Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-11
MARSHAL CLUB FORMED.
Branch of the State Organization Es
tabiished in This City.

Branch Of the State Organization es-
tabiished in This City.
Before a well-flled church at the
Rankin meeting last evening Mr.. Ran
kin set forth in detail his state mar
shall plan for state constabulary to
enforce the liquor law Of Iowa and at
the close of the lecture, ,.pon motion OF
Rev. Scott of the Christian church.
local state marshal club was formed
OF forty voters. and which. at the rate
citizens are signing this morning, Will
number more than 100 members before
Rankin leaves the city on Friday night.
Mr. Rankin Is without question the
most forceful temperance lecturer that
the newspaper man has ever listened to
for the one reason that he is tolerant
He is fairly consumed with the one
idea of state constabulary for the en-
forcement of liquor laws. and he is de-
voting his time and much of his money
to his reform, but he does not call eveik
other man scoundrel or coward who
does not agree with his ideas of things.
For this reason he appeals to the better
Judgment in every community and
wins much favor.
He does not advocate a prohibitory
law, license law or any other kind OF
a law, for he believes that whatever law
Is on the statute books, it represents the
prevailing sentiment of all the citizens
and he realizes that all LIQUOR laws pro-
vide. in some form or other, for the reg
ula ton of the liquor traffic. What he
does contend for is the strict enforce
ment of whatever law a state may have.
For this purpose he proposes to have a
law passed establishing state marshals
in each of five arbitrary districts, who,
with the aid of sufficient deputies, shall
perform the work of making saloon
keepers. drug stores and bootleggers
everywhere obey the state law. 1t is his
mans power is his ability to violate the
law To protect himself in law viola
ton the saloonkeeper gains control of
local government, keeps constantly act
i've in the corruption of local politics,
controls local office holders and makes
of himself an internal nuisance as well
as menace to our system of govern
ment 1t is Rankin's plan to have the
state marshals appointed by the gov
ernor. so as to locate definitely upon
him responsibility for the marshals'
conduct. and 10 have them paid by APP
propriating to the state for this pur-
pose 5000 per year from every rulct sa
loon tax and also by fees from the off,
GERS seizures
Rankin has been engaged In this re-
form movement in Iowa for nearly a
year. during which time he has organ
lied sixty clubs of total membership
of over 5000 voters. A convention was
held last May in Grinnell at which 112
accredited delegates were present. A
bill was drafted to be presented to the
Iowa legislature next winter and COM
mittee appointed to wait upon the leg
islature in its interests. The purpose
of the reform is ably set forth in it's
declaration of principles which reads,
in the fourth section, as follows:
This organization is not law and
order society. 1t makes no declaration
on the question of license or prohibit
ton, and no pledge of total abstinence
But as loyal citizens of Iowa we stand
for the honest enforcement of the liquor
laws as enacted by the chosen repre-
sentatives of the people"
Mr.. Rankin will speak again tonight
and Friday night. when he will go to
Madrid.