Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-02-15
THIRTY-sECoND DAY.
Senate convened at 2 p. m.
Prayer by the chaplain,


Senate convened at pm.
Prayer by the chaplain.
A large number OF petitions were pre-
sented, pro and con, on the prohibition
question.
The governor announced his approval Of
Senator Arnold's bill (senate bill No. 10y.
regulating the re districting of counties
into commissioner districts.
NEW BILLS.
by Judiciary Committee: Fixing the
minimum time for which offenders may be
committed to the penitentiary.
BY Compilation Committee: Justice
Code.
BY SENATOR DAVIS: Fixing fees of
sheriff and other officers for transporting
convicts to the penitentiary, the fee to be
paid by the counties.
BY SENATOR BROWN: Furnishing
free text books.
RESUBMISSION.
On third reading, Senator Haggart's re-
submission resolution was read by the
clerk.
SENATOR HAGGART moved the adop-
ton OF the resolution.
SENATOR HITLER raised point of
order, referring to section ITO of Reeds
rules of order. The point was decided as
not we'll taken, and the vote was taken, as
follows:
Those voting yea were Messrs. Benedict,
Brown, Burke, Clark. Fuller, Gregory,
Haggart, LaMoure, Little, McGillivray,
Parkin, Plain, S0rley. Viets, White, Wishek.
Those voting nay were Messrs. Arnold,
Davis, Day, Doble, Enger, Hanscom, Hill
lier, Lamb, McCarten, Rourke, Stevens,
Strom, TUFTS, Valentine, Young.
Before the vote was taken Senator DObie
a. rQSlInflNn iytrn
duced? He wanted some reasons from the
movers and friends of the resolution.
SENATOR HAGGART said he believed
this question had been discussed so much
that every senator knows how he is going
to vote, and the constituents of eyery sen.
SENATOR MCGlLllVRAY thought the
gentleman from Pembina should state why
he was not in favor of resubmssion.
SENATOR GREGORY, in explaining his
vote, said it made no difference to him,
politically, whether he voted for or against
this resolution: He was prepared to look
upon this question from the broad stand.
point OF the best good of the state. Some
few years ago the most stringent prohibi-
tlOn law ever enacted in the United States
was enacted by the legislature OF this
state. What is the result? In every town
IN the state, except, perhaps, a few on the
border, we have the open saloon. All a
and see it. Under the license law drunk
ards and minors were barred from the sa-
loon, but under prohibition they are not SO
barred. Ii his vote would secure prOhibi-
tion he would cast it. But laws are of no
use that cannot be enforced. The prohibi-
ton law IS failure, and every man who is
honest will admit it. The man who gets
up and says prohibition is a success, or
anywhere near success, is not stating a
fact, and he knows it. 1t is rank, intOl-
cradle, sinking failure in the noStrils OF
the people. What should be done? Some
thing to control this evil. There is no man
put will admit that liquor is an evil. But
the sale of whiskey. Why not, as reason
able men, try to do something that will be
Of some use? A great deal has been said
as to the effect of this resubmisson cues
ton on the republican party. Prohibition
has been an incubus on the republican
party in every portion of the United States
that it has been attempted to do anything
with it. 1t was the cause of defeating tie
greatest man this country has ever seen
since the days of Webster. Prohibition
has been milestone around the neck uf
the republican party. He believed that the
people should have an opportunity to vote
upon this question, and that is why he
SENATOR DOBlE insisted that the fact
that the state experienced difficulty in en-
forcing the law was nothing against the
law itself. II Columbus had turned back
when he first met discDuragement, Amer
lea would not have been discovered: if
Grant had given up in the same way the
war would not have been won.
SENATOR BURKE explained his vote
lie said that it is not question as to
whether prohibition is good thing or not.
but it is question whe her the people
shall have chance to vote upon it. If the
people OF this state are in favor of it there
will be no difficulty in enforcing it. He
hoped that it the people voted by major
lty for prohibition, it would be by 50 large
majority that everyone would realize
that public sentiment was back of it,
SENATOR SORLEY favored resubmis-
sion: He said he believed the people had
right to express themselves on the uues.
tlon. 6e generous enough to give the ppO-
pie a chance 70 record their views at the
ballot box.
SENATOR STEVENS said he regarded
a vote on this question as an act of solem-
nifty. There are 10 open saloons in Dickev
county. Prohibition does prohibit in that
county. The open saloon was followed bv
tne blind pig, but the blind pig had now
disappeared.
:. SENATOR STROM explained his vote.
nhere mas not been an open saloon in
Iralll county since the law was enacted.
The people of Trail county are law abid-
ing citizens. and don't allow this, law to be
violated. He favored tine law and was on
posed to resubmission, as his people were
satisfied with the law as 1t is.
BILLS KILLED.
Senate bill No. IA: TO reduce the
salaries OF railroad commissioners to 500
year was indefinitely postponed.
BILLS PASSED.
No. lO8; repeating the special territorial
law regulating salaries Of treasurer and
register OF deeds Of Grand Forks county.
Passed.
No. l0S; relating to holding district court
Passed.
No. "; amending the general law relat-
ing to the incorporation of cities. Passed
with the emergency clause.
Senate adjourned.