The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14
THE STATE CAPITAL.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE 10
DOING AT PIERRE.
An Impartial Record OF the ""iN
com plished by Those VINO """'
lava How the Time Has Ueen o''"~
,icd During the Past Week.


E. ro,an,n commission which was cNl cfl'i
an tho I'm went over to February T.. A.
anticipated there was a pretty H3i' III III"
House over the bill to make Nold ci'd'''
mortgages which cover propert! hol III cNI
istence. The speakers against tllc p'i
were Messrs. Burke, Parker, RuSSeli ana
Donahue: for the bin. Mcssrs. Gold, ''laSS
and Storla. Mr.. Burke made one ol 'he
finest speeches yet delivered IN the House
The bill was beaten 10y a large Nolc' IL
was argued by the advocates OF the plil
that such mortgages are Voorhees, VII
the other hand il was claimed mat cSlccIal-
w in the matter of sccurin" seed ana Ittu
for teams in putting in spring crops thlN
method was the only one hy which iarill-
ers could help themselves. To tins II was
answered that "A special law will be pro-
yided for such cases. Bill No. ~, winch
creates the Office of special collector to col
lect delinquent personal property taxes,
was passed by a small margin. The bill
allows county commissioners to pay ! 10
rs per cent. for such collections. Old cN-
county treasurers are severe in their crit
iciSm of the bill.
Bill No. lag, which is aimed TO taN real
estate mortgages and dcddrt the anlountoi
such mortgages from the assessment OF the
m%OrtgagOr. was Overwhelmingly defeated
in the Senate on the 4th. Eight new bills
were introduced, which made 1t sure lllat
both houses will Introduce over $40 during
the session. No. 231, introduced by How
ell. makes innkeepcrs liable for the loss
of property by their guests.
Representative Eggc Of Minnchaha. made
his first appearance in the House ON the
9TH and was sworn in by Speaker How
ard. The memorial to Congress on the
money question raised some sharp discus
sion in the House. Mr.. Cinde! OF Law
renee, made a rouSing speech taNorIng Tree
coinage of the American product. but was
not in favor of unlimited free coinage
Mr.. Glass spoke in favor of the memorial.
When the vote was taken 20 Republicans
voted for and 81 against. All the PopuliStS
present. II, voted for the memorial. max
ing it 43 to 81. 1t will come up in the SEN
ate on the 9th. The memorial is as fol-
lows: "G our mclmorlallStS. the LcglSla-
tive Assembly Of South Dakota. profound
" sensible of the industrial. commercial
and financial distress at present existing
throughout the United States. believing
the same is largely due To our present UNI
wise national policy and believing that a
restoration of confidence and prosperity
can be brought about by national lcgisla-
ton. and that the mos; potent factor To
this desirable end will be found in a law
placing silver ON an equality with gold.
as the money to ultimate redemption. To
this end we most earnestly pray your hon
orablc body. the Congress of the United
States. to speedily enact a law providing
fr fla -. -sAA
memorialiS,S Will ever pray" Twelve
bills were on the calendar for final pas
sage. The Committee on Printing report
ed that bill l3A do not pass. Among the
new bills introduced IA one 10y Mr.. How
ard assigning 5000 acres OF public land
to the northern Hospital 70! the Insane at
Redtield.
In the Senate on the 5lh fifteen bills were
reported for passage and ten bills were
passed. Gov. Sheldon presented a com
munication from the Governor of Mime
sofa asking that a committee be appuintcd
to meet Il like committee from Iowa. Wis
conSin, Minnesota and North Dakota in
st. Paul February II, to consider concerted
action in regard to the determination OF
the Russian thistle.
The House of Representatives found if
impossible to keep comfortable on the OH
ana did but little business. II, however
had time or consider the vote ON the silver
memorial and ampnd the same by coufiu-
ing free coinage to the American product
AS amended II passed with but eight dis
Seiltlng votes. The vote on the original
silver memorial was as follows. In add
ton to fifteen P0puliStS the following Re-
publlcans voted in favor Of the measure.
Anerman. Austin, Bcrron. Boland. Burke
'aWood, Crooks, Dick0vcr. Douglas. Foo,
Glass GunnarSon, Hair. llokenstcdt
Leach, Lucas. Miller, McKinmon. Ottor-
ness, Parker, Patten, Reid, Sharp. smith
of Bon llolnme. Wick. Whcrtley. Wheeler
alison. Republicans against: Allison
Campbell. Cindel, Cro>mer. Donahur Fh,
bert, Eygabroad, Francis. FRY. IIattou
Henry, lierrlck, l%lollicn, Johnson, Kuhns.
Lumbard. MichaelS. Miltimore. McCauoh.
e\, Nelson, Perrin, pGetl, Ramsdc!l. Rus
SELL oah"Stadt, Truman, Weber. Will
lalnN, Young and the Speaker.
III the Senat ON the 9TH there was more
comfort and more business was done Tho
Inc referendum bill was defeated hr,
three Republicans voting with the ponu-
lists. y bill will be introduced which wil
require IA license Of 500 for each palace. car
run. IN the state and also a license fnr din
ing cars.
me Item Of most interest on tine I'm and
OF special deligh, to the populiSts wa, th,.
senate WranSle over the sillcr.smcmoral
to Congress. The memorial started f. "'
the committee as Il wide open fire.. SiI,,r
recommendation, but was r~ccon,id.r.d i,
the House and limited 10 the Am.ri..n
product senator lioycc moved TO limit
coinage to the product Of the United stat.
10 when Senator Sinclair proposed a r,,-
'iler amendment limiting the co,nno, :,
lhe product Of South Dakota S,u.t,.
bennett scored a good point in pr.>rntin1
'he iacl thai Just now as a stai,. "a, ,r,
yer! anxious TO sell state warrants 30 east
tril capitalists and ought NOT To be- pronn.-
ing al The same time to pay in a none, of
less value. Senate hill so. gi nEi.I
makes an Appropriation Of $1,000 TO rrju-
purse Frank stanton for supple, furniI"I
tle soldiers III the Indian uprising Of ISai
WAS n1SSnI ~ '''l.