The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-13

ACASeuJ NOOeAtS'
Representative Lambert appeal!
from decision Of chair upon vote BY
reclamation and demands standins
vote.
Members of joint committee on re
ception for A. G. students report prog
ress Of arrangement
House takes recess at 4:27 unit
1880 o'clock this afternoon.
BY a great majority the house as q
ommittee Of the whole Wednesday
afternoon expressed it's approval Of
the Blakemore-Ployhar initiative, ref
erendum and recall measure by rec
ommending the bill for passage.
The entire strength of the opposi
ton was represented by fifteen mem
bers Of the lower branch who stood
when a division was called on vote
by reclamation and Representative
Lambert demanded a standing vote.
Much Talk; Little Effect.
Promptly at 3 o'clock, the house
being assembled as a committee OF
the WHOLE Representative Ployhar
moved that House Bill No. 1873 be rec.
commended for passage when the com,
mittee reported back to the house.
This brought Representative Lam.
bert of Ward county to his feet, and
despite the disadvantage occasioned
by a severe hoarseness, he spent half
an hour assailing the measure and
telling funny stories, which, it was
the general impression, were intended
as support for the opposition.
Explained His Position First.
CAS- to which side I am on, will
say at the statrt that am opposed to
the bill" declared Mr.. Lambert, and
after this frank confession, the speak.
er's position in the matter was not
confused by his numtrous illustra.
tons and anecdotes.
All the way through, the house bore
it in mind that he was opposed to the
passage of the measure.
at is a bad and mischievous BILL"
he continued, "and it should be voted
down unanimously by this house"
Proves His Position.
Lest there should be any doubt as
to his actual attitude with reference
to the bill, Mr.. Lambert then pro.
ceeded to prove his position by read.
ing from a pamphlet which contained
the platform upon which he is alleg.
ed to have been elected to the house,
and by way Of argument against the
popular theory that the people want
an opportunity to decide this matter
for themselves, he called attention to
the fact that he had been elected not
in spite Of his platform, but because
of it.
His Conception Of it.
The speaker referred to the bill as
"veiled attempt to bring re.submis.
sion Of the liquor question into this
state" and declared that as to it's an
plication to the constitution it is ri
diculous, while it might be considered
more favorably as applicable to the
statute provided the people were ca,
pable of intelligent action. to
this, however, in effect, he expressed
grave doubt.
Why He Opposed It.
Mr.. Lambert then proceeded to il
lustrate the numerous reasons thai
had led him to believe that he was
opposed to the measure. He insisted
that in the first place it is entirely
unconstitutional, and that the fact
that it is yelled effort to bring re
submission to this might not be so baG
submittion to this might not be so bad
in itself If it were positive that onl,
North Dakota people would take 8
part in it, but the interests of the
brewers and the distillers art repre-
scented too, with all the money at thei,
command for the purpose of tryins
to subsidize the people.
At this junctures Mr.. Lambert tool
occasion to call attention to the fac
that the entire responsibility of fina
disposition of the question didn't res
with House Bill No. 1873, for he haf
introduced in the house Bill No. 156
em'bodying all the constitutional
amendments which he thought neces
sary, and all which he thought tn,
dear peepul'' might be able to &C
intelligently upon.
0connor Takes Exception
Exception to the remarks of Repre-