Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1892 — IOWA WILL HAVE LOCAL OPTION. [ARTICLE]

IOWA WILL HAVE LOCAL OPTION.

A Measure Passed by the Senate that Wipes Out the Prohibition Law. Tne lowa Prohibition law was practically Wiped out of existence Tuesday. The State Senate, by a vote of 27 to 22, adopted the Hatch bill, which allows county option, each community being given tlio right to settle the liquoVquestion for itself by elections to take place not oftener than every five years. The matter can be brought up only onpetition of one-fifth of the legal voters. Three Republican Senators sided with a number of Democrat 5 in the passage of the bill. There is little doubt that the measure will receive the approval of Governor Boise and become a statute. An acrimonious debate preceded the final roll call, the question at issue being as to where rested the political responsibility for the bill. The announcement of the vote was received quietly, bU{ with signs of relief by the big audienc present.