Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-28
STATE LEGISLATURE.
WHAT rHK Law MAKERS ARE DOING
AT PIERRE


trates in the probable appointments
by the governor. IL would not be
surprising IL at least some OF them
should be sent to IAe senate this
week. All through the session a
number of gentlemen have been pay
ing board to the Locke hotel and in
cidentally have been informing the
governor OF their desire TO help the
state out OF the pinch and Incidentally
TO promote his aspirations. While 1t
Is impossible at this time to say
accurately who will be the favored
candidates some are authority for
saying that the following appoint.
ments will be made. There are three
candidates for Public Examiner.
Mr.. Myers is looking for a reappoint-
ment and backing his claim by a long
petition and seems &c think he has q
chance though in this be does not
seem to reflect the general view.
| Kinds of Woopsocket Is another can
didate as is Hemingway OF Brook
ings. The latter is regarded as bay-
ing a sinch on the position. He has
been at Pierre since the opening OF
the session and mas apparently won
his spurs.
John Baldwin, of Saint Lawrence,
who was engineer OF irrigation two
years ago, will probably be appointed
to the position again. The present
engineer, Mr.. Prescott, who Is an old
soldier and q thoroughly competent
man. is also a candidate but is be-
lieved to have no chance.
The present Surveyor, Wallace Of
Gerauld county, will probably be
reappointed, as will Mr.. Palmer OF
Lennsx, the state veterinarian, and
oil in spector Stafford, there being
no rivals for these three positions.
In case the bill passes creating an
oil inspector it is generally conceded
that o. S. Bassford, chairman of the
state republican committee, will re.
ceive the plum.
In case the bill passes creating the
Office of game warden and fish COM
missioner Lew Brown, of Mellett, will
probably be appointed, though page,
OF Mitchell, who originated the bill
and who also with Mr.. Brown is re-
sponsible for the bill taxing shot-guns
and thus deriving evidence enough to
support the Office. is q candidate.
For members of the board OF chart
ties Frank Steer, OF Clark, and Cap
tain J. +. Davis, OF Huron, are select
ed.
A most interesting part of the lobby
ia that which represents the Taylor
hondsmsn. No work OF importance
has yet been done. The game is
rather a waiting one and Messrs.
Kaiser, Brooks and Beard, all OF
these boudsmen, are in Pierre watch.
ing the course OF the state officials.
b. III. Sullivan who has spent most
of the time in Pierre and If still there
incidentally helping forward a mum.
Der oil bills amougthem the house bill
providing for a uniform system OF
text books.
The insurance lobby at the present
time is absent, but during the sesi n
it has been well represented, the
prominent members being Col. Dick
Woods, ID. L. Mckinney, d. @. Hol-
brook and w. l.. Boyce. Doane Rob-
ipson. who is owner OF the Gary In
t~erstate. is in Pierre pushing the bill
establishing a blind asylum at Gary
and it seems likely that he wi |
succeed.
John Diamond, who has been at
Pierre for several weeks buying state
warrants and planning to take the
big issue OF funding warrants has gone
home, but isexpected TO return again.
ID. II. Bailey. representing the board
Of agriculture and some other inter
ests, is actively working in the lobby.
7. III. Brown represents the Worlds
Fair commission and Is incidently
paying much attention to certain
printing bills, one of them providing
that all printing OF state and county
supplies shall be done within the
state.
The resubmission and woman's
suffrage lobby has been pretty
thoroughly advertised and consists
OF Nfr. kaufman on the one hand and
Mrs. Cramner and Mrs. Simmons on
the other.
Besides all these there have con.
stantly from five to ten gentlemen
representing the state institutions
and other public bensfciaries and
from this time out it is expected that
the number will constantly grow.
The developments OF the last few
weeks have impressed the governor
with the fact that it il necessary to
have a more rigid and careful exami-
nation made OF the financial! institu.
tions OF the state. The governor has
therefore introduced q bill creating
two public examiners and dividing
the state into two sections. % com.
prising everything north of the San.
borne county lire the other every.
: thing south OF that line and the Black
Hills. In a 8 this bill passes there
will be two examiners to appoint
and the chances are that those two
men will be Kinds and Hemingway
; IL hardly seems likely that the bill
can pass. in which cas- Hemmingway
will he the lucky man in sll prob
ability.
Senator Kelley. of Day county, has
invented an ingenious scheme for pre-
venting tampering with the ballot
D boxes. 1t consists OF a special loci
with the pastboard slip arranged 81
, as to form n considerable pressur,
against opening the clasp. When tn,
box is opened the pastboard slip i,