Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-09
NEW BILLS In SOUTH DAKOTA
Measures for Amendments to Election Laws
and Purity Of Ballot.
+ PROPOSAL FOR MORE SUPREME JUDGES
First Fight of the Session In senate
on n Joint Resolution to Repeal
Article Twenty OF the
Constitution.

PIERRE s. D., Jan. S.-(Speclal Tele-
gram.)-The first fight OF the session came
UP today in the senate on a Joint resolution
to repeal article Xxx of the constitution and
submit to the people at the next general
election. number OF bills were introduced
In the senate providing for amendments q
the election laws and purity of the ballot.
In the house the principal bills introduced
were: Bills regulating the lobby, fixing a
maximum rate OF telegraph tolls, increasing
the membership OF the supreme court from
three to five members, increasing penalty
for officials who falsify accounts, providing
penalties for bribing in public office.
number Of bills were also presented In the
house providing for reform OF the ballot
and for punishment OF election enemies.
All the members OF the railroad commits
sion are here Tompkns arriving today.
They will organize as soon as they can Sc
cure the attendance of the old secretary
and the records of the office, possibly Mon
day.
Senator Palmer took advantage OF the first
opportunity to introduce the railroad meas
ure on which he made the principal part
OF his campaign, and II was given its first
reading in the senate yesterday afternoon.
The joint resolution introduced In the
house by Representative Oleson for an
amendment OF the constitution, making full
citizenship a qualification for suffrage is
largely due to the fact that under the pres
.nt law numbers OF foreigners are rushed in
and their first papers paid for by cam
paign committees just about election time,
and this often gives partisan advantage
on this vote where 1t could be secured by
the votes Of genuine" citizens.
Following is a list Of the senate commit
tees:
Judiciary-Kellar, Bouck, Palmer, Hinck-
ley, Grill, Fairbank, Case, Horner and
Whitlock.
Appropriations - Keith. Hibokle, Brad
ley. Jackson, C. Schlund Winslow. Horner,
b. Majors and Burlingame
Railroads - Palmer, Bouck, Wilkinson,
McGlenn, Hatch, Case and Prather.
Elections-Bouck Kindschy, Buck, Sick
Ter, Stewart, Goodwin, Sweet, Horner and
Powers.
Engrossed and Enrolled Bnls-Majors
Buck, Hart, Gunderson and Thayer.
Rules-McGlenn, Palmer and Horner.
Charitable and Penal Institutions-Jack-
son, Cook Kellar Whaley Hinckley. King
Burlngame. Craig and Wyman.
Public Health-King Siekler, Keith
Kindschy Grant, Goodwin Burlingame, Sage
and Gunderson.
Temperance-Whea Jackson. McGlenn
Wilkinson, Bouck, Greeley, Ross and Sweet.
Schools and Public Buldings-Hinckley,
Grill Kellar, McGlenn, Wilkinson, Jackson,
Stevens, Ross and Case.
highways ana BrluBeS-Grant, Brauley,
Cook, Webb Morgan, Bothun, Whitlock and
Powers.
Counties and Towns-Bradley, Bothun,
Hart, Morgan, Webb, Sickler, Prather,
Hatch, Ross and Thayer.
State Affairs-Kindschy, King, Majors
Bouck, Fairbank, Hinckley, Craig, Powers
and Horner
Ways and Means-Wilkinson, Kindschy,
Cook, Grant. Morgan, Goodwin, Gundereon
Greeley and Sweet.
Printng-Buck, Grant Majors, Grill, Stew
art. Bouck Prather. Craig and Thayer.
orporations-Schlund, Bouck, Jackson
Whealey. McGlenn, King, Wyman, Craig
and Gunderson.
Chairman of minor committees: Public
Institutions, Prather; irrigation, Stewart
cities, Cook; military affairs, Webb; legis-
lative expenses, Sckler apportionment
Grill; agriculture, Morgan.