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?tate in the union. He said it was onLy a matter o£ a few months until he could iu any event, and wanted permission to do: it then. I told him he should certainly never have my permission to come back and reopen his “Road to Hell/' . I was pained to hear Governor Boies in his inaugural use much tbe satne arguments had Stormy Jordan,: The Register shys: :Governor Larrabee characterized the governor’s use o! the number issued o£ United States permits as very uniair. The4.000 oi which, the governor complains are made up, and he knows it, of druggists who have a right to sell, and saloon keepers in the river towns where liquor selling is almost uncontrolled. If the permits are large in number he and his party are responsible. During ray term* from 1884 to 1889, the permits decreased irdra 5,000 to 2,700, If they have now gone back to4.000 it is certainly no credit to the governor. Governor Larrabee referred to the statements made that the law had not diminished the number of inmates o£ the penitentiaries. In this connection he stated in 1886, when be first made his visit to the penitentiaries, he found there 738 criminals. In 1889 there were a little over 500. I£ they have gone back tc 600 in two years again it is no credit to the governor and justifies the assertion that increased saloons means increased crimes, taken, in connection with the increase in United States permits.
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Iowa Citizen
Iowa City, Iowa, US
Fri, Oct 23, 1891
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