Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-26
PROHIBITION.
Correspondent Thinks Prohibition One
Of the LiveliestsI Issues in the
Campaign.
Kind Of 4 Campaign the Fusionists are
Making on This
Question.
Issue that will Sooner or Later Come
~ up for Settlement in the
/, State.
PROHIBITION.

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North Dakota correspondence of the
Times says:
When all is said and done, resubmis-
sion and prohibition appear to be the
liveliest issues in North Dakota poll
tics. Although the prohibitionists
appear to have the advantage, there
is a large element in the state 5favoring
the repeal Of the prohibition law or. a
system of local option, where com
munities q may say whether they shall
have liquor on sale or not.
The prohibitionists working through
the state enforcement league argue, Of
course, that the prohibition law is a
state law and must be enforced in all
parts of the state.
4 The resubmissionists and local OPP
tionists respond by asking why the
state enforcement league does not con-
cern itself with the enforcement of
the law against other crimes
they single the violation of the prohi-
bition law out as the one crime to be
punished. The pros and cons of the
question are the most discussed topics
of the North Dakota campaign.
. The fact that the resubmission issue:
is thoroughly alive is seen in the pro-
gress of the campaign through the
state. The campaign for the COVER.
norship is being waged largely on this
issue, and the republicans are harsh
enough to state that the fusionists are.
working a prohibition campaign in the
Red river valley, a resubmission cam
paign on the Missouri slope and a hard
cider campaign in the Jim river VAL
ley, thus endeavoring to get on all
sides of the question. "
When the republicans are asked 70
define the attitude of one of their can
didates on the state ticket they merely
refer the inquisitor to the republican
platform, which declares for the en-
forcement of the existing prohibition
law. Il the prohibition law did not
exist, it would appear that the declara-
tion would lose its force. But the
prohibitionists are busying themselves
to see that the republicans do not
overlook their pledges to be allied in
separately with prohibition, unless
there should be radical readjustment
which might bring about split among
the republicans Through the entire
state. Sl.5s @.E
Y There is growing in the state an ele-4
ment of German settlers who will
break away from the party tnat per-
sists in rigidly enforcing the prohfbi-.
ton law. Up to the present time, the.
communities in the state that have
desired the sale of liquor have been
able to maintain a sort Of system of
local option. But in the last year
the prohibitdonists have extended their.
working and threaten to close up all
places in the state where liquor is be-
ing Sold When this time comes, the
beliefs of a large element of the states
population will be very live issue,
indeed, and then look out for, squalls.
@ For several years past both Of thes
parties in the state have endeavored
to hedge ON the question of prohitbi-
ton. 1t is an issue that neither party
cares to handle without gloves, for the
reason that too radical action either
way threatens to ALLEVIATE a consider
able element Of the voting population.
AT the last republican state convention
at Grand Forks, the regular commit,
tee on resolutions did not insert a pro-
hibition plank, and a prohibition en-;
thusiast, seeing the omission, lugged
the plank in and nailed 1t into the
platform on the floor of the conYen-s
tion. Then another delegate indulged
In gentle sarcasm by inserting a
plank calling for the enforcement Of
all laws on bhe statute books. partic-:
ularly those in the penal code. This
mild hint was taken in good part, both
planks were inserted in the platform
and everybody was happy. When
the democratic convention met, the
prohibition question was given the
marble heart. and neither prohibition
or resubmission was mentioned. The
appear to have a little the
better Of the fusionists therefore, on
the matter Of prohibition
AS soon as Governor Fancher was