Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1903-01-23

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Moorhead, four times the number Of
gin-mills that could make a living
from home patronage are in existence.
i What has prohibition done for
Grand, Forks and FargoY E
i.
At sessions of the state legislature,
too, the; same farcical~ performances
are noted. The writer went to Bis.
:marck in.1se1 to Qfeport the house pro-
ceedngs for the Tribune. There was
q hard fight forresu Omission. Prohib
leaders would 'get up and make almost
fearful speeches about the evils Of al
eohol, and then go. down town apd. I'LL
up. In the scals OF prominence from
Oliver to. .Beardsley, and. from Boards
ley.to Holte, few OF. them practiced
what they preached.
The Record editor remembers one
particular instance OF the humbug of
prohibitions. The supreme court had
rendered a decision Of some kind that
was supposed to strengthen the hands
'of-the prohIbs, and there was a scare
in town. The, writer and other bucol-
iic visitors supposed the scare was gen.
uine. Early in the evening the man
aging editor. told us to write an item
to the effect that the prohibition law
was being strictly enforced in Bis
marck, and We wrote that the saloons
were closed at both ends and in the
middle. OF words to that effect. About
1890 p; M. the editor came int,, our
room and said: aLet's go and get a
glass of beer We, OF, course, not
wishing to, ,1efend our, boss, reluc-
family consented, but remarked that
we had supposed the saloons were
closed. With smile, the Good sa-
maritan said, "Well try" Thereupon
he led the way to the rearof X. & F.'s
place and gently tapped upon the
door. It was promptly opened, and
then we both Smiled. A stranger
would have thought he was entering
. prohibition caucus-roon. Almost
without exception, the men we had
seen making pathetic prohib spiels
during sessions of the house were
there, and two of them could hardly
stand on their feet. From what we
haye heard on good authority, MANY of
the prohibition leaders at subsequent
have been about as consistent,
though hotel rooms have been substi-
tuted for saloons,
And this is. sample OF the way in
which prohibition prohibits in North
Dakota. 4. 6: ~. .1.3 .sss -,
p ~ /.
Again, as to the fairness Of resub-
mission. When prohibition was adopt
ed there. was not a majority for 1t of
all the votes cast at the election.
Usually, constitutional provisions in
any state require majority Of all the
votes cast; but the constitutional
convention submitted the prohi bitfon
paragraph under q scheme by which
a majority Of the votes cast on that
measure was sufficient. And, as near
as we can remember, the majority for
1T was between eleven hundred and
twelve hundred. More than . dozen
years have passed since that small
majority was obtained, and yet the
people Of North Dakota are denied
the privilege Of again expressing
heirwishes regarding the experiment
'-an experiment tried and found
wanting by many other states.
i The Grand Forks Herald Is alead.
,inR prohib authority, although the
writer has lost faith In Winship since
we saw his political blind piR run
ming wide open when the state con
,s.yention before which. he was acan
,didate was In session at his home
town. The Herald says that the rs
isnbmlssionists are not being treated
unfairly, because, II they are in The
majority, they can easily get theil
measure through tho two necessary
sessions Of the legislature. The logit
fof this claim is about on par witt
that Of the zman who seeks TO detnol
ish the; Christian religion by asking
why the Lord doesn't kill the devil;
The Herald editor knows that th,
prohtbs are well organized and ar,
led by fanatics, while the resuhs ar,
;fEhting as skirmishers. He has hat
a, least one object lesson as TO tn,
manner Ia which resubmission ha
been thwarted; for he surely elysdoss no
forget how Che Hon. Mr.. Sullivan AM
his plethoric wad journeyed from Eas
Grand Forks to the Capital City ant
perverted . resub maj joritysto mi
nority.
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All that the resubmissiOnists o
North Dakota ask. is chance 70
the people to again-aftersyears o
trial, with disputed results express
themselves regardi aa measure:that
when originally submitted, no. "a,
claimed was nytlhng but nsexperi
mont. From present appearances
thera viii mt. "a 4 srsenh hn1 fsat Inn. III