The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-16
were cited by those opposing
bill.
Death of Anti. i.Permft.

Death of Anti.Permit.
Senator Gardens bill relating to
the drug permit question was killed
by the senate yesterday following an
argument that opened at 3 o'clock
and which was not closed till nearly
4:3O. The bill came up in the COM
mittee Of the whole.
A motion was made for the adop-
tion Of the report of he minority of
the committee which was a rec
ommendation to indefinite post
ponement. Senator Garden rose to
protest against the motion and spoke
for over a half an hour on the mer-
Its of the bill as he saw them. He
was replied to by Senator Talcott
who maintained that the present law
was as adequate as any that had
been devised and far superior to the
one that was being proposed. Sen
ator Dayis was for the new bill and
gave quite lengthy talk on the mat
ter. Duts thought the bill was good
one and stated that he believed
thoroughly in the enforcement of the
prohibition law and believed the new
Dill would go long ways toward the
better enforcement of the law. He
did not think that the physicians of
the state as whole or any great
number of them would so far forget
their standing as to descend to the
writing Of prescriptions for "booz-
ers" to make living. Garden got
rather tangled up in some of his
extrtcated himself when the trend of
druggists with the VIC. T. u. but he
statements where he connected the
his remarks was called to his at
tentton. Mcdowell stated that he
was in favor of making the sale of
liquor as hard as it was possible and
then for that reason he did not think
the present bill was framed right
and that It would tend to make bad
druggists and bad physicians. Steele
OF Stutsman stated that he was a
lover Of the law and that he was in
favor Of any measure that would help
to enforce 1t. His remarks were
greeted with applause. Senator
Steele very seldom takes the floor
but when he does there is attention
paid to his remarks. There were a
number of other speakers on the bill
some of them confessing that they
were unable. after the flow Of oratory
to. decide just how they would vote.
The minority report was voted on and
declared adopted a standing vote
showing 27 being in favor Of the mo-
tion and against the bill. After the
committee arose and reported a roll
call was taken on the report of the
committee and there were 80 for the
adoption of the committee report and
IL opposed so the bill has been in
definitely postponed.
Discrimination Bill Dead.
H. B. 46, known as the Dean un-
fair discrimination bill was also be-
fore the committee Of the whole and
was recommended to be indefinitely
postponed. There we're two reports.
the majority recommending indefinite
postponement and the majority rec
ommending do pass, before the COM
mittee but there was no debate in the
matter, the majority report being
adopted by a unanimous vote.
Hookway Lien Passed.
The Hookway lien bill, under which
the materials furnished in buildings
are taken from the present law and
removed from the operations of the
statute, caused another big fight in
the senate yesterday afternoon and it
was nearly o'clock when the bill
was passed by vote of 25 to %,
with one absent and not voting. SEN
ator Simpson lead the fight against
the bill with Senator Hookway cham
pioning the cause for his own meas
ure.
The Bessessen, Plain and Gibben
initiative and referendum bill were
passed by the senate this afternoon
with only a brief debate, such debates
having reference to the percentage
requirement of ten per cent only.