The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-02-18

NV clPeCtioH OF making the PROVISIONS
more stringent. 1t becomes eviden'
mat nothing short of IN extremely
nigh license law will be able to gel
thfough. 1T is reported that the gov
ernor has said that he will not approve
or a license measure that does not pro
vide that ut least half the license shall
go to the state on account of the de.
pleted condition of the state treasury.
This proposition has so far beer de.
leated, which makes the outcome of
liquor legislation exceedingly problem.
atlcal. The friends of the the dispen.
sary system will make a strong ef.
'ort to have that question submitted
% a vote Of the people. and it is pos
sible that they may muster strength
enough to compel the members who are
pushing the license measure to let the
.w0 go through together. In the house
he DOwdelESheldon contest case came
up and enough Kyle men voted with
he Republicans to seat Sheldon. No
ice Of Il motion to reconsider was
given.
Pierre, S. D.. Feb. 1.-THE senate
devoted the entire afternoon to con
sideration Of the remaining sections of
the Bouck bill. Yesterday Senator
Palmer failed to have a provision IN
bodied by which the state should get a
portion OF the ven To-day he sue
ceeded in having an amendment adopt
ed giving the state $50 out Of each
license. 1t is estimated that at least
$500 licenses will he taekn out, which
will put $4,000 into the treasury. IT
has been given out that the governor
would veto any license which did not
z~s-A 49, -,~- hale AhA H., f~n
but this amendment will probably sat
isfy him. A strong effort was made to
amend the bill so as TO provide for To-
cal option by counties. but local option
by cities and towns finally prevailed.
The bill has been passed to second
reading. but it is yet far from being
through the senate.
Yesterday notice was given that n
motion would be made that the vote
by which sheldon was seated would be
reconsidered. The day wore along
without this motion having been made
until ; o'clock, when q motion was
made to adjourn. Kidd. who had con
troll Of the motion to reconsider, in
Stantly made his motion to reconsider.
Speaker COlVin held that this motion
was Of a privileged nature and that
the member had Il right to make his
motion in spite of the motion to ad-
jOurn. An appeal was taken from his
decision and one PCpUiist and enough
Democrats voted with the Republicans
to reverse the ruling OF the chair. This
settles the contest definitely.
There is little indication of any
change in the senatorial situation. The
two Populists who created such a SEN
sation by voting for Picker are back
again in line for Kyle. The Democrats
say they are Done with Kyle and will
continue to vote for II of their own
party. All factions seem TO agree that
tomorrow will see nc material change.
Democratic National Committeeman
Johnson is still here. Vote in joint ses-
sion: Picker, A; Kyle. "a: Goody-
koontz. 23; Hincklcy, 9; Plowman, s.;
scattering, >.
Pierre. s. d., Feb. 13.-The ballot in
Joint session resulted: Picker, A.;
Kyle. 23; Goodykoontz. %: Hinckley,
o; Plowman, s; scattering. ;.
The legislature devoted itself to bust
ness and in consequence made consid-
cradle progress with routine work. In
the senate the Fairbanks bill for nam
ing state repositories passed. Palm
er's purity Of elections bill was de-
feated on account Of the proposition to
not only allow the man who took the
bride to escape scott free, but To give
him $500 reward for informing. The
senate committee on education intro
duced n bill providing for Il uniform
system of school books and allowing
county boards Of education to contract
for school books for five years. In the
house bills were introduced providing
that all state printing be done at the
printing office at the reform school. 10
allow BroOkingS county to issue bonds
for II jail and allowing boards of edu-
cation to establish kindergartens. Kidd
offered n resolution providing for Il
constitutional amendment for the state
control Of the liquor traffic. A reSolu-
ton was offered mcmoralizing con.
gress TO submit Il constitutional amend
ment providing for the election of sen.
ators by direct vote.