The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-14

ago. 1t Is to be remembered that the
house yesterday reversed its decision
Of the day before and instead OF pass.
ing an amendment calling for free
coinage of silver and limiting it to the
American product they voted the
popuiist platform at the last minute.
Today the memorial came up in the
senate and was thrown from piller to
post and finally postponed for two
weeks.
Senator DOran's constitutional
amendment providing to strike out
the word male passed ayes u nays g..
Mr.. lIebal's bill which had been re.
ported IN avorably 10y the committee
but sustained by the house yesterday
to-day passed the senate by q vote OF
2S to 10.
Senator Doran's bill legalizing the
incorporation OF Woonsocket also
passed.
Mr.. Rice's bill requiring the county
clerk to keep a record OF the insane
passed rs did bill 81 to remunerate
Frank Stanton for expenditures dur
ing the Indian war.
Mr.. Aldriche's bill which reduces the
time for gaining divorces to six
months was reported favOrably by
the committee and Mr.. Aid ich thinks
there is no doubt that it will pass the
senate.
Senator McGee's bill for the aboI-
ition OF the nd jury was f%avorably
reported, but a minority report was
also presented against it.
In the house a spirited contest took
place over Mr.. Donohue's bill defining
alcoholic liquors az those havingmore
than four percent alcohol. A spirited
debate took place, Messers. Donohue
and Glass strongly advocating the
measure. They stated that under
this bill the p~rohibitory law would be
much easier enfOl ced than at present,
that liquors containing less than 4
per cent were not CXlCating and
that in the measure was primitive
temperance. Nj essrs. Truman, Dow
dell, COlven, Cawood, Parker and
others took strong ground on the op-
posite side and claimed that this
was designed, otwlthstand-
ing the constitution, to reopen the
saloons. The bill finally failed by an
overwhelming majority only II being
recorded in favor.
The governor has received from the
governor Of Minnesota an invitation
to send two delegates to a conference
Of representatives OF Minnesota q, South
Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska,
Iowa and Wisconsin to be held in st.
Paul on the fourteenth OF this month
to consider the Russian thistle ques
ton. The legislature will undoubted.
ly pass the bill and the commissioners
will be sent, although the thistle ques-
ton is not attracting much interest
at the present time in this state.
One of the most important com-
mittess in this state is that on Agri-
culture. This committee is headed
by Senator Lawrence ana it has some
most important bills under consider
alton. One OF these which is of high
interest to all farmers is the bill which
provides for the inspection OF sheep.
This measure directs the state veter-
ian and his deputies to inspect all
sheep coming Inro the state and
whenever they find any animals
afflicted with scab to promptly dip
them and not &c permit them to run
at large until so treated.
Another measure interests hog deal
ers largely. In the Southern counties
there is considerable hog cholora and
certain parties who are Interested in
making soap make a practic" OF gong
through the country buying from the
farmers the dead hogs. They, it is
snid, pick up small pigs which have
died from disease and when unnOticed
or III the night throw their a
among the healthy hogs which then
die and become plumber for the rogues.
10 prevent this practice the bill pro-
vIdes that Of hogs which
have died from this complain t shall
not be sold but shall be buried.
The following bills were introduced
in the house:
To prevent extortion in the sale OF
agricultural implements and extras.
Appropriation for the sale and lease
OF public lands in 1896.
Appropriation for the releasing OF
public lands govern payment for
school lands used for railroad right
Of way.
Providing for the holding OF court
In other than county seat.
Providing for the organization OF
civil townships.
Providing for the collection OF
taxes by distress and sale in cities.
Instructing board of agriculture to
loo ate state fair for tive or ten years.
Senator Smith of Faux who by the
way is Il gold man and who was in
clined to poke fun 81 his silver colieag-
ues had read the following substitute
which he said waN like the memorial
introduced a panaca for all avs but
improved on thought by covering
more OF them. This memorial called