The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-26

] tax law, which shall provide for tn
issuance of license in towns, town
ships and municipal corporations o
the state by the vote OF the people o
such corporations and which shall pro
vide that for each license an annua
tax of $500 be paid into the county
treasury, and such further tax as the
town, township or municipal corpora
, lions shall prescribe, the proceeds
thereof to go to the use of such mum
cipalities.
I We reaffirm the policy respecting
the control of traffic in intoxicated Ii
quors set forth in the democratic plat
form of 1889, and approved by the
people at the election that year, and
We are in favor of such legislation
state and national as may be neces.
sary to carry that policy into effect.
1891
/ We again declare that in the inter
est of true temperance we demand the
passage of carefully guarded license
tax law, which shall provide for the
issuance of licenses In towns, town
ships and municipal corporations of
the state, by vote of the people of
such corporations and which shall pro-
vide that for each license an annual
tax of $500 be paid into the county
treasury.
No mention of issue.
1898
We demand in the interest of true
temperance the passage of a carefully
guarded license law, which shall pro-
vide for the issuance of licenses in
towns, townships and municipal cor
porations of the state, by vote of
the people of such corporations and
which shall provide for each license
an annual tax of $500 to be paid into
the county treasury, and such further
tax as the town, township or munich
pal corporation shall prescribe, the
proceeds thereof to go to the use of
such municipalities. And as a partial
for the unjust confscation
of private property caused by the pro-
hibitory law, we favor legislation E.
giving our people at least equal rights
in this respect with the manufacturers
of other states.
1894
We condemn the deceptive republi-
Law" as hypocritical, legalizing the
sale and at the same time prohibiting
the sale of Intoxicating liquors within
the state, discriminating as to the will
of the majority in cities and rural
communities and suspending the oper-
alton of a penal statute for a none
tary consideration. We favor the re.
peal of the present prohibitory
law. -.
1895
We believe the mulct law fails to-
meet the requirements of good eX-
else statute. 1t is unfair as between
an immense hardship
upon property owners, and it cOmpro-
misses the honor of the state in declar
ing the sale of liquor a crime and
condoning the offense for monetary
consideration. We repeat our demand
of the past five years for local option
high license law.
1ss6-s7-9s
No mention of issue. l
1899.
We urge that the legislature of the
state carefully consider the existing
liquor laws, with a view of eliminat-
ing the Objectionable features of the
mulct law and of substituting therefor
carefully guarded legislation, just and
fair, in the interest of true temper
ance.
1900
We condemn the subterfuge of the
mulct and pharmacy act, by which the
republican party has returned the sa-
loon to Iowa while still maintaining
the farce of prohibition.
1901
We demand the repeal of the mulct
law; the enactment of local option
law.
1eo2-o3-o4-o5
No mention of issue.
1908
We reaffirm the traditional policy of
the democratic party with reference
to local self government and home
rule.
1910
The democratic party is in favor of
as large a degree of individual liberty
as is compatible with the rights of or
ganized society and therefore with the
reference to the use and sale of in
toxicating liquors, we are in favor of
a strict local option law with high Ii
1924
No mention of, issue.