Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-02
ASSEMBLYMEN REALIZE ACTION
MUST BE TAKEN TO MAKE
LIQUOR BILLS EFFECTIVE.
SEVERAL PLANS UNDER CON.
SHERATON OF LAWMAKERS
May Make Collection Of Liquor Bills by
Mail Order Concerns illegal and
Classify Solicitors For Outside Con-
Germs as eeotIessers-sueeess Of
-eS:s!atie: !he" &c ss uP &c People.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. March 1.-The really big
and serious problem for the temperance
forces of the state of Iowa at this time,
now that statutory prohibition has been
decided upon as the final policy Of the
state, is that of 50 minimizing the in
evitable friction and certain trouble
arising from enforcement of the law in
places where sentiment is adverse as to
make certain the retention of the
policy. That is the way some of the
temperance people are stating it now.
And they recognize that the legislature
still has q goodly task to perform.
There are two things that we must
do now. in view of the adoption of the
policy of statutory prohibitiop," said
Senator Leslie f. Francis yesterday,
lin order that there shall not be in the
future any backward step in the mat
ter of temperance in Iowa namely:
First, some practical legislation to
lessen the opportunity for evadins or
violating the law, and rendering more
certain it's strict enforcement in every
part OF the state. and
Second. the election to office. and
particularly as governor and attorney
general. OF men who will enforce the
law.
Legislature Must Act.
in regard to the former matter,
there are some measures shat this leg
islature must take before it adjourns.
In one of our little informal conferences
the other day there was a good deal of
discussion as to how to stop the col
lection of liquor bills. The suggestion
that seemed finally to be most accept
able was one that inasmuch as the sales
are illegal as a rule makes it illegal to
collect a bill for sale that is In viola
ton of law If the sale has been legal,
it is all right to collect the bill; II the
sale is illegal, then make 1t illegal to
collect. II we do that, these collectors
on mail orders will quit" Now Whit
more has a most excellent bill before
the senate that will. If passed, put
stop to the soliciting for liquor sales.
because it makes the solicitor boot
logger. That would stop the soliciting,
and the other bin would stop collecting
on mail orders. Then Whitmore and
Alien have in a bill that hits at the
Transportation of liquors by automo-
biles and that would cut on one Dig
source OF trouble OF course we must
pass the bill for state agents and pro-
vide absolutely for the state enforce
ment of the prohibitory law. This mat
ter has been discussed all over the
state in connection with the proposals
for state agents and 1t Is meeting Win
approval.
Then Up to People.
Now, with these additions 70 the
laws of the state, it will then be up 10
the people themselves to make OF pro-
hibition a success in Iowa II Will an
depend on the men they elect 10 once.
AS for myself, I have done quite iot
of sneakine around at different places
on the phase of. the subject Whlch re-
lates to law enforcement and the neces-
sity for election to ONCE OF men "ho
are able to and win enforce the law.
i-+and IN do more of this, especially in
the hart of the state where l live, Tor
that is one of the most important
things ahead of us. It is of vast i'm
nortance that the temperance forces
stand together now and not divide at
any noint If they are united [ ey can
and will elect a governor and attorney
general. and other officials. who Will
enforce the laws of the state. With this
the success of prohibition.
It will be recalled that Senator
Francis, like a good many others of the
members of the Legislature who finally
voted for the dry measures, came to the
session with doubt as to the expediency
of attempting statutory prohibition at
this time; but now all the dry forces
are as one man In favor Of doing every
thing to make Of the prohibition law
success. It is an open secret that
number of the members OF the legis-
lature voted for repeal Of the mulet law
against their better. or first judgment;
and that which effected the change was
the substantial evidence which came
from all parts of the state that popular
sentiment was back of the movement
to make complete job of ending the
liquor traffic in Iowa.