Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-09

What our Representatives are Doing a.
Pierre, as Reported by Chron-
icle Correspondent.

icie Correspondents.
PIERRE, s. d., Feb. 6.-The Legislature
has gotten down to business in good
shape and from this time out the grind
will be continuous and the result i'm
portant. The house killed Al bills and
has passed 50. The senate has passed
SO measures and has killed 81. There
have been introduced 500 bills and q
hundred are yet to come. Practically
four weeks of legislation remain and
three hundred and fifty bills hsye yet
to be considered. To dispose of all
these will require hard work every day
On Monday they use besides It's ordina-
ry afternoon session sat for two hours
in the morning and it is expected that
both bodies will follow this rule in the
future frequently. The most important
measure which has passed the bodies
during the past week is the joint reso-
luton by Nr. Crawford for submitting
the question OF woman's suffrage 20 The
people. This was reported favorably in
the senate by unanimous vote OF the
committee, and the report WAS adopted
in the senate by unanimous vote. The
measure, however, Will fare hard in the
house, and the chances are decidedly !
that il Will not pass. Another bill of
considerable interest was that gotten up |
by the supreme court judges. providing |
that fee of 81 shall be charged for all |
cases in the circuit courts, and 81 for re-
peaIa, aud from the SUN thus realized |
the supreme court judges shall have |
their salaries increased TO $1,000, and |
the circuit judges 10 $500. While this |
bill is still pending 1t is not probable i
that il can pass. II is strenuously OPP |
posed by Mr.. Foote of the appropriation |
committee, and he has u large following. |
rhe ground for his opposition lies in
the feeling that this is time for rigid |
economy when no increase in salaries |
should be allowed. He also raises the
point that under the constitution no |
public officer can have his salary in
creased during his term Of office.
The constitutional convention bill is
still slumbering in its committee and is
not likely to come for some time. When
it does il will almost certainly fail in the |
house. After most exciting debate the
house passed the bill giving an accused |
tue piSft W tue
of the prosecution rs the law stands now.
The house aud senate have also passed |
a joint resolution for the investigation /
Of the office OF school and public lands |
commissioner, and the following com
m.stee was appointed; Messrs. Ken
edy, Rice and Crawford in the senate,
and Messrs Herrick, Burke and Dow
dell in the house. The committee will /
xstfh trtl
ably 60 to the bottom and find out if /
any irregularities have existed.
The senate and house have also pass
ed joint resolution naming Messrs.
kingsbury, Foote and Doran in the sen.
ate, and Messrs. Dickover, Hair and |
Dowdell IN the house. to draft a memo |
rial tn congress calling for speedy legis-
lation financially to pull the country out |
Of its present depression. The commit I,
tee drafted memorial asking for the !
immediate free coinage Of silver.
The pocket gopher bill came in for ITS
usual amount of hilarity aud passed
This bill provides FOR bounty OF thfee
cents on pocket ,gophers, one cent On
common gophers, and ten cents on prai-
rie dogs.
Senator Kelley's bill to reduce the
contract rate of interest from u per
cent 10 10, was killed. A bill passed
the house, providing that the county
commissioners should have the right to
b ~ see'l g sin.
The big railroad bill is considered to
be dead. Not % per cent Of either
house favor it. The investigation COM
mittee has suspended its meetings late
ly, having probed the condition OF Tay
lor's bondsmen and their liability to the
bottom. The evidence is very volumi-
nous, but will soon be printed and spread
before the people. Ii is understood
that the committee will next investigate
the places where Taylor placed his mon
ey, and will see whether any one else Is
implicated. The officials have practic-
ally given up nope of securing Taylor
himself. although the detectives believe
they will yet locate him. The state
treasurer has been hard at work. and
has succeeded in extending the 100000
funding warrants. and there will be no
trouble whatever in obtaining all the
money needed IN carrying on the state
government until the equalization board
meets when deficiency tax will un-
donbtedly be passed, winding out the
deficits.