The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-26
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will not the bone dry statute. re
main in force until lit S formally
knocked out in q test suit?" Justice
Robinson was asked this morning,
No. empratically replied the iurist,
THE act has been so clearly demon
strated a fake that it cannot he' held
to remain in effect another single
day -
Judge Robinson further discusses
the question OF Booze AMI Flu in
his Saturday letter for today, which
follows: - . ...-.--.., T. i
: October a6. ls1S-what may We dc
to be saved: How may We get whis
key and quinine! The flu has invad'
ed the state and. death is everywhere
stalking over the land. The hospitals
are filled with the. sick. Many deaths
occur every day. and we are as de
fenSe,ess as sheep without a sheperd.
Our Supreme Court is no more The
fiu has given it complete Knockout
and we hope that 1t may knock some
and knowledge into the heads
Of us all Anyone should know that
wl,iskey and quinine-any good liquor.
wine or brandy-s the best and SAT-
est Of all stipulants; and that for
grippe, the. flu, and pneumonia 1t is
the best of all remedies. 1t is an an
tidote for the poison. The timely use
of q bottle would have saved the life
of Dan Brennan and the lives of hun
dreds of good people. dead or dying
all over the state. But the reremy is
not to be had for love or money. 1t
was excluded from the state by rea-
son of the fake and deceptive bone dry
act. put on the books in March. 1917.
You should know how it was done.
On March >. 1917, at the very close
of the legislative session, without the
consent of the Senate, a few members
of the House. by trick and artlnce,
secured the apparent passage. OF
House Bill 50 with fake and false
amendments not approved by the Sen
ate. The Senate had passed an amend
ment permitting every person within
each period of thirty days to import
for his personal and family use four
quarts of whiskey or five gallons OF
wine or seventy-two quarts of beer.
And in lieu of that amendment few
members of fhe House.tby trick aT
,artifice.> secured the apparent paSsags
of H. s. 50. with false and fake
amendment making if a crime for any
person to receive. import or posses
intoxicating liquor for any purpose
whatsoever. Yet the fake was en-
crossed as a part of the bill which
was approved and booked as law OF
the state. And without knowing how
the act was faxed. 1t was recognized
as valid statute. by the judges. the
attorney general. g. S. Judge Am'don
and G. S. Attorney Hildreth. And 1t
became the principal business of the
attorney general and his deputies to
prosecute offenses against the fake
bone dSy statute We must not think
that ii was done knowingly. To dis
cover the fraud it was necessary to
search for it and to examine the
yoluminous Senate and House jour
nails, and the printed bills. The jour
mails are not printed until long after
the session. and are not 10 be found
in the law offices. One is fortunate
TO find the Journals and printed bills
in the office of the secretary of state
The taking of statute Is so uIs,om-
mon that lawyers and judges are not
sufficiently on the lockout for that
kind of work.
On July 81. 1917. without knowing
or suspectiny that the bone dry stat
ute was pure fake. gave the press
an article maintaining that = was
void because of defects In its title and
because on its passage ii was not read
at length. as required by tie constitu-
ton: but these were objections on
which ii was possible for lawyers fe
differ. and they proved of no avail
Now it is different Now the facts
are known and it appears beyond all
honest diSIate that the bone dry
statute is q mere fake and fraud
IT WAS NEVER PASSED By THE
SENATE and ut the last extra ses.
sion in the Senate. by q resolution
without dissenting vote the sup
posed act was romdly denounced as
a fake and frand Journal lis
The constitution provides:
Sec. 6. No bin shan become law
except by rote II MI the members
elected to each Home.
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