St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-20
KREIS FAILS.
AS the G lobe Predicted, His Tenn
perance Bill Is Strangied.

The first tilt on the temperance ques-
ton has been had in the house, and with
temporary disastrous results for the ad-
vocates of greater legal stringency for
the saloons. But it is open to question
if the advocates of ''let well enough
alone" did not make a mistake in set
tling down so harShly upon bill which
IN itself was fairly harmless, and which
if passed would never have been en-
forced in over score of towns in the
state. Yesterdays defeat gave the
local option members OF the house
slap in the face that has stung them
into new activity, and Oh the surface
there appears to be more reason for be-
lieying that local option bill will be
passed this winter than at any time
since the session has opened.
The issue yesterday was the kreis
bill, which proposed that billiard and
pool tables should be excluded from sa-
looms located in towns of less than 1000
inhabitants. The bill had been recon-
mended to pass by the committee of the
whole, and Mr.. KreiS, despite the Warn-
ing of the GLOBE yesterday, was IN
clined to think that the bill, on.its third
Teading, would pass. The first speech
inade on the bill was by Representative
Willrich and came very near inSuring
The passage of the bill, although the
speaker was opposed to it. No more
illogical address has been delivered on
the temperance question i'll the house
this year than that of the member from
Ramsey yesterday. When he SOlemnly
assured the house that he opposed the
bill because to diyeSt the saloon of
games was TO make drinking matter of
british instinct, and that there was no
temptation to drink through the me-
dunn of pool table located directly in
front of bar, the member from Ram
Sey exposed himself and his delegation
to the laughter aud Scorn of the house.
Representative Brown consider the
bill to be high-handed outrage against
the small towns.
Representative Young-It is an at
tempt to enforce Objectionable class
legislation.
Representative Lane-You can't leg
islate wart off a mans nose. and this
bill belongs to that class of measures
designed to accomplish impossible
things.
Representative Hanke-l am opposed
to this bill, and prepared to go on rec
ord as to that.
Representative Fleming am OPP
tOSCO " GliS NloOl tCbNiShOiNo
Of the bill, although | would support a
measure forbidding minors to play pool
or billiards in saloon.
Representative Heidemann-f move
that the bill be indefinitely postponed.
This motion was subsequently with
drawn. Representative Ellingson plead
ed for the passage of the bill on moral
grounds.
Representative Kreis-The bill was
drawn in the interests of the weak and
of temperance. We have sinners in the
country, although probably not as big
as in st. Paul and Minneal. oils. This
bill, if passed, will prove the entering
wedge to the promised land.
Representative Hay-While in sym
pathy with the bill, | cannot vote for it,
since it is class legislation.
Representative FlatherS-ThiS bill
does not cover all that desire, but half
loaf is better than none at all, and
will support it.
Representative Temple also supported
the measure. Representative Dunn OPP
posed it and asked for the call of the
yeas and nays upon the vote.
Representative Thurber-I shall vote
for the bill. and if it is the entering
wedge to prohibition [ desire to give the
wedge as hard whack as possible.
The previous question was moved, and
the bill defeated by the following vote: