The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-03-01

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb 23.-The senate
and house committees appointed to
consider the deadlock on the appellate
court after numerous propositions
were discussed finally agreed that a.
bill should be reported placing the
appointing power in the hands Of the
governor, with no restriction in the
lctter of the law, but with the under
standing that he would appoint three
Republicans, two Populists and one
Democrat.
The agreement has not yet.beenl
formally ratified by the two com nit
tees, and their reports must. after
such ratification, be concurred in by
their perspective houses, but it seems
to be the understanding that it will
go through all right.
When the report will be submitted
has not been decided. 1t isl due at
any time, but may be held back until
after the bills cutting out six judicial
districts become laws. These were
recommended for passage by the
house in committee Of the whole, but
that body must yet pass them, and
after that they must be acted on by
the senate.
Another obstruction in the waysof
new court law may be presented by
Mr. Veale and others who have listed
as places that should be abolished
the Offices of state veterinary surgeon,
state oil inspector and other positions
created in recent years. But it is be-
lieved that the contending factions of
reform in the two houses can be salts
fed and the appellate court bill be-
come a law.
BY the terms of the bill the state is
divided into two Observation-Disclosures
and Southern-with three depart
ments- Eastern, Middle and Western
in each division.
The following are names being
mentioned for judges:
Northern division--Eastern depart
ment, State Senator T. w. Parker of
Johnson county, Republican,; State
Senator Solon 0. Thacher of Douglas
county, Republicans; s. B. Bradford of
Shawnee county, Republicans; David
Martin of Atchison county, Republi-
can; Judge Day of Shawnee county,
Republican; w. G. Webb of Shawnee
county Populist. Middle department..
Representative j. M. Miller Of Morris
county, Republican; Representative
w. B. Sutton of Russell county, Re-
publican; I. F. Carver of Saline coun-
ty, Republican; M. B. Nicholson of
Morris county, Populist. Western
department, j. Fl. Reeder of Ellis
county, M. c. Reville of Rocks county,
G. A. Spaulding of Phillips county
and L.. H. Thompson of Norton county,
all Republica rs.
Southern division--Eastern depart
ment, State Senator w. P. billiard
and j. ID. McCleverty, both of Bour-s
bon county and both Democrats; j.
p. McCue of Montgomery county,
Democrat; w. A. Johnson of Ander-
son county, Republican. Middle de-
partment, State Senator A. w. Dem
nison of Butler county, Populist;
Frank Doster of Marion county, Pop
ulist; Representative J. v. Beekman
Of Cowley county, Republican; Rep
resentative H. j. Bone of Clark coun-
ty, Republican. Western department
W. M. Sutton of Ford county, Repnb-
lican: Representative w. R. Hopkins
of Finney county. Repu blican; Repre-
sentative E. G. Cole of Barton county,
Republican.
Speaker Lobdell is also mentioned
as possibility in the last named de-
partment, but intimate friends say
that he has his heart set on congress
and will not try for judgeship.