Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-01-22
DAKOTA la AKERS.
SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
IN BIENNIAL SESSION.

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@. x. Seward, of WATERFOWL, Chosen FOL
Speaker of the House--Meeting of tn,
Sanate and Election of Oficers-P Proceed
ings In Detail of Both Branches.
PIERRE, Jan. 8.--The second general as
sembly Of South Dakota convened In bien-
NAL session to-day at the state house
and both branches at once organized FOL
work. The chief clerk called the house tx
order and Rev. Lands, OF Pierre, delivered
an eloquent prayer The roll call showed
all present except Beach, of Clark, an indie
pendent The oath of office was admins.
tered by Judge Kellam, of the supreme
bench. The house then proceeded to organ.
tze by the republicans putting in nominal
ton II. Buchanan, of Sioux Falls, and the
independents @. x. Seward, of WATERFOWL
for speaker. The vote taken showed thai
Seward had so votes and Buchanan 81
every member present voting and the indie
pendents and democrats voting together
except that Goddard, the Fall River demo
crat, and Reese. the Charles Mix independ-
ent, voted with the republicans.
Mr.. Seward, on being escorted to the
chair, gave a short address, which was well
delivered and well received. He stated
upon taking the chair, that he laid AL poll
tics aside and would treat all fairly. The
house adjourned until O'clock.
At the second meeting the house pro-
ceeded at once to the election of CHIEF
clerk. Norton, of Minnehaha, placed @. w
Cone, of Brule, In nomination on behalf OF
the republicans, and Kippe of Bookings
named w. w. Eastman, of Beadle, on be-
half of the independents The votes
showed Cone elected by vote of SO to 60.
A motion to adjourn at this point was de-
clared unconstitutional by the chair, it be-
ing necessary that the governors MESA ge
should be delivered and the state officers
sworn in in joint session.
The senate met promptly at noon. Chief
Justice Corson administered the oath of Of
fee to Lieut. Gov. Hoffman. The clerk was
then instructed by the president to give
him a certificate Of election and the organ
ization was effected in the senate. Prayer
was offered by Chaplain Brown. The senate
then proceeded to the election of officers.
Melville, of Beadle, nominated @. N. Cooper,
OF Beadle, for secretary. Dixon, of Ham
lin, named L. H. Goodfellow, of Brookings.
Cooper received 20 votes and Goodfellow Fl
votes, Schnaid, of Bon Homme. republican,
being absent, and Horton, OF Campbell, not
voting. motion of Wickem, of Hanson,
at this point to adjourn was lost. The re-
publicans then nominated J. Il. Howell, of
Walworth, for assistant secretary, and the
democrats John /. Nolan, of Hanson. How
ell was elected on the same vote as the Sec
rotary. Peterman, of Turner, nominated
Chas T. Hacket, of Turner, as second
assistant. Sheafe, of Codington, stated
for the democrats that in the interest of
economy they had no candidate to present.
Hackett receiving twenty-seven votes, was
elected. jolly, of Clay, French, of Yankton,
Kyle, of Brown, Sheafe, of Codington, and
Seward, of Union, were appointed COM
mittee on rules. s. B. Miller, Of Hughes,
and John s. Wells of Edmunds, were nomi-
mated for engrossing clerk, and Miller
was elected. p. j. Bentz, Of Sanborn,
and Henry Shortz, of Bon Homme,
were named for bill clerk and Bentz was
elected. For sergeant-at-arms L. Box, of
-Yanktnn. and Mr.. Wilson. OF Union, were
the nominees, and Box was elected by the
regular vote. f. d. Powers, of Dawson,
and Daniel Carry, of McCook, were nomi-
Powers was elected. Frank Lillibrldge, of
Hughes, was unanimously elected post
master. Carl G. Crude, of M1nnehaha,
was elected Waterman against d. Curtiss,
OF Codington. Rev. Edward Brown, of
Kingsbury, cousin of the famous John
J, Fl. Waldron, of Clark. Thad Fuller and
Irwin Yarnell were elected pages, The
senate then adjourned.
PIERRE, Jan. 1.-THE house met at 10 this
morning. After the opening Beach, of
Clark, the only member absent yesterday,
was sworn in and the house proceeded to
the election Of officers. Dell Coy, of
Hughes, was elected assistant clerk over r..
q. Adams by vote of Sc to 5S. For Sec
ond assistant CLARK, democratic, received
"a votes and W. A. Morse, of Sphinx, 60.
This would indicate that the combination
that elected the speaker was solid as to the
other officers. Henry Sepatz, of Yankton,
White, of Hughes, so. Hart Barton, of Bon
Homme, democrat, the only NOM
inee, was elected sergeant at arms
by a vote of 10, five not voting.
II. T. Volbmar, of Grant. indie
pendent democrat, was named for engross-
ing clerk aud received 81 votes, and Scott
White, of Webster, 60. The house reassem-
bled at o'clock and proceeded with the
election of an assistant sergeant at arms.
Mr.. Whitaker, of Brown, Independents, and
Andrew ShatZ. Of Hutchins, republican,
were named, Whitaker was elected, g. to
so. III. l.. Comstock, of Bookings, indes
pendent, and John H. Eyre, of Beadle, re-
publican, were nominated for postmaster.
Comstock received 60 votes and Eyre 81.
For messenger, s. f. Dow, Of Kingsbury, re-
ceived 63, w. J. Thornby, of Custer, 81.
For the Office of Waterman and ianitor
combined, James Oleson, Of Union, indie
pendent, received IS votes, and Ii. Saternia,
pointed Brady Towne, of Redield, and
Charlie Arnold, of Hughes, as pages.
Both are Independents. Bach Turner Of
fered q resolution that the speaker appoint
a committee of three to receive bids from
the daily papers of the city for printing the
journal. McKeei OF Sanborn, republican,;
Waldron, of Clark, independent, and Pea
cock of Douglas, independent, were ape
pointed as such committee, After consid-
cradle discussion as to the economy and
necessity for chaplain, committee of
three-Winslow, of Sanborn; Hamaker, OF
McCook, and Teets, of Beadle, was appointed
by the chair to see what arrangements could
be made with the ministers OF the city to
act. This was the system last year. Pratt,
of Hughes; Mccormick, Hyde and Jones,
of Miner, were appointed a committee on
rules. The governors message was mads a
special order for Saturday at 2 o'clock, and
after balloting for seats the house adj
journed to O'Clock Tomorrow afternoon.
The senate met at 2oclock this afternoon.
Rules were presented by unanimous agree
ment OF the committee and were adopted
with only few minor changes from last
year. The senate named committee on
joint rules as follows: Senators Sheafe, of
Codington; FOLEY, of Union, and French,
of Yankton, The salariae OF officers were
fixed: The secretary ut SIS per day. the
first assistant at IS. the second at SIS. the
engrossing clerk at 81, the sergeant at arms
at 81, the assistant at "a, the postmaster
and messenger at "a, the Waterman and
| janitor at $3.50, the chaplain at S., and the
| pages at Sc. The discussion resulting from
fixing the Salaries showed that the members
talked economical. After balloting for
seats the senate adjourileu IL i..o'clock to-
morfow,
PIERRE, Jan. 8.-~Fhe house met at 2 this
afternoon. s. B. Griffith, Of Faux, demo-
crat, was nominated for journal clerk by
| Mr.. Pratt, of Hughes. Mr. Converse, OF
Jerauld noMinated w. w. Eastman, Of
Beadle, the independent defeated at the
opening session, for chief clerk che npmi
nation was eagerly caught up by the re-:
publicans, who saw chance OF disruptine
the combine. Many independents frs,