The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-02-22
DAKOTA LAWMAKERS.

quotes 1T has boon said that there woro moro
ty in the legislature OF 1881 than ever before in
~ history OF Dakota" OF that tho governor
says he is we'll able to nudge, as he was 9 mem
member of the legislature had called and no in
qutry Of any kind had been made at the audi
tors Office for facts on which the judiciary com
facts i'll relation to the 5000 payment to Gov.
Pierce as shown by a memorandum in tho aud
itor's Office. The $1,000 was paid to Gov. Pierce
January 81, three days after the New Orleans
appropriation was made. and that the state-
ment of expenses was not flied till June. After
connection with the printing of pamphlets, ag-
grcgatins ~. 400. of which St00 was paid by the
Northern pacifc railroui and goo each by four
other rontls for ADVERTISING. the remnining -, 600,
II is claimed, was paid in this Pierce draft.
After scoring .Aikchs and covering the expense
items the governor says: at is we'll known
fact thnt this geltleln n, eX-Gov. Pierce, for
months through the columns OF a newspaper
the Pioneer Press to which he had access MS a
reporter, INDUCED over his own signature in the
wfllful abuse and misrepresentation of the
present executive and tine officers associated
with him in tho government work, not contin-
ing himself TO n fnir criticism, but milking mis-
representation which We're not only absolute
~ false but liibelous ntheir nature, as he well
knew, md which not only affected the good
namc Of the officials who We're endenvoring to
properly discharge their duties. but likewise
lnisrepresentcd and injured tho financial stand
ing of the territory" He took up Aikens' state
mcnt TINT Pierce had courteously rcfrnined
from making appointments and declared TINT
he tried to make an arrangement for continu-
ing the on man in charge of tho treasury; for
that he was willing to sacrifice nl others. He
said that the president when informed of the
fncta ucce; ted his resignation by telegraph.
THESE are facts. he says. and he gives them be-
cause they seemed to be in senrch of fact q. hav-
ing cnllcd for fncts from different departments.
Col. Price moved to return the communication
to the executive. and TINT no reference to it he
made in tho journal, but Mr.. Aikcns asked n5 IL
favor to him tint it he spren,l upon the records,
insisting that this nnd other special messages
and the remarks ln:uie by the governor ut other
times show his nit u unworthincss for the M
alted position no occupies. Little was done III
either ouse. The council passed the notary
public bill over the veto, Cooper, Hughey: Nc
donald and sutton voting to sustain. RYAN
WIS paired with Ericsson. The newspaper bill
again passed the council-15 to ), and II bill APP
r%rolriatin ing $1,000 for maintenance of the public
Offices. In the house Swanton wants II normal
school for Devils LIKE, and Jones Sl4,0 Mn for
tho commissioned of immigration for two years.
AMONG the bills introduced in the council on
the 10th was one by Hughes to pay j. n. BAUM
dage $50 for cattle killed. by order of tho vet erin-
ary surgeon also bills requiring all physicians
10 register, thus heading OH nl travelling
quacks: nppropriating SCI, 900 for the Bismarck
penitentinry. pcindeNter's bill passed placing
homeopathic Physicians on the same footing
as regulurs und the bill requiring county clerks
and auditors to make quarterly reports. also
passed: When the session Of the house began
on the 10th MIR. Aikens offered tho following
resolution:
BE it resolved, That the chief clerk of the
house be, and he is hereby instructed not to re-
ceive or rend or in my manner recognize any
petition or communication from any source
whntever, except il DO introduced by some
member of this body. unless it be from tho exc
cuttve or other territorial office pertaining to
some matter under consideration IN the house,
or suggesting legislation in the opini IL Of tho
speaker are hereby authorized to pass upon
and determine the admissnbility Of any petit
ton or communication not introduced by a
member ns aforesaid.
fIp,n ,.r,l,%:,, ,rc ,.,,r Observation-Disclosures
resolution MIR. Aikens sud the legislature has
been in session thirt y-tlrce days. Nineteen
bills have been passcd totlle governor from the
house. of these he has vetoed eight; one lie re-
fused to receive; one WIS recalled to remedy
his directions; two bccaine laws without his
approval and seven We're approved. He claim
spent in considering tho governors objection
on criticisms of the legislature or In
criticising him. and it WIS time to stop 1t.
