world for business good The "ail-
roads of America have been the advance guard
of our civilization; after them came the school
house and the church. They are at the same
time the most law abiding, temperate advocates
and powerful ali Of just and wise laws; unjust
determinations against them is an injury to the
farmers own good. Our representative must
have one other quality; he must not be the tool
of any clique, person or party, He must be hon
est, just and true, and have lively sympathy
for the poor laborers, putting in long hard hours
OF toll; last of all he must be man we can elect
The democratic party will nominate a heavy
good fellow; he will be their best man and hard
to beat; they have now the most powerful, well
organized, secret compact understanding ever
entered into by this subj lie party; to defeat our
temperance law by electing one sworn to repeal
1t by representatives votes.
/ have no interest in this election except as a
laboring man who loves his family and the best
interests of our beautiful county. / love justice
and humanity. want good laws, good schools
and good churches. For this office Of represen-
tative to represent the best interests of our con
ty at the State Capitol, nominate Chas. Van
Gorder. have never spoken to him on the sub.
ject, do not know as he would accept the place
If offered by our county convention. 1 do know
he is clean, honorable and just to the last drop,
having at heart the best interests Of our county
and the good of all our people.
RANSOM J.. HARRIS.
Sharon township, May 18th, 1891.