The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1889-02-22
CAPITAL CORRESPONDENCE .

BISMARCK. Feb. Alt Las almost
passed from the realm of possibility to
that of certainty that the legislature
will take a recess. No date has been
determined. The leaders believe 1t
will begin about the 22d inst. and con-
tinue until the middle of April. This
will allow the farmers sufficient time
to SOW their small grain, then return
and complete the legislation. Those
who wish to attend the Inauguration
can crafty their desire in this recess.
Yesterday the house was considering
the bill to change the law so that the
proposed recess will he legal, thus re-
moving any obstacle of that kind. 1t
is to be decided by that body next
Tuesday. The council move more de-
liberately than the house. Yet think
there is no doubt of their concurring
in this matter.
There will be no difficulty about the
members getting their pay. Secretary
Mccormack is their paymaster. When
ASKED if the recess would make any
difference about their per diem he re-
piled:
"Not a bit. I've got the money to
pay you for sixty days apiece, and you
can have it in chunks to suit you"
Woolhiser of st Lawrence is a wap.
His latest bill is entitled, "to change
the name of Church county to Nc
Cormack county," When you recall
the love that don't exist between
Church and McC cCormack, you will read
lily see where the waggery of this bill
is. And there are whole papers of
pins yet unopened which may be
bent and placed in the chair g uberna-
tonal before the last territorial legisla-
ture dies.
There may be nothing more heard of
DR.. RoYer's memorial to the president
elect to remove Gov. Church, The
document was not in the best language
to make it effective, and it may die in
committee. Yet if Church cuts up
any more of his tantrums there are
sixty-eight legislators out of seventy.
two who will recall it from its COM
mittee and send it through with a
whirl. OF carpet-bag foolishness they
are very tired. Col, Price has put in q
bill for q new constitutional conven-
tion for south Dakota. The time and
place of meeting are left blank. If he
acts according to his inclinations he
will name Mitchell as the place of
meeting. If this congress admits
neither of the Dakotas, they will dis
solve partnership at Bismarck this
spring, each with an able-bodied con-
stitutional convention on tap. Tell
it to B. Springer. Prices bill makes
no provision for the election of con-
gressmen; but this can be put in as an
amendment.
Lisbon and Wilmot want q normal
school; Wahpeton, Fargo and Valley
City are after an agricultural college.
There is as much pulling and hauling
over the location of these two institu-
ticns as there was in the legislature
of 1883 to determine how to get the
capital away from Yankton. 1t was
the same on the location of the north
Dakota constitutional convention.
Fargo and Grafton wanted it. Fargo
sent big lobby Of her rustlers. I'm
fortunately, some of them were given
to "treatln9"-and created" them.
selves so badly that it disgusted the
members. Capt. Tom Yorkey, the
stut-tut-terlng editor of Grafton, was
the only one who came here to
lobby for his town. He suffered
around about twenty-four honrs then
discreetly went home and lett the
Fargoers to run things. This pleased
the members and-Grafton won the
prize!
There are two sayings that have be-
come unwritten laws with this legisla-
ture; 1st, If you want bill defeated.
send big lobby here to work for it;
I'd, If you want bill to go through
unanimously, have Church veto it.
No. 1, hasn't failed this session; No. 2,
failed but twice, and then on legal
grounds. Thus far it is a very decent
legislature. If any of them get drunk,
I've been unable to find it in these
five weeks.
Tuesday afternoon the council had a
two hours discussion on the bill re-
pealing the veterinary surgeon law. 1t
was chiefly carried on by Major Dol
lard. president Stimmel and Mr.. Ryan.
While there is continuous desire in
the hearts of many Of the legislature
to "fre" the majority of Church's ap-
pointees, the discussion on this bill did
not take on this character. Letters,
newspaper extracts and official statistics
were cited to show the need Of a law
of this kind, and the injury it will
work to the immense stock interests
of Dakota if it is repealed. Still, 1
think this law will be so altered as to
let Al]oway out, and, possibly, have
diseased stock destroyed by county
officers on expert testimony.
at the same time, the house had a
long and interesting debate on the
usury bill. In committee of the whole
they agreed to report Col. Lowry's
council bill, which simply makes the