The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-23
KILL COUNTY OPTION
MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE SJJPpoRT
THE Recommendation OF
THE COMMITTEE
FAvoRING IT'S PosTPoNEMENTs

FAv0RING ITS P0sTPoNEMENTs
Representative jacobson Tried to
Get 1t Placed on General Orders.
but the Proposition Lacked Votes
When 1t Came to a Show Down
Free Text Book Bill Meets Similar
Fate-HOuse Routine.
The house devoted the best part of its
morning session to the discussion of the
Jacobson county option bill. The com
mittee on temperance recommended the
Dill for indefinite postponement and it
was on the adoption of the report of
the committee that the discussion arose.
Mr.. Ferris (RepD, Of Crow Wing.
when the report Of the committee had
peen read, moved 1t to be adopted.
Mr.. Jacobson moved that the bill be
read a second time and placed on gen.
eral orders, and. in support of this mo-
ton, said there was demand all over
the state for a bill of the kind. 1t had
the honest support Of the people behind
IT, ana 1t was due to them that the bill
De given fair hearing. If the bill con-
'a'hed errors, amend It, The committee
ola not represent the legal voters of the
state. and, If the question was left to
the people, the bill would be adopted
ne Favored the turning down of the
report OF the committee and at least the
printing and discussion of the bill.
+ MT Mallory (Rep.), of st. I.ouis was
surprised at the action OF the member
from Lac qut Parle EARLY in the ses-
SION Mr.. jacobson had pointed out to
.he new members what a bad precedent
II was ror the house not to sustain COM
mlttee reports. At the time he had taL-
eii occasion to say that every member
VINO introduced a bill went on the snn-
position that the measure was the rnos+
important one to be presented The
conihittee on temperance had. by a vote
VI IL TO z, recommended the bill for IN
ueHhite postponement, and yet the an
'hor now insisted that the report Of the
committee be overturned
Mr. Sites Rep.), of lincoln. called
attehtlon to the deep interest shown nv
the people of the state in regard to the
Dill, as evidenced by the petitions signed
py 0 oo'oVV names asking that 1t be nassed
Inc representatives of the 5people shouid
an De given chance to be heard ana
theh' II the bill was to be killed. let the
vote be recorded r. ~
Mr' Foss (Rep), of Grant, said the hill
go. ueIaaIaeo by the best people of the
Mt the best interest of society The on
position could not show a single rronu.
nieht raised by the LIQUOR element for
"uinah hlty. The liquor traffic was built
on the tears and sobs of the wife sna
ciiiloren. All that was asked by the hin
was >, the right to vote on the question
=. license IN the counties, and 1t was a
JUST ana fair propositions. G.
Mr Jacobson, in replying 70 tho ~.
marks of Mr.. Mallory, said there Ho.
olnerence between reports of Committees
"iiic, re!ated to questions Of policy and
.iioi ais. ihere was growing sentiment
IN the state on this question which cold
not be downed. When high license was
ADOPTED the liquor men all opposed II
e&pectins that 1t would hurt the traffic
VOW the liquor element was In favor of
the high license law. Where the ta,,. ~
peranee people of the state stood ton
years ago the liquor element stood to-
gay, ana 1t was high time for the tam
pefaiice people to move on- 1t was q
reasonable proposition that each county
shouid be given a chance to vote on tbe
question OF license OF no license. He
was Wiling to amend the bill so as to
- SSfS'i " carry ,lI1e= election bV
10 per cent OF the voters.Z Even iPBthis
amendment was made, the law would
carry In thirty-fve counties of the state
iHe people or the state, REPRESENTING
the pest OF the counties, were able tn
vote for state officers and members op
the legislature, but they were told when
a question of this kind came up that tbs~
were not capable of voting on such
great question as the regulation of the
liquor traffic. He understood whv the
opposition wanted the bill killed without
discussion. They had not a single areu-
ment to advance against it, and for this
reason wanted 1t killed without discuss
ing its merits
Mr. Marin (Pop.), Of Polk, said II had
oeen stated that the Republican party
was behind the liquor party of the state.
ana, II the proposed bill was not allowed
even discussion, 1t would appear as If
the statement was correct one
Mf. Omland (Dem.), of Ramsey. did
not want prohibition, which had been q
Ialiufe In other states, and that was
what the bill meant. 1t would make thou
SANDS OF blind pigs and bankrupt the
counties In prosecuting these resorts
Mr. Riley Rep.), Of Jackson, favored
the placing of the bill on general orders.
he would not vote for prohibition, al
though he was a prohibitionist himself
1t would do no harm to discuss the bill.
Mr.. Deming CRep.), Of Hennepin, also
favored the placing Of the bill on general
orders.
On the motion to place the bill on gen.
eral orders, Mr.. Jacobson demanded the
yeas and nays, and the roll call was as
follows: