Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-07
FDVWALL WOULD
EXPOSE" SOME
OF LEGISLATORS
Expulsion From Capitol De-
manded for Trying to Put
Moonshine Bill Over.
(By stan Oorrespondent., ,


the North Dakota Law Enforcement
leaeue, yesterday was charged with
attempting to intimidate members of
the house of representatives and his
expulsion from the capitol was de-
manded In resolution introduced by
Representative Alberts. The resolu-
tion was referred to the state affairs
committee.
The resolution was presented Just
before House Bill 66. the anti-moon-
SHINE act, came up on third reading
f1nWall, 1t Is charged, has been ac-
tive among the legislators in an at
tempt to get them to pass the meas
ure, and, according to the resolution,
ne threatened to expose three mem
oers II they did not vote for it.
The resolution follows:
Whereas, on the fourth day of Feb
ruary In the afternoon during the reg
ular session of the legislature, and
IN the rotunda of the capitol building
on the floor where the North Dakota
legislative assembly is now assembled
IN regular biennial session. one c. w.
f1nWaH. a. resident of Bismarck,
North Dakota. approached the fol-
lowing members of this house,
J. J.. Alberts. John Nathan and
Henry Nathan, engaging them in con-
yersat1on, and then and there, while
House Bill No. Sc was pending in this
BODY upbraided them for their leg
lslative action on said bill. using sub
stantlally the following language: ut
Is your duty to support and vote for
House Bill No. Sc. your constituents
expect you to. and il you do not 1 will
expose you," together with other Ian
guage along the same line. Thus at
tempting wilfully to change the opin-
Ion of the aforesaid members on said
Dill by intimidation and coercion, and
Whereas. said Finwall did in the
grossest manner and language vio-
late the provisions Of section 1887 of
the compiled laws of North Dakota
for 1913, using undue, unwarranted
and illegal methods to influence the
action and vote Of these said men,
bers upon House Bill sc:
Now therefore be it resolved by
thel house Of representatives of the
state OF North Dakota that the ser
geant-at-arms be instructed and di-
rected to eject said Finwall from this
house chamber: that the board OF
..ess sFtsastsf tsstvth utia i3e rSIuested
ITO Instruct the superintendent Of the
capitol building to eject said Finwall
from said building at any time that
he may appear in either place during
the remainder of this legislative ses-
sion; that the attorney general Of the
state is hereby instructed to file a
criminal complaint against said. Fin
wall as per section 1898 of the tcom-
piled laws Of North Dakota for 1913
on the charges preferred in this reso-
luton; this in order to protect the
members of this house from being
harassed, slandered. maligned and in
t1midated and from such corrupt prac-
tlces as have been perpetrated on the
members of said house by said Fin
wall, and in order thatSthe members
may proceed in an orderly manner to
carry out their own and their con-
stituents wishes. ls.tsn
Following the passage of the bill,
F. L. Watkins, superintendent of the
league, issues the following statement,
signed by himself and Elizabeth Pres
ton Anderson, president Of the w. G..
r. u:
House Passes Possession Bill.
The house yesterday passed House
Bill &C which prohibits possession of
intoxicating liquors for beverage pur-
poses, also prohibiting possession of
any worm, still, implement or COM
pound useful or intended to be used
to manufacture Intoxicating liquors.
In passing this bill the house ex-
presses the attitude that the people
of North Dakota have taken toward
the liquor traffic for thirty years and
acts upon the first opportunity to
provide for real prohibition. The ma
ton and surrounding states with
Canada on the north have recently
gone dry or will go dry by July l,
thus shutting off the source of sup
ply
This measure. puts North Dakota
in line with national prahibition just
ratified, which prohibits manufacture
for personal use. also in line with bills
now in congress which prohibits pos
session for beverage purposes and in
line with a measure now being pre-
pared by the National Saloon
league to be used as form for all
the states.
1t is fitting that North Dakota
should stand in the forefront on this
great issue and that the house in pass
ing this measure interprets the atti-
tude of the people of this state to be
the same as it has been for thirty
years in which they have continually
backed up the prohibition laws and
advanced toward better enforcement.
The senate has yet to act on this
measure. Signed
IF. l.. Watkins,
Supt. N. d. Enforcement League.
Elizabeth Preston Anderson,
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