Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-23
.BOONEGG[R MUST GO
Cooperation of Saloon Inter-
ests Assured In Coming
Fight Before Legislature
BILL NOW BEING PREPARED
BILL NOW BEING PREPARED
The Purpose of the Proposed Bill is to
Define and Punish "BootIegsers" and
it is the Work Of e. r. Akers, an At.
torney for the Anti Saloon League -
The Hortman Sentence.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 23.-The committee
on legislation of the state anti-saloon
league anticipates that in making a
fight before the Iowa legislature for
the proposed bill to define and punish
"bootleggers" they will have the hearty
cooperation of all those legislators
who are especially friendly to the sal
DON and liquor interests. The "boot-
logger" is as much despised by the
man who pays his license that he may
legally sell drinkables as by the tenn
perance advocate who would prevent
all sales of every kind Of liquor. The
bill is being prepared SO that 1t will
have the support Of both classes and
thus 1t is pretty sure to become a law.
The bill is the work of E. r. Akers.
one of the attorneys for the anti-saloon
league, in Winnishiek county, and he
has devoted a great deal Of thought
to this subject. Mr.. Akers believes
that the word 'bootlegger" has come
to be generic term having definite
meaning with the people. Now he pur-
poses having this meaning engrafted
into the statutes so that the legal defin-
ition of a ''bootlegger'' will be the same
as the popular opinion of one, namely.
one who vends liquors from his per-
son and has no fixed place of business.
With this definition made clear the bill
will provide that injunctions may lie
against the person Of a bootlegger the
same as against a building in which it
has been shown that liquors were sold
in violation of law. The anti-saloon
league and the saloon keepers Will then
be able, either or both, to proceed
against these itinerant vendors OF
whisky and enjoin them from contin-
uing business and put them in po-
sition so that If they continue bust
ness they will be subjected to summary
punishment for violation of the injunc-
tion- This will he legislation entirely
without. a precedent. But IL the bill
is framed right, SO as not to make 1t
possible for oppression or injustice to
be wrought under it, and the law is
given support by both the saloon keeper
and the temperance advocate, the
"bootlegger," who is said to be COM
mon species in Iowa, will have to join
the moonshiners of Kentucky. At Il
meeting of officials of the anti-saloon
league held here the provisions of
the bill were considered but it is not yet
perfected. Mr.. Abrams, Of Iowa City,
Is interested in the movement.
Mr. H H. Abrams, who is credited
with being the author of the new Iowa
law providing for dipsomania ward
@ba sycona hocnitalS has baen
making an investigation Of the work
ings of the law. He had heard great
many different statements in regard to
the law. The statement has been wide
ly published in the state that there is
no cure attempted for the inebriates
and that nothing is done but to give
the men life of idleness while they
sober up" Mr. Abrams spent several
days in the hospital at Mt. Pleasant re-
Gently and made a thorough investiga-
ton. Il found that the institution is
admirably conducted" said Mr.. Abrams.
"a great work is being done for the
cure of inebriates. A study is made OF
every case, the antecedents OF every
person are examined, the causes lead
ing up to the drunkenness is inquired
into, and record is kept. Remedies
are applied to remove causes or to meet
each individual case. And the men
appreciate this work. For instance, a
man who wanted release some time
ago was called into his office by the
superintendent. The latter told the IN
ebriate that the cause of his drinking
was that his blood was filled with
poison from blood disease. 1t would
take long time to get it out. Until
removed the man would not be cured.
TO turn him out now would be merely
to force him back to his old life. The
man saw the point and agreed to stay.
Some cause is generally found for the
inebriacy and the efforts of the doctors
are directed to removing the cause.
used to think there was no reason why
any man should drink liquor to excess.
1 know better now. l have heard 1t
said from the pulpit many times that
there is nothing in inebriacy but mean
ness But there is. And the men IN
charge of affairs at the state hospitals
are doing a great work-a work OF gen
uine reform and cure. If this thing
is kept up ten years you Will lind the
fame of Iowa spreading all over the
world for this splendid work. The law
is all right tho it needs some changes
and amendments" Mr.. Abrams believes
that the inebriates should be completely
separated from the insane and that
separate institution will have to be
made for them.
The annual encampments Of the four
regiments of the Iowa National guard
for this year are to be held at one
place, and that is on the state rifle
range in Linn county. This range
is leased by the state for term OF
years and has been fitted up for the
annual target practice of the soldier
boys. This year, unless the plans are
rudely shattered, the encampments OF
the regiments will all be held at the
range, and it is now being put in order
and improved with that In view. II
this is done the target practice VIII
occur at the time of the encalnpment
and be part of the same Ihe en-
campments will not all be held at once,
but one after the other a regiment at
a time.
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