Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-09
THE STATE TEMPERANCE
ALLIANCE OF iowa.
No Breakdown From Its Posi-
tion of a Year Ago.
STAND BY PROHIBITION.
The Republican Party Arraigned
for It's CowaYdly Abandon
ment of Prohibition
in That State.

In his annual address before the
Iowa state Temperance Alliance. re-
Gently held at Dcs Moines. President
Harvey said:
We wero fully satisfied of the deep
laid scheme TO rid the Republican,
party of responsibility in the overthrow
of the law by keeping its prohibition
mem bers Ia ignorcnce of it's purpose.
and at the same time coax back the
saloon republicans who had been
helping the democrats beat the party
on account of prohibition, by inviting
them to assume control and run the
party. That convention showed itself
untrue to prohibition" when it refused
to put itself on record in opposition to
license, And when it put at the head
of its ticket the second most conspiuous
advocate of license in the stat". it made
it impossible for the alliance to support
the ticket without stultHying itself in
the face of its resolution. We were
assailed, not because the facts stated by
us were not true, but because we pub-
lished the truth. Our enemies. them
selves land | regard any one who will
fully publishes wicked and malicious
falsehoods about me, as my personal
enemy and the fact that it was only for
our enemies themselves have been busy
vindicating our position ever since the
election. Do you say there was no de-
sign on the part OF politicians to aban-
don prohibition? Then what means
this daily discussion in the papers on
the subject? How is it that the Sioux
City Journal and all the other leading
repu blican papers in the state are adj
vecating repeal or modification? Not a
, single republican paper of sufficient
prominence to be considered a leading
paper, that is not insisting on change
Not single daily is found standing
firmly by the law. If any one doubts
the position of The Register let him
read the editorial Of Sunday, February
10, under "A Few Points to Doctors"
1t says" Political prohibitionris failure
in Iowa and prohibition politics also. :"
Again politics must let go Of prohibi-
ton and prohibition must let go of
politics." etc.
The Alliance Is a non-partisan organ
ization, but on account of the treachery
of the Republican party. it declared
last year in favor of the Prohibition
party.
The following resolutions were
adopted;
Resolved, That we are in favor of
prohibition because it is right: right
now and forever
Resolved. That we recognize the fact
that prohibition can only be maintained
by wise political action and cooperation
upon the part of all persons who favor
the same.
Resolved. That we re-affirm the dec
laYation unanimously adopted at our
last annual meeting. to-wit: That we
regard the question of prohibition as
paramount to any political issue or
question involved in the election in our
sta te and that we will support no can
afdate or pxrty that II is not true TO
prohibition.
Resolved, That licensing the saloon
establishes a most heartleSs and de-
moralizing monopoly, which puts in
jeopardy the very existence of our
Christian civilization.
Resolved, That we are opposed to any
and all compromise with the whisky
power. That the sale of Intoxicating
liquor for a beverage is a crime and as
such is the duty of the government not
to license or regulate, but to prohibit it,
Mrs. Cougar made brilliant address
in the evening before large audience.