The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-03-10

and How IL Came to be Defeat d.
Sioux FALLS, March 9.-The defeat oil
the resubmission bill In the senate has
| cast a gloom, as IL were, over the city,
After the bill passed the house with such
nice majority those In this city inter.
ested In the measure felt that Ii would
surely pass the senate. Probably no
city In the state was as deeply interested
I'm the passage OF this measure az was
Sioux Falls. 1t meant much to this city.
At the present time there are
about twenty of the most avail
able business rooms of this city vacant
and this condition Of affairs il solely at
tributed to prohibition. Many who voted
FOR prohibition year ago last fall were
anxious for the bill To pass as they had
had almost wears practical demonstra-
tion OF the impractability OF the measure
so far as Sioux Falls Is concerned The
heavy tax payers OF the city were almost
To a man In favor of resubmission. The
city and county taxes are the
same as under license and the s22 900
formerly received as license
from the saloon Is minus, and stll the
sale OF liquor continues as of yore
Occasionally a Joint" or two are
pulled, but instead of squelehing the
business IL seems TO give the vendor OF
the liquid that exhilerates stronger
impetons 10 continue. For a fair illus
tration, a raid that took place Saturday
afternoon might be mentioned A
'Joint" which has been running at one
OF the most conspicuous places In the
city was raided at O'Clock and
the stock OF wet goods on
HANDS seized, and before &c. O'Clock the
same individual had opened new
Joint and was selling beer and whisky
not hundred feet from where he was
''pulled" less than an hour before.
The one thing which makes the re-
submissionists feel the sorest is the fact
that from the time the bill was intro
duced In the senate they had twenty
three votos-the required number 10
pass the measure--but the sickness OF
Clarke prevented its passage.
On Friday evening Ii was known here
that decisive action would be taken by
the senate and quite a number of those
mostly interested had gathered at the
cataract In anticipation of favorable
news. About 10 O'Clock Sheriff Sund-
back received a message from Nose
one OF the proprIetors Of the
brewery here, announcing that the |
measure was a dead cock in the pit. "
ireat was the heartburning when this
vas made public.
A number oi sore democrats
q this city are roasting the |
republican members OF the legisla-
ure In general for the defeat Of the bin. |
They pretend 10 have information TO the |
'ffect that many republican members /
we're insincere In their support OF the /
Measure, and that they never intended |
o pass IL. This Is emphatically denied /
~ such good democrats as Nose kauff- /
nan, OF this city, and Senator Pat Wick |
lam, or Hanson county. both OF whom |
we're through the thickest of the fray.
Well, the prohibs will now have ample
10 demonstrate whether the
aw can be enforced or not
The Municipal Election.
Now that the Legislature has adjourned |
he coming spring election Is the absorb
ng topic OF conversation. The city
ouncii recently re-dlstricted the city,
making six wards. This will neeessitate
he election of four new aldermen from
he new wards and one each from the
our old, which makes total of eight.
The re-dlstricting did not give entire
and has caused a sore feel
ng on the part OF some which will enter
nto the coming canvass. Enforcement
4 the prohibition law will also be fac.
or. The enforcement people claim
he present council are not doing their
uty In regard TO closing the saloons, and
hey propose 10 elect men who will do
heir bidding. This element claimed the
redit year ago OF electing Mayor
'eck, and now they are the loudest ia
enouncing him; In fact they have
penly threatened 10 impeaeh him, but
5 yet they have not tried Ii. Mr., Peck's
erm will not expire until 1892. The
oming election, however, promises to
" very interesting.
Plenty at Am assmenta.
Theater-goers of this city will have
mple opportunities for the next two
geeks to visit the show houses This