Omaha daily bee., 1895-01-14
HAVE SOLVED The PROBLEM
South Dakota Lawmakers Devise Means for
Keeping the Government Alive.
TREASURER PHILLIPS FEELS CONF DENT
Authorizes the Statement that Warrants
and Interest win lie Paid-Taylors
Property and that of His
Bondsmen Attached.

PIERRE, s. D., Jan. 13.-(Special Te!e- !
gram.)-The state officials are wearing more
cheerful appearance than they have done for
several days. They have devised a plan for
Strengthening out the finances, despite the
great loss from Taylor's defalcation, and now
will have clear sailing The revenue COM
mittee will tomorrow report bill empower
ing the treasurer to float funding warrants
in anticipation Of the expected tax returns,
which amount to about 100000. The state
will realize from this enough to run the
different departments until August, when the
State Equalization board will be instructed
to levy a deficiency tax sufficient to wipe out
the deficit.
Within the past two days more than $40,-
600 have been received from the counties
in reply to the emergency demand made on
Wednesday by the state auditor for all taxes
now in the county treasurers hands, and
the amount will probable double within the
next week. This will be enough to cover
the state expenses for a month"; or until
the treasurer floats the funding warrants.
The appropriation committee has appointed
subcommittee to take action in reference to
the state educational institutions. This COM
mittee will report tomorrow and will advise
that the State university at Vermillion, the
School of Mines at Rapid City and the
Normal school at Spearfish be closed The
revenue committee will also introduce b!ll
| levyng special taxes on certain classes of
personal property, which now escape, and
will probably impose certain licenses.
WILL PAY ALL INTEREST.
| The state treasurer authorizes the state
ment that all warrants will be paid, that the
report that the state would default on any
of its obligations, even for short time, is
absurd and that he has enough money in
sight to take care of all the states needs. 1t
| is certain, however, that the appropriations
| will be greatly cut.
The state officials are daily receiving tele-
| grams from various parts of the country,
describing supescts held as probably being
| Taylor, the defaulting state treasurer. They
| have not, however, found any of them who
| seem to be the right man. The theory gener-
ally entertained is that he is concealed and
is awaiting the proper opportunity to have
his agent at Pierre make the state COM
promise, granting him immunity. The Off
cials have traced him to very near his prob
able place of hiding, and they have salts
| fled themselves of the personality OF the
principal conspirators.
Today G. e. Deland, partner OF Attorney
General Crawford, returned from his trip over
the state, during which he attached large
amount of property. He found that Taylor
had, in Lame of the Northwest Mortgage
company, of which he is president given q
mortgage for 500 900 on land in Beadle county
to Benedict, and Benedict had transferred his
mortgage to c. H. Wells of Chicago. He
had done the same with $17 900 worth in
Sphinx county and $4,000 worth in Potter
county. All these mortgages were made on
| December 81 and filed on January 8. Taylor
executed them in Chicago, and of COURSE
could not affiX the seal. 1t is also believed
that no consideration passed, and the state
has attached them all and will contest
! them the ground of fraud. The state has
also attached all of Taylor's interests in thu
Redfeld bank, the Gettysburg bank and il
some fifty quarter sections of land in various
, |, counties. Deland also placed attachment
on the bank stock and real estate of Morris
; & Labrie proprietors of the Doland bank
and the bank stock and real estate of j. 7
McChesney, the New York broker, in Aber
deem. These parties are on Taylor's bond
| Altogether, the property attached, will prob
| ably produce $4,000.
PROHIBITION COMES UP TUESDAY.
The fight on prohibition will come to
head in the house on Tuesday The bill fo
r resubmisson will be referred to the commit
o tee tomorrow and Will be reported back ant
n put on its passage Thursday. 1t is eX
t pected that it will pass by majority o
about seven or eight. Mrs. Granmer, presi
> dent of the Womens Christian Temperate
: union, is managing the fight for the pro
o hibtionists and is prepared to max
$ an earnest fight Gold of Gran
y is one of her principal supporter;
o He has so far acted as the leade
l. of the house and has ben the chief advise
=, Of Speaker Howard. His attitude on thi
a a question has been a great surprise and
- likely TO weaken him largely in Influence
Before the election he declared himself
resubmissionst, and has since his arrival q
a Pierre agreed that he will support the bill
y, but has changed front suddenly Still h
A change will not carry any votes and II
lr Tesubmisslon leaders expect TO pass III
t measure without any serious trouble.