The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-13
A GRAND SPEECH.
Gov. Boies Opens the Cam
paigu at Cherokee.
TARIFF AN ISSUE
Ably Treated by Iowa's Chief
Executive.
PROHIBITION rs WE SEE IT
PROHIBITION as WE SEE IT
The Reason Why it Is Not a Success in
the Hawkeye State.
THAT ISLANDER ON IOWA
lit is . Slarler to Call Attention to tho Pro-
teetivs Laws Which Enrich Eastern Manu-
f4etursrs and Make Iowa Farmers Poor,
Thsn Iowa Has Been Slanlered-Ths Gov
errors Speech in Full.

l4eSurerS ana MAKE Iowa Farmers Poor,
Thsn Iowa Has Been Slanlered Gov
errors Speech in Full.
Fellow Citizens:-If have q correct con-
oeption OF the moral obligations OF Anne rican
citizens, Of their duty to the present and fu-
ture generations, am certain IL should DO
utical issues, and conscientiously lend their
cid Ia bringing ABOUT q settlement OF the
same. which will to the greatest extent A.
oainable. promote the public good.
It 10 unfortunate. to say the least. thai
every com munity IL afflicted with Hciass OF POI
lticAl teachers who make themselves believe
they can serve their country better by mis-.
representing the position Of political oppo-
aente than they eau by q fair and candid
discussion OF the great questions ON which.
in government like our own, honest and
earnest people will always divide.
In what l have to SAY either now or In the
future it shall at least be my atm to fairly
state, as understand it, the position OF the
party have the honor 70 represent on every
important issue that have time and oppor-
tunity to discuss.
II the position OF that party is such that 1t
cannot be maintained before the people of the
state by such = course It ought to fail.
As We enter the field OF political discus.
sion ~ this time, all minds turn instinctivsy
20 the questions that necessarily grow out Of
the prohibiiory legislation of our state.
1t 10 nov many years since the most Inn
Dortant OF these we're fairly launched upon
CUR political seas. and these years have
witnessed the birth and statutory vitalization
Of theories conceived have no doubt in an
:. honest belief that il given the force OF law
shey would prove of inestimable value to the
DeOple OF our etetc,
In the outset of what may be
termed recent discussions OF these
questions / believe the citizens of Iowa
were divided X TO three classes nearly equal
In numbers. One with their minds fixed
Hpon the evils OF intemperance alone, taking
no broader view OF the questions involved
shan their bearing on that SUBJECT. saw as
they supposed Ia y stat utory auDihilxtian Of
the right TO manufacture or sell iatoxicat-
ing liQuors as beverage the only practical
remedy for what ali eoncede is a gigantic
evil, the int nperate use OF intoxicating
liquors.
Another taking broader view: looking be-
yond Its effect upoa the question OF temper
nnce alone and considering its conseaueE ces
10 esta blished property rights, its encrogch-
nnents upon the personal liberty o! the citi-
sen, the coubats its attempted enforcement
was sure to arouse, its effect upon the welfare
Of the state In practically excluding from its
limits those VINO would not submit the con-
troll of their habits. 50 long As they infrin2ed
heither public nor private rights, to the die
tati0n Of others: saw OF thought they So y
evils that we're sure to follow in the train of
such legislation OF greater magnitude than
any that would be corrected by it.
And third realizing the evils of intern
Derance and honestly desiring some practical
means for its eradication, but dOubIing the
propriety OF legislation that makes no dis
Nnction In classes, and puts the man who
sells tho least harmful OF intoxicating stimu.
lAnts 10 those who never abuse their use on
the same footing with the one that deals out
the most deadly of poisons to those who by
age or habit are incapable Of taking care OF
themselves. we're yet willing to try the ex-
pertinent of absolute prohibiiory legislation
and test its efficacy In the schoO! Of cxper-
lence; and these combined with its radical
advocates we're not only sufficient to enact
prohibitOry law, but they we're able to clothe
il with means of enforcement, until then I'M
kown In the criminal Jurisprudence Of any
state or country.
Never did any law go into effect under cir
0umstances that seemed better calculated to
lnpure It's complete enforcement il under any
circumstances such enforcement is possible.
The great middle class. made up of the
conservative men OF the dominant political
party OF the state, desiring that the expert
ment which was to test the merits of q policy
that they would have been glad to see sue
0eed, but which their better judgm ent plain
ly told them there WAS grave doub,s xs to
whether IL would prove blessing or cures
70 their state, felt that the experiment to be
fairly tried must be left to the control OF the
most radical adherents OF that policy, and to
accomplish this they lent their aid, not only to
enact the law, but to inject into it , system
Of penalties and forfeltures SO extreme that
their infection is often barbarously cruel,
and still that courts must enfcre because
hos cp1ld NJ no frnatod wv ka nr.
binary discretion conferred upon criminal
tribunals throughout the civilized world: and
behind this law WAS placed an army OF excu-
tive, legislative, judicial anc police officers
named for their places by the same radical
element in the party that assumed the re-
sponsibility of its enactment.
And yet, under all OF these favorable condi-
lions, It is now demonstrated by unimpeach.
able statistics that the number OF persons
holding United States government license for
the sale of intoxicating liquors In Iowa has
greatly increased instead OF being diminished
since this law went into effect.
1t Is q startling fact to learn that In state
where alcsholi, ssimulants can legally be sold
cor medicinal, sacramento and mechanical
purposes alone, 1895 persons, or an aver.
are OF more than forty-one In every
sounty Of the state, hold licenses from
the general government for their sale, for
which they paid more than $4,000 In cash
OuElu8 Lie AdeU yC1A
Through personal letters addressed TO
Mr.. Faulkes of the Cedar Rapids Ga
sstte, republican paper, BY mayors
Of cities to whom he had writ
ten for information. IL is learned that there
are at this time ~ open saloons in Kenkuk,
about the same number In Fort Madison. b
in Muscatine, $50 In Davenport, 10 In Fort
Dodge, IL In Creston, IL Ia Lucas county. 65
In Council Bluffs, 50 in Clinton, 40 In Carroll,
II in What Cheer. 2 in Cory, 2 in Upton, Is In
NaQuoketa, so in Ottunwa, $50 In Dubuque,
L. In Winneshiek county. In Lyon county,
in Grundy county and . number in ALA
nakee. In addition to these many Of the
mayors report sales by what are known as boot.
lseRers and joints, in counties where no open
sAloons exist, to An sxtent equal or greater
than before the passage Of ur present law,
These reports were received from little more
than one half the counties OF the state, No r.
ports having been received from the others.
Can II remain Al open question In the
ninds Of intellient men - to whethaH or not
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