The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-02-06

picked as the best ana that eminent
authorities had passed upon 1t as
! such. lie stated that he did not be-
lieve that the average voter in the
state of North DaIzota Was easily
enough Influenced that the inaportat ton
! or doodle or booze could be counted
upon to make him vote against his
| honest convictions and closed By stat
| ing that 1t would please d majority
Of the voters OF the state to be al
lowed to vote on this bill and that the
members present should do and vote
as their people at home wanted them
| to. Mr.. O'Connor ig one OF the best
orators In the house and his remarks
held the closest attention OF the menl-
bers while he had the floor.
Coltom Of TrailI started out by
stating that he thought a majority of
the people were looking for a chance
| to vote on resubmissiOn Of the pro-
hibition law, but he did not think the
bill WAS q good one and did not
think that there should be law pas
sed that would let the people at the
prohibition law tse.
Streeter of Emmons called attention
to the fact that there were few new
points to be brought out on the ques-
tlon as it had been discussed so much
in previous sessions in both the house
and the senate, but he wished to state
his position. He said that he was for
the bill and that he had made his
campaign on that platform. He stat
ed that lls thought It was an insinua-
ton against the honesty OF the mem
bers OF the house to claim that their
votes could be Influenced He he-
lieved every question should be sub
mitted to the people and that he had
been so long in favor of resubnaission
that he believed he was one Of the
original boosters for the bill. He stat
ed that his convictions were so firm
in the matter that he was in favor of
letting the. woman's suffrage matter
go to a vote Of the people, even though
the voters OF his district were op-s
posed to the measure. Representa-
tive Sfreeter is the dean of the house
and one Of the best speakers there
His arguments are always listened to.
with interest as he has always been
given credit for being sincere In what
ever fight he has taken part.
A new light burst forth on the
oratorica1 horizon when Representa-
tive SIien from Stark county was
recognized by the chair. He had been
talking but a very short time until
he had the attention OF the entire
house and gallery He is an orator
from the word go and IN coming to the
support of the bill he gained a reputa-
tion for argument and oratory that
will not be eclipsed for some time in
the house He called attention to the
petitions that have been received from
various church organizations over the
state against the bill called pro-
hibitionists imperalists, admonished
the members not to forget the plat
form upon which they were elected
and closed with an eloquent appeal to
the members to give the people a
chance to indicate their views on the
matter
Bass of Renville stated that he did
not believe the passage Of the Ploy-
| har- Blakernore bill would bring all the
calamity to the state that was in
| dicated by the remarks of the first
speaker and thought that the people
could be trusted to vote right on most
any question that is put before them
and that furthermore he thought 1t
was casting reflection on the in
telligence OF the people of the state
not to give them q chance at this
particular bill and that while it might
hurt him politically with some people
he was going to vote in favor OF the
bin as a matter OF principle and not
! OF politics with him.
Wells Of RichIand prefaeed I4is re :
marks with the statement that he
came from the best part Of the best
state Ia the union and that there were
no people there who he was afraid to
to let know how he voted and also
that he was in favor Of the bill and
thought that the people should be
given a chance to express their
opinion. He stated that he knew the
people OF his section of the state were
intelligent enough to vote on the bin
as they thought best and he was will
ing to leave the matter UP to the
people for the final analysis.
Owens OF Williams county admitted
that he had heard SO much about the
bill that he was up in the air but
probably about as ready to vote as he
some advantage in the argument as
he believed 1t had served to relieve
some OF the members Of pent up
enthusiasm that had to come out some
way He stated that the people had
come there to witness the recording
of the vote and asked that the vote be
taken then. At this time the motion
of Mr.. Polyhar when the committees
do arise they recommend the bill for
passage. There were several attempts
made to get roll call but the pro
cedure IN the committee Of the whole
does not allow Of that and the ayes
and nays were strong for passage.
when 1t came to the matter Of having
the house adopt the report Of the COM
naittee there was another attempt to
bring the matter to a roll call bat this
also failed and on q rising vote being
taken there were only twenty who
voted against the adoption OF the do
pass'' report. While the house was I'm
a. committee OF the whole and wrang- !
ling over the proposition Representa-
tive Frame took advantage of the oc-
casion and remind the members that
1t cost about $4 a minute to run the
house and suggested that useless argil- :
ment be cut out and the house get
down to business and the advice was
taken.
Compared with the fight over the
above bill the rest of the session was
tame and uninteresting. There were a
number Of new bills offered and the
only committee report came from the
enrolling and engrossing committee
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