Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-14
PRoHistrioNisrs OF THE STATE
AFRAID OF ONE AMEND
MENT PLAN.
WILL INSIST LEGISLATURE
SUBMIT QUESTION TO VOTE
Under Ten-Year Statute Voters Could
Declare For Amendment of consti-
tuition at Next Electon-vinegar
That Isn't Vinegar Under the Pure
Food Law.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept 14.-Prohibition
forces will not attempt to take add
vantage of the provision of the consti-
tuition of the state which gives the
people an opportunity to vote on the
question of revising the constitution
next year. They believe such a pro-
ceeding would be fraught with too
much danger of losing what has all
ready been gained and for that rea-
son they will stick to their program of
trying to induce the legislature to sub
NIT to the people the proposition of
statewide prohibition.
| There are two methods by which the
constitution of the state can he revised
One provision is that the people shall
vote on the broad question of revision
once every ten Years and that comes
next year. If the people should vote
favorably the legislature would then
| provide for the calling of a constitu-
tional convention and provide for the
election of delegates to d. The entire
constitution OF the state would then
be subject to revision and amend
ment.
| The other method is for two sue
cessive legislatures to pass resolutions
submitting certain specific questions of
amendment to the people. This is the
method the prohibitionists propose to
follow. They are afraid under the 9TH
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opened up for amendment they would
be liable to lose ground on the prohi-
| bition question rather than gain it.
No one will pay much attention to
the vote on amending the constitution
next year. There is no crying need for
wholesale renodeling of the consti-
tuition. If there is any agitation at all it
will be generally from all classes to
vote against it for fear that thru neg
leet to vote at all few votes may be
east for it and the thing carry when
the great body of the people do not
wish it,
The prohibition organizations are
working for precinct organizations, or
clubs. The six temperance societies in
Guiding the prohibition party are UNI
TIED in the work of organizing a club
state. This work is going on now with
vigor and it is claimed they will all
soon be organized. Then when the
campaign opens it is proposed to use
these clubs in securing the nomination
by all parties of men pledged to sub
nit the state wide prohbitory amend
ment question to the people. Then fol-
lowing the election and the converting
~ h. 1aeri e1of,, \ ;s-,
these clubs again to bring pressure
thru petition and otherwise on the
members of the legislature to get them
to pass the resolution submitting the
question.
A man desiring to manufacture vine
gar is having hard time trying TO
persuade the state food and dairy COM
missioner to let him do So From read
ing DR.. Chase's book of recipes he has
discovered that vinegar consists of
water. 4 per cent of acetic acid and
coloring matter mostly caramel or
burnt sugar He came to the office
of the dairy commissioner the other
day and was very frank about saying
where he found the recipe. He pro-
posed to manufacture the stuff and
to which the department agreed and
claimed 1t was perfectly harmless, to
which the department agreed, but they
told him they would prosecute him
every time he sold any of it if thay
could catch him at it. He thinks they
are a very stubborn lot.
The pure food law prevents adul-
teration with coloring matter that is
| fbo Of
feriority or with the purpose of de-
eeptton. The coloring matter in the
vinegar is of no use except that the
people will buy it better if 1t is colored
which means that they will be fooled
and think it is cider vinegar when in
fact it is a manufactured stuff The
law prevents 1t because it is a decep-
ton to the people.
Another man is trying hard to get
the department to let him color some
lemon extract yellow when none of the
ingredients in the extract ever came
from lemon. The department will
not allow it. Commissioner Wright
claims it is a deception. If the lemon
extract is put on the market white and
clear like water the people will know
it is manufactured and if they buy ii
will buy it for what it is. If they wish
to they can buy a book of recipes and
make it for themselves.
The proposed meeting of Eighth dis
trict progressives at Creston on Sept
is for the purpose of deciding on a pro-
gressive candidate for congress may be
postponed and possibly indefinitely.
movement was started some days age
along different line to await the de-
, cision of Towner as to whether or no
he would be the standpat candidate
Now there is being made an effort te
get the district together and blot ou
the standpat and progressive idea ant
unite on some strong man such o,
Colonel Hepburn because of Hepburn!
r having led the fights heretofore agains
the Cannon rules. It is recognized tina
Judgment and discretion must be uset
;. or the democrats will capture the dis
;. trict again. If the Creston meeting
called for the 10th is postponed it will
probably be indefinitely.
Every rural school in the state is t,
get a copy of the Iowa Official Registe
ISSUED from the office of the secretar,
of state. The office is now busy send
ing out copies to each of the county SUI
perintendents for distribution to tn