Iowa
Old Press
Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
August 25, 1909
New Point Raised on the Validity of the Moon Law
Davenport, Iowa, special of August 21:- The point that the Moon
law does not apply to special charter cities in Iowa was raised
in the district court today when Attorneys Ficke and Ficke of
Davenport filed a brief on behalf of Ernest Wenzel, a leading
Davenport saloon keeper who is being prosecuted by the civic
federation. The attorneys call the attention of the court to the
fact that the Moon law is not by title or otherwise an amendment
of the so-called Iowa mulct law, but is a law by itself and that
no provision was made by the legislature for its application to
Iowa special charter cities, Davenport, Dubuque, Glenwood,
Keokuk, Muscatine and Wapello. If the courts sustain the contest
the Moon law regulating Iowa's saloons will not apply in those
cities.
[transcribed by C.J.L.; June 2004]