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IOWA. 



Resolved, That the recent elections in Ohio, which 

 followed the passage of the Fond bill, is only a fore- 

 runner of what will occur in this State if the Eepub- 

 lican party adheres to its policy of favoring fanaticism 

 as against the liberal element. 



At the election on the 27th of June, 155,436 

 votes were cast for the amendment and 125,677 

 against it majority for the amendment, 29,759. 

 Of the counties, 74 gave majorities for it, 24 

 against it, and one county (Van Buren) gave a 

 tie- vote. The amendment thus ratified reads 

 as follows : 



No person shall manufacture for sale, sell, or keep 

 for sale as a beverage any intoxicating liquors what- 

 ever, including ale, wine, and beer. The General 

 Assembly shall by law prescribe regulations for the 

 enforcement of the prohibition herein contained, and 

 shall thereby provide suitable penalties for violation 

 of the provisions thereof. 



Discussion immediately arose as to the time 

 when the amendment went into operation, and 

 as to the necessity of legislation to enforce its 

 provisions. A State Convention of the friends 

 of the amendment was held in Des Moines on 

 the 27th of July, to which a committee, pre- 

 viously appointed, reported that the amend- 

 ment was in force from the day of its adop- 

 tion (June 27th), that the manufacture and sale 

 of intoxicating liquors, including ale, wine, and 

 beer, became illegal from that time, and that 

 contracts relating thereto could not be en- 

 forced ; but that existing laws affixed no pen- 

 alties to the manufacture and sale of ale, beer, 

 and wine from native fruits, and that further 

 legislation hi that behalf was necessary. This 

 convention adopted the following resolutions: 



Resolved, That it is with feelings of profound grati- 

 tude we recognize the hand of God in the victory 

 achieved by the adoption of the prohibitory amend- 

 ment to the Constitution of Iowa. 



And,'wTiereas, The existing laws of the State are now 

 uncertain and inadequate to secure the due enforce- 

 ment of said amendment ; therefore 



Re-solved, That^ it is the sense of this convention 

 that an extra session of the General Assembly should 

 be called at the earliest practicable day to enact such 

 laws, with suitable penalties, as will certainly secure 

 the speedy enforcement of said amendment. 



^ Resolved, That the general officers of the State Pro- 

 hibitory Amendment Association of Iowa be charged 

 with the duty of conferring with the Governor of this 

 State, and secure the calling of an extra session of the 

 General Assembly, as contemplated by the above reso- 

 lution. 



Resolved, That the thanks of this convention are 

 due, and are hereby tendered, to the Legal Committee 

 for their very able and exhaustive reports, which they 

 have submitted to this convention, and we recommend 

 that said reports be published in the proceedings of 

 this convention for the information of the public. 



Resolved, That the Legal Committee above named 

 be appointed a committee on legislation, to represent 

 the temperance people of Iowa before the next term 

 of the General Assembly. 



Resolved, That said committee be instructed to pre- 

 sent to the General Assembly, also, the necessity of 

 more stringent penalties than have heretofore existed, 

 for the certain suppression of intemperance within the 



Resolved, That we express to the friends of temper- 

 ance in other States our sincere appreciation of their 

 great interest in our recent conflict, and their often 

 expressed congratulations on the grand result. 



Resolved, That we are profoundly thankful to those 



members of the press, both within and without the 

 State, who rendered aid to the temperance cause in 

 the advocacy of the constitutional amendment. 



Resolved^ That we appreciate the careful and effi- 

 cient work of the State Central Committee in their 

 conduct of the campaign, and hereby express to them 

 our sincere thanks tor the same. 



Resolved, That while we rejoice in present success, 

 and realize in some sense its magnitude, we are pro- 

 foundly impressed that, to conserve these results, and 

 to increase their beneficent influence, we will in no 

 measure abate our efforts along the old lines of tem- 

 perance work. We will still educate the children, 

 circulate temperance literature, offer the total-absti- 

 nence pledge, and give succor and aid to the victims of 

 strong drink. Thus shall the union of legal and moral 

 suasion secure the absolute banishment of the evils 

 of intemperance throughout the Commonwealth of 

 Iowa. 



On the 10th of October the Woman's Chris- 

 tian Temperance Union held a State Conven- 

 tion in Des Moines, which resolved to carry 

 on the work by efforts to enforce the amend- 

 ment by educational work among the young, 

 and by enlightening public sentiment. It also 

 pronounced in favor of female suffrage, against 

 the use of tobacco, and in favor of a special 

 session of the Legislature. The Governor, how- 

 ever, did not see fit to call a special session. 

 In December the case of Koehler and Lange vs. 

 Hill, involving the question of the legal adop- 

 tion of the prohibitory amendment, was ar- 

 gued in the Supreme Court. This case arose 

 in Davenport, the plaintiffs suing for the value 

 of beer sold to the defendant, who defended 

 on the ground that such sale was illegal under 

 the amendment. The chief contention of the 

 plaintiffs was that the amendment had never 

 been legally adopted, having passed the Senate 

 in one form and the House in another. The 

 court upheld the claim of the plaintiffs, and 

 declared the amendment void. (For details, 

 see "Annual Cyclopaedia" for 1883.) 



RAILROADS. The report of the Railroad 

 Commissioners for the year ending June 30, 

 1882, shows that 911 miles were added during 

 that period. 



The total number of miles of railroad in Iowa, 

 reported by the various companies to the board, 

 is 6,337^o 3 o- miles. The commissioners' estimate 

 of the stock of these roads representing the 

 parts of them in Iowa, added to the stock of 

 the roads entirely in Iowa, amounts to $121,- 

 160,084.81, or $19,117.54 per mile. The total 

 number of stockholders in the State is returned 

 at 734 ; the total amount of stock reported as 

 owned by persons living in the State is $2,096,- 

 341.41. 



The total debt of the roads in Iowa, as re- 

 ported and estimated by the commissioners, 

 is $118,657,183.16, or $18,628.40 per mile. Of 

 this amount $112,637,966.05 is funded debt 

 $5,419,217.11 is unfunded or floating debt. 



The stock and debt of the roads in Iowa 

 amount to $239,217,267.97, or $34,745.94 per 

 mile. 



The report says: 



It is difficult to arrive at the cost of the Iowa roads, 

 as many of them came into the hands of the present 



