Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-03-08
THE GOVERNOR NoM1NArEs.


Col. Cloush Appointed Soldiers Home
Co,nmissioncr.-Other News.
A Pierre special of the 2Sth inst. says:
Gov. Sheldon today sent to the
senate the following nominations: For
board of regents Nelson w. Eggleston
of Brule county, w. S. Peterson of
Pennington county, L. 7. Boucher, of
MCPHERSON, w. P. Jordon of Mime
haha, r. Il. Adams of Brown and j. G.
Collier, of Brookings.
For commissioner of the soldiers
home, to hold until April l, 19O1-Rev.
E. E. Clough, of Lawrence.
The nominations were all confirmed.
There will doubtless be further ap-
pointments from the governor to-
morrow.
a resolution was introduced in the
senate today for an investigation of the
sworn charges by G. j. Lane, of Ohio,
formerly of Redfield, against Judges
Corson and Kellam, of the South Da-
kota supreme court. Lane declares he
was deprived of his property through
decision based on Interpretations
and fraud and that the judges we're
aware that it was so based when made.
Those who opposed the resolution
claimed that the senate had no power
to investigate coordinate branch of
the state government, while others al
legged that Lane, having been an un-
successful suitor before the court was
giving vent to hatred and spleen be-
cause of losses sustained at law.
During the afternoon the resolution
was again taken up, and Il motion pre-
vailed that all reference to the reso
luton be expunged from the record.
In the forenoon the senate defeated
the bill preventing games, racing, etc.
on Memorial day, but in the afternoon
it was reconsidered and passed. Italso
passed bills to set aside 10000 acres of
public land for the northern insane
asylum at Redfield and the same
amount for the Springfield Normal
school. Among the other bills passed
by the senate are following: No. 153,
appropriating money for the burial of
deceased soldiers and sailors of the
late war; No. 336, authorizing the COM
missioner of school and public lands to
s1 point deputy, amending laws
relative to tax certificates, requiring
the redeemer of tax certificates to re-
deem mortgages also when on school
lands; No. 800, to give vendor of water
for irrigation purposes lien upon the
crops and land.
In the house the following bills
passed: The senate joint resolution
arranging for the settlement of the
boundary question between South
Dakota and Nebraska; amending the
constitution by increasing the limit of
Indebtedness 10 per cent. for securing
water; No. So, providing for condem-
nation of warehouse sites on right of
way of railroads, and No. DAG, appropri-
ating money for employees of the senate
The following bills were killed:
Regulating the location of county
seats, and regarding reports of referees
By permission Burke introduced a
bill allowing judges $500 per annum
for expenses, to be paid by the coun-
ties. Hair also introduced a bill pro-
viding that townsites may be entered
before county judges in unorganized
counties.
The case of the state of South Da.
kota against Charles 7. Mccoy came
up for hearing this afternoon and was
continued for few days. Senator
Pettigrew telgraphed that he will be
here in ten days. Subpnnaes have
been issued for prominent men all over
the state.