The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-01
SUNDAY Law
FAILS TO PASS
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shining establishments, newspaper
plants, confectionery and tobacco and
cigar stores. Tobaccos were added in
an amendment proposed by Ployhar.
Senator Cahill, in a plea for the coun-
try youths, tackled on another amend
ment permitting the playing of base
ball in an orderly. peaceful and re-
poseful manner, on Sunday after
moons. Rose after the vote was TAX
en-, made an effort to eliminate base
ball but was unsuccessful. Finally,
after the bill had been nicely patched
up to meet everyone's ideas, a motion
was made that it's consideration be in
definitely postponed. Something of
the attitude of the senate may have
been indicated in this vote, which
was:
To postpone: Ellingson, Gibbons,
Gronvold, Heckle, Kirkside, Martin,
Mortenson, Murphy, Mclean, Nelson
of Richland, Paulson, Putnam, Rowe,
Wexford
Against pontponement: Allen,
Beck, Benson, Cahill, Carey, Ettes-
tad, Haggart, Hamerly, Hamilton,
Hemmingson, Hunt, Hyland, Jacobsen,
wang, Morkrid, Mostad, Mcbride, Nc
Carten, Nelson of Grand Forks, PEN
dray, Ployhar, Porter, Sandstrom,
Skies, Stenmo, Thoreson, Wenstrom,
Young, Zieman, McGrey.
And at last the shattered remains of
Senator Lindstrom's bill were sent
back to the committee on state af-
fairs for further repairs.
If it does not return with the
amendment permitting Sunday base
ball intact the senate is due for a
real fight, announces Senator Hamil-
ton, who declares the little excitement
over No. Al will seem a Sunday school
picnic in comparison.
Senator jacobson of Mott is another
member who is willing to fight for
Sunday baseball. There's lot of
surplus energy in the American
YOUTH said the gentleman from Mott
yesterday. IF one outlet is not pro-
vided for that energy, another will be
found. / can see nothing wrong or
unwholesome in these boys gather
ing Of a Sunday afternoon out on the
prairies for game of baseball, and
object to professional reformers
coming into this senate lobbying for
a bill which would brand these boys
as criminals. I would much rather
have my boy playing baseball on Sun
day than to have him sneaking into
some haymow for game of poker"
Cahill urged that Sunday is the one
day of the week when country boys
have an opportunity to get together
on the diamond. The situation in the
country, he declared, is not the same
as in town, where the youngsters have
more frequent opportunities to fore
gather. He believed in Sunday base
ball and did not think it interfered
with anyone's religious worship.
Division on Banking Bill.
The senate had a close division yes
terday afternoon on Senate Bill "a,
providing that no state bank should
be organized without authority from
| a banking commission composed OF
tile governor, the secretary of state and
the state examiner. Cahill objected to
the measure on the grounds that it
gave established banks monopoly
and enabled them, through co-opera-
ton with the state board, to freeze out
new banks Englund, author of the
bill, explained that this was not the
purpose, but that the measure was
designed to prevent the establish
ment Of banks in communities not
able to support an institution Of this
kind, or where the facilities already
were sufficient The protection of the
depositors through the elimination of
small banks foredoomed to failure
was the principal aim Of his bill Eng
lund explained. Allen also spoke in
favor OF the measure, which carried,
% to %. two being absent. All of
the league minority with the excep-
ton Of Martin, voted no.