Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-11
TO KEEP THE MONEY At HOME
Iowa Citizens Want the Right to Manu-
facture What They Consume,
PROHIBITION WILL BE AN ISSUE
Likely that n Fight VIII he Made at
the Approaching Session of
the legislature on
thnt subject.

The determination Of Governor Drake to
call an extra session Of the Iowa legislature
for this winter has awakened a good deal
Of interest especially in those portions OF
the state known as the river counties. 1t Is
In the larger cities situated on the borders
OF surrounding high license states that the
baleful effect Of prohibition is most appar-
ent. Through these Is poured the great
traffic In spurious liquors that is carried on
throughout the state. People in these cities
note the fact that the prohibitory laws do
not prohibit and the other fact Is i'm
/ pressed uIor them with painful force that
! the millions Of dollars taken out of the state
| to pay for the beer and other liquors leaves
the people of the state just that much
! poorer.
The question naturally arises in their
! minds, IL 1t is not wrong to drink why
should It be crime to make the drink"
! The action taken by the executive COMMITTEES
! OF the Merchants and Manufacturers com
mittee at the meeting on Tuesday evening
shows the deep interest that the leading
! business men Of Council Blufs feel in the
! question. Information received yesterday
! shows that Sioux City and all of the towns
on the Mississippi have taken about the
same action that Council Bluffs has. and
| from all of these cities will come an influ-
| oncc that will have a great force when the
! legislature meets in the middle Of January
| Davenport is especially well prepared to give
the sentiment iayoring a manufacturing law
| the character OF demand.
VOTE CHANGES SLIGHTLY.
Scott county has been rolling up tre-
mcndous maiOrites for the democratic ticket
| ever since the pTOhibitory laws went into
| effect, but this year the German citizen
there voted solIiy for Mckinley and made
! a change OF 10000 votes To keep these Ger
mans within the republican party, to which
they naturally belong something must be
| dono to satisfy their demand for permission
! to make the beer they sell.
The manufacturing clause OF the mulct
law was only defeated by practically one
! vote, although three were cast against II
last winter" said a Council Bluffs man
yesterday who had taken a prominent part
| in the hard fight that was made in the
legislature. Two members were ready
to vote for the bill provided we could get
another man, and this mans vote would
have given us the majority. We had our
| man and he was ready to vote. The other
two men were ready to vote also and had
made up their minds to vote for the bill
and go home and meet their prohibition con-
| stituents and make arrangements to per-
| manently quit politics. Just before the
| ballot was taken the wife of the third man
came down from the gallery and went after
her husband with all Of the ardor of an
enthusiastic female prohibitonist. With
womans intuition She had diyined his in
! tentiOn to vote for the bill as IL stood. She
labored hard but effectively, and when
his name was called he was compelled to
| vote as she wanted him to. The other
two men. whose names were further down on
| the roll book know that nothing was to be
| gained by the sacrifice and of course did
not make 1t. Another time there will not
| be any one man about, but we will have
majority that will send a bill. permitting
| ne tn Nrin md igfi1 tarta
| through the legislature with a rush that
! will be overwhelming. ! have been quietly
sounding the leading prohibitionists upon
the subject, and am led to believe that
their opposition to a modified manufactur-
ing bill will be only Of a perfunctory
| character"
HELPS COUNCIL BLUFFS.
The passage of such bill will mean
much for Council Bluffs. It will mean
the establishment OF at least one large
brewery and at least two wineries, and per-
haps one large distillery. The great in
crease in the amount of grapes grown around
Council Bluhs makes 1t necessary for the
discovery of some other means of dsposing
J of them in addition to the local ard for
eign markets The wine that has been
made from them is pronounced by experts
to be equal to the best Jacob Neumeyer,
a German citizen who was raised among
the vinyards and wineries along the Rhine.
has converted many tons of Council Bluffs
grapes Into wine, and has cellars stocked
with a vintage that would fetch a higher
price than much of the imported stuff II
| 1t was placed upon the market. He ras
announced his intention of starting big
winery whenever the law will permit him.
G. NJ Jarvis. of the Jarvis Wine company,
ono of the oldest and best known wine
makers on the Pacific coast is here ready
to do the same thing. Many other Iowa
cities are similarly situated. and the new
effort to secure a suitable law will have
strong support from all parts Of the state.
| Robs Number of Persons.
The police arrested tough looking Gus.
toner yesterday afternoon having five stolen
caps in his possession which had been taken
from a box in front OF the Continental
Clothing company's store on Broadway. Al
the station the man refused to give his
name. He was found in a drunken state In
| the Diamond saloon. Officer BeswiCk dis.
covered that he had a number OF caps hid
den under one OF the tables OF the place and
took two OF them around to the various
stores for identification. Manager Rodda OF
the Continental identified them He did not
know that they were stolen. as they had been
taken from large box in front OF the
store. The man was then arrested and il was
discovered that he had robbed several OF the
rooms at the Inman house, whore he stopped
Saturday night. He came in there late and
registered as John Jackson. During the
morning following he was seen lettering
about the halls and entering several OF the
| rooms.
When asked about his actions that morn,
ing he claimed that he had gotten into the
! wrong rooms by mistake. Nothing further
was thought OF the matter at the time until
later a number of articles were missed from
the rooms. travelling man reported that
his sample case and grip were missing and
another boarder lost pair of trousers
Jackson is considered an old timer by the
police and a strong will be brought
| against him.
A good smoke. fragrant smoke will
bring ease and contentment. Hickman has
| the kind of cigars that will make you bet
ter Contcnted with yourself and lie in gen
eral.
Oliver Jones Dend.
Oliver Jones died at the Womans Chris
tlan Association hospital at 7 o'clock las
evening of consumption. The death o
young Jones was particularly sad He wai
young man OF only 90 years OF age. HI
has been teaching school in country dis
trcts since he was 10 years OF age. and from
the proceeds OF his work and work on farm
during vacation he had provided a fund L
carry him through college His preparator!
education had been most thorough and h