The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-06
DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.

ZION of Mr.. Pickler's capital removal bill drew
a large crowd to the capitol building this
morning. The gallery of the house was lit
orally packed, and q considerable number of
people occupied the floor in the rear of he
members desks. Among the spectators
were several ladies'. The first order of bust
ness after roll call and the reading of the
journal was the report of the committee on
elections in the case of Anderson vs.. Hutch
inson. Mr.. Hutchinson hold the certificate
or election and has occupied a seat in the
house up to date. The evidence submitted
by the committee shows that some two hun
dred votes had been thrown out on account
of errors IN the printing of tickets, thereby
giving Hutchinson q small majority. The
report closed with the opinion that Anderson
is entitled to the seat now held by Hutch
inson. Messrs. McComber and Coe
members of the committee. submitted q
minority report, recommending that the
case be held open for several DAYS in order
to give Hutchinson an opportunity to sub
nit certain evidence in the case which
had not been considered While discussion
on the adoption of the report was going on,
.southwick of Kingsbury county moved an
adjournment. The motion was promptly
seconded by Mr.. Dewoody of Edmunds
county, and the clerk began calling the roll
Before the roll call had progressed far the
fact WAS evident to all that one party or the
other had made a sudden move for the pur-
pose of staving of the question of capital
removal, and when the clerk announced the
motion az carried by a vote of "a to %, the
Impression was materially strengthened. A
scene of confusion followed, in which both
members andspectators participated, groups
hoiDr own II ND %ha .+,,-e:. -
excitedly. 1t transpires that the move was
made by some of the members to stave off
action on the removal question until they
could hear from their constituents, as well
as to await action of the %councilin the matter.
The Northern members voted for udlourn-
ment with the exception of Messrs. Oliver
and Strong. The following southern mem
bers also voted for adjournment: Messrs
Barnes, Dewoody, Eldridge, Huntingdon,
Hueston, Hobart, johnson Logan, South
wick, Mark Ward, and Speaker Rice. The
North Dakota men We're
JUBH4ANT OVER THE RESULT,
and claimed that they had made a successful
tnroad upon the ranks of their opponents.
Six bills were introduced to-day in the
council. among them being one appropri-
atlng $4,000 for the completion and main
%tenance OF the normal school at Madison.
Mr.. Wells. from the Black Hills district, in
troduced a bill providing for the organiza-
ton of a school of mines, to be located at
Rapid City. the cost of erection to be defraved
by bonds of $4,000, at 4 per cent, running
twenty years, payable at the option Of the
territory after a period of ten years from the
date of issue. The bill further provides that
the work of erection of the buildings shall
be commenced in ninety days after
creating the office or attorney gen
eral was given its second reading
to-day and referred to the committee on ter
ritorial affairs In this connection it may be
sand that several of the South Dakota mem
bers are after Attorney General Hughes
official scalp, A bill providing for the ex-
tension of time for the payment of taxes
from February to April, reported back from
me committee to-day, with recommends
ton for passage, caused considerable dis
cussion, in which most of the members en-
gagged. 1t is probable that the bill will pass.
SPHINX county again comes to the front with
= rehash of its county seat troubles. A bill
was introduced in the council Monday by
the county and the formation Of u
new county named Payson, the lat
ter to consist Of two tiers of town
ships from the southern part of
Splnk county, and one tier from the northern
part of Beadle county. BY the terms of the
bill Ashton is to be the county seat of Sphinx
county, and Altoona of Payson. The COM
mittee on counties met Immediately after
adjournment TODAY to consider the bill. A
number of lobbyists were present to favor
the scheme. G. II. Myers, of the capital COM
mission, appeared to press the claims Of
Redtield, where ne owns a considerable num-
Der of town lots. for the county seat. A
hVery scene ensued several eloquent
speeches being made before the committee,
the speakers becoming rather excited and
affording the spectators considerable enter
tainmenb It is difficult to Judge of the
merits of the case, but the troubles are OF
such a nature and have continued for so long
a time that the best way out of the Difficulty
appears to be for the legislature to seize the
bull by the horns and locate the county seat
H Toe g5silS 40 ed on Saturday
were not entirely satisfactory to the advo-
Gates of removal. Different amendments
have been considered and rejected. until
finally the one proposed this morning was
decided to be the most satisfactory to all
concerned. When IL o'clock arrived, the
time set for the consideration of the bill. the
council resolved itself into a committee of
the whole, with Mr.. Jones of Hutchinson
countv-Gamble's c~olleague-in the chair.
President Westover, who had u seat in the
house, apparently eager to put himself on
record in the matter. rose before Chairman
Jones had an opportunity either to announce
the business before the or to read
the title of the bill, and proposed an amend
ment.
wEsTovER's AMENDMENT.
The first section, providing for the removal
OF the seat OF government from Bismarck to
Pierre, was left unchanged. The remainder
of the bill rends as follows:
Section2. Any and ali interest or title which
the said Territory of Dakota may have acquired
act entitled An act to provide for the location
Or The seat OF government of the Territory of
Dakota AID for the erection of public buildings
thcreat, approved March 8, 1888, and any and
all interest or lit e which the said territory NAV
possess in or to any building or buildings that
may have been constructed on such real mon
crty is hereby released and transferred to the per
sons who contributed money, labor or materials
Tor the construction Of the capitol building and
the Improvement Of the grounds thereat IN pro-
portion TO the sum or sums OF money 80 con-
%tribnted. or the value of the labor performed or
materials furnished and unpaid: and all indebt-
edness incurred bv the capitol commission men
toned in said act for labor shall be first paid
out of the proceeds received from the sale of the
said real property. and the district court or
Judge thereof, upon the application OF any person
having contributed any labor, money or mate
rial. shall have power to appoint a receiver OF all
81 SAD property, Wit. power to control, sell, or
said Indebtedness, and thereafter to dis
tribute the balance received from the
sale or disposition of said property
to all persons who have contributed labor,
materials or money as aforesaid, pro rata. and
s I'D receiver shall have fun power OF a receiver
1870 WIN SoNe u ClSIi procedure under The
direction OF the district court or a judge thereof.
Sec. j. Within ten days after the taking
effect oil this act all the territorial officers,
whose offices are properly kept at the seat Of
Gosf rnment shall remove their several Offices.
together with the public property, archives,
records, books and papers, to the said city OF
Pierre: and The public offices Of tile said tor
rttory shall thereafter be kept at said CITY OF
Pierre. and the future sessions OF the legislature
sltaii be there held.
Sec. 4. Upon the taking effect pf this act the
present legislative assembly shall stand adj
iYlrlyd unt.l the seventh day stisreatter. whep
remainder of the sixteenth session OF The ie,;se
iaIipe assembly OF said territory shall he held.
Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts In any man