Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-12-20

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thing in it. The gentleman from Cass re-
marks that the Alliance wants it, Who is
the Ailiancew
MI. ROWE: "The people or the MAORI
Mr.. DlESEM: ssIf that is the case, l be.
lieve in giving the Alliance as strong a
temperance bill as they can possibly ask
hibitory as can we'll be done, making it
lr0nclad. The amendment was lost.
TO STRIKE OUT THE WOMEN.
Mr.. LAMOURE offered an amendmen
to section 2, by striking out after the word
petition all of lines Is, 16, II and 18 to the
word "located." That portion in regard to
the signing of the petition by twenty-five
men and twenty-five reputable women. He
said that he made this motion because it
interfered with the board of pharmacy.
who should decide this question.
Mr. DIESEM: "This bill has been gotten
up in the interests of the wives, mothers,
daughters and children of this nation.
They are not the fathers of this bill, but
the mothers of it. and the fathers of it have
placed it on paper here, and are asking this
legislature to pass this bill in which every
lady OF the land is interested and yet we
find an eminent senator here who wishes
IS strike out the only clause in the entire
bill in which the ladies have any interest
whatever. 1t is not in conflict with the
board of pharmacy, it only makes it one
druggists may sell whiskey. This is the
one part of the bill that the druggists do
not advocate. They are afraid that they
will not get the permit. from the county
Judge unless they get permission from
these twenty-five respectable ladies which
they are afraid they will not be able to do.
will not prevail and take away the only
interest that the ladies have in this bill
whatever.
Senator SWANsTON hoped that the
amendment would not prevail, as a drug
Rist could easily get by going out on the
streets in the evening the signatures of
twenty-five gentlemen to his petition, but it
OF tM enty-fve respectable ladies.
MI. ROBINSON offered as an amend
ment to the amendment to strike out the
words "twenty-fve reputable women" Lost.
Mr.. LAMOURE explained his vote by
saying that he voted against Senator Rob-
lnson's amendment as it inferred that we
Dakota, which he did not think we had.
IN speaking on the amendment giving the
right to use wine for Sacramental purposes
Mr.. LaMoure said that he was afraid that
ne would have to join the church in order
to get some wine. [Laughterl.
SENATOR swANsToN's BOMB.
MIR. SWANSTON then offered as an
amendment to section /, to strike out all of
the bill after the words zone year" ill line
twelve. (Nearly the entire billy He ex-
planned the position he took on this by say
ing that he thought he would render the
bill complete. That those few words
would be the most severe prohibito1y law
that was ever passed. That this part Of
the bill only was prohibitory; that the rest
OF the bill was simply a lot of cumbersome
matter telling the people how to get round
the acting part of the bill. If there was
any way to make stronger prOhibitOry
bill he would like to see it as he would
IKE ~ to learn something new. He thought
that there was prohibitory law in those
few words, and that fifty pages of matter
were spent in showing how to get round
It, II the legislature wanted prOtlibitOry
law they should vote for that amendment
ana they would have it with vengeance
SENATOR WORST
SAID that he was pleased with the amend
ment. 1t struck him as being just about
the thing that was zwanted. He had al
ready taken the position that there was
too much of the bill and that it would oc-
casion trouble, litigation and loss to the
counties in law suits, but the thought had
not struck him until Mr.. Swanston sug-
gested it at that time that it was possible
to make it so simple and complete in so
few words. He thought that the friends
OF prohibition made great mistake in
thinking that prohibition was giant and
cauld stride the prairies of North Dakota
with giants tread. Prohibition is but a
nursling, weak and puny, and would re-
quire all the nursing and tender care that
they could give it. That if they were not
very careful they would cause it to decline
and die from the very day of its adoption
in North Dakota, but if treated properly
1t would rise, gain strength and finally
proclaim to the world the glories it had ac-
complished. He believed that it never
could co. be done by leaving the bill as it was.
! ihat every additional word added to Sec
gonul fion / :. would weaken the cause until
finally it would die. That the great moral
"Thou shalt not steai,h Chou skaIt not not
KILL" were strong only by their simplicity.
Ihat they were q success, and yet edid not
TAKE up pages Of matter to prOnibit those
crimes: He believed that he was better
prohibitionist to-day than many who were
advocating that bill, as he believed in Civ
ing North Dakota real prohibition, and not
law that it would be impossible to pro.
cure indictments under. Senator Swans
ton said that he would like to have the SEN
ators sincerely consider the qustion before
voting. That the language OF section was
as plain as language could be. It prohib-
tied the different kinds Of intoxicating
liquors from being brought into the state
for sale or for gift as beverage. Covers
drug stores, saloons and everything else,
and established the punishment therefor.
HE thought that there was nothing ambigu-
Gus in the language, while il the whole Bill
was incorporated parts of many sections
conhlcted with other sections, and would
destroy its usefulness.
SENATOR DIEsEM
said that he had not thought of 50 simple
way th completely cover subject that it
had taken weeks for eminent men to in
corporate in forty or fifty pages, but
thought that it was just the thing needed.
"While have never been an avowed pro-
hibitionist, l have always been in favor of
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