Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-02-12
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SIDE SHOTS.
The senate has not done much the
last two days. Except watch the house
! sessions.
rate bill and Bisbee's bill relating to ex-
ecutions. Bisbee and Cashel had quite
passage at arms over the latter and
some sharp words were exchanged.
Harry Oliver, who IS one of the best
parliamentarians in the legislature, con.
Quoted the fight against resubmlssion on
the floor. Messrs Brooke and Lutz who
acted in a similar capacity on the other
| side, won laurels for themselves.
The all-night session Of Monday was a
rather severe strain upon some OF the
members, but more especially upon the
clerks. Twenty-four solid hours of con-
tinement at clerical work isn't the sine
cure legislative employees are popularity
supposed to have.
Chaplain Kline stirred up hornets
nest by his prayer in the house today.
He prayed for prohibition in such man.
ner as to insinuate against the honesty
and morality of those who might vote
for resubml ssion. When he had con-
cluded Representative Lutz, who is an
honest and conscientious advocate of re-
submissOn, arising to a question OF privil-
ege, 'jacked" the reverend gentleman up
iu the following words: Il wish to say
that had a religious training; that [
believe IN God and ir the necessity and
utility of religion. I thought that we
had engaged the chaplain to pray for US
and not to deliver political lectures. I
make this statement before the honse SO
that the whole country may know it,"
The general opinion is that the chaplain g
prayer was very much out of place and
many members have congratulated Mr..
Lutz upon displaying the courage neces-
sary to call him down.
Some of the speeches made in the
house yesterday we're pretty entertain
ing, and the Mandan Pioneer digests one
Of them, that Of the fiery Brown of
Grand Forks. as follows: HE declared
that he knew what whisky was, as he
had had a good deal of IT, but he had
long since decided to taste not and ham
die not any more. But he was against
prohibition and for resubmlssion. He
denounced reports that there was doodle
around the legislature, sent there by the
liquor men. As he stretched ont his
hands twirllng his fingers around, he de-
clared there vas no money in those fin
gers, and yet he was was fo1 resubmis-
sion" Brooke of Devils Lake, also
made a strong plea for fair dealing. He
said it was not believed by anyone that
snap judgment would be taken. He
knew, and everybody knew, that consti-
tutional prohibition had not been
adopted by IL majority OF the voters of
North Dakota. He was opposed to such
laws. The ancient Greeks had attempted
to regulate the height OF men by law.
They had fixed upon an iron bed just
the right length and they would lay
man upon it. II he was too short they
would pull his legs; if too long, they
stretched 'em out He hurled back in
situations that had been made from the
other side.
BISMARCK. Feb. 9-Special.-At this
writing, 8 o'clock, the house is under
call of the house and the members are
singing 1--WE will not go home until morn
ing," and the prospect is that they wont.
The resubmisslon fight has been waging
since o'clock. The committee on tenn
perance reported Cope's proposition to
amend the constitution by striking ont
the prohibition article, and the fight was
sprung. There were two reports. Yh.
temperance committee is generally the
dumping ground of the committees.
There are eight prohibitionists on thus
committee, and they united upon ma
jority report recommending that
the concurrent resolution proposing the
amendment be indefinitely postponed.
Williams of Grand Forks, the other
member, submitted "a minority report
recommending that the proposition pass.
The sharpest parliamentary fight of the
session followed the reading of the re-
ports. Hill, the Ransom county preacher,
moved to adopt the majority report;
Triplett moved to make the reports a
special order for Thursday, February
10Th. After little debate, Gill moved
the, previous question. Then Brooke
moved call of the house. The call
was ordered and all the members we're
found to be present except Messrs. Chris
tlanson, Daily, Daniel, Ebbinghauser,
Holritz, Larson and White, who we're
excused. Proceedings under the call
were dispensed with and an attempt
was made to force an adjournment.
Kearney made the motion and it was
lost--33 to %. The real trial of strength
then came on Burton's motion to lay