Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-18
people of Dakota are largely awakened

on the subject.
Joseph Ward of Yankton--I do not
tnlnk this the time to submit this TO
me people with or apart from the on
stltutlon. AS much as | am in favor of
prohibition I must say | think it will
endanger our chances Of statehood.
~! the sake OF temperance and prohi-
Dltion itself | think this not the time
70 Drlng up the issue. To press it now
Is 70 TAX away Il hopes Of success
anu weaken the cause of temperance.
l !nlnk a large proportion of the votes
VIII go against the constitution andthe
issue OF temperance. When we battle
TOT temperance we must stand on even
ground. 1t is only Il matter of good
hard sense.
II. }: Campbell of Yankton-I desire
to meet the Issue fairly. AS l UNDER
stand 1t, it we adopt the report and it
carries at the polls it becomes a part of
the constitution, and 1 oppose it. The
caption ito be separately submitted"
amounts to nothing. l am opposed to
elther submitting the issue to a vote or
Incorporating prohibition in the con
stltutlon. 1t was decided by a BODY of
representative prohibitionists at Yank-
ton before the Huron convention was
held, IN consultation with eminent adj
Vocates OF statehood that it was mad
TlsaDle to confuse the temperance issue
ana statehood, that those prohibition
representatives would support the con-
StltutiOn without the prohibition issue
being submitted.
Mr. Campbell offered an amendment
to be incorporated into the constitution
giving the majority OF the people DOW
er to petition the legislature for and
making it incumbent upon the legisla-
ture to pass prohibition or other laws
upon the request of such majority.
Eli johnson OF Hyde opposed placing
prohibition before the people now. in
humorous language and expression.
warning the advocates of the issue
against inviting the defeat of the con-
stitution by the money ofthe brewers.
John NJ. Pease of Dawson urged the
sense OF the proposition to vote upon
prohibition as a matter OF right and
politics. The ladies in the gallery gave
him a round of applause when he said
the temperance people of the territory
must be in the ascendency if one judg-
ed from the way the opponents were
fighting shy Of the issue, and Il bouquet
was sent down to him.
j. E. Knox of Faux warned the tenn
perance people agaist dallying and
urged the submission of the issue. He
hoped the desire of those who had DE-
titiOned the convention be needed.
A. 5. Jones of Hutchinson-Gentle-
men have said they could see no reason
why the question should not be sub.
mitted with the constitution. They
lose sight of honor. We. are in honor
bound not to have anything to do with
any other issue than those belonging to
the adoption OF a constitution. The
people of Hutchinson county would
defeat both the constitution and prohi.
bition if they are submitted together
1t has been repeated that the people de.
sire prohibition submitted. l deny it
for they all understand in the call for
the convention it was understood that
the issueo Of temperance would not be
raised. 1t has been raised by those
who want to defeat the constitution.
l desire this movement to statehood
should be successful, but if we submit
this ssue 1t. will not be successful.
G.. E. Brooks OF Yankton-Since il
mas been understood that the work OF
this convention be non-partisan. and
the prohibition is partisan, would il
not absolve the cOmpacts which bring
this convention together to take up
this issue.
Nh. Knox said the gentlemen from
lankton came here instructed. and
hence their expressions were of nc
more weight than those OF individuals.
He did not propose, he said, to bow
down before individual sentiment. He
received a bouquet from the gallery.
AlOnzo Converse of Sanborn said he
did not come with instructions one
way or the other, but he thought the
people Of his county sufficiently intel.
ligent to vote for or against the prohi-
bition: he could leave the issue with
them. and favored submission. There
was vigorous applause from the gal
lery as he proceeded, saying he did not
recognize the powers OF the brewers,
but thought WI should 60 right ahead
in the discharge Of duty in the light OF
right. He could not see anything in
the preliminary work Of any conven-
ton of which the present was an out.
growth p~recluding the submission of
the subject with the constitution. 1t
would not be a partisan issue, since
the prohibition party was made up OF
both political parties. He compared
the issue to Il cyclone. and thought the
only way to get past it was by meeting
it at the polls.
AT 1926 the convention adjourned
to 2 P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Upon the r%eassembling Of the con-
vention, at Up. NJ, the consideration OF
the question Of prohibition was re,
sumed.
W. W. Brookings of Minnehaha said
he favored temperance, but he did not
favor prohibition. The business men
were, largely against prohibition, and
would defeat the constitution, he
thought. The temperance people who
have been so energetic here Of late on
prohibition never took the trouble to
close saloons on holidays and election
days. His native state, Maine, had pro.
hibition, yet the liquor traffic was run
ningg wild. A good regulating liquor
law was better than prohibition.
While he thought it would be voted
down, two to one, he favored submit
ting it to the people to get out a full
vote. He thought the ladies should