Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-18
Northwestern Ncws

vented the opening Of my huckster
shop within ~one-fourth Of a mile of
any place whore religious worship Is
being conducted, driving motor ve-
hicles in a noisy manner within q like
distance Of such place. exhibited any
except on license from the proper au-
thorities and increased \the penalty
for Sabbath breaking.
Senator sherin of C%odington would
have amended bill to prohibit all
sports on Sunday with tho exception
Of baseball, but vas not successful.
Talks on Baseball.
II, never attended a baseball game
or a'dance on Sunday" said Senator
Crawford. TT Is not my religious be-
lief and training and that training
has stuck with me,2Sb but oil persons
are not alike and a great many DO
laws on the statues He then read
from the codes of the state showing
that under the present laws every
thing is prohibited on Sundays ever
to the running OF railroad trains.
Now we cannot at the present time
/! enforce these laws because Of public
opinion. Personally l would wipe out
all uninforcible laws and 1 believe
that the churches are big enough to
take care OIL TIC pTOpOSICAOl Aiu w
able to keep people within bounds.
would keep religion out of law en-
tirely. We are going back to the time
Of C~harlamange who would go out
and capture 500 OF. more prisoners,
run them down to the river at the
point Of a spear, call on his bishops
to baptize them and then send word
to the pope Of the great conversion.
The churches do not need any assis-
tance and I would divorce the church
and the state entirely"
Senator Gunvordahl Of Gregory
called attention to the fact Of the at
torney general of the state has sent
! out letters to all the legislators asking
for n remedy. HE requests us te
either make more liberal laws" said
the senator from Gregory, "or give
him i%njunctivc powers in order to en-
force the laws we have at present."
bill would do away with Sunday ane
the worship of God, l would bt
against it," said Senator Danforth o.
Minnehaha. This country has beer
founded upon the matter of reiigiou'
freedom and we must view this prop
4 osition from Il practical standpoin
y for a practical people,.
\ Ono senator in Trouble.
II am between the devil and tn
deep blue sea-" exclaimed Senator
sherin OF Codington. Personally.
, am against this bill, but my consti
tuents do not seem to be. I hav
not received a single petition from
a minister or others relative to tn
} measure. The people seem to b
much more interested In other PEG
pies business than their own, for the;
{ have never said a thing against thi
blue law repeal while they have sen
in petitions signed by thousands TO
. the moving picture censorship bill.
, Il am a member Of the Methods
| church, pay my dues and go to churc'
regularly, but l am not like some o
my friends in the senate. / hav
played baseball on week days and o
= Sundays and played professions
baseball at that and ] do not thin
+ it has hurt me a bit. In fact l be
l lieve it kept me out Of mischief"
/ The arguments on this bill too
practically the entire afternoon. Onl
t two other bills were up for action
I 1.-The first allowing municipal corpora
c itions and counties to contract wit
It private corporations doing a centr1
heating business for heat and for e1
tension of steam mains was passe'
/ This measure originally provided ths
: towns or counties could buy stock
: private corporations but this claus