The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-09
SENATOR DEFENDS CIGARETTES;
JUDGE DENOUNC[S THEIR USE
HORTON WANTS RIGHT
70 PLEASE HIMSELF
Says~His Fifty Years EntitIe
Him to Use His Own
Judgment

Senator Dale's anti-cigarette bill fur
nished occasion for spirited debate
in the senate committee of the whole
yesterday. The measure met with OPP
position from Senator Horton, VINO
moved its indefinite postponement The
motion was lost, the vote being ~ yeas
to &c nays, and the bill was then rec
commended by the committee OF the
whole for passage.
The bill forbids the manufacture as
welI=as-t the sale within the state of
cigarettes to any person, whether under
age on IAN adult and making it unlaw-
full to have cigarette or cigarette pa
perS in ones possession.
In moving the indefinite postpone
ment of the bill, Senator Horton de-
clared that it repealed the law of 1897
making the use of tobacco by minors
or the sale of it to minors an offense.
But this BILL declared Senator
Horton, doesn't make it unlawful for
a minor to smokS cigarettes, but makes
it an offense for minor or adult to have
them on his person. Now the sight of
a youngster smoking cigarette or
cigar or chewing tobacco is as disagree
able to me as it is to any man, but
claim the right as a citizen, nearly so
years of age, to smoke cigarettes. Be
cause another senator doesn't use
cigarettes is no reason why shouldn't
me from using maple syrup on cakes.
because another senator doesn't like
maple syrup. Pass this bill and there
by repeal the law of 1897 and your sons
and daughters may smoke cigarettes
with impunity-"
Dale Resents lnsinuation
Senator Dale resented Senator Hor-
tons reflection on the intelligence of
those who favored his bill, and as
serted:
THE Indiana senate passed such
bill as this by vote of 3S to z, SO there
must be some fools down there ac-
cording to the senator from Ramsey.
Now the object Of this bill is to take
cigarettes out of the retail shops, and
SO keep them away from our boys
Senator Horton in reply contrasted
the proposed law with that of 1897, and
said the former was a weaker law.
Senator Witherstine declared that
1900 schoolboys in Minnesota had fail
ed to pass their examinations because
they were cigarette fiends.
Senator Wilson took issue with Sem
ator Horton on the question of the
Dale bill repeating the law of 1897, con-
tending that the latter forbade the
smoking of cigarettes, while the Dale
bin prohibited their sale.
Calhoun Defends the Boys
Senator Calhoun did not approve Of
the bill. He did not think any law
would prevent boys from smoking
cigarettes. 1t was purely a matter of
home training.
my boys don't smoke cigarettes"
declared the senator from Hennepin. 81
think it's unfair to the youth of our
land TO say that cigarettes have sent
boys to the reformatory. 1 am opposed
to this bill, for 1 don't believe in maxi
ing a sneak out of boy -
Senator Morgan thought the present
law was sufficient and opposed the bill
Thereupon Senator Dale offered an
amendment to his bill expressly pro-
viding that it should not repeal the law
of 1897. 1t was adopted, and the. ques-
ton was then put on Senator Horizons
motion recommending indefinite post
ponement Of the bill. On rising vote
the motion was lost, 20 yeas to 26 nays.
The bill will appear on the calendar
tomorrow and it is said Senator Dale
Will offer an amendment striking out
the provision making it an offense for
any person to have cigarettes in his
possession, but as any amendment at
this stage would require unanimous
consent it is likely the bill may be put
back on general orders.