Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-02-22
THE STATE CAPITAL.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE is
DOING AT PIERRE.
An Impartial Record Of tn. Work Acc
complished by Those Who Make Our
Laws-How the Time Has been Occu.
pied During the Past Week.


:titutc for bill No. 81 was passed, which
provides for the deposit of county funds in
repositories selected by county ccmlnis-
sioncrs. The greater part of the afternoon
wa occupied in a very earnest discussion
of the divorce bill. This bill provides that
where personal service is secured by the
plaintiff a bill of divorce can be granted
after six months residence within the
state. Where serve is secured by adver-
tisement it requires that there shall have
been one years residence before the de-
cree can be issued. The opponents of
loose divorce laws made considerable OPP
position to the bill on the ground tina. ac-
ton could be Immediately commenced be-
lore residence was really established, and
slat h tendency of the bill was rather to
make easier the securing of divorce within
our state. Some argued that the bill was
in the special interest of the attorneys,
which charge was Indignantly repealed.
In the House, notice was received of the
Governors approval of Nos. Is, 200 and %.
n telegram was read by the Speaker from
Senator Pettigrcw, cOngratulating the
House on the passage Of the silver memo
rial. Representative Burke presented a
resolution requesting an opinion of the
Attorney General in reference to the con-
stitutiOnal requirements for taking the
census in 1895. 1t seems to be the prevail
ing sentiment that railroad bill No. / will
fail of passage and even be %unfavorably
reported by both committees. There are,
however, a number of other railroad bills
affecting the roads in different directions
which are quite likely to pass. Some of
them have already passed either one house
or the other.
The attendance in both houses on the
11th was good. In the Senate seventeen
bills were reported for passage and eleven
passed, six Senate and five House bills.
Quite a number of bills were introduced
in both houses. Among Others was q bill
to divide the state into two districts and
providing for two public examiners.
In the House bill No. ~. establishing an
asylum for the blind at Gary, was passed
by a vote of 10 to ~ after sharp discussion.
In answer to a resolution asking for his
opinion Attorney General Crawford sent
in reply as his opinion that it would he alb
sOlutely the duty of the Legislature under
the constitution to provide for the taking
of the census this year. Bill No. IA, re-
lating to the arrangement of tickets OH the
Australian ballots was passed, together
with ten other House bills, one of which
repeats the warehouse and grain grading
laws.
The two most interesting incidents of
the Legislature on the 18th were the pas
sage of the divorce bill in the Senate and
the wolf bounty bill discussion and vote in
the House. An amendment to the divorce
bill, which prevailed, was presented by
Senate Boyce, which will leave the law,
should it pass the House, substantially as
follows: 'No trial can he had; or decree
issued until there has been IL residence Of
six months in the state, although action
can begin as soon as residence is estab-
lished. In case of service by advertising
trial can only be had after twelve months
residence
In the House on the 18th Il bill making
void a mortgage on property not in exist
ence has again appeared, but excepting
crops from the provisions of the bill.
Eleven new bills We're introduced, making
six more than the total number introduced
in the House two years ago. Committees
reported for Observation-Disclosures, With
majority and minority reports on the
woman suffrage and Sabbath dissertation
measures. There were favoroble reports
on bills to fix the toll of grist mills: to
limit profit on machine extras; to locate
the State fair: to give 10000 acres of land
to the Springfield Normal and to the
Northern Hospital for the Insane at Red
field; to pay the sewerage tax in five YEAR
ly installments, under certain conditions.
The Senate committees on the 18th re-
ported several bills favorably and six We're
passed. 1t adopted reports favOring the
passage of ten bills and also disposed of
four bills by adopting reports recommend
ing that they do not pass. The committee
has reported favorably on the passage of
kingsbury's revenue commission bill. with
amendments.
Tho woman suffrage bill passed by the
Senate was deafeated in the House on the
18th by a vote of a to 81. The greater part
OF the day was taken up in its discussion
and was participated in in the atfirmat We
by Messrs. Donahue, Gold, Cindel, Parker.
Henry, HolmQuist and Dowdell and in the
negative by Mcssrs. Russell, Nelson of
Lyman, GunnersOn, Burke and Sneaker
Howard.
The Senate passed only three bills on the
18th, n the House bill to protect beaver
and two Senate bills relating to assess
ment. A fight was had ovcr the Senate
bill creating a state board of health of five
members. Senator Howard of Brown pro-
posed to amend SO that not over three
should not belong to any one school
which carried-23 to 1a-but in the attempt
to pass the bill as amended the vote stood
81 to q. \ second fight occurred over a
Senate bill fixing Il term of court for Butte
County. Senator Rice OF Lawrence and
Wilson of Hot Springs crossed swords and
the end is not yet. There was "a third
fight over the bill increasing the salary of
supreme and circuit judges. which was
discussed by Senators Aplin, Lowthian
and Pease. There was a lively tilt over
the Joint resolution. providing for a voto ON
a change of the constitution allowing
townships, counties and villages to bond
for irrigation work alone to the amount of
10 pei cen of their assessed value. The
constitution now limits it to S per cent.
The measure was defeated, but by a hard
fight, necessitating an appeal from the de-
cision of the chair. Mr.. Burke of Hughes
succeeded in rescuing it from defeat and
The measure will have another chance.
To Recover Their Parents Bodies.
Milton G. Connors, jr., and brother, Geo.
G.. Connors, sons of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. C.
Connors of Deadwood, who were aboard
the steamer Elbe, have gone to New York
City for the purpose of making arrange
mentS to recover the bodies of their mar.