Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1892-11-25
In tho Matter Of Resubm,s ssion.

law is farce" says the Bismarck Trib-
une. AS the Sifungs sees it, the object
of resubinission is to get full and free
expression from the people on proh,bi-
ton, after having given it sufficient trial.
With that aim in view, the Siftings sees
no improperly IN resubmltting the ques-
tlon.-Minnewaukan Siftlngs.
South Dakota is talking about resub-
mission. The newly elected legislature is
said to be in favor of it: North Dakota
will do more than talk about twill see
that it Is accomplished at the first oppor-
tunlty. In the meantime the saloons will
doubtless run without regulation or con-
troll until the legislature furnishes the
needed relief in the repeal Of the i'm
prisonment penalty of the law and the re-
submission of the question to the people.
jamestown Alert.
The Grand Forks Plaindealer is taking
up the cudgel against prohibition Let
alt the other newspapers that detest by.
pocrisy and fraud, and that would see
North Dakota right herself before the
world on this matter, show up the failure
and demand the repeal of the law. Iowa,
Kansas and South Dakota are preparing
to cast aside prohibition. North Dakota
must let no political considerations pre-
vent her doing the same. No party can
exist in this state and champion prohibi.
ton. The republicans tried it. and where
are they "at' now3--Jamestown Alert.
Attorney General Standlsh was elected
on the platform Of enforcement of the
laws. He has already declared that after
he has taken his seat the blind pig must
go hence. Mr.. Standlsh is right. The
law, If it is kept on the statute books,
should be enforced, or communities
where the license sentiment predomi
mates should be permitted to fipe Or IL
cense the saloon. The blind-pIggers are
dung business just the same as the open
saloon did, and pay nothing. The legis.
lature cannot take action too quickly on
this disgraceful state of affairs. Abolish
the Imprisonment clauses or repeal the
law, but give the people some rights that
blind pig is bound to respect. The
prohibitory law gives nobody any rights
except the ig."-Jamestown Alert.
There is no doubt that there will be an
anti-prohibition majority in the next leg
islature, and nothing stands in the way
of resubmlssion except the new governor.
Shortridge was nominated on prohlbl-
ton platform, and will probably veto any
bill for resubmisslon but it is the opin-
ion of some of the best lawyers in the
state that q proposition for amending
the constitution does not need the gov.
ernor's signature, and we think this view
is correct. Certainly the prohibitionists
cannot look for any consideration from
republicans. They did all they could to
defeat the republican national and state
tickets, with the exception of johnson
and Dahl, and they succeeded. Every
republican should jump ON to prohibition
with both feet and stamp it out of exist.
ence.-Mandan Times.
The outbreak of public opinion in
Philadelphia against the treating habit
directs attention to the fact that this Ut
terly absurd and perilous custom prevails
nowhere else in christendom but in the
United States. The Troy Times, in COM
menting on the absurdity of confning
treating" to cigars and drinks. says
''There would be just as much good fel.
lowship in asking one to have cake of
soap, pound of crackers or sugar. a
gallon of oil or clean shirt as there is
IN inviting him to turn himself Into a
tank or a smokehouse at your expense.
When a group of hale fellows get to-