Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-08
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TIE jamestown investigating committee re-
ported on the 2lst The charges of immortality
and cruelty are not proven; drunken and IN
competent employees have not been discharged
the evidence does not warrant tne cna1so .nes
public property has been put TO Pflva1o use
in some cases the patients have been put 70 TOO
severe labor, but the superint endent has been
generally careful; neatness, cie1nlness anu
good order everywhere prevail; there Is room
for economy i'll the management; TIE BOARD mas
met too often for the public good, involving I'M
necessary expense. The charges OF e3sfa m,s
gance in the building are not sustained. inc
building is too large but not in excess OF wnat
was contemplated by the Legislature; The Pur,
chasss of supplies has been unWiseiy connnea
to Jamestown and without competition About
$1,000 worth of coal has been used by the arte.
sian well contractor without the knowledge Of
board, and as the contractor is IN deIault ana
his bond is good they advise suit to recover;
they recommend that the clerk be discharged.
the expense being deemed unnecessary; the
land purchase is declared to DC sGraient.
The governor vetoed the soldiers home bill. He
objects to the amount of the appropriation,
mOdations for 200 inmates, and THINKS SlOOUU
at least will be required. He covers the whole
which have and which have not homes, the
troops sent to the war, population inmates in
the homes. ETC., and that Dakota then having
population of but 5000 sent but 20G soldiers to
The war that others are entitled to be provideu
for in the states or in the national homes and
as to transportation; that the home is to be built
on land donated and that there is no provision
for the use Of the property for other charitable
purposes when the old soldiers are gone; that
tho appropriation is only preliminary, and
other large appropriations must follow that
South Dakota can not fairly be loaded with a
debt at this time unnecessarily when not fairly
represented The veto was made special or
msdemeanor clause in the usury law by a vote
of "a to4. Allen, Baldwin, Turnbul ana Wei
come voted no. Aikens Btlrnham Fletcher,
Mallory and Palmer explained they were OPP
posed to the bill, but stood in accordance with
the demands of their constituents The
mans suffrage bill is made the special order
for Wednesday. Mr.. Aikens' bill amending he
penal code SO as to fix definite penalty where
it is now half of maximum imperative in cases
where the maximum is death or imprisonment
bin to bond for county buildings was passed
over the veto-17 to 3. The ninety page educa-
tional bill was passed. Among the bills intro
lum at Deadwood; it nppropriates $4,000.
Among the bills passed were the following: To
refund the debt of Lawrence county; attaching
Hettinger to Stark county for judicial purposes.
TWENTY SIX members of the house We're
present on the 25th, and large amount of bus
mess was transacted. In the council only nine
We're present and no business transacted.
An attempt w:s made to put the Morris rail-
road and warehouse commission bill on it's final
passage, but it was made special order for the
18th 1t is a copy of the Minnesota laws. The
committee reported it favorably and recon-
IN, the suspension OF the rules and that it
be put upon its final passage. The committee
bill is bitterly antagonized on account of its
arbitrary provisions. Pattons prohibition bill
was reported favorably and the Indications are
that it will pass. 1t does not take effect until
January l, 1890. On Thursday an omnibus ap-
preparation bill will be reported by the house
committee. \ minority report will be present
ed scaling the appropriations down to the low
est possible point The appropriations are
made for but one year. The council bill. re-
storing the misdeneanor clause to the usury
law was indefinitely postponed. The remains
OF the New Orleans exhibition, including q
large number of stuffed animals and birds were
agreed to be divided between the two Dakota
universities. The bill to authorize the governor
to remove territorial officials was recommended
to pass.
In the house on the 2Gth the railroad bills
which have attracted the attention of the far
mers' alliance for the past two years, and of the
house committees were indefinitely postponed.
The indications arc that the Norris bill will be
put upon its final passage Wednesday, and that
it will pass the house. Van 0sdel's bill raising
the liquor licence to 81 900 and providing that it
was reported favorably. The bill allow.
ing women to be appointed notaries pub
Among the bills introduced was one by Mr.
Potter prohibiting the entry upon abstracts of
property property held as homestead. By Mallory
Creating the Money Endowment and Land
were NIcHugh's bill giving Rollette county
term Of court providing for the purchase and
distribution of Longs hand book declaring
the provision for attorneys fees in notes. bonds,
mortgages, etc. void and regulating the fee to
be taxed. The Valley City agricultural college
bill was reported back favorably and the inn
beetle school bill was Indefinitely postponed.
In the council bills were introduced regulating
warehouses and providing for the sale of un-
claimed property providing for county boards
OF health; to prevent the importation and sale
OF infected animals requiring annual state
m men OF the amounts due from county to dis
tha hi <1,n
house bill providing for appointments to fill
p providing for additions to city upon petition
OF majority OF the residence owners Mr.
Ericsson 9 bill abolishing foreclosure by adver-
tisement was passed.
The soldiers home bill on the 9th ult. passed
both houses over the governors veto. In the
house, 80 to 10, and in the council IA to d. Those
voting no in the house We're Messrs Cooke Lo
Smith, Turnbul Van Etten Adams, who
would have voted no, was paired with Howell
ILillbridge, opposed. voted yen under instruc-
IONS from his constituents. In the council Mr..
Harsted, who would have voted no, was paired
with Mr.. Lowry. Messrs Patton, Soderberg,
Van osdel and Woohiser voted no. The bill
approprinting certain balances for the Brook
lnss college, the school of mines
and, and -, the Dakota university was
for the ef remo4sl of all ths
oHcefs by the incoming governor was passed
by the house. The house committee reported
"a back the Roger memorial for the removal with
the recommendation that it pass The Pinker-
ton bill WAS defeated in the house. It is SINH
lar to the bill introduced in the Minnesota legis-
vored the bill The womans suffrage bill died
under amendments administered by friendly
hands, and the ladies quit the field in disgust
me council passed u bill reducing interest on
tax sale certificates to "a per cent The Aus
tralian system of voting received much atten-
ton in the council but was not disposed Of
Forrest, assistant sergeant at-arms of the
council. who remained in Montana, was
bounced and John Stoyell was appointed in his