MIR. Jones has prepared IL resolution which he
proposes to introduce demanding the removal
of the governor md charging him with supple
lncnting his snlm,y by the apploprinting Of
notary public fees. etc, ind on various other
accounts. Tho impression is gaining among the
members that there llls been quite enough of
Doubtless be pissed, and properly can he, after
tho 18th of Mnrch asking the appointment OF
some Dnkota republican to conduct the ntinirs
Of the territory until admission is accomplished
The house again passed the newspaper bill III
SO Adams cimttel mortgage hill; the council
bill authorizing loan associations to cxtcnu
lu'h 'oAii'' N.Y. nv nv ltIIituky tNc llDuSc
bill taxing money. crsdits, judgments, etc.; II
bill to pay John Sundock for the expense of
bringing ii prisoner from Washington territory
requiring newspapers to be published six
months and hnve n paying list of $50 copies to
entitle them to publish legal advertisements (;
prohibiting the circulation of newspapers given
to illustrating or describing crimc or immoral
acts; and repeating the Grand Forks special
Law in relation to sheriff and county treasurer.
Among the bills introduced We're those raising
tho agricultural board appropriation to sl0,00O;
requiring notice of claim of exemption to be
filed within five days after the levy raising tho
aye of consent to IL md in case of abduction to
railroads to lease or license the right-of-wns
for warehouses; providing for n constitutions
convention for south Dakota, the luttor intro
duced by Col. Price the constitutional conven-
is to meet in May, but tho date and place nrc
not yet fixed. being left for the com,nitteeto
determine. The governor approved the North
Dakota convention bill.
DIR. ROVER introduced in the house on the
18th a memorial to the president elect. praying
for the prompt removal of Gov. Church by tho
Incoming administra'io ion. alleging MS rcasons
therefor that he is antngoiistic TO the people
of Dakota; TINT he is unreasonable, dictntorinl.
undisnificd md unjust in his treatment of the
! legislature. given to harsh and nicallcd for OK
prcssions toward hcnber aud otlels whom lie
fanc'es oppose him, aud has gone out of his
say to place upon Tho rec e OF The house. re-
n iisns lie ~, 80 u no as IL, i s1cnss! Or, il ~, Which n,.st there G
legislation; TINT i'll his vetoes ho ia inconsi :
tent, md that for these and many
0Uner rca6OnB II Is asked tnQG MS successor
he named early in the new administration
Tho rules We're suspended aud the memorial
read a second time and referred to the commit
tee on federal relations: The house by a unani-
nous vote passed the McPherson county court
bill over the governer's vcto. Under a suspen-
sion of tho rules bills were passed reappropriat-
ing tho u%nexpended balances for tho Dakota
university, Grand Forks university. school OF
mines and agricultural college. Among bills
introduced We're the following: BY Partridge,
locating.a normal school at Milbank by ID Dug
los. adding IL part of the Sisseton reservation to
Day county. Among the bills passed were also
the following: Authorizing mutual insurance
companies tod business in five counties for
tho incorporation OF benevolent societies; 70 re.
quiro counties to let contracts to tho lowest
bidders. In tho council the day was consumed
in routine business. A bill was passed calling
on tho secretary, for a statement Of the notary
public fees paid over to the auditor for the
governors Office; also Dollard county seat re-
movnl bill, and Bcnnctt's house bill appropriate
ing tho uncxpcnded balance of the Grand Forks
University. Mr.. Glaspell introduced n bill defin
ing the liability of railroads for personal injur
les and Mr.. sadcrberg n bill APPLYING $4,000 fol
the deaf iuutc school ut Sioux Falls.
In tho council on tho 18th a bill was intro
duced by Mr.. Woolhiser to change the name o
Church county to Mccormick. 1t is MI out.