Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-02-15

sion until Saturday in which the speaker
wavering once, n nearly conceding that
it could not be taken up because as a bill it
should have been placed on the orders Of
the day, but finally holding that the
error Of a clerk could not take
the bill out Of its regular order,
wonderfully strong campaign for his bill.
A motion to adjourn was lost, q to "a,
Messrs. Blackjack and Cryan voting on
this proposition with the resubmissiOnists.
A motion to make it a special order for
Saturday was also lost by 26 to IS, Mr..
Blackjack also voting with the resubmis-
sl0nlsts, Mr.. Cryan voting against.
A SENSATIONAL CHARGE.
Mr.. COOPER charged that the resub-
m%issionists had had a meeting at Grand
Forks and had sent a committee to st,
Paul and Minneapolis to raise money from
the wholesale liquor sellers and the rail-
roads to carry ~resubmisSlOn through; that
they had threatened the railroads with
adverse legislation unless they contributed
and it was for this they desired to put this
of.
Mr.. SIMPSON declared he was not
aware of it if the wholesale liquor men
have been asked to contribute money, or if
they we're disposed to pay money for that
purpose. None had been offered him.
Mr.. SARGENT was surprised that one
who has plead for justice and fairness, as
the gentleman from Stark has, should have
the temerlty to stand before this house as
he has today contending for delay.
MI. FLEMING moved to adjourn. This
was lost-26 to 81.
Mr.. WINEMAN said the fair minded
men who favor prohibition will admit that
the law cannot be enforced. He was op-
posed to the saloon as much as 'any man.
but the action about to be taken shows
that they are afraid to trust the people. A
majority Of the people did not vote
an ertioi the rhps 59pS %an9 to TO vote adopt do it t and
wipe the stain of blind plgism from the
state. Bismark has its wide-open saloons
and open gambling attachments. The
state is full of blind pigs which pay no
license. and the druggists running blind
money. The blind pigs and druggists of
the state do not want resubmission. They
stand side by side of the holier than thou
people against 1t. He spoke of trials in
Grand Forks, where every man on the jury
knew the defendants were gully, and
though sworn to 40 their duty they ac-
quilted. He spoke of East Grand Forks
whisky sales to people who came to Grand
Forks to disturbthe people.
Here the speaker called time.
MI. EDWARDS moved to extend the
GlInc, UuG Glo mOGlOu was lOSts 10 To 10. 81
Mr.. SIMPSON said this was the first time
he had ever been called upon to deliver an
Grafton at a funeral. No language of his
could speak louder than the tactics he had
employed to carry this measure. He had
done by fairness, however. whatever he
had done and had done it believing that
the question should be submitted to the
people. He regarded the measure dead
and the proceedings today as merely burial
service over its remains. The representa-.
tives of the people here came fresh from
the people, and he hoped they would
be true to the people and concede
to them the right to be heard
on so important a question. Evil exists
and is co-extensive with the life of man.
1t is better to regulate evil which cannot
be suppressed than to wage hopeless wal
for its destruction. You can. by legisla-
ton, put a damper on the prejudices or
the appetites Of men. He spoke of the
populists and their referendum, yet deny
ing to the people the right to be heard.
Mr.. NlERLlNG spoke for the bill and
felt that to defeat this measure was to
deny to the people the right to be heard.
He spoke OF the evils of blind pigism con-
trasted with license and regulation.
Mr.. LOGAN said the democrats were
manly. They made resubmission a plank
i'll their platform and were buried, receiv-
ing the smallest vote of the three parties.
The populist platform was against result
mission and they are true to their plat
form. Referendum was buried at the polls
and cannot be considered. He was like
the man in the thunderstOrm-he wanted
less noise and more light. Discussion gives
no light. The final vote on resubmission
was as follows: