Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-10-08

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records given, he and his party are responsible
for its Ion. enforcement, .IApplausel, l have
shown that under Republican governors and
management the trade WAS going down, down,
down and the first year Of Democratic rule In
Iowa, 1t began to go up, up, up Now, be says,
the lawi" He demands fair NJ swer from Re-
publicans l will give 1t to him from this
platform here and now. We will defeat
Governor Boies and the Democratic party.
IGreat applsusel. want to say one word Ia
this connection further 1t is q To- z time since
laws were enacted against murder, but = man is
killed once 10 while In spite OF that. We
have long had on the statute books and at com
mon law, statutes against grand and petit
larceny, but there are good many Of the boys
that steal yet We have now attempted--not
alone In Iowa--but the civilized world has At
tempted to
GRAPPLR WITH THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
and when we consider that In the United States
there are more saloons than school houses;
when Democratic paper announces at Clinton
and boasts OF 1t that 81 DOC, 600 more are ex-
pended every year In the United States for the
saloons than for education, 1t is high time that
the civilized world grapple with this monster.
[Applsusel No one, not even q Democrat
from the north, dsres % say that It must not he
controlled In some way. My friends, the Demo.
cratic party boasts that they are the party of
true temperance. We hear it everywhere.
Governor Boies gives 1t in bis speeches, but
when you grapple with the widespread sppe-
tites of men you have harder task than when
you gTapple with murder, grand or petit lar
ceny. 1t takes time and work and patience,
but the figures have given to the Democratic
space OF time from 1884 until the last year of
Governor LarrAbee, we had accomplished wUn-
ders in Iowa with the legislation now upon our
statute books.
Now Governor Boies the other day
TOOK ANOTHER wRIGGLE
He had good deal to say about the pSrdopipg
power and fancy that in this part OF the state
there will be good many Ash sticks after him
on election day. Laughter.
He had good deal TO say here because q
fellow at Mt. Pleasant had been convicted, sent
10 jail, and he pArdontd him because his
daughter died. He painted painful story and
every Republican sympathizes with the human
wreEch, whoever he may be- into whose family
the band of death enters. touch not that.
appreciate and sympathiZe with the Governor
on that but II he wants to sympathize with
ruined homes; II he wants an eloquent tongue
TO reach the sufferings Of humanity; the most
horrible OF deaths happen the families for want
because the money that should go into those
families, goes into the saloons. Why didn't
Governor Boies raise one eloquent appeal on
behalf Of the sufferings Of the daughters of the
tens OF thousands destroyed by the liquor
trsfiic9 Applause He was as dumb as an
oyster on that subject have been curious to
know
HOW MANY MEN HAVE BEEN PARDoNED
by Governor Boies and wrote some time ago to
the secretary of state to please give me from
the records the number OF pArdons during
Governor Boies' administration. | will here
read the answer from the secretary Of state:
Iowa STATE DEPARTMENT, DEs MOINEs
August 3, Isolation. u. D. henderson, Dls
bmqUe, iona DEAR SRI regret very much my
inability TO give you The Information requested
In yours of August !. Ever since the orgAufza-
tion OF the state until about year since 1t was
the practice OF governors when acting under the
provision of Section IL, Article IA, OF the Con
stitution to have the papers countersigned by
the secretary Of state rs contemplated by Sec
tion 81, Article 4, ard 4 record of the same was
thersupon made in q book kept for that purpose
called THE Executive Register" Since tn.
time above indicated, the present governor has
not called upon the secretary of state for the
usual signature Consequently, the record ss
applied TO grants Of pArd0ns, SUSPENSIONS Of
sentence, etc, have been discontinued. Yours
very truly, w. NJ. MCFARLAND, Secretary.
THE RIGHT TO PARDON.
turned to the constitution referred to TO zee
II had right 10 place 'he record before the
citizens to see what this friend OF the convicted
saloonkeeper was doing This section Ii. arti-
Gle 4, Of the constitution gives to the governor
the right to grant pxrdons under certain cir
cumstsnces. | read To you. word for word, eec-
ton 81, article 4, which will be found on page
779, Code of Iowa for 1873: GAN grants and
commissions shall be In the name and by the
suthOrity Of The people Of the state of lows
by the governor and countersigned by the sec
rotary of state"
All, governor, we are looking after your sane.
timonious actions. Laughter You are so
open you challenge the world to investigation,
and. In spite of the constitution calling on you
TO let the secretary of state countersign these
documents, your state department don't chow
= single act J GU have done and to day Am not
able 10 tell this audience how many convicts
have been set free by his clemency and his
fhR aal hes
He tells US In bis Cherokee speech that more
sufteripg-and the tears began to fow-moIe
suffering has been entailed upon people In Iowa
from the enforcement Of the prohibitory liquor
II they remained in operation. Laughter
Horace, Horace, you had better stick TO your
law, unless one term In the governors chair
SUITS you. Laughter Yes, but he has
TAKEN A NEW wRIGGLE
on this. When you take the Democratic plat
form, when you take Governor Boies' letter OF
acceptance, when you take his carefully pre-
pared and delivered speech At Cherokee which
was epread broadcast over Iowa through the
Democratic journals as q campaign document,
sounding the Democratic keynote Of the cam
psign; when you take them altogether you can
not tell this; that is, that they intend first to re-
peal the pIohibitory liquor law and then leave
Them to adopt high license or local option or
prohibition; nowhere can that be found. |
challenge q Philadelphia lawyer or q Waterloo
LAWYER to find 1t in any Of these documents.
Their fret platform, Of which have COPY, by
demanding the repeal OF the prohibitory liquor
law, admit they claim that was not their plat
form, | cut 1t from the Dubuque Herald and
that is the copy carry around with me; but,
the prsiries took fire right immt diately after
that was announced. Laughter
TIE CORN FIELDS BEGAN TO WAVE
without any other wind than . storm OF indig
nation. Laughter There were lots OF good
Democrats on the pTairies of Iowa who would ,
nj Democratic ,
platform hen again and Matched out another
platform. This child Of the Democratic star
chamber has that eliminated, but nowhere do
they say what course is to be pursued. believe
Gov. Boies talked here day before yesterday. l
am told that by many. Senator Young told me
on my way from ColfaX to Des Moines this
morning. 1t is affirmed by reputable gentle men
who rode with me in the carriage this morning
that in his speech on Democratic day, he rather
took the ground-another wTiRgle, you Zee
that prohibition stands until another course is
pursued. understand that WAS bis position
here day before yesterday. He will take an
other wriggle when he gets back to make
speech At Dubuque. When he gets down to
Davenport he viii take smother. He thought it
was safe out here where saloon doesn't enjoy
good health twenty.four hours. Laughter
Governor, governor, you are q great wTigsler,
and 1t reminds me Of that sentence, which will
slight y modify, used in former campaigne:
HE wriggled in, he wriggled out,
He wrigged around, he wriggled about,
And you could not tell, from the slime on HE
track,
Whether he was going to hell or coming back "
Laugh er. A voice-'Thank God for the
modification"
SPEAK KINDLY OF GOVERNOR BOIEs
because he is great friend Of mine. he al
ways profsssed, in quiet way, great love for
the Union soldier, and / find q plank In the
plat orm TO that effect, and his affection for me
was demonstrated last fall when | was running
for congress. He gave the last week OF the
csmpaign all the help Of his gubernatoriS
offics and bis farm record. He held two mSss
m, nIlngs . day In my district, telling them thai