Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21

@l'ioTrc. s.. -. Jan. 10 The legislative
grind IN tbc house was rather monot-
ouors. 4 grist of new bills was intro
tuced, bui nothing OF especial i'm
pcrtanco WAS developed.
The session Of the senate proceeded
very quietly until the order of business
WAS reached under which resolutions
are considered. At this point Senator
Palmer of Mirnchaha county. arose 10
n question of privilege. lie proceeded
TO read extracts from the Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader ana the Minneapolis
Journal. in which he was accused Of
having secured an agreement In writ
ing from speaker Colyln that The house
railroad committee would report the
Palmer bin back without amendment
and without delay. Also IN extract in
which he was accused Of writing Gov.
Lees message. He proceeded TO score
the correspondents OF those papers.
branding their statements as false, and
closed by offering the following resolu-
ton:
Whereas. untruthful statements
concerning members and officials OF
the present Legislative bodies of the
'~ N"'N b''h ft''liSlith III INT sSltuA
Falls Argus-Ieader and the Niinneapo-
lis Journal, and, whereas. ]. Tomlin-
son, Jr., and l.. L. Cavalier are the
reputed correspondents of these papers
IN this city, therefore, be it
Resolved blythe senate of the State
of South Dakota, That the persons
above named are deserving of the Sc
yerest censure which this resolution is
intended 20 impose
He moved that his resolution be re-
ferred to the committee on state af-
fairs, that those correspondents might
appear before the committee and sub
nit the proofs of their charges.
The resolution requiring the state
treasurer to produce the cash passed
the senate and a committee was APP
pointed to act with a like committee of
the house In arranging the details.
Senator Palmer introduced q bill ex-
tending the time in which a state Of
icer may qualify from ten 30 twenty
days, and by unanimous consent the
bill had its second reading and win he
placed Oh final passage tomorrow.
Pierre, s. d., Jan. 1.-THE session in
both houses was devoid Of interesting
features. There was the usual food
IA pbAtDs "A III vi VIC iitAtV
duced a bill rcpressing all nickcl-in-the-
slot machines. The senate committee
on elections reported ia the contest OF
Higgins VS.. Craig, from Sping county,
in favor of Craig. the sitting member,
who is a Republican. The house COM
mittee held o session and considered
the contest of Regain VS.. Howell, from
Mcpherson county. This committee
ulSn I.arlprfa1 fu fayvn~ pf IInuynll Tim
sitting member. who is also a Republic
and. The committee to which was re-
ferred the Palmer resolution censuriDG
certain newspaper men, held 4 session
and considered the resolution for an
hour Or so. After due deiiberation
they modified the resolution to the eff
feet that newspaper men should al
ways tell the truth, and as so modified
II Will be reported back TO the senate.
The Republicans held a caucus and Mr..
Picker received the unanimous non
nation. A steering committee was ap-
pointed TO direct party matters IN gen
eral.
Pierre, S. D., Jan. I5.-The day in the
senate was devoted to routine work
and devoid OF incident. In the house,
rtldtt yOlhb lIStlutlOll uiliDtI - op~
pointing a committee to settle with the
state treasurer and compelling him to
produce the cash itself at his office
came up for final action. Glass, on be
half of the state treasurer. on this last
point submitted three propositions t.
the legislature. First, That the govern
or should appoint some competent per-
son 70 visit the banks where the money
is deposited and not only count the
cash, but make rigid examination as 70
the ~soIvency of each bank ard that he,
the state treasurer, would pay the ex-
penses of such person; second, That he
would accompany the committee or
such of them rs desired 10 20 to the
various banks, count the cash and
make an examination as 10 the solven-
cy Of each; third. He offered To ship
the cash in by express il the state
would release hins from all liability of
loss while the money was In transit,
coming AMI going, and while here. Sew
cral Pofuiists voted with Glass in ia
vOr of accepting n OF these PROPOSE
tons, but they were voted down by a
vote Of 8, and the original resolution
was then passed. There was a spirited
debate on house joint resolution No. g,
fixing the qualification OF voters. By
its provisions n voter must be q full
fiedged citizen of the United States be-
fore he can vote: now he can vote after
his first papers are taken out. The
measure went over until tomorrow.
Pierre, s. D., Jan