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tbo r-ction in he Trtn •m in r-uct;ntcdou^h•ouiftem-(Ilt 19i^h; r etore ih as-lotoi-cfore com ation b the r the ic or-. and d theit in ! and nent. l* res-f. cMieudeWO It KIn proportion to the amount of intoxicating iiqu or* ;icl it) Iowa and our populfrion. so do wt* mit er and will mu limit* to until the esmidi-bmeu; and enforceouut of a cotnplii prohibitory Ian:.WHAT A a* T/12 7.VCTS I* IOWA?The report of the He -rotary of S.w.e in relation t* • tlit* criminal return* for lhhV. the same y**tr in which GS1-* millions dollar* worih » t liquor* wen retni’e i, shows the total number of “con fictions” to he Ttitl.(if the** the occupation lt;.f 464 came ruder the head of “aaUnm kfeptu*,” “gambling hell keep- j era.*' and “iiuiiancep, i*?J are tarn trr and tab rer», | y*J hsv* uo occupation or are no: rlt; ported, 31 ire professional men and merchant*. Of the nativity j of the-e ratoon keepers, 246 are foreign born, 144 ar# American*, and 4.' not given or unknown. Ilcre then are thrM.-JlJth* of the criminal conviction* of | the State of Iowa unquestionably charged io the j eale of “n#tive winea and the harmless ^!j b 'ver- i age of beer, and it seems that the most devout tworehipetanf (»n;nbiin:m and (he god of wine are ; the formo *.t among their \ietims. Hut ar© the?*© 404 couxcih us all (hat may he attributed to liquor! Is it not reasonable to suppose that of the other 11 2 persons a .ai'go per ceni, can attribute their disgrace to the same cads©? The facta are that 125 of them have been convicted for “assault” and fur “assaultMlv 14of aa1 mom paid !appat tug, d pens* littlej»**odiin* of ana nTh-for 18 wrw. * They iaxs iTheand t: hftv#cThe v Cana i para)] and uwith intent to kiii,” or to “commit great bouilY in- !jury,” 5 fur murder, and 2 for manslaughter, t hebalance or ITo for varimiA oifence* such aa grand { and petit larceny, burglary, counterfeiting, horsestealing, malicious lninchfrf etc., ad of which Icrimes are the direct otYjpriug of saloon associations and “wine bi-*b:nir.'crush In men 1 from prisoi riot i *» and h fathet01-0 inThan are hinHiram Wilson, 20 vrei of age, wo» arrested n* aoner* u re.”-------- - • - - * — fc- - ■ n * — — — — f _ *horse thief, shot hher.;!' Lviukii. of Luca* county, f Iric,
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Maquoketa Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa, Iowa, US
Thu, Nov 24, 1870
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