Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-06

MEASURE
FAVORED
hOuse Votes TO Recommend
for Passage Initiative. Ref.
erendum and Recall
IN THE HOUSE

Convened at 2 o'clock.
Committee reports Tuesdays jour.
nal to have been correct.
EnQrosSment committee reports two
bills and concurrent resolution cor
rectly engrossed.
Seventeen new measures introduced
and referred to committees. .ss.
House resolves itself into commit.
tee Of the whole, will, Mr.. Dean chair.
man.
Hou'. sI'' No. 100 rseommsndsd fos
passage.
Initiative, referendum and recall
recommended for passa0e after
lengthy debate.
Rsprese ntative Lambert appeals
4eosa4 1eeietee efs;ehais upon Vote D.
acclamation and demands standing
vote. - :. s'''.'t =
Members Of joint committee on re.
ception for a. G. students IMPORT prog.
ross sof arrangements.
House tskes recess at All until
1880 o'clock this afternoon.
BY a great majority the house as a
committee 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-
tion was represented by fifteen me.n-
bers of the lower branch who stood
when a division was called on vote
by acclamation, 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 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
"As to which side am on, will
say at the start 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 numerous illustra.
tions and anecdotes.
All the way through the house bore
it in mind that he was opposed to the
passage of the measure
1T is q bad and a mischievOus bill,
he continued, "and it should he voted
down unanimously 10y 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 alIeg-
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
a "veiled attempt to bring re-slvbmis-
sion of the liquor question into this
state" and declared that as to its ap-
plicati0n 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. As to
this, however, in effect, he expressed
grave doubt:
Why He Opposed u
Mr.. Lambert then proceeded to IL.
lustrate the numerous reasons that
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 a veiled effort to bring re-
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