St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-08
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man from Swift assumes that the peo-
pie of this state are demanding the pas
sage of this bill. The petitions before
US show but one in thirty-four demand
ing the passage of the bill. the remain
der, by their silence, opposing it.
know that in Maine the divorces have
increased 10 per cent since prohibition
went into effect. This has nothing to
do with prohibition, perhaps, but it is
fact
The question between high license
and prohibition is one of eXpediency,
and you cannot legi5late men into tenn
perance any more than you can close
the yawning jaws of hell. The people
are not demanding the passage of this
measure, and | shall vote to indefinitely
postpone.
ANDERSON.
Representative Anderson-I am not
here as special servant of the Pro-
hibition party, but am here in spite of
it. But L cannot see my way clear to
refuse the demand for the submission
of this question without denying the
sacred right of petition. | must vote
for this bill.
Representative Iyes-Every town and
village in this state has true prohibition
now if it wants it. Evil has
in liquor. but the question arises can
you prevent it9 Prohibition is grand
and sublime theory, but there is not the
stick or timber in this world that can
make it practical. We are but men, not
angels-far from them. You may deny
the right to drink. but you can
not control the passion nor the appetite.
Then the question is, what is
the best method to control
the evil? Prohibition does not and
never will remove the liquor traffic. SO
long as the passion for drink exists,
law or no law. men will have it. Pro-
hibition does not prohibit. This is a
matter of common nOtoriety. You can
not enforce law which is against pub
lie sentiment: Is it policy, then,
turmoil and strife between the
temperance people and those who are
conservative? Is there any object in
doing this? Does it tend to the advance
ment of the whole people?
The prohibition party never accom-
plished any legislation except by bull
doing the dominant party. The Re-
publican in the North, the Democratic
in the South. [Applause.l
UThanks, didn't eXpectit. Laughter |
The importance of the Prohibition
party in my opinion has been much
Oyerestimated. There is 10 possibility
of its ever becoming practical.
There is something to high license.
1t makes every man who pays the Ii
cenSe a detective. How are you going
to proclaim that prohibition prohibits
when Mr.. EllingSon introduces bill in
this house to license the saloons i'll the
prohibition town of Excelsior for the
purpose OF securing prohibition in the
remainder of the community? Laugh
ter.
Mr.. Willrich spoke. Messrs. Ellng-
son and Fathers supported the bill.
HAY.
Representative Hay-I believe that il
the people demand to be heard on this
question, that demand should be lis
tened to. | do not believe that prohibit
tion prohibits. Ii believed tnat one
half of the people had asked for the
passage Of this act would vote for it,
for the people have the right to be
heard. We have to day in Minnesota a
law which, SO far as it has been tried,
has proven to be the best.
Mr.. KreiS favored the bill and Davis
&C. r. opposed it.
SMITH.
John Day Smith-This is with me a
question of conscience. | am willing to
vote as believe what is right. l am
in favor of the county local option bill.
and of the submission of this question
TO the people.
CROSSFIELD.
Representative Crossfield-1 was NOM
mated by Republicans, on Republican
platform which indorSed high license
and propose to stand by it. Prohibit
ton is worse than license or free
whisky.
STEVENS.
Representative II. F. Stevens--I was
called out few moments ago by a gen.
tleman who told me that | had very
bright prospects, but that if | voted
against this bill [ would injure them.
That kind of treatment never works
well with me, and [ propose to vote
against this bill. In my experience
until public sentiment is educated pro-
hibitiOn will be failure in Minnesota
as it has been in Vermont. The time
of this question.
f. C. Stevens-I am the member who
has lived all of his life in prohibition
districts-Maine, Iowa, and prohibi-
tory district in Minnesota-and during
that time have never been in a town
in one of those places where liquor
could not be obtained if any one
wanted it. The effect of prohibition in
this state now would be to set back the
cause of temperance for the next ten
years.
The vote being taken in the commit
tee of the whole on indefinite postpone
ment of the Hompe bill, there were
fifty-siX ayes and no nays-the friends
Of thp hill dpciipjDU Tn vote ftpr tho
committee had risen, the vote upon the
adoption of the report to indefinitely
postpone was as follows:
YEAS.
Alderman, Flynn, McKusick
BAN, Fuhrmann. McNelIy,