Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28
THE STATE CAPITAL.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS
DOING At PIERRE.
An Impartial Record Of the Work Ac-
complished by Those Who Make Our
Laws-How the Time Has leon Occu.
pied During tho Past Week
The Lawmakers.

1ne A-aWnlakerBs
Fever heat wa reached on the Goth in the
House over the woman suffrage bill. The
question was raised by Mr.. Dickover to
adopt the minority report of the committee
which favored the passage of the bill.
Representative Glass was in the chair and
ruled the motion out of order. Mr.. Burke
secured the floor to explain and the chair
was forced to several rulings which ere
ated intense feeling. On appeal there de-
veloped a tie vote, made so by Mr.. Glass
voting to sustain himself. After adjourn
mcnt at noon it was discovered that the
clerk had made an error and that the chair
had not been sustained. Much feeling was
aroused on this discovery and on assem-
bling at the afternoon session a storm was
threatened. Mr.. Truman was called to
the chair and Speaker Howard moved that
all record of the forenoon session OF joint
resolution No. 3, the woman suffrage reso-
luton, he expunged from the Journal and
that the measure be taken from general or
ders and placed on the calendar for third
reading and passage. An attempt to move
h previous question failed. Speaker
Howard explained that the high confidence
in which Chief Clerk Hopkins was held by
all relieved him from the suspicion of in
CAAOAs "a VIC HkHl VII tIIlS IlSuS-
ure had raised the first i'll feelings in the
House his resolution, he said, was in the
interest of harmony and fairness, to give
the friends Of the measure the full benefit
of their day in court. The motion finally
prevailed without opposition and peace
again reigned. The bill will doubtless
reach its final vote on the 2lst. Petitions
were presented against the divorce bill
from Buffalo and Bon Homme Counties.
On motion of Mr.. Burke all bills in the
general orders were placed on third read
ing and passage. Eight new bills were
introduced. Senator Valentine Of North
Dakota addressed the House at some
length on the Russian thistle. Four bills
were passed.
But little progress was made in the sem
ate on the goth. Only one bill was passed
and that was to increase the salaries of
supreme judges to $1,000 and of circuit
judges to $500, the increase to be derived
from a fee system. Two appointments
were made oy the Governor and confirmed
by the Senate. John Baldwin of Hand
County was appointed Commission of Ir-
rigatlOn, and Mr.. Jeffrey of Lead as Mine
Inspector.
The woman suffrage bill was killed in
the House on the 2lst, falling two short of
securing the needed majority of the total
House membership. The vote was 40 yeas
to 3 nays, as follows:
Yeas-Anderson, Boland, Campbell, Ca
wood, Cindel, Colvin, Crathers. Dickover,
Donahue, Douglass, Drake, Gilbert. Fran
els, Gold, German, Hair, Hatton, Henry,
Herrlck, Holmqnist, Johnson. Jones,
klindt, Leach, Lucas, Miller. Miltimore,
McCaughey, Mckinnon, Oliver. circuit.
Parker, Perrin, Rice, Ruswick. Sharp,
Shirley, Wick, Webber and White-4O.
Nays-Amerman, Barron, Crooks, Cros-
mer, Eye, Eygabroad, Glass, Gullickson,
Gunnerson, Hesla, Hokenstadt, Hollien,
Hosiner, Kuhns, Hubbard, Michaels, Nell
son, Bitterness. Papik. Peterson, rfaff,
Reid, Russell, Saughs,adt, Smith of Bon
Homme, Smith of McCook, Truman,
Wheatley, Wheelock, Williams. Wilson,
Young and Mr.. Speaker-33.
Little other business Of importance was
considered. Committees reported favor
ably on eleven bills and adversely on two.
The usual grist of new bills made their APP
pearance, but from now on a bill can only
be introduced by consent of two-thirds.
Senate bill No, ia, providing a'bounty for
killing wolves, was passed and the bill re-
peallng the warehouse and grain grading
law was also passed. as did House bill No.
2A, empowering the Board of Agriculture
to permanently locate the State Fair.
In the Senate on the 2lst the joint reso
luton to investigate the claim Of the
Worlds Fair Commission passed. The
first commission met with such discourage
ment that a new commission was created
II The old body now makes some claims.
Senate bill No. 33l, to secure the enforce
ment of article "a Of the constitution, and
No. 276, allowing the cities to bond their
floating Indebtedness, were passed; also
No. 334, to provide for licensing auction
GERS and auctions. The Senate, owing to
Washington's birthday adjourned over UNI
til the 18th, but the House will meet again
on the 23i.
Only the House was in session on the
23d, and that body, owing to the absence
OF so many members, attempted the pas,
sage of no bills and soon adjOurued.