Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-03-02

case OF sale or assignment, where goods
o. chRttes are not delivered ut the time
of sale.
Mr.. Desn's, 244, relating to time and
place of holding court.
KEsUBM1ss1oN.
Mr.. McLean's resubmiseion resolution
came up as special order at 2 p. no. Mr..
Uelands motion to postpone considera
tion until tomorrow at p. N. was tabled
by q vote Of 20 to 81, when Mr.. Ueland
moved to commit to the temperance COM
mlttee, which was also lost. 25 to "a. Mr..
Eaugen moved that the house 20 into
committee of the whole for consideration
OF the resolution, which waa adopted,
and Mr.. Oliver was called to the chair.
Mr.. Strom moved that the resolution
be reported back with the recommenda-
ton that it do not pass. Mr.. Mclean
opposed. Mr.. LELAND offerad an amend
ment, which W; 8 defeated, 20 to 80.
Mr. Mclean insisted that the pro hibi-
ton law had never been enforced. and is
not now enforced The article was
adopted by minority, through ipatten-
ton, and the people demand right to
vote on it. The petitions sent here de-
mand more time. The resolution gives
them four years more; seven years jig Ger
tainly enough to satisfy the people
whether it can be enforced or not.
Mr.. Haugen opposed the resolution,
and said it is unjust ard unfair to sub
nit the question. The people demand
more time for the enforcement of this
law. The law is enforced as we'll as any
high license law ever was. Mr.. Strom
also protested against the resolution. He
said Tho law has not had fair trial, be,
sides ,he republican party will be held
responsible for the resolution if it ls
passed, as they are in the majority.
Mr.. Horgan sald the people Of bis
county do demand it, and Mr.. Yegen
said the prohibition article reminded
him of the old blue laws Mr.. McCanna
favored the resolution aud Mr.. Hagen
oppoeed.
Mr.. johnson said the law had been
we'll enforced in Sargent county, and he
knew OF no father. mother or son in that
county who desired the question resub
mitted.
/ Mr.. Newman inquired if any respecta
ble portion of the people of this state
had asked for the submission OF the
question. The clerk said that numerous
petitions had been filed in opposition and
petitions were on file from two or three
counties asking for resubmission. The
largest was received this morning, about
500 names.
| Mr.. Newman: Then 500 people ask to be
heard On this subject. There is a demand
and these people ought to be heard
Less than 500 people threw the tea into
Boston harbor and opened the way to
the birth of our cation. He followed
the subject at length making strong
speech for resubmission.
Mr.. Strom said 5000 people protested
against resubmission.
MF. Newman: Neither 5000 nor So.
600 have any right to prevent 800 from
being heard.
Mr. Logan said be strongly opposed
the resolution; regretted the democrats
were carrying out the demands OF their
constituents. He told story the point
of which was that the devil was in favor
devil.
Mr.. Bentley made, by all odds.
the strongest speech in favor
OF reeubmission. He said he was for
merlya temperance man; had been II
years worker for temperance; had been
q prohibitionist; but no favored high Ii.
cense. As mayor of Bismarck he had
had experience. and asserted that there
are now more drunken men in Bismarck
in day than there we're in a month dur
ing his sdmlnist ration as mayor.
Mr. Haugan: Will high license teach
morality?
Mr.. Bentley: 1t will teach better mo-
rality than prohibition as it is enforced
in this state.
Mr.. Simpson favored resubmission,
making many strong points. He showed
up the character of the blind pi9gers now
engaged IN the liquor traffic, the charac-
ter Of the saloons at Moorhesd and East
Grand Forks, whose representatives are
now here working against Iesubmission,
and he wanted the gentleman from
Barnes to say on which side the devil
was. He wanted him Logan) to come
over on the Lords side. He also spoke
OF the loss of revenues.
Mr.. Hurley SAID be was not at liberty
to change his position on this subject
The people Of his county instructed the
Traill county delegation to oppose resub-
mission and he was here to obey their
instructions.
Mr.. Macarthur also opposed the reso-
luton. His constituents opposed and he
represented his constituents in opposing.
Mr.. johnson Of Grand Forks, favored
the resolution because his constituents
demanded, though himself, opposed.
When the resolution came up on Its
final passage 1t was passed by vote Of
80 10 25. Those who voted aye were
Messrs. Bentley, Boynton, Bnrkhardt,
Cochrane, Davis. Deans, Ebbinghausen,
Hall, Hallum, Havrevold. Holiday, Hor-
gan, James. johnson Of Grand Forks,
Johnston. Kelly, Lohnes, McCsnna, Nc
Lean. Newman, O'Keefe, Plain, Sanford,
Satterlund, Simpson, Thexton, Veeder,
Wineman, Wishek, Wright, legen,
Walsh.-32.
! Those who voted no were Messrs
Bullard, Caldwell, Churchill, Elliott.
Hagen, Halvorsen, HaugeI. Hurley,
Hodgson, johnson of Sargent, Larson,
Lee, Levane, Logan. Macarthur, McCul'
loch, Oskendahl, Oliver, Pierce, Strom.
Thompson. Towers, Tufts, LELAND, Wal
len.-25 Those not voting we're Messrs,
Benedict, Rlnde, Ritter, Severson,
Southard.
| SRNATE.--BILIIS PASSED.
Mr.. Johnsons bill, 173. providing for