Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-02-13

at work. He wanted action taken at once.
Mr.. BROWN spoke e%loquently. He said
so, but he had said to it: Get thee behind
me, Satan." He was in favor of any man
doing as he pleased in the matter of appe-
tlte. lie was not afraid of any lobby in
1uencing him.
Mr.. BURKE was not in favor of acting
pie should have a chance to again express
themselves III the measure.
Mr.. BURTON said that the people had
declared for prohibition when they voted
on the constitution. He recited the history
of the prohibitory provision, and said the
tional, and it had not yet been given a
show. He was opposed to re submission.
Mr.. BROOKE made a strong plea for
fair dealing: He said it was not believed
by anyone thai snap Judgment would be
taken to-day. BE knew, and everybody
not been adopted by a majority of the
voters of North Dakota. He was opposed
to such laws. The ancient Greeks had un-
dertaken to regulate the height of men by
law. They had fixed up an iron bed
Just the right lengta and they would lay a
pulled his legs; if too long, they cut
,em off. He hurled back ~insinuations that
had been made from the other side. He
had no wish to conceal the platform on
which he stood. Every man in the repub-
mean county OF Ramsey who voted for
him knew his position, and he would saw,
in the language of Marmion to Douglas:
And if thou say'st I am not peer
To any lord in Scotland here
Lowland or highland. far or near
Lord Angus, thou hast lied.
Mr.. GILL said every man had made up
hIC mind QnH If "QS nrnffx- mall 1r,o~rn
how everybody stood. He then moved the
previous question.
Mr.. COPE insisted that the full house be
given a chance to vote upon the question.
He had no idea that a sna game was to be
sprung when a number of the friends of
r~e-submissiOn were absent.
MI: BURKE argued ably for a fair deal.
He did not want any member or members
to pronounce snap judgment on this mat
ter. He happened to cast his eye toward
Farmer Oliver.
The gentleman from Ransom, Mr..
Oliver, who was leading the prohibition
lists, said: Il do not know whether the
gentleman from Rolette means me or not.
He is looking at me-, but I'll say. Mr..
Speaker, that | have tried, and it has al
Ways been my ain whenever a member
OF this body, to try to treat every members
measure with the courtesy, due him, and
and earnest consideration to which it is
entitled. And | have impugned the mo-
ties of no one, be those motives wrong or
right. But it does seem to me
that the position the gentleman
takes is at least. unfair. He charges US
with trying to work a snap game. If he
will turn to the journal, he will see that
this resolution was introduced and read
the first time last Thursday, when the gen
tleman from Devils Lake moved to sus-
pend the rules and proceed to third read
ing of house bill. l offered an amendment
to proceed to second reading. and he came
over and asked whether it was for the pur-
pose Of knocking out resubmission. 1 told
him No." but simply to furnish work for
the committees. That was the under
standing and agreement. Of the nine
members of that committee, l am told that
eight are in favor of indefinitely postpon.
ing. We have the report of the Commit
tee. Every member OF this house knew
last Saturday that it had gone to the com
mittee. They have also known ever since
they have been here that this issue would
be brought up in this legislature, and
have known it v since they
They went before their people; their peo-
| pie SAID whether they wanted them to vote
one way or the other. Every one has a
duty to perform. 1t is not his individual
opinion, but the opinion of the %constitu-
ency which sent him here, instructing him
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which preceded him the year before. We
have a duty to perform to our constituents
and we may just as we'll perform that duty
to-day as a week from to-day. If the roll
is called every member on this floor should
know which way he will vote, whatever
There has been talk of Doodle, bundle,
bribery and corruption. But / will say
for the members on this floor. and each
and every one of them that, in my opin-
ion, neither Doodle MOI corruption will
change the vote when their minds are fully
made up as to which way they mean to
vote.
Mr.. KEARNEY SAID he had thought it
was a snap game; but he guessed he didn't
know the nature of the thing, and he'd
like MIR. Oliver to explain what a snap
game was.
Mr.. LUTZ said the majority report was
unfair. 1t was unfair to indefinitely post
pOne such an important matter and one
that should be settled solely upon its mer-
its. Eight prohibitionists had been put
upon the temperance committee to make
this report. He moved that the report 90
to general orders.
Mr.. BROOKE moved a call of the house.
MI. OLIVER moved to. dispense with
business under the call, and the speaker
put Mr.. divers motion.
Mr.. LUTZ raised the point of order that
the call could not be dispensed with until
it was begun, but the speaker paid no at
tention to Mr.. LutZ's point.
The motion to dispense was carried.
linen there were motions to adjourn, to
postpone to a day certain, to lie OH the ia
Bile. for cal! of the house, to dispense with
same, decisions by the speaker, appeals
from the decision, etc., until, at one time,
everything seemed in inextricable confu-
sion. Bnt the chief clerk kept cool, and
the tangle was finally Strengthened out.
At last, however, the re-submissionists,
finding that Mr.. Williams was not present
and had not been excused. succeeded in
getting a call of the house. The sergeant
at, arms was sent for the missing machine
dealer. -
Then the razzle-dazzle began in earnest.
The minutes passed and then the hours,
but still the ''calr' continued and the SER
geant.at-arms came not. Songs were sung
to while away the hours. Capt. Brown Of
Grand Forks. the old gentleman with the
pleasant voice, told in pathetic verse
Of the adventures of "The Ragman
and the Bagman." Staid and sober
Prohibs Joined with the Resubs in as.
serting that "we won't go home till morn
ing" The story of "RinpO" the millar's