Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
Prices on allsummer
Goods being slaught-
cred at Elevator Store
until closed out.
Notes on the Dispensary.

AT the coming election the voters Of this
state ara 70 have another opportunity. to de-
clare themselves upon this question of state
~coatgoi Of the liquor traffic. That we may
have clearly before rs the issue and the reas-
oas WAY the friends Of temperance should
vote in favor OF the measure already adopted,
il i the purpose Of the writer to furnish some
notes such as he map be able TO gather for
publication in this e~olnan.
HISTORY.
The Legislature ot lssS, in obe dience 10 the
claim that prohibition was failure. passed
a resolution Submitting TO the vote OF the
people the auesticn Of repeating ths section
OF the STATE constitaiioa prohibitins the
manufsetrre and sale OF intoxicafins laQEors
in the state. AT the sahseqnezt election held
in 1885 this prcrisiOn OF the censrtuts0n was
repealed, aaa the ieEs 7afars enacted 3 license
law, at the sAnn 1tnne pAssias q resolution
submitting 20 a sose 0s sAs peex2s ot fhss
state the qusstiOH zs 70 whether ~ ana aScp-
tion OF a conssitusiclal p-osEsiol the rasss
in strong drink shoul3 ee E25e- sS4 e~zsroa az
the state. In the sleetiOa OF 1854 by a EnRso--
ity vote OF i!sl2 the p~Op2e of fais state
adopted the following AnsaGrss2f 10 tAe cca-
stitution.
Article XVII. See J. The zaHnfactnre
and sale Of intoxicating liQaOrs shall be undsr
exclusive state control and shAlI be c~aGdnetsa
by daily authorized agents % the state. who
shall be paid BY SALARY and no4 hy commits
sion. All liquors sold shall frst be examined
by a state chemist and the purity thereof be
established.
Sec. 2. Legislature 20 provide for e~nfofce-
ment.l The Legislature shall, BIZ law, pre-
scribe regulations for the enforcement Of the
provisions of this article and provide suitable
and adequate penalties for the violations
thereof.
In compliance with the latter section bills
were introduced ia both houses of the legis-
lsture providing for the enforcement Of our
amendment. But the liquor lobby seems TO
have been busy, as the bill was killed, and in
stead Of obeying the mardate OF the people
another joint resolution was passed, submit
ting 10 a vote OF the people the question:
Shall article XVIII of the constitution be
repealed r. Which puts us in the position OF
being asked to undo what we did two years
ago..
1t has been intimated above that this re-
submission was made in the interest Of the
liquor men and AZ their instance. Doubtless
JIM WIZ y lOE III measure were sincere
in thinking that there should be q larger vote
on 50 important a measure. But there could
have been no doubt in the mind of the men,
beers Of the Legislature as TO who were respons-
ible FOR pushing il. For Mr.. Horber. the at
torney for the liqusr de.isrs' association,
openly declared that amy kind of dispensary
legislation will be fatal to the interests OF my
client"
At the democratic convention held in Yank-
ton this year, the following men: John T..
Breen, president OF the liquor dealers asso-
citation Moses kaufman. of the Sioux Falls
brewing company Jack Hickay, a wholesale
dealer OF Sioux Falls, and NJ. Ly nch, an at.
torney Of Huron, appeared before the com
mittee on resolutions and urged the insertion
OF a plank prepared by Mr.. Lynch, condemn
ing the dispensary and commencing the
license policy. They pressed this request very
earnestly, promising the committee that il
they would adopt the plask two-thirds OF the
saloon men in the state would vote the demo
cratic ticket. The committee were not per-
suaded. w. b. III.