Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-04
The Closing Hours.
4 Most Disgrfgatl Kint-Dp II . fDsl
DisgrEsBtIl Legislature.

the state Legislature closed IN
soeps Of wind excitement probably
the widest ever witnessed III tins
state. or In The Northwest At times
thir1F senators were on their feet at
onoe. All shouting rshensnfly, hurl-
ing charges back and forth. loudly
abusing the chair or each other,
threatening TO O~Fsrfurn the sssernblg
and throwing violent changes
arouDd. Threats were made 10 pull
THE presiding officer from bis STATION
to inpeaeh him, and other violent
arts. Finally, by frrnDess Of the
chair, order WIS restored and the
Republicans non a remarkable VIC
tory.
The b58g that started all fhis com
motlon WAS one 81 the pop deals
turniug over the board OF charities
and corrections. and with il all penal
and charitable institutions into the
han2s of pops. When 1t came up,
Ksllar Of Hot Springs. PoPulisi, made
q strong speerh against the bill, de-
casring that. while be- WAS ready 10
follow tbS party ordinarily. be could
not in such q case, when il meant
~orsrturning the constitution. all at
the demand Of the rulture. Of oEc :
seekers.
A vote so indefinitely postpone
was lost by four votes, sw-nty-ooe
voting no The pops needed one
more vote TO make the necessary
majority Cor passing the bill The
government took y hand and offered
to rsso the usssOpathy bali If he
would give the pops has vote he
refused. however. When the vote
WAS tsken, sixteen Republieans
vossd against it. and twensy-one
pops for it, Kellsr voting with the
Rspublieans, Palmer. Morgan and
Wilkenson not voting. The bali
being lost, Burlingsns moved 90
reconsider and lay % the table.
The roll call showed that vote was
being cast the same way.
At this period, the Eve Kyle pops
Of the house who recently deserted
shsir Republiesa alliance because
the governor had promised TO turn
over 10 them The patronage of the
penitentisly. rushed down to the
senate. They offered SenasOr Nor
gan much, and he rose TO the occa-
son He prOsnpily came in and.
though the order of Business had
passed. was allowed To vote no.
The motion TO reconsider and lay on
the table having been losi. Morgan
moved 10 reconsider. Had this been
done, he would have voted for the
bill and assed it. Lieu 4nznt-G Gov
ernOr HiDdman ruled this motion
out OF order on the ground that be
had not voted on the bill. Grill
arose asd Er4shfully appealed
Then p4ndemonium broke loose.
Grill rushed up the aisle shaking his
Est at the president and boarsely de-
handing that the appeal be put
Hindunan stated that a motion TO re-
consider could only come from one
who had voted on the prevailing
side.
Nearly every senaior was on is
feet bowling. and pops and RePubli-
cans were shouting across the cham
H@F
Der at One another. Occasionally
order would be restored for a min
ute and some Republican would
attempt 10 ssrziehten oat the diff
Guilty By showing that the pops had
lost their day of grace, but immedi-
aiely bedlsm would break loose
@gsin- Hindman remained firm,
backed by the solid Republican
forces Pops threatened to nnseas
him, and Morgan did make a motion
TO that effect, bat Is was los. eight
Of Powell and other lobbyists
rushed In and commanded the secre-
sary and oihsr employees OF the senate
not to obey the l~ieutenans governor.