Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17
TAYLOR AND HIS ESCAPADE THE
PRINCIPAL TOPIC OF CONVEX
SATION-ExACT AMOUNT
OF STATE FUNDS MISS
INCA REWARD is
OFFERED.
Senator keIIey's Name on important
Committes-Messrs Holmquist
and German Honored
BY Committee
Places.
A General Resume of the Doings at
The Seat of Government
An Interesting
Letter.

PIERRE, >. d., Jan. 10Th.
Little did the gay party of dancers at
the Inaugural bah, last week, know OF
the financial thunderstorm approaching
a nd which broke with terrible force the
next morning. 4 great many had noted
with surprise the absence OF Walt Taylor
and wife, who We're always social leaders,
but outside the immediate capital circles
no alarm was felt, and when the news OF
the defalcatiOn went forth it spread
swiftly and fell like a wet blanket over
the entire city. Treasurer Taylor was n
great iavorite in this city among the peo-
pie generally, being noted for his LIBERAL
ity and fair dealing. But how the mighty
have fallen! They want him now to
decorate their steel cage in the jail; want
him so bad that when the legislature
offered 50, 900 reward for his arrest a
mighty howl went up that it was not
enough, Us he could easily put up more if
caught, so there has been two resolutions
introduced since, one Offering $4,000
and the other $4,000 reward. The
amount OF the defalcation is in exact fig
ures 1867, O23.S4
The Taylor matter delayed matters
legislative for a day or two, but the cir
Gus is now in full swing. Bills on every
conceivable subject being introduced.
Our own Senator Kelly has the belt so far
having introduced seven in one day, the
principal ones being: to reduce interest
to ten per cent; to reduce salaries OF
county treasurer and register OF deeds;
and one fixing repositories for county
funds and making them pay 3 per cent.
interest on deposits of county money.
Senator Kelley, By the way, occupies
Crill's old seat, the populists being
grouped together AZ they were last
session. He has secured places on good
committees, appropriations, banks and
banking, elections, printing, apportion-
ment, and engrossed and enrolled bills.
In the House our members have intro
duced no bills, but are busy with COM
mittee work. Mr.. Holmquist Jared very
we'll, being on railroads, highways and
bridges, warehouse and grain grading,
and is also Oh the special committee to
investigate the state treasurer's office.
Mr.. German is OF county and county
affairs, public buildings, public printing,
ard library.
A bill was introduced in the Senate by
Senator Lowthian which recalls to some
Day county people II memory OF last
session, and is a bill to change Grant and
Roberts counties to the fifth judicial cir
cult. 1t will be interesting to note these
people advancing the same arguments as
did Day county when trying to change
and which they so bitterly opposed.
A bill was also introduced, to-day, 20
issue funding warrants against the reye-
nurs assessed but not yet collected so az
to provide means for the actual running
expenses OF the state government. One
also to authorize the Attorney General
to institute SUITS o"t"lne the S'a'e, eN-
pense not TO exceed Slo'oo"
One OF the gIar1n8lhconSlStehc'"S
exposed by the recent tfono'e IL the 'ac'
that n lawyer has been expected 10 per-
form the duty OF attorney Senefai 10 q
large state like this on the muniticentsal-
airy OF SS3. per mohth mere II II"