Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-03-10

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HIM Non f IN legislature
5st il,s stAts cf South Dakota i 4
'lI,ine ~ ~ past. II some respects
II M TIL most remarkable body Of
mon over assembled in ! like capac-
ity. Orators were Il premium. III
ne senate the argumentative and
iorcefcl speakers were Dollarl, Ken
lnesly, brock way, Burt, Homer and
Star. The i've former 7 lawyers.
IN Tho house there VA not : single
speaker that could justly lay claim
10 oratory. Hooper, the leader Of
Tho prohibition forces, wss by all
odds the best speaker. The House
needed ! half DOZEN lawyers for gen.
cral work in fratning bills ana pre-
senting their merit,and needed them
bad and the state at large is the &C.
tuAl loser by their not being there.
Some funny things occurred in
the House. The speaker would sit in
his chair and entertain motions and
put The question without rising, a
proceeding strictly forbidden by the
rules. In discussing the appropria.
tiun bill one member arose md With
becoming dignity observed that the
clerk had read one item in connec-
ton with the Insane Asylum ap-
preparation bill as being one thous-
and two hundred and City dollars,
whom in fact il was only 1920. AT
another time . member was in the
chair after a lengthy discussion pro
and con Of q certain bill the chair
man arose and says: There is no
merits TO the hill and the clerk will
call the roll.
At the close Of the session the
House voted the speaker $500 per
dny extra for the session, and also
the new $500 chair just procured
BY the Secretary Of State. For
some unaccountable e the res
olution was reconsidered. The most
popular presiding officer we have
ever seen is Lieut.. Governor Herried.
He 10 able, fair, impartial and indie.
f~atigucable. He always arose in
putting a proposition. Mr.. HerrieG
was presented with a very fine chair
purchased by the state, and an ele-
CANT gold watch and chain purchas-
ed By the senators. Tears of glad.
ness stood in his eyes ut the presen-
tation ard it was impossible for him
10 articulate. Sol Star was no doubt
the best posted parlimentarian in
the senate. Nj. Star hes had much
experience. The secretary Of the
senate and chef clerk Of the house
were each allowed 800 for trans
cribing the proceeding to the perma-
nent journals. This makes the pay
Of the house clerk amount to Sl12O.
for tile session and the senate clerk
$1,000. The Worlds Fair bill ard
prohibition took up a vast amount
Of time as it was brought up time
and again after being defeated by a
lobby Of purple-gilled bottle suck.
ers from a city WHO think Tor q ma
inrity rather), that they can't live
without the open grog shop. May
God have mercy on them. Mrs,
Cranmer handled the prohibition
forces with consum,nate skill defeat.
ing them Ut all points o fattack most
valiently. She knows no such word
as surrender. The mothers Of Da.
kota should bold her in loving re.
menbrance.
Many frauds we're attempted upon
the treasury. The Black Hills In.
dian war claim being the largest,
This would have carried with il
about $4,000. It passed the senate
with an amendment to the original
bill, but was shelved in the House,
Gov. Mellett said Of the bill. ut il
1 fraud from beginning to end
About 1926 bills were introduced
in each House. One hundred and
seventy-fve became laws, fty-three
senate and seyenty-two House bills.
The only veto was the mileage o.
clerk Cone, Of the House 4l9.O(
Three years ago 154 were passed
and became laws and two years age
lis. The bill for printing this SEES
sion viii be over $4,000. Thu
bound journals will be larger thar
any previous session. The hotel &C
Communications we're SO poor and ti.
hotels so distant from the stats
house every body was glad to gel
away. There were W seventy en-
ployees OF the two houses. severa'
Of them totally incompetent to dc
the work expected Of them; simply
political appointments. This il
wrong, most emphatically.
Ton Like Fit !
Oh course you do. Everybody does