The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1891-01-30
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.

SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.
PIERRE. s. D., jan. l7.-The repubii-
cans will caucus on candidate for senator
Monday night. Moody will undoubtedly
be chosen. The Independents viii prob
ably go to vote without a caucus to give
their candidates chance to set
tie en- one later. Crosse, republlcan-inde-
pendent. and Harden, democrat-indepen-
dent, seem to be In the lead. The demo-
Gratis are more confident of finally elect
ing rripp than ever. They are doing fine
work and seem to pe carrying every point
so far.
In the 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
cases of total loss by fire. Mr.. Clever In
troduced u bill to abolish the inv estigating
committee for the charitable and penal in
s;itutions. Other bills were introduce
as follows: BY Douglas, repeating the of
fees of commissioner rofimmigration, of state
engineer Of irrigation and inspector Of
mines; by Clever, authorizing counties to
issue bonds for artesinn irrigation; by
White, to abolish the Office Of commissioner err
of labor statistics and inspector, by
Scharif, TO empower county boarde to re-
init tax penalties; by Clever, to provide q
q bounty On wolves.
Miss f. T. Wiloughby, of Malison, was
appointed clerk of the committee on county
affairs.
Tho election committee reported ad-
verscly to seating tho 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..
Jiliison, who has becn regarded rs doubt
full, was shown as member of their side.
In the senate a minority report In favor
of seating Robbins, the democrat contest
ing the seat of Senator Schalfield of Custer,
was made.
A resolution was passed for inves.igat-
Ing the alleged threatened violence on the
part of Crawford to Gleason, the house
mem ber, ind the appointment OF Sheafe,
Jolley and Stewart as the committee vas
made. The elections COMMITTEES reported
in favor of the admission of Robbins of
Custer, and Fletcher of Stanley, elected
In unorsanized districts to the privileges
of the floor without the right to vote.
PIERRE, Jan. 1A--At the republican
caucus tonight fifty votes were cast for
Moody, eight for Meilette, one for Mil
vile, one for Mccormick, one for Pickler
and not voting and fourteen were absent.
Senator Moody was then nominated unnni-
mously and being brought in made a
speech Some disposition Is shown to
bear out the reports that n number of the
| members will not vote for Moody under
any circumstances.
| Senator Pettigrew and Representatives
Gamble aud Pickler are here.
| AT the Independent caucus sixty one
members were present and three absent
No acton was taken except that every
member pied ged himself to vote for some
independent. 1t is expected that Wardall
will lead, Harden next and Crosse third,
l. " fasr Snrtt t,af 'ho
| twenty-five democratic votes will go TO
| Tripp.
| After tho hard fight on the ad mission OF
| contestants, the situation as to senator
does not seem to be cleared ANY, If 1t is not
more perplexing and mixed than it ever
to be the chance of the eiection Of some
such republican rs ex-Speaker Young, who
| is now here making an active canvass.
| While Young Is probably about as good a
| .epnblican as he ever was, yet Iaii,
for what he considered good reasons, he
bo'ted aud worked with the independents.
The trouble with Ioung would be that
Sioux Falls already has one senator. and
1T she hal another the question would be,
would there be any South Dakotn left ex-
cept Sioux Falls. Another candidate of
this clas, would be OK delegate Mathews,
of Brookings, but the trouble with him
would be that lie and Pettigrew would
|
each other that t.ey would not have time
for anything else.
| President George G. Crose, of the Farm
ers' alliance, is another republican who
would be entirely satisfactory to the alli-
snce, and besides, Crosse is u good man.
But Trip men claim that Bartlett Tr,pr
has enough Independents and repu blicans
pledged to him to elect him, so what is to
| be done.
The senate appropriation bill for expenses
! of holding the session of the legislature,
amounting to 81, ,i3i, passed the house and
| was signed by the governor tolay.
4 Thomas Wilson was appointed c ERIK ol
the appointment committee at So per day
| A resolution was introduced by Mr.
Rows for printing 2,50U copies Of the Inv.
of this session. Mr.. Campbell offered ar
amendment to the constitution abo.ishins
4 the senaae. Mr.. Richards offered bill
providing that counties may issue bond!
for irrigation purposes, Mr.. Brown Of
fered bill extending the time for the re
hemption of property sold at tax or mort
1 gage sale from one to two years.
/ The elections committee was not read,
to report and adjournment was taken un
til ~ O'Clock tomorrow morning, whe,
the contest OF Douglas and Lawrence
counties will come up The combins ex
pect to seat six moro members in favor o.
which the committee will report. The re
publicans will mako n minority report ant
oppose this with all their power. 1t wa
supposed that these cases would be re
ported this afternoon and great intcres
was taken, the lobbies being flied. Th
question now arises whether the hous
i will dispose of them tomorrow in time tt
take voie on United States senator. TIL,
combine Is evidently of the opinion that 1t
majority, with the aid of the speaker, i
sufficient tospass anything it desires. TIL
long night session exbected tonight wa
postponed until tomorrow.
The only business of note in the senat
was the passage Of q bill for the enlarge
ment of Fort Mead.
| Ex-Treasurer Bailey was before tn
house investigating committee today. III
slaimed interest amounting to Sa, 1000 D
commission, which the governor refused
to allow; also that ex-Treasurer Smith
transaction which tapped over into tn
new administration. He also reiterated
the charge that Governor Mellette uset
the states funds, for which he gave hi
note, which Treasurer Smith placed a
Sollntcral with him in order to make q sat
tlement with the state.
PIERRE, s. D., Jan. 20.-This has bee
an exciting day In the legislature. Bot
houses were crowded with visitors all da
long. The house met at 10 o'clock IL. th
| morning. The report of the elections com
uiptce NOV pelnS fe0uY, tuo O9ly lh poEthu
business transacted was the passage OF
bill memoriAiizing the secretary Of wa
for the stationing Of four companies q
regular troops at Fort Kendall. Ad
journment was then taken until u o'cioc
when the elections committees repor
again not being ready the combine ad
joufned until o'clock, against the pro
tests of the repub blicans. At 2 o'clock, d
ter considerable filibustering and Dali Q
the house which brought in the ahsen
members, who were all at work on th
elections committee, twenty-five minut
recess was taken in order to give the con
mittee time to complete its report.
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