The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-02-27
TWO OPINIONS OF The
INDIANA LEGISLATURE.
Hon. c. {. Davis Of Bloomfield.
and Col. AgP9s Of En- Bulletin.

"S'' - T. ~-f'S ~ |i-viitsl St-
and COL AyP1s Of e. 8a.ls,.A.
tn present vai-r'cr'ols legs
iatura catches tha - K from hotl
side. Hon. c E. Davis ir IA.
B.ool field Democrat ot Feb S
-, he following to say a5lI
the aggregation.
4 epe0p.ehav no leg Statue
Inc sre-a-.l1 n0Eln session 4t
Indianapolis Hnei body. soul
and raimpnr IS the 1saE rs .01
by.
The public, however. has no
Glance whatever ~ the present
session when il conflicts with
plans OF the brewery lobby. o.
can be traded % serve the pur-
poses OF that cOnscienel esss ma
chine
A bunch Of about forty votes
in the House. and a like percent
age OF the Senate. are So All .o-
lUteiy owned by this lobby that.
in ten minutes the word can be-
passed down the line that casts
their vote in any direction at the
brewerers' command.
The corruption and mora.
Gebauchery with which that out.
rage Is being prepetrated. if it.
could be generally known to the
people. would 90 down in the.
history Of the state as a putrd
scandal Every vice known to.
the wicked is drafted by the
brewery lobby as its al.vI
Orgies with lewd women. drunk
en- carousels. direct bribery. and.r
the poker game head the list and
ordinary lOg-rolling. comes in all
the foot for a good share Of ser
vice. The faithful bunch cannot
only be voted directly but traded
for any proposition however
vicious
What they want is something
entirely different from the Dem
ocratic platform measure. which
really has no show. and they do
not want it TO have any They
90 not want township and ward
option and never did What they
have been after IS not the Demo \
cratic platform principles. but a .
bunch of men in both parties that.d
they can own and control and
It lOOks ike they have them
The kind of temperance legis- ,
latiOn that we get. is compare /
lively unimpOrtant when we con- q
slider how the brewery and allied
Interests are hitting the people A..
in other ways in order to get
what they want in liquor legis-
ation.
While Col Ayres. Of Evansville I
thus expresses himself in his
Star-Bulletin of Feb 20. official
organ of the liquor organization. Il
We have used the word The
IN its wisdom saw fiji L
10 pass the act. but now we have
changed and say the legislature 4
n its foolish act did pass such a
)ill. We favor the legislature \
every one hundred 4
Tears. 1t would be the best for ;
ne people There is so mucn +
aw now that we really have no Z
aw. Freedom has liked out and =
'oolish politicians rule
Let the legislature do hatever Y
hey please. They will DO So
anyway. Let them go to h 6
In the Senate the Local Option <
jil IS still IN the pigeon hole Itf
ion't look very much Ike a re 4
zeal. but so much better If we Y
re TO have $1,000 licenses Ii &
he senate don't repeal d. the 4
!. o. 2. IS gone forever. in In
llama you could not elect a yellow a
og on the Republican, ticket "
III Of which is quite amusing. <
II the roots be left. the grass 4
Ill grow again Il
One lash to a good horse: one N
FORD 70 a wise man.
The gods cannot hep d nan
no loses opportunities
III
Riches come better = ar
overly than proverty a ter ~
'cho-