The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-02-04
THE LEGISLATURE.
south Dakota SoIons and Their
Work.

Pierre, :. d.. Jan. %. - The only
change in the ballot for senator Satur-
day wa that Webb of Brown county
went from Loucks TO Kyle. the sltu-
alton seems without any feature OF
note. The ballot resulted rs follows:
Picker. 53; Kyle, 33; Loucks, IL; Plow-
man. II: GOodykoontz, &; kellar, =;
Palmer. 1; Bowler, |.
In the senate Kellar's resolution de-
claring against the single gold stand
ard and the retirement Cf the green
backs came up. Gunderson tkep:)
moved rs n substitute: "Resoived,
That we favor retaining the present
gold standard until such time as the
coinage of silver car be brought about
by international agreement lhe
substitute was defeated by n strict
party vote-22 to 16. Pratler iRep)
moved an amendment: "ltesolved,
further. That irredeemable paper cur
rency be made the sole standard Al
ter considerable discussion this amend
ment was voted down-3S 10 /. Inc
resolution was then divided. that part
referring to the single gold standard
passing by Il vote of % 10 Il, and II
second clause. protesting against the
retirement of the grcenbackS. by a vote
of 81 to =. Palmer'S railroad bill came
up for Il third reading and passed with
but one amendment. excepting narrow
gauge roads from the scent maximum
passenger rate. New bills were intro
Guced in the senate prohibiting the
acceptance of passes ny legislators
and Judges and a~bOliShin% capital pun
iShment.
Owing to the absence Of Speaker Col
vim, Day Of Brown county was elected
speaker pro TEN. New bills were intro
duced ia the house compelling ran
roads to fence their tracks; 10 abolish
the three days of grace on notes ana
drafts; another bill to regulate the
manufacture and sale Of liquor. The
senate bill preventing appeals to the
amount involved in less than $40 had
it's third reading in the house and will
become Il law.
Pierre. s. d., Jan. 2G.-In the joint
session but M ballot was taken, Pick
Ter received 50 votes, Kyle 80. Loucks
16. Plowman II, GoOdykOontZ q, kell-
ar =, Kirk =, Palmer l. Kidd, a LOucks
man. introduced a resolution in the
house requesting federal officers to re-
turn to their posts of duty and cease
iObbN lilS iol bHC tltitl'i w INV
States senator. Schwartz moved To
make it Il special order for March I,
and when declared out of order he of
fered an amendment that senators at
Washington be requested to dissist
from flooding members with letters
and kilograms to work Against Kyle.
that wOuld-bc cOmDilers of the law be
requested to return to their homes and
that wives of members who have left
their home duties TO lobby for and
against certain candidates. An hour
of angry debate followed and finally
the original resolution with all its
amendments was voted down.
In the senate Palmer introduced the
Indiana election law providing rcgula-
tons as to registration and manner of
election. The joint resolution me-
mOrali2ing congress for the passage OF
the free homestead law passed and
will be forwarded Immediately.
In the house Kirk introduced a reso-
luton proposing an amendment TO the
| constitution that before an amendment
be submitted TO the people it must re-
ceive a two-thirds vote of each branch
of the legislature.
Pierre, S. D., Jan. 27.-But II ballot
was taken in joint session which re-
suited as follows: Picker. 50; Kyle,
%: Plowman. 10; Goodytoontz, 10;
Loucks, 6; Kellar, .; Kirk, .; Palmer,
/. The two votes from Kyle went to
GoOdykoontZ.
Routine work devoid Of general in
terest was transacted in the senate.
Senator Case introduced Il joint resolu-
ton in the senate affirming the belief
of the people of South Dakota in the
doctrine of protection and memorable
ing representatives in congress to
work for an equitab. tariff bill under
the rule. This will come up tomorrow.
The house, which yesterday was the
scene of a spirited tilt between the
Kyle and anti-Kyle people, a made
the center Of attraction to-day. The
majority of the elections committee
held back their report on the contest
case of Dowdell VS.. Sheldon. Burke.
Rep, offered a resolution i%nstructing
the committee to report at once. The
Kyle men voted with the Republicans
and carried the resolution. The report
was brought in, read and the hearing
commenced. Attorney Null Of Huron
appeared for Dowdell and Kean Of
WOonsocket for Sheldon. After the
opening by the attorneys the house
took a recess until 10 o'clock to-mOr-
row morning.
Pierre, s. D., Jan. 2S.-The first move