Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-02-28

lnsane hospital. i..,................. l.O00l
Soidiers' home. .................. 2eODi
Commissioner Of labor. .......... 2,50t
militia. ........., ,................. S,UOl
Chairman Warner of the committee say,
that the bill will reduce the expenditures
3 OJ,OU per year over those of last year
The house committee has signified its in
tention OF presenting substantially the
same report.
The temperance committees did not
bring in their reports tod as expected
They nre all prepared and ready to he
sprung nt the time the word 10 given
The resubnissionists claim very strongly
that they have majority and that the bill
to resubmit prohibition at the next eec
tion will carry both houses. The hardest
struggle will lie in tho senate and the
house will be close at the best. Senator
elect kyle's interview ut Sioux Falls prAc.
tically favoring resubmission does not sur
prise those who were on the inside here
The deal by which he was elected was sup
posed to include resubmlssion beyond any
question.
Tho only excitement in lno f~5 .eediugs
of the house today was occnsioned by Mr.
Harrison, who moved to rscommit the bill
appropriating 5000 for th5 expenses of
the late Indian war, with instructions
that an amendment be returned providin
for the expenditure of the money only on
proper vouchers. Mr.. Harrison stated
that upon an examination Of the records
of the auditors Office, III found that Sl5l
had been paid to ono IL. NJ Day on this
account, whom, upon reliable. infor
nation, he bel eyed ia no way en-
titled to the same, but to he d
common swindler. Such he was con
siderel in his own county, Pennin ston,
and such was his reputation In Douglass
and Bon Homme counties. This caused
quite ripple. Day Is The democratic
member of the world's fair commission OF
the state, and has bocn the democratic
candidate for delegate in congress Day q
warrant was issuea upon voucher ~
tested by the governor. Upon the streng !
Of ths Harrison revelation the bill
was indefinitely postponad. Day was mp
pointed colonel and nth )rizcd by The gov,
ernor TO take charge Of ;he operations
against the Indians on the part of the citi-
zens in his section of the country. Gov.
ernor Melottc, In an interview says
DAY had authority from me to take
charge Of these affairs in The Hills. The
voucher upon wh'cl lie was paid was for
TIE freight Of arms and ammunition We
paid no other expenses The warrant was
drawn on the militia fund. There are
charges that the freight wns paid Iy the
people OF Rapid City and Day has not re
imbursed them. | am investigating them
as against such reports
PIERRE, Feb 10 In the house today the
bill allowing n debtor to take mortgagel
property from tho county in which mort,
gagged was passed. The bill raising the
salary OF circuit judges TO $3.50 per an.
mum was lost. The farmers awntei IL
S2,'0j.
in the senate Senator Sheafe's blind nsy.
lum bill was resurrectel, and will bs con
sidered again next Wednesday The sen
ate adjournrd at noon to attend the me
mortal exerc' ses Of Sally pa,t, G. a, II
The house also All journeI, but reconvoned
at 80 O'clock to consider the resubmis
sion bill.
The house was in session until 4 80 to
ME ht on the Iesubmission question. con
sider.ng the majority and minority re-
ports of the committee on temperance.
I be- were discussed four hours, and the
house al journel without "a decisive tote
Intense interest prevails. The legislative
halls were crowded this evening, hut the
resubmis ionists are two votes short OF
carrying the measure. Tho rssubmision.
lists are elatel over tonights vo.e.
PIERRE, Feb 2h.-The plans of the re
subm issionists were carefully laid aud car
ried through like clock work in the house
of ceremonies, moved that the ru es be
suspended and the report Of last nizht'
committee of the whole be adopted recon
mending the adoption of tbs minority re
port of tho committee on temperance, and
a. so lie demanded "a call of the house,
which brought in ali OF the resubmissiou
lists When tic vote was taken IL stOo
30 ayes 10 ~ nays, and / | absent. The bill
to provide for resubmission of prohibition
was then placed upon its final passage aud
carried by the same vote. The prohibi
tionists made no effort TO prevent the
passage this morning seeming 10 realize
that il was useless. The senate will con,
cur in the action OF the house with proba-
bly, smaller majority. This will place
tHs iSids ~s.a .is Ss-
Th. words fair bill was brought uI
again in the house this morning by the re
port of a committee am ending it SO rs Ia
provide for the levy of "a Il mill tax by the
counties for collecting exhibits, and 80 pei
cent OF the fund appropriated to be used
for "A building
i'm portant bills were introduced: One by
Senator Peterman making railroad com
panies esponsible for all the fires set and
for all stock killed where there are M
fences; one by Senator Bean detail n!
prisoners to work on public institutions
The house spent the afternoon passing
the senate bills, the most important o
which was the one fixing the bonds of al
state officers. The apporiionment bill vii
be considered next Tuesday.