The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-02-28
TOWNLEY ASKS Nd.
VOTERS TO REPEAL
STATE DRY LAW

D1MdTCk, IN. ~. Il Gu. AO.-4NOIeu
Dakota will vote twice directly
upon the question of prohibition,
under plans announced here by A.
C. Townley, president of the AM
erican Temperance league.
In the June primaries, the vote
will be on a memorial to congress
asking that body to resubmit the
18th amendment by substituting a
system of state and national dis
tribution of liquor.
In the general election in No
vember the vote will be on the re-
peal of the prohibition clause of
the state constitution.
AS he gave out copies of the pc
tition, Mr.. Townley declared the
forces in favor Of the memorial
and for the repeal of the state
prohibition clause would be orga-
nized to conduct an aggressive
campaign throughout the state.
Announcement Surprise
: Announcement that the issue
would go to the voters twice came
t as surprise, as the previous an
e nouncements indicated only the
proposal to repeal the state con-
: viction dry section.
Y In initiating a memorial to con-
e gress, a new thing in the state, it
is maintained that the initiative
n and referendum that gives to the
g people the right to legislate,. gives
: to them as well the power to petit
ton congress.
In the section for the repeal OF
] the constitutional clause, the form
: in which it is proposed that the
j question is contained in the petit
ton, to the end that there may be
no mistake by the voters as to
whether they are voting for OF
s against prohibition. 1t will be re.
/ called that in the election of two
e years ago, when the repeal clause
r was at issue, to vote wet the vot-
e er was obliged to place his cross
. after the word Eyes," while tx
'e vote dry it was necessary to place
'e the cross after the word ''no."
q Ballot Described.
L This year, however, in the even
that the secretary of state accept:
: the form of ballot set up in The
z petition, there would be no occa
II sion for such confusion, as it is
N proposed that the issue shall b.
L presented in the following man
Is ner.
4 against prohibition and fol
y repeal"
"For prohibition and against re
TO peal"
N AS a title for the ballot it i
IN proposed that the heading shall
NJ read Repeal of State Prohibi
az tion," as against the usual head
OF ing which merely refers TO tn
al section of the constitution unde
I'd fire.
g FargOan Chairman.
AS committee for the peti
- TONERS, the petitions list Howar
os Woods, Fargo, chairman, and AL
u len McManus, Grand Forks; Tor
:, Wright, Hillsboro; J. FL. Felvel
~ Fargo, and L. L. Griffith, Ignite
=. The memorial to congress O
ie the repeal of the Eighteenth am
endment and the substitution for
system of state and federal distri
button, reads as follows:
Initiative petition. A measur
for memorial to congress-relai
ing to national prohibition. Ths
we, the people of the state o
North Dakota, do hereby petite
the congress of the United State
ID 30 submit an amendment g
the Eighteenth amendment tn tn
constitution of the United STATE
to the several states, nodifvin
the national prohibition laws: %
"s and to act in conjunction with II
several states SO as to substitui
temperance for prohibition, inten
perance, crime and corruption: re-
and to abolish the system of hoo
Logging, private distribution ar
'u' manufacturing of Intoxicating
quors, and the immortality. crir
and corruption associated Wi,
them-all the Legitimate res',l
of so-called prohibition bv sn1
stituting state and national d;s+,
button, under government sunerv
sion, regulation, and control
a. . Need 10000 Signers
The issue would be nrasan+,
$500 on the ballot with the full rsso i
$50 ton printed thereon, and wifi 80 =
3, question presented "for menor !
n to congress-" and against =,
r mortal to congress-" i'
To initiate the memorial r. no
gress will require 10000 s;.n ~
and to initiate the conet;t,,S;; .s'
! amendment win require NOR al !,
- 10000 signers. 0ie IN