Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-06
DAKOTA
fhlfteenth Session---Daily Report OF the
Proeeedings Of he Council aaa
House Of Representatives.
rwDNrY.rouRrH DAY.


The replimand given to Mr.. Flick in the
house this morning, BY the speaker, was .
surprise to that gentleman. He says he had
all along treated the matter - . part of the
fun which legislative bodies at times indulge
in and his first intimation that such
Was not the case was his arraign-
ment before the bar of the house.
His explanation Of yesterdays absence
istbat he had business to transact, and stayed
away to attend to il, without thinking that
he was committing q breach Of Legislative
etiquette. This is the substance of Mr..
Flick's explanation in reply to the report
ers enquiries.
Mr.. Browne long looked for bill fer the
consolidation of Jim river counties was in
troduced this morning. 1t made q big bum
die, and we have not gone through it's vari-
Gus sections in detail. The bill provides for
the consolidation, of Hutchinson, and Arm.
strong counties, Hansonand Dawson coun-
ties and Bramble andMiner counties, the
names of Armstrong, Davidson and Bramble
to be dropped. But the measure doea not stops
here. Having provided for making three
large counties of six small ones, it wanders
off into the adjoining country on all sides
and comple.ely'transforms the appearance Of
the map from Bon Homme county OF the
south to Mills county on the north and from
Hyde. and Buffalo counties on the west to
Brookings, Moody and Minnehaha
counties on the east. Names are
abolished and changed and boundary lines
are obliteratcd and laid down in new places.
Altogether it Is a wonderful measure and
though it may contain inscrutable benefits.
none are apparent on its face. The thing
which the reader is first induced to en-
quire is "what is all this for" And no mar
has yet been able to answe
Mr.. Gray's railroad bill vas finished W
in committee of the whole this forenoon
and this afternoon came to 4 vote and a tri
~umphant passage, going through by a large
majority than was expected yester
day. With the amendments attached
the bill will make a good railroad
Law. 1t will encourage the building
of roads into the territory and will protec
the people a. carefully as any Law ye
framed, Mr.. Gray has labored hard to &c
cure its passage and his efforts have bee
ably seconded by Gamble, Burbank, Jack
son and others.
The house to-day passed the council bill
appropriating 50. 8 80 to reimburse Gov
ernor Howard for money expended by hir
in the construction of an insane asylum
The bill now goes to the governor for hi
signature and it is not expected he will W
to it.
The action of the council this morning il
postponing until next Wednesday the bill
creating q new school law for the territory
may be construed as an indication that th,
council lie opposed to any further legisla-
,ion upon that subject.
A petition forwarded to the legislature to
day, through the governor, from the peopl,
Of Grand Forks county, represents a deplo
rable condition of affairs in that county
arising from the prevalence of email pox
The petition represents hat the county ha.
spent all its public funds, and some So, 0O(
in private funds, and asks for an appropria
ton of $1,000 from the territorial treasury
1t should be granted, and without any delay