The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-02-05
HOUSE PUSHES
ANTI-SM0KING
BILL ONWARD.
Efforts to Defeat Measure Lin.
iting 'tPrivilege" to Men Is
Voted Down
OTHER HOUSE MEASURES
Two Bills to Appropriate Money
for Mr.. Lemke Are 1ndef-
nitely Postponed
OTHER HOUSE MEASURES

nitely Postponed
Whether to let persons smoke in
dining rooms of hotels, in cafes and
in dining cars where women are pres
ent was the big question before the
house of representatives later yes
terday afternoon: -,
The majority opined that house bill
No. 81, designed to permit smok,,
ing in these places was all right, and
the bill was advanced to third reading.
Representative Ness wanted to IN
clude "haymows and barns" but the
house demurred. - ...".
Through clouds of smoke fiery ora
tory was hurled from one side of the
hall to the other, and politics was for
gotten-by most members. The ma.
iority of the committee had reported
the bill for passage; the minority for
indefinite postponement. 49,.
Bauer, of Sioux county, lndepen-
dent. vehemently defended the BILL de-
claring he couldn't see why women
should be required to submit to men
smoking in dining rooms.
"Aree YOU a smoker?" questioned
Mr.. Shipley.
"No, but I was"
Another wanted to know if Mr..
Bauer opposed smoking.
"No, I don't care how much they
smoke. They can 60 to h and
Speaker Twitchell, on the floor, re-
torted with a suggestion for bill
regulating language on the floor.
Smokes in Self.Defense
Representative Reichert was anoth-
er who was strong for the bill.
gentlemen" he said, holding half
used cigar in his hand, "1've been
smoking, not because l want to, but
to keep from getting sick, because
these men around me are smoking.
And you can't be around where men
are smoking without smoking your:
SELF
Representative Ness, of Richland,
was insistent that his motion to
amend the bill to include "haymows
and barns,"" because, he said, under
present laws if the hired help on your
farm want to smoke you can't help
yourself. ...
Threw EN- Out
II found two men smoking in my
haymow last SUMNER" he said, "and
/ asked them to stop and they said
they didn't have to. I had to take one
by the neck and throw him out"
Some others thought the Ness
amendment was we'll taken but the
majority didn't think so.
Shipley, Of Stark, suggested an
amendment making it illegal for any
man to use tobacco in any form east
of the Missouri river. It was ruled
out of order.
Lemke Bills Defeated
The house refused finally to mass
any bill giving William Lemke, Attor,,
ney-General the appropriation asked
for. Its disapproval of the efforts ta-
ken by Lemke's supporters was ex-
pressed in the vote, 81 to Sc, to in
definitely postpone Senate Bill No. 2
and House Bill No. 6. -,
The house yesterday passed a bill
transferring $9,O51 from the Cover
nor's fund to the Attorney Generals s
fund and revoking the dual system Of
conducting legal affairs in the state
which allows the Governor to name
special assistant attorneys-general:
Lemke men said the fund transferred
was already exhausted.
There was little debate on the sub
iect, Representative Walter Maddox,
Nonpartisan, in explaining his vote
declared that it would leave the At
torney-General without funds to de-
fend the railroad rate and other cases.
Anti-Injunction Bill
Two bills. of Importance went to
the judiciary committee, one of them,
amending the anti-injunction law, be-
ing introduced by that committee. The
other was the bill to permit the sale
of cigarettes under license from the
acknowledgements office.
The amendments to the anti-injunc-
tion law simply insert the word peace
ably in two or three places in referr-
ing to assemblage of laborers in in
dustrial dispute, making the law con-
form in all respects to the federal
law on the same subject, according to
Chairman Starke, of the Judiciary
committee. -
The anti-cigarette bill, in the opin-
ion of many stands good show of
passage. 1t provides strict safe
guards. Any dealer who would sell
cigarettes must be licensed by the At
torney-Generaps office, paying IL
cense fee Of $50 per year. The first
$4,000 collected would be given to
the Attorney-Genera's office for the
purpose of enforcement, the remand
er to be given to the CITY or village
or township board, prohibits minors
from smoking cigarettes and makes it
misdemeanor for them to do so, and
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