Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-01-08
By United. Action They Have Organ.
J lied the House and Elected
Thsll Speaker,
WaIdaII oIHardelto the Senator
Picker and Clifford Both Can
didates Against MOODY

oluusoV H6uinVs H"oou
sS AT THE STATE CAPITAL
The news from Pierre up to the hour Of
going to press, is full Of encouragement
for the independents.
The legislature met at noon Tuesday,
and the first vote taken was on the
speaker OF the house, which resulted in
an independent victory, 9. x. Seward, Of
Watertown, being the choice of the as
sembly by vote Of 63 to 81, cast for R.
Buchanan, of Sioux Falls. Goddard, a
democgRt Of Fall River and Reese, inde-
penda/ Charles Mix county, voted
with epublicans on speaker.
9. w. Cone, Of Brule county, who was
chief clerk at the last session, was again
chosen, principally on account of his
superior qualifications. All the demo-
Gratis, excepting the one from the Black
Hills, voted with the independents on
speaker. Dell Coy, of Hughes county,
was elected assistant clerk and J. O.
Clark, democrat of Huron, was chosen
second assistant clerk. Henry Spatz, Of
Yankton, was selected bill clerk, II. Bar
ton, of Bon Homme, Sergeant at arms and
81. T. Volkmar, of the Milbank Review,
engrossing clerk. The rest of the miner
offices are distributed about equally
among the democrats and independents.
In the senate the officers elected were
secretary and assistant secretary; g. N.
Cooper, of Huron being elected to the
former place and J. R. Howell, Of Wal
worthSc stypto the latter. Both are
republi6Yls and were elected by, party
vote of22 to2s.
THE GOVERNORS 8 MESSAGE.
After the organization of the two
houses, they met in joint session in the
hall of the house Of representatives. to
receive the governors message, which
was delivered by the governor in person.
The message is alengthy document and
handles all the various questions with
minute detail.
Touching the financial condition Of the
state. the governor says;
!. .'The first and most import subject for
your consideration is the public finances.
The states financial condition could
scarcely be more embarrassing, and her
revenue system could scarcely be worse.
No greater service could be- rendered the
state by this body than the adoption Of a
systematic, comprehensive and efficient
code of revenue laws, and rigidly restrict
ing current expenditures by adequate
penalties to the revenues thus produced.
4 Without such legislation financial disas-
ter is sure to overtake the state to the
irreparable injury Of her credit, her
institutiS and her business interests.
"Tb4 now outstanding against
the jstat-Nsout $4,000 in warrants in
dorsed by the treasurer, ''Not paid for
want Of funds" and thence bearing Z
per cent. interest which are already SUBJ
ject to heavy discount in the market,
and but for prompt measures on your
part to prevent it their amount will rap
idly increas and their value decline cor
respondingly. This condition exists aft
er final resort to borrowing an additional
100000 during the past year and III
creasing the public indebtedness to the
maximum limit under the constitution.
1t is impossible longer to dodge the issue;
it is now retrenchment or disaster
Space will not permit of more extend
ed review of the message this week, but
arrangements are being made by which
I The LEADER hopes to give the docu,
ment in fhllin its next issue,
THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.
PIERRE, Jan. 5-Special Correspondence
There is no material change in !, the SEN
atorial situation this week. At this writ
ing the indications point little more
favorably to the Independents than they
did a #eS So for they are confident in
gaining cooperation of the demo-
Gratis in The organization of the house
tomorrow and ifthey do this they will
have things pretty much their own way
in disposing Of the election contest to be
decided before the balloting for United
States senator begins If the indepen-
dents are favored in the contested cases,
they will have a working majority on
joint ballot of at least7 and probably O.,
provided the democrats throw their. sup
port with the Independents throughout.
While the republicans blow and buster
over alleged waywardness of the
independents in their attitude toward