Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-01-31
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.

hg Tripp than ever. They are doing hne
work aud seem to be carrying every point
20 far.
In tho house today bill TO prevent the
disposal of firearms to Indians was passed.
A bill was introduced by Mr. Cooper for
The full payment of insurance policies In
.ases of total loss by fire. Mr.. Clever in
trodu duced a bill to abolish the investigating
.pm mittee for the charitable and penal In
,ututions Other bills were introduced
as follows: BY Douglas, repeating the Of
ices of commissioner OF ofimmigrntion, state
engineer of irrigation and Inspector or
ninesi by Clever, authorizing counties TO
ssue bonds for artesian irrigation; by
White to abolish the Office of commissioners
If labor statistics and inspector, by
scharff, to empower county boards TO re-
init tax penalties; by Clever, to provide
IS bounty on wolves.
Miss +. l.. Willoughby OF Madison, was
appointed clerk of the committee on county
affairs.
The election committee reported ad.
versely TO seating the contestant from
Dawson county. The Douglas county con
test will be up Monday.
The independents showed today that
they are holding their strength well. Mr..
| Jillison, who has been regarded as doubt
| full, was shown as a member OF their side.
| In the senate a minority report in favor
ing the seat Of Senator Schalfeld of Custer,
was made.
A resolution was passed for investigat-
| ing the alleged threatened violence on the
| part of Crawford TO Gleason, the house
| me m ber. and the appointment OF sheate,
Jolley and Stewart as the committee was
made The elections COMMITTEES reported
| In favor of the admission Of Robbins of
| Custer, and Fletcher of Stanley, elected
| In unorganized districts to the privileges
Of the floor without the right to vote.
PIERRE, Jan. l9-At the republican
caucus tonight fifty votes were cast for
Moody, eight for Mellette, one for Mil
Vile, one for Mccormick, one for Picker
| and two for blank. Three were present
and not voting and fourteen were absent
Senator Moody was then nominated unani-
mously and being brought in made n
speech Some disposition is shown to
| bear out the reports that number OF the
members will not vote for Moody under
any circumstances.
| Senator Pettigrew and Representatives.
| Gamble and Pickler are here.
At the independent caucus sixty ono
mem bers were present and three absent.
No action was taken except that every
me IN ber pledged himself 10 vote for some
Ind ependent. 1t is expected that Wardali
will lead, Harden next and Crosse third,
with few scattering votes. The solid
twenty-five democratic votes will 60 to
rripp.
After the hard fight on the ad dmssion OF
contestants, the situation as TO senator
does not seem to be cleared any, If 1t Is not
more perplexing and mixed than IL ever
was. IL Moody is not elected there seems
to be the chance of the election of some
such republican ns ex-Speaker Young, who
is now here making an active canvass.
While Young Is probably about as good a
| he at
for what he considered good reasons, lac
bolted and worked with the Independents.
The trouble with Young would be that
Sioux Falls already has one senator, and
II she had another the question would be,
would there be any South Dakota left ex
cept Sioux Falls. Another candidate oi
this class would be ex- Delegate Mathews
Of Brookings, but the trouble with him
would be that he and Pettigrew would
probably spend so much time figuring foi
each other that they would not have Tins
for any thing else.
President George G. Crosse, of the Farm
ers' alliance, is another republican wh'
would be entirely satisfactory To the ALI
ance, and besides, Crosse Is a good man
But Tripp men claim that Bartlett Trip
has enough independents and republican,
pledged TO him to elect him, so what is t
be donei
The senate appropriation bill for ex pense
of holding the session of the legislature
amounting to Sil ,i3l, passed the house au'
was signed by the governor today.
Thomas Wilson was appointed cerk o
the appointment committee at S3 per day
A resolution was introduced by MI
uf TINS session. mr.. CampDeIf onered q
amendment to the constitution abolishn
the senale, Mr.. Richards offered bill
providing that counties may issue bond
for irrigation purposes. Mr.. Brown ol
r.. n. "A Al.
! demption OF property sold ut tax or NOR,
, gage sale from one to two years.
The elections committee was not read
to report and adjournment was taken uu
TIL 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, whe
the contest of Douglas and Lawrenc
counties will come up. The combine e1
pect to seat six more members In favor O
which the committee will report. The re
publicans will make n minority report an
oppose this with all their power. IL wa
supposed that these cases would be r,
ported this afternoon and great interes
was taken, tho lobDies being filed. Th
question now arises whether the hous
will dispose of them tomorrow in time
! take n vote on United States senator. Til
: combine is evidently of the opinion that 4,
ma jority, with the aid OF the speaker,
sufficient. to pass anything 1t desires. Tn
> long night session exhected tonight wa
3 postponed until tomorrow.
! The only business of note in the senai
was the passage OF IA bill for the enlarg,
ment of Fort Mead.
ExTreasurer Bailey was before I'll
house investigating committee today. ID
claimed interest amounting to $2, 1000 q
com omission, which the governor refuse
to allow; also that ex.Treasurer Smith
D bonds smen were still liable for this ol
Z | transaction which Tapped over into ii
new ad IN inistration. He also reiterate
the charge that Governor Mellette use
: the states funds, for which he gave h
D note, which Treasurer Smith placed
1 collateral with him in order to make a Sc
, Element with the state.
4 PIERRE, s. D., Jan. 20.-This has be,
: an exciting day in the legislature. Bo
a houses were crowded with visitors all ds
long. The house met at 10 o'clock i'm Il
morning, The report of the elections cor
mittee not being ready, the only importa
, business transacted was the passage of
bill memorialixing the secretary of WI
!, for the stationing Of four companies
F, regular troops at Fort Randall. A
: journment was then taken until l2 o'clo,
when the elections committees reno
again not being ready the combine a
0 journed until o'clock, against the pr
: tests of the repu blicans. At 2 o'clock, q
teh considerable fiibustering and call
the house which brought in the abse
members, who were all at work on q
elections com mittee, a twenty-five minu
recess was taken in order to give the col
mittee time to complete its report.
\ Upon reassembling enough independen
voted with the republicans to enable vo
on United 6sates senator 70 be taken, w hi
the re pu blicans had been demanding
, day. This wac most exciting moment,
no party knew what kind of scher
might be spiung. As the vote proceed
and scattering candidates appeared It
came evident that for once the prognos
3 cations as to the result were substantial
correct.
The vote was as follows: Moody,
, Harden, z2; TrIpp, 80; Crosse, IL; Cosan
, o; WardaiI, B.; Preston, 8; Clifford,
Campbell, l; Melville, l; Dye, 1 Elliott,
, After the vote on senator was taken, {
report of the elections committee w
taken up at once, and that part Of IL
|. porting against Colonel Starr, who is &C
testing the seat Of Mr.. Mcleod, W
adopted. The report on the other &C
/ testants from Lawrence county was tn
brought before the house, aud after
extended discussion and filibustering
70 the part of the republicans, the house a
! journed to 10 o'clock tomorrow mornir
The republicans have all along been al
to outwit the combine In parlansenta
tactics. Tonight prom inent republic
predicted that the vote to adjourn the
cases indicates that the sitting membs
from Lawrence county will be unseate
II this - true II IL Important news. IL "