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0A Democratic Vote-Getter.aio:mFrom a review of the criminal careerlcof Stormy Jordan of Ottumwa, la.* wepsclip from the liegider the following:“This man Jordan has been one of theUmost persistant violators of the prohibrritory law. He has denounced it as ananinfamous enactment and cursed thoseCL-who placed it upon the statute books.irL-After years of violations, the law, atar,last, was superior to the defiance ofbi-this one man. He was arrested, triedL0and convicted. Its penalties were visireited upon him with deserving severity.t(eHe, with his 250 pounds of avoirdupoisti0was allowed to languish in jail. Thisbnall happened while Mr. Larrabee wasangovernor. Jordan's friends wanted toilintercede for him but he informednthem that he would rather rot in jailFtthan repent or make any promises.8tL*But a tew weeks of daylight throughtcSprison bars satisfied him. lie came totigGov, Larrabee and on bended kneestlbegged to be given his liberty. Thebagovernor’s neart was moved—as it oftenhewas. He said the people of Iowa didesi)not care to prosecute or imprison anyc8one. All they asked was that the lawsO]eof the state should be obeyed. The rewesult of the interview was that Stormyaiswas given his liberty upon his solemnirrdeclaration that he would leave theeState and as long as the Iowa liquorasslaw was on the statute books not againsisengage in the forbidden traffic or fretisquent places where it is sold. Jordanccewent to Nebraska, but he was ill ativrease. He longed for the old saloon inw11Ottumwa. He wanted to direct moreSteweary travelers on the road to hell.tts.lie hovered along the borders of theT3.State—1* ex ils” they were called by thetl5-tearful Eiboack—driven from theirhSnative land. When Jioies was elected,Pi0Stormy was one of the first men thatnyre-crossed the dividing line betweentirIowa and Nebraska. The saloon was•ttein the saddle again. He. re-opened hisoli?saloon and the day of the Democraticirf*convention »sold qyer his bar ;$1J)0Qnitworth.of liquor; tothefaithf^men whoUbad cqme ; together to nominate theXr-benefactor ofthesaloon-r-Horace Boies.:SinThe old aetenqe .still stands againstfiQStormy; tgft,a word ^vpminISyvould jand him. back in WimSrjm.jf
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Chariton Herald
Chariton, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 30, 1891
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