- Digital Grinnell

Important Legislation
1. rrre ((Five
r,-f,H$]3?fJr'Tffi"1TITHf#r:H,.XXT-=ffi,ff:fT31I ?f,1n;oJ;*" or murct, peritions in 18
rounties anil 6 large
cities. This does rot take into aecount, the numerous petitions, appealed to the clistrict and supreme courts.
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Ihese vietories recluced the number of saloon eities anrl town! from 227 to 123, ancl the number of saloo4s f,rom 1r29tto 835.
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.]reneral
sheriffs
ENACTED BY TIIE THIBTY-THIRD GENER,AL ASSEMBLY OF 1909,
The "Removal Laws," affeeting ALL peace officers, mayors, sheriffs, deputies antl county attorneys. 'The Thirty-fourth,
Assembly extentled these laws fo reach the board,q of su,pervisors. These laws set forth the cluties of egunty attorneys,
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law, prohibiting drunken persons from rlrinking
,iog antl
darrying intoxicating liquors upon
,ra carr;ring
upou railroarl trains in fowa.
Iowa.
(iqualifferl
4. The law prohibiting others than
electors" engaging.in the sale of.intoxicating liquors, and irrohibiting persons,
S.rms, or corporations or associations interesieal in manufacturing, b iewing, clistilling or reffning intoxlcating }iquors, furnlshing oi
owning builclings, ffxtures ancl furniture, plarces for. selling iptoxicating liquors.
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D.
. 5.
lfhe more stringent clruggist law, including the cons-e_cutiv ely numbered request
for what purpose the liquor woukl be useal.
;,rith stub attacherl), stating
to be signed
in.
ink by the applicant, (and
6.tlrerawprohibitinffi :Tffi td"o,T"."r'1[*]T;1'9f*ffi ,?f"Y'i*""ff ffXIioF1e11'
7. The law increasing the penalty of ke,eping with intent to sell, or selling intoxicating liquors contrary to the law fmm $50,00
:o g200.00 upon couvietion f,or the ffrst offense, antl $300.00 for seeoncl offense, with eommittment to the county jail until the dne
is paid.
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8. The law compelling the county atlor1ey to-obtain fro,m the.fetleral revelue officet, a certiffecl-Iist of names of those who
holtl government tax'stamps, and to file this list with the county autlitor, for public inspeetiou. The holtliug of these stamps beco.mes
primafaeieevicIenceofkeeping.liq.uorwithintenttose]linvioIationofthe|aw.
These laws are among the most important laws secured by the temperance
,people during the last three sessions-and iro liquor
in
number) weie tlefeateel in the last
measureg have been passerl-rluring the same periocl. The Sammis antl Shanklantl Bills, (four
session by the Anti-Saloon Leaguer+with no assistairce from any otherlemperance organization. These billswilla^ppearin.nextlegis.
lature ancl .mu.st be defeatetl'
PRESENT LEGISLATIVE SITUATION.
The liquor forres, having sustainerl great losses throughout the_state.are cle-sperate, antl are_sparing neither-time nor rloney,
to compel i, backward step tb be taken by the next.general ass,embly. Their efforts to secure-tbe amentling of our. "pe!,_ilign"
-will .be a
metho6' of seeuring the cinsent t.o ope'rate saloons in the count ies antl cities, is but a beginning antl this next session
strenuous one beeiuse of a su,perhuman.effort, that will be matle to change th,e "petitio"." to the "seeret ballotr" for the
effeetiveness of the presen! syste_y is beg.inning-to be..well und.erstoocl by the enemy. It is reclucing the saloon eitiee and towns
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,"4 "f"ri"g the salo6ns too r"apidly to suit the liguor"ites. '
Out of 2I }oll-over senatorg who will return to the general assemtily in 1913, there are 16 opposecl to temperenqe reform,
dgainst 5 fmroring out measureg. We will elect,in,29 clistricts-in No-vemb-er, 1S$-aad'ualess we-ean plaee.our cal'cli*ates ia 21
dlstricts and elecf them, we will have an unfiientlly qenate. We neetl 26 foi a qpirstitutional'majority, lhe most inporthnt aurt
strategic place to ffght, is in the.primaries'
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your
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wE ELECT SENAT0nS FR0U TIIE
of present Senator. O. I(,, (all right)
Name
L. B. Parshall
D.-N.
R.-o. K.
No.
3
.\ppanose
Ilahaska
L. L. Taylor
D.-?
No.
H. R.
J. F. Ream
D.-N. G.
l)avis
4
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No.
IIari
on
IleCulloch
R. O. K.
Geo.
No.
5
Decatur
tl
No.
R.-N.
J. I). Brou'n
R.-o. K.
No.
Adams
Taylor
T. W. Rennett
R.-N.
No.
G.
No.8
Mills
Montqo,mery
S. Gillillancl
li.--o.
r(.
17
Auclubon
Dall as
G
uthri
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A. II. i\fcColl
No.
G.
K.
No. 28
If arshall
C. H. Van Law
No.
L9
Pottawattamie
C, G. Saund ers
R.-N.
B.-o.
K.
B.-o.
'
R.-o. K.
27
Calhoun
Webster
Fred Larrabe,e
G.
No.
6
26
31
J. A. Fitzpatriek
B..-N.
