Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-03-13

Appropriating money for Lious Van Lund-
lonn. whose glandere horses was killed by the
state veterinarian.
Relating to the spread of infectious and con-
| taRlOus diseases.
To indemnify certain persons whose stock
| were killed.
The house met at the usual hour. the speaker
| presiding.
The vote by which the revenue bill was lost
was rec0nsidered.
The following bills were passed:
Providing for the renewal OF stock certificates
when same have been lost. worn out. mutilated
OF. destroyed
Relating to railway police.
Amending the revenue law.
Authorizing commissioners Of United Statos
circuit courts to administer oaths.
House bill 2t0 to promote IRRITATION. came up.
ed by the committee on education.
To license dogs. and to pay Tor sheep killed
| by dogs.
The Following bills wero indefinitely post
poned
horse-doctor bill.
| bill for defining usury.
TO prevent property escaping taxation
The bill for state uniformity OF text books.
fix compensation of district officers.
On motion Of Mr.. Hill, a recess was taken to
. o'clock.
At the afternoon session Of the house tele-
gram signed by Walter Muir. Ira J. Lampnlan
and Smith 6timmel was read asking that there
be no appropriation made for the worlds fair
but that, instead, $25. 900 be set aside to buy
seed grain for the needy farmers.
Steele county against the repeal of the prohihi-
| tion law. and Mr.. Hodges handed similar pc
tition from Sargent county.
The following bills were passed.:
| Substitute for the bill relating to county ply
| sicians.
The bill for the assessment and taxation Of
Tht bill allowing females to qualify as nota-
| ries public
The bill providing for using native coal in the
public institutions.
Concerning the specific powers of boards of
county commissioners.
| ,Appropriating SO. 900 for the maintenance Of
the ,Mayyile Normal tpa ,.,;hs. school =, ,o
statements.
| Therevenuc measure.
The bill to abolish the penalty clauses of the
prohibition law came up.
Mr.. Dennet said the bill, when introduced, had
| harmless appearance, and was asserted to
| be measure for the relief of druggists. But,
| as had been ated on tho previous day, tho
prohibitionists had absorbed wisdom through
experience Of the tricks of their opponents.
They were suspicious. and they soon discovered
when the amendments of the gentleman from
Cass (Mr: Loomis) were presented, the fell pur-
pose OF the scheme was apparent. The GENTLE
| to strike off certain provisions Of the present
statute. tell that with less penalties the vio-
latiors will be more certainly punished. but
simply give law that is no law. Let
US look at them. In everv clause but one the
penalty clauses are repealed; Sections and
would ask the members to take up copies Of the
| law and zee what the result of I he amendments
| would be-: In section part Is repealed. and
part is left" Mr.. bennett read q number OF
sections, and pointed out the proposed changes.
He said that If the amendments carried. club
houses. that were to all intents and purposes
saloons. could be established. "We have been
told that prohibition cannot be enforced. Be-
| fore the passage of the Wilson bill and the re-
cent court decisions. even prohibitionists had
| their doubts. There was not much hope. But
now IL yoa will let us retain the law we will
Mr.. Gill read at length from decision of JUS
ttce Field IN California case, to show that suf
| law without the violation of inherent rights.
Mr.. Gill spoke strongly against the repeal of the
imprisonment clause, and in conclusion siad:
"The constitutional provision seems to be lost
| sight Of. 1t says that proper statutes shall be
| enacted for CARRYING the organic requirement
into effect. II no laws are passed, the coustitu-
tional provision Is violated But there must be
severe penalties to make the prohibitory sta
| tutes effective. Laws have been made to punish
volators. II gentlemen desire that these pen
| alt1es shall be weak and incomplete. they should
substitute for house bill 2O7. But, II they de-
sire to have a law that will be lived up to, they
SnOulQ vote aRalnBJ Gne amen0meaCS.
Mr.. Fay raised tho point of order that the
| house was losing valuable time The senate had
adjourned, and. under joint rule 10. no bill
passed by ono house could be considered in the
other during the last two days of the session.
| Mr.. Lutz also thought there was no use 10
| lose further time. But he wished to say to the
gentleman from Cass lAr. GilD that there was
| no such thing as an inherent right. The inher-
ent right OF the American people was obtained
| by the sword.
Mr.. Brooke wished to tell the gentleman
l Proyr Tnce Io r. a.
speech: but that. If 1t could avail anything, he
would like to obliterate one already made He
knew-everybody knew-the nature OF the opin-
| ion just read, rs we'll as they knew OF "the boy
| who stood on the burning deck--his baggage
checked for Troy."
MIR. Hill moved indefinite postponement
Lost, 30 to 80
Mr.. Burke said that he agreed with Justice
( Field, but that opinion had nothing to do with
the present case He did not question the
| right to pass but the wisdom of passing such
Of the other side iterate aud reiterate, I'VE want
prohibition: the constitution calls for it. and
BURKE bus we diner on ~s the question sAa Of
penalty, The prohibition law exists; 1t must
bo enforced, that Is settled but the question Of
reducing the excessive punisnments is an open
! IN here against the repeal Of prohibition. The
| matter has been mtsrepresented to the constit-
uencies. The people have been told that we
| were going to do away with prohibitory law.
| But that is not what we are seeking. We are
seeking to give you law that can be enforced.
The rankest prohibitt0nists can conscientiously
! vote for this bill and the amendments"
| Mr.Gill moved the previous question.
It had come to the knowledge OF the house
| that the up stairs gentlemen had adjourned so
as to avoid consideration of the bill II it should
pass the house, and thus kill 1t. Mr.. Brooke
| remarked that the previous question is to
| teach the senate some sense"
| After come cross firing and the making Of
| several motions. MIR. Oliver moved as q sub
stitute that further consideration OF house bill
2o7 be postponed until Saturday the day after
| adjournment. He said: 1--WE have all put our
selves on record. Our constituents all know
how We stand. The bill cannot pass the SEN
| ate If it reaches there later than to-day, and
| that august body has shut up shop and gone
| home.
The motion Of MIR. oliver prevailed.
| House bill 165 n concurrent resolution for a
| conf titutiOnal amendment providing for a
| change in the term of railroad commiss toner's,
| was lost.
Senate bill 1877. relating to the state veteri-
| marian, was passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Hill. the house adjourned.