The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-01-21
A New Move BY Ex-Gov.
Thayer to Dust Gov. Boyd,
of Nebraska.
The Latter Served With Notice OF
Injunction Proceedings by the
Former.
Proceedings In the Legislature--Lat
est Phase of the Situation in
South Dakota

| Thayer would apply for an injunction
restraining him from acting as governor.
| The notice was delivered to Hoxie Sat
| urday afternoon by Judge q. p. Mason
and he tried to catch Boyd at the train,
| but was one minute too late. Yesterday
morning he found Boyd at the state
house. Following Is a copy of the no
| tIce: e..
Notice to James f. Boyd-You are hereby
| notified that the relRtor, John NJ. Thayer,
| will move the court on Jan. 70, 1891, at
the capitol. I'm the court room of said court,
| al oclock la tho forenoon OF said day. or
| as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard
| for an injunction 10 restrain and enJoin you
| from exercising or undertaking 10 exercise
the Office or duties Of governor OF the
state of Nebraska, and from invading,
using or occupying tho rooms or any Of them
Of the governor OF Nebraska heretofore,
and until the 18th day of January,
1891, occupied and used by the re-
lator ~ governor OF Nebraska, and which
you on said 18th day OF January unlawfuily
aud with force invaded and took from the
relator; and further TO restrain you from
using or removing from said rooms Rny Of
the furniture or records thereof, and from In
any manner hindering or disturbing the re-
lator In the quiet occupancy, use and en-
joyment OF said rooms, Office. records aud
furniture pending this suit. and until the
ther order OF the court; and you are fur
thes notified that the afidavits hereto at
tached and accompanying this notice will
be read and used at said hearing, and at
that time and place you may be- heard 10
show cause, IL any you have, why such In
juRction should not be granted
JoHg L. WEBSTER,
JOSEPH II. BLAIR
u. T. mason,
Attorneys for the RelatOr.
/, Accompanying this notice Is an affi-
davit by prayer, dated Jan. II.
Stripped of its legal verbage, 1t alleges
that on Jan. Is Boyd wrongfnlly and
unlawfally Invaded, In force and num-
bers, the rooms then occupied and in the
possession of Thayer as the lawful gov
ernor, and demanded that Thayer sur
render said rooms, records and furniture,
ID being apparent that Boyd, with the
force and arms he then had with him.
would take possession. Thayer made q
quiet surrender under protest. On the
18th, I4th and 18th OF January, one
Crawford and Victor VifQuain, acting
for and on behalf and under the dIrec-
ton of Boyd, made threats and threat
ened with violence and force to remove
ThaYef, aud appeared at tho door with
large crowd of persons and threatened
20 remove ThAyer with force and yIo-
lence.
Legislative Proceedings.
LINCOLN. Jan. Ig-The arst business Of
the senate this afternoon was the adoption
OF Senator Collins resolution tn recognize
Mr.. Boyd as governor de facto. by a vote OF
20 20 g. The nays were Horn. PoYnter.
Randall, Sanders Stevens aud Williams, all
independents.
A resolution 20 meet at 9 O'Clock every
Haw I'll Aa Lei Al.
table by a vote of is To IS.
Among the bills introduced were the fol-
lowing:
BY Hnl-For the levy and collection of
taxes on mortgages ON real estate.
BY Hill--To limit telephone charges to e.
per month for business places and $3.50 q
month for residences.
BY Hill-ProVidihg that three shall be oue
secretary of the board of transportation
from each of the three parties. republican,
democrat aud independent.
BY keipeF-Providing FOR a state exam
iner to inspect the accounts OF county treas
uFers and lnaugurate uniform system of
keeping accounts.
nv Day-Ragulating Che eligibility of
candidates for district Judges.
RS Dysart-ro amend the usury law.
by Turner--ProvIdlng that an elector
may cast Is many votes for one candidate
for representative or membar-o of the legls-
latuTe as thore are representatives or mem
bers to be elected. or may divide his votes
between two or more candidates.
Mr.. stevens moved that when the senate
adjourn IL be 10 10 O'Clock tomorrow morn
Ing to 70 into Joint convention TO hear and
determine the contests, and --was adopted
after some wrangling by vote OF re to IL.
LINCOLN, Neb, Jan. l0.-The house met
promptly at o'clock with ninety members
present
A message was received from the senate
efs hE gfFa Fap4t anN hf gsah Al
concurrent resolutio6 axing>the hour OF the
meeting Of the JOINT convention 90 hear and
determine the contest cases at 10 a. M,
Tuesday, Jan. 20.
Among the bills introduced. and not al
ready reported, were the following:
by Mullen-Empowering county boards To
-ssslHg sinking fund.
BY Purtor-An Australian ballot bin.
BY Gale-Regulating telephone charges
The bill hXes a rate OF $3.50 per month la
private houses. and S2 per month In husl-
ness .hOuses, and not TO exceed IS cents
between any towns In the state for a hve
minutes talk
by Mullen--Fixing the penalty for nsury
az forfeiture OF both principal and interest
and a fine for the benefit of the scn0ol fund
equal 90 the same.
BY RuIaell- Relating to water privileges
la irrigating districts.
by parker-~Frovl ldinE that all saloon and
other license fees shall be paid into the gem
eral school fund.
BY Moan-To prohibit free passes 10 pub
lle officials.
by sternsdorH--To define the powers da-
ties and obligations. OF homestead associA-
tions.
BY Reducing passenger fares 10
| cents per mile.
| BY FelkeFr-ProvidinR that all loan agents
| shall be licensed who accept chRttoi mort
| cages, and shall not receive a greater rate
Il NFa int IN VtsN Tha
| fee Is fixed at IS 70 s25.
Mr.. Gale, independent, moved that the
| bill introduced by Mr.. Moan. PROHIBITING
| free passes be indefinitely postponed Mr..
/ Moan defended his bill. and said that no
/ railroad Niii give pass without expecting
y return, and that passes aiyen to fsgisla-
L tors were Intended 10 influence legislation.
| The roll call was dcrsanded aud the motion
Iast---2s 20 7s--and the bin passed 70 second
/ reading.
Ahill we introduced BY FaIksr providing