The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-10

Withholding property from taxation.
Penalties for failure to list property
should be visited upon the offender but
without being subject to blackmail
through the informer who might profit
by Withholding or or giving information
in regard to taxable property. Spies
and informers are not and meyer will be
creatures of the democratic party. Can.
didates should deal specifically with
this question of taxation and when they
do not, the voter in selecting his candi-
date should look at the influence under
which he was nominated.
No one should be selected to public
Office who expects to use his official
position and thereby make political
combinations for the turtherance of his
political ambition.
The scheming politician is the one to
be feared. He will not hesitate to per-
form the duties of his office in such
manner as to bring to his support the
power of corporations, who haye and
will use illegitimate means to advance
their political favorites.
For Local option.
The present method of regulating the
sale of Intoxicating liquors in Iowa is
one which is not based upon any princi-
pie whatever. 1t is a make-shift. 1t
was devised by the republican party
for the purpose Of catching the vote
both of the prohibitioni and the sa-
loon.keeper. They ask the saloon
keeper and the church member to stand
by and support the mulct law. 1t at
tempts to bring together as coworkers
in the political vineyard the minister of
the gospel and the dealer in intoxicat-
ing liquors. 1t is satisfactory to neither
one. 1t cannot be supported upon
principle and the prohibitionist stulti-
fies himself when he gives his approval
to the same. The dealer in liquor under
the mulct law is compelled to be a con.
slant canvasser among the people for
signatures to petitions of consent when
he should pot be, either for the good OF
himself or the community. The ques.
ton should be submitted to the voters
under the present ballot law. The basis
of government is the will of the major.
ity and no different rule should be ap-
piled to the traffic in this business. A
local option high license law should be
enacted whereby each community act.
ing in the same manner as they do in
other political matters could express a
binding preference by majority of its
voters, as to whether such community
should permit the sale of liquors therein.
There should be restrictions and regula-
tons so that when any community per-
mits the sale of liquor, the conducting
of such business could not be offensive
to the minority. Upon this question
the party which represent and the re
publican party are divided by distinc
lines. A democratic legislature will pass
local option law and a manufacturing
law, and democratic governor would
sign the same. What will republican
legislature or republican governor do!
Should Manufacture Liquor.
To withhold the right to manufacture
in the state goods and articles of trade
which are allowed to be sold IN the
state is to be condemned in the strong.
est language possible. Why allow
liquors to be sold even under the mulct
law and compel the purchase Of liquor.
from manufacturers in other states:
Can our republican friends justify this
course? The refusal to permit the man.
ufacture of liquors in Iowa is even IN ore
hypocritical than the mulct law. The
fear OF the vote of the prohlbitionists
restraints republican candidates from de.
claring their position thereon. would
not deny the right to manufacture what
our people are allowed to consume
favor the enactment of law which will
permit the manufacture of liquors in
any county in Iowa, whose voters by a
majority vote declare in faycr OF SC
doing.
Abolish Printer and Binder.
| There, is no reason why the state Of
Iowa should not have the same priv.
| ilege as the individual and secure the
performance Of all services for it, where
the same can be done the cheapest
| More money is paid out OF the public
| treasury for state printing and binding
than is nessessary and more than sufii.
ent TO have said work done by the or
binary printers and binders Of the state
No reason exists why the office of state
printer and binder should not be abol
ished and if given the power, the demo.
cratic party pledges itself to do so.
Economy should govern all public ex
penditures and wise management of al
public institutions should be given so as
to increase the efficiency thereof, tn.
| same as prudant man riyos RI hi;