St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-07
PROHIBs OUrGENERALED.
They Meet With a Setback in the
Legislature at Bismarck.

Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK, N. D.. Dec. 6.-There was
great disappointment among the Prohi-
bitionists here to-day over the success
full tilibustering of their opponents in
preventing the consideration of the bill
providing for the closing of saloons.
The hall Of the house was crowded with
members of the w. G. T. U. and ex-
treme prohibitionists with general
sprinkling of liquor men and their
friends. When the hour for the con-
sideratiOn of the prohibition bill arrived
1t was moved that the Walsh revenue
bill be considered. As this is one of
the longest bills introduced. and
its reading would consume sew
eral hours, the prohibitionists,
who believed that they had
the necessary two thirds to pass their
bill closing saloons on Jan. l, opposed
the motion. Unfortunately for them
their forces were not prepared for the
motion, and many Of them voted in
favor of the reading of the revenue bill.
This cleared the house and all repaired
to the senate where they were again
disappointed. for that body adjourned
without considering the bill. Bills
were introduced defining the office
hours of county officers. requesting
sheriffs, auditors, registers of deeds
and all other county officers to keep
their offices open from the hours of 9 a.
m. to 4 p. M, and prohibiting
THE FILING OF PAPERS
at any other hours. The bill permits
county treaSurerS to receive money at
any time; compelling grain warehouse
men to pay an annual lice nSe of $50 and
give a separate bond of $1,000 for each
house; making per cent the legal in
terest, and forfeiting principal and in
tereSt in cases where over IL per cent is
charged; limiting the homestead eX-
emptiOn to $1,000; abolishing the Office
of commissioner of immigration. Other
bills of a local nature were introduced,
and in the senate another joint resolu-
ton providing for the amendment of the
constitution so that the legislature
may remove the capitol. TIE Prohibit
tionists are struggling hard tonight to
keep their forces in line for the passage
of their bill withOut-amendment closing
the saloons on January l. There is a
decided opposition to this clause, even
among temperance people, and a sensa-
tiOn was created this afternoon by the
report that the local w. G. L. U. op-
posed it. This proved to be untrue, the
rumOr having started from the express
ion of a personal opinion by member.
The revenue and taxation bill is COM
plete system of taxation, and is
copy of the Minnesota law, with
amendments suggested by W. G. Hay
den. who has been deputy public exam
liner during the past two years. The
joint committee on revenue and taxa
tion of the Minnesota legislature, after
having had this UueStiOn hafOre them
for three consecutive terms, employed
James Gilfillan, of st. Paul. now on the
supreme bench in that state, to draft
this law, paying him large sum there
for. With few exceptions, the law
stands to-day as drawn by Judge Gil
fillan, and is considered one of the best
laws on the subject on the statute books
of any state. Among other things, it
enforces the collection of taxes, and
makes tax titles good, which has not
been the case under territorial laws.