The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-31
DOINGS AT PIERRE.
WORK OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA
LEGISLATURE.
An Impartial Record of the Work Ac-
complished by Those Who Make Our
Laws-IIOw the Time Has Been Occu-
pied During the Past Week.
Our Lawmakers.

The investigation committee continues
to meet with closed doors and is very lOthe
to give up the proceedings. This action
has OccaSiOned some adverse criticism, but
perhaps it is wise. Chairman Pease says
that in a few days the session will be
open. Eventually, of course, the whole
proceedings must come to light. EX-
Speaker Lawson came on the 21St and was
invited to the Speakers platform. Rep
reSentative DickOver presented a reSOlu-
ton that the Appropriation Committee re-
port not later than February 2 and that
final adjournment be not later than Febru
AIRY 8, but was quickly voted down.
When petitions were reached in the Or
der of business there was presented to the
Senate on the 22d a petition from thirty
one counties, and signed by 5000 names.
asking that the prohibition clause of the
constitution 'do not be resubmitted." The
favorable report of the Committee on Re-
submission then came up. 1t was adopted
by a vote of % to II. The report of the
majority of the committee was signed by
all the members except Senator McGee of
Pennington County. Senators were I'M
able to resist the opportunity to address
the public..and the discussion lasted for
over two and a half hours. The only ques-
ton of interest in the Senatorial election
was how the POpulists would dispose of
their.vOte. Two weeks ago Senator Petit
grew had every vote in the Republican
caucus on the first ballot and now when
the two houses ballOted for senator he re-
ceived every Republican vote. Of the
twenty-fOur POpulists twenty-three voted
for State Senator Crawford of KingSbury
County, and Crawford threw his vote to
ex-senator Grill. There was no excite
ment connected with the voting on Sen
ator and little speech-making The Iiouse
eulOgiZed tine respective candidates in
short speeches. The vote in the House
stood: Pettigrew. 81: Crawford, II. In
the Senate: Pettigrew, 80: Crawford, 9;
Grill, 1. On the 23d the two houses will
meet in joint convention and ratify the
proceedings.
In spite OF the strenuous efforts of the
.'rOhibitiOniSts against the measure the re-
submission bill went through the Senate
on the 23d on its final passage by a vote of
q to 10. Before the final vote was taken
the Observation-Disclosures made an effort to
secure ~pOStpOnement until January 81, and
were only defeated in the attempt by one
vOte. A motion to reconsider was laid on
The table. At noon the Legislature in
JOllil ScSSlUll IutlllCu tlC clCCllOl VI Cclld-
atOr Pettigrew. Among the bills intro
duced was one fixing the tolls at grist
mills at not over a fifth and a bill locating
a blind asylum at Gray.
More was accomplished in the House on
the 3d than OF any previous day of the
session..
A partial report of Examiner Myers
was submitted to both houses, but it will
nnnaar in tha inl1rpa al nf nathan hn1N If
was so incomplete as to meet with a cool
reception and was as impOlitic a move as
could possibly have been made if Mr..
Myers had any hope of reappointment. In
the Senate it met with silent Indifference,
but in the House it was openly ridiculed,
much to the chagrin of the friends of Mr..
Myers.
The wheels of the Legislative mill are
beginning to move with increased speed
Ind there will soon be forthcoming a line
If information which will give some idea
Of the course of legislation. Over 300 bills
have already been introduced, but it is safe
20 say that twO-thirdS of the numbe will
be defeated, absorbed, combined or in other
ways so disposed of as never to become
laws.
A joint resolution was introduced in the
Senate on the oath by Senator Johnson of
Douglass, askingth the GOvernOrOf Nebraska
20 appoint a commission of three to meet a
similar committee from the state to arbi-
trate or adjust the boundary line in Clay
County adjoining the Missouri River. The
line has been brought into controversy by
the changing bed of the river.
Over two hours of the Senate was spent
in Committee of the Whole ON the irriga-
ton bill.