St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-04
DAKOTA AND MONTANA.
The Capital Removal Bill With a Slight
Amendment Passed by
the House.
Charges of Corruption Preferred by Marx
Ward and an investigation Ordered
to be Made.
South Dakota Papers Take Very Little
Stock in Constitutional COnven-
tiOn-Other Matters.
DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.
Important Fork Accomplished

Important Fork Accomplished.
Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK, March 3.--The capital removal
bill was reported back this afternoon with an
amendment providing the act shall take ef--
feet May 1, 1886. The report of the COM
mittee was adopted under the previous ques-
ton and the bill sent to third reading without
discussion. When that order was reached,
the bill was the first taken up and an attempt
made to order the previous question upon it,
which, after three hours skirmish was
done, though on arbitrary ruling
by the speaker pro TEN, which ruled out the
usual dilatory motions. On all preliminary
and dilatory motions the vote stood 25
to %, Mccall voting with his del
egation for removal instead of with the
North as was anticipated. On the. final vote
there were 81 to 20, Oliver and Williams
voting for the bill in order to make motion
to reconsider, Stevens not voting. The bill
was engrossed and sent to the council where
it may be passed, but if it does finally pass
it will be vetoed, as several who vote for the
measure desire to see the question set
tied and in favor of Bism arck.
On the question of removing the United
States court from Yankton to MITCHELL the
house was held five hours under call, during
which time the members amused themselves
singing war songs. After the report on the
capital bill was adopted, and before it passed,
Mark Ward introduced the following reso-
luton:
To the Speaker and Members of the House
of Representatives, Sirs: 1t has come to my
knowledge that one w. s. Wells and E. V.
Prentice of Pierre, Oak, have made members
of this house corrupt propositions to influence
their votes on the bill pending to remove the
capital of Dakota from Bismarck to Pierre,
and that they have paid money to members
of this house expecting as result OF such
payment such members would vote in favor
of removal to the city of Pierre. | therefore
move that committee of five members of
this house be appointed by the Hon. Speaker
with power to investigate fully the charges
of corruptions hereby preferred. That said
committee when so appointed be, and are
hereby, clothed with full power to subpoena
witnesses to take books and pa
pers, and examine persons on oath,
tending to the manners of things
necessary to further said investigation in the
interest of truth and the dignity of this
house. That the sergeant-at-arms of this
house be and is instructed to order and
serve all subp9nas, orders or papers OF every
name and motive issued by said committee,
with like powers to take the bodies of all per-
sons and bring their bodies before the bar of
this house to be dealt with according to law.
Full power and authority being hereby con-
ferred upon said committee to punish wit
nesses for contempt, either in disobedience
of subpenas or failure or refusal to answer
questions or produce books and papers. That
said committee be instructed to proceed at
once with said investigation.
Adopted-ayes As, noes Sand Mr.. Speaker
appointed Mark Ward, Huntington, Steele,
Blakemore and Dawson as such committee.
The bill was taken up and passed without de-
bate after the adoption of this resolution.
The house passed its bills authorizing sen
fences for the penitentiary for less than one
year; changing the name of au elevator com
pany; authorizing the recovery of the highest
market value OF personal property unlawfully
Detained authorizing Eagan to issue bonds;
amending charter of Grafton.
Mr.. Swanton introduced by request a bill
providing for the relief of laborers and others
to whom sums are due for labor or material
on the capitol building.
Mark Ward introduced a bill for relocating
the county seat to Charles of Mix county.
In the council the house bill was passed
appropriatng $4,000 for the support of the
normal school at Spearfish. Council bills
were passed funding the Indebtedness of
Coddington county; requiring the issue of
$50, 900 in bonds to complete the Cass county
court house making the directors of incor-
porations personally liable for losses resulting
from neglect of the provisions of law; taxing
telegraph and sleeping and drawing car com
panies, valuation made by the territorial
board Of equalization of taxes not to exceed
the average tax on other property; author
izing Cass county to issue bonds for funding
road and bridge warrants; Offering $4,000
for the discovery of anthracite coal in Da-
kota. The railroad tax bill is the special
order for tomorrow, and taxes all companies
per cent. on the gross earnings.
Dakota Ne,cslets.