Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-04
THE LEGISLATURE,
saafE naEota soiom= ard Their
Work

II HH ~[r
session but ono BALLOT WIS taken. P9f7z
Nor received 81 votes. Kyle 20 D@ucks
IL PE0wu1an ~. g.oessy Socntz Is. heh-
zr 2 Kirk z Palmer =. Kidd. q Loncks
man. introduced Q resolution IN 1hs
hou=e reanestln@ federal officers 10 re-
tuyp TO fhe.r posts of dGty u ceasc
Iobhvsnz for TIRE election OF United
States senator. schwartz moved 80
nsake Il a special order for Sarc6 z.
ard mheu declared nuf az order be OF
fe-en an a~Z1cudmeng tis5t senators az
washington " requested 20 dEssis'
from flooding neIbcrs with letters
and fslsgrams 20 wsTs against Kyle
that GOuif-be c0upiiegS ~ the law De
YcarcsJe1 10 return II their hoines arc
that wives ~ members s5l0 have Jet
ffscsr bouse duties &C. lobby for y
against ccrsain candidates An hour
~ angry debate followed and finally
rEe original resolution with az Its
amendments vas voted down
In tie senate Palmer introduced the
Indiana election layg providing regula-
lions as 70 registration and manned 81
election. The joint resolution ne
| moraiizlrg congress for the passage 81
the free homestead law passed and
viii Fe forwarded Immediately.
IL tho house kJrk introduced . TeEo
luton proposing an amendment 10 the
constitution that before an amendment
be submitted 20 the people IL must re
ceiya a two-thiTds vote al each branch
0f the legislature.
Pierre. :. d. Jan. 27.-But IL ballot
was taken in Joint session which re-
suited az follows P5ckler, ~; Kyle,
IS: PIowraan. 10: GoOdykoOutz. 10:
Loucks. g.. Kellar. ?: Kirk, y, Palmer,
l. The two votes from Kyle went 20
Goodykcontz-
Routine work devoid al general in
terer was transacted IN the senate
Senator case introduced a joint res0lu-
ton ir the senate affirming the belief
OF the LeOple Of South Dakota in the
doctrine 81 protection and memorable
ing representatives in congress 10
work for an e~qui,ab-e taTiG bin 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. was made
| the center If attraction to-day. The
majority OF the elections committee
held back their report or the contest
| case OF DowdeII We. sheldon. Burke.
\ Rep. offered n resolution i~nst-uctfng
the committee TO report Of ones. The
4 Kyle men voted with the Republicans
and carried tie resolution The repor;
WIS brought in, read and the herring
| commenced. Attorney Mil Of Huron
; appeared for Dowden ana 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. <. D. Jan. 2s-The first move
in the DowdeiL sheldon contest this
morning was a surprise 10 the public
who had assembled expecting TO wit
ness a lively scrap. One OF Kyle's sup
porters moved 10 postpone further Oh
siderati0n for two weeks. The Kyle
men and most Republicans voted for
postpoEement. which carried.
But che ballot was taken ia joint SEES
sion, Picker receiving "a. Kyle ~.
PloWman is, GoOdykoontz II, Loucks
8, Keliar ., Bowler 2, Palmer j.
The Palmer railroad bin came up in
the house to-day. had its first reading,
was referred to the railroad committee
and reported back. IL is modelled on
the Iowa law. The majority reported
IN its favor. a minority reported in
faysr of q bill copied after the Mime
sofa law. TIE majority report was
adopted by a decisive vote, and under
a SUSPENSION OF the rules il was given
its second reading. 1t viii probably
pass without a single change. The reg
CLINTON providing for the referendum
also passed the house.
In the senate the memorial to ron
gress that orr Meade he made a perma-
nent military post passed unanimous
ly. The bin creating The Ninth judicial
district was killed. The first train
from the east since last Friday arrived
to-day bearing a great quantity az de-
lay I'd mail.
Pierre, s. D., Jan. 29.-The railroad
bin cngroSsed the attention of the
house to-day, coming up on its third
reading and final passage. Dollard,
who has been a supporter of the Min
nesota law, made graf efforts to en-
graft some OF the features of that law
upon the bill, but the house bad made
UP its mind that ii would pas the
Palmer biz without a change. and ev-
cry amendment was promptly voted
down On final passage there was not
Al usStuuIr vote. n OH
the commissioner OF school and public
lands TO dispose of Taylor property
WIS amended so that il should no be
disposed Of at less than the original
appraisement. Schwartz gave notice
that tomorrow lie would move & recon
sideratlor.
The senate passed almost the entire
session over a deficiency appropriation
for printing two years ago. The print
er, and, Indirectly, the ex-secretary of
state, came in for a roasting. The bin
aboiishing foreclosure by advertising
was killed.
The vote on senator In john session
stood Picker, "a: Kyle, 30; PlowInan,
IL; G~oodykoontz, rs; Boucks. 4: Palm
er, /; Bowler. l..
Pierre. S. d., Jan. 40. - The legis.
latiye grinding to-day was OF a routine
nature and lacking in dramatic or I'm.
expected features. In the house new
bills We're introduced appropriatlnC
S2,G4S 10 reimburse the first worlds
fair commission. and, another, making
1t unlawful for state officials or Judges
OF courts TO accept passes from rail-
way corporations. The house passed
10 It's third reading a bill making 10