G.
39
Bremer
Butler
No.
Ida
P-Iyrmouth
J. U.
Sammis
R.-N.
Mitchell
J. A. Smi'th
B.-O. K.
G.
No,
47
Clay
Emmet
40
Ir. A. Francis
4L
Lyon
O'Brien
R. O. K.
Aclams
R.-I\T. G.
No.
46
Kossuth
}'ayette
Worth
ts.-o. K.
Palo Alto
Allamakee
IL L.
Hancock
.John Hammill
Dickinson
(-1has. G,at,es
R.-N. G.
Winne,bago
Boone
Story
36
G.
No.
43
Franklin
No.
ayton
D.-N.
No.
Ceruo Gordo
Cherokee
Bobert Quigley
R.-O. K.
A. C. Savage
Union
Cl
25
33
Buchanan
Delaware
Johnson
No.
W. C. Stuckslager
A dair
)Iad ison
No.
f owa
Linn
16
G.
E. II. Hoyt
R.-O. K.
No.
G.'
D.-N. G.
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No.
J. T. Clarkson
D.-O. K.
B.-N.
DIST.R,ICT
32
Woodbury
Robert Hunter
24
J. A. White
Ilonroe
Wayne
No.
Chapman
R.-N.
L5
No,
G.
Cedar
Jones
14
DISTBICT
23
Jacksou
Warren
A. B. Proudfoot
'Ian-Buren
.
No.
11
Clarke
W. S. A]len
Ri nggol
No.
z
Jeffers on
R.-O. K.
No.
DISTBICT
DISTBICT
DISTBICT
No.
FOLLOWING 2e DISInICTS NOVEIiIER l9l2
N. G. (no go od)
? (questionable)
D (Democrat)
B (Bepubliean)
No.
49
Osceola
Sioux
Nicholas Balkema
R.-N.
G.
A Comparison of Anti.Saloon League Mapsn
Since the 6 ( wet " and " dry " counties, c.ities ancl towns are ,co'rnpared by the maps, we wi]} eall the at,tent,ion
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'The, black counrties inclicate saloons in o,periation Blaek
The blacli tLo,ts indi.cate the ci,ties ancl toryvns in rn hic,h saloons
clots indicate saloon cities. :Ltrov,a m,ap shows 27 counties 'wit;h operate, I{ovember 7, I911. A.,bove m,ap: 72 c ounties ent,irely
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tl,xy,, t one ,citts earch ,, we,tr,, one county ('vvet:" 72 eounties "dry," one citv in,each ((wet.,) 1 eounty
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wet.t ) To,tal, 39 counties, in r+:hich 1 ,293 '' dry ' ' two eities in each ( ( wet.2' 2,5 eounties in lvrhieh 835
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saloons operate. 60 ent j rely ' ' '1 y' ' c ounties then in ,t,he srtate" saloons operate. 74 eounties entirdy saloonless. f Ot eitie,s and
60-3 ,ei't'ie,s ancl tolr'ns r*'ithout saloons. 227 ci,ties and torryns with tou,ls saloonless. 123 r:ities and towns with saloons. 830 eities
saloons. 99 coulrties in the state. Januarv 1, 1910.
ancl to*'ns" in the ,sta,t'e. 2,163 'saloons closed in.fi.ve )rears.
The LEE COUNTY mulct petition rn'as heid sufficient by the b carrf of superr.isors rn,ithin one hour,
the c ase u.'ill be tried this term. A f ew salo cns har-e openecl up temporaril;r.
]rar-e appealed and
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t,emperance people
FORT DODCE, OSKALOOSA AND CRESTON will go,,cl-Iy,,, ancl these ca.ses ha\,,ebeen appealed to the Supreme court. This
close 35 saloons. The issue in t.he two former cases will be '( withrlrarir-als from withdraFvals. ' '
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DES MGINES petition case has occupiecl the distriet court for oyer three months and we
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fhere ars Now I23 Saloon
Cities and Towns Operating E35 SalcGtrls.
City Under each County is the County Seat
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Balclwin
Bufialo
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Green fsland
Eldridge
Lamotte
Miles
Donahue
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CAH,RCILL CO.
Carroll
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Dedhanr
Akron
'I'ernpleton
1z[errill
B re iia,
Westfielcl
i-li nton
Oyens
Areadia
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iirlerCale
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ci{I0E{Asaw co.
New Hampton
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rla Grove
Lau.ler
Holstein
AIta lrista
Battle
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Osterdock
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Srimner
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Worthington
Cross
Ncu'\r'ienna
Zwingli
Arjon
I)cuver
R ea dlyn
Ruck Grove
JACKSON CO.
Ch:rrter Oair
Froderiea
Maquoketa
County and C)it"v petiLion;s in litigation denotecl by sf ar ( ") at the left.
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wattamie
Creston, Union
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Boone, Boone
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Goose Lake
Toronto
Welton
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Sioux City, Woodbury
Council Bluffs, Potta-
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Holy
Roekingham
\Malcott
Delmar
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Calamus
Ch arl otte
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Clinton
)[onona
Guttenberg
Clayton
Waverly
McCausland
Maryrrille
CTjII\TTON CO.
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Spring Brook
tsarmersburg
Garber
Garnar-illo
Farley
ndrew
Preston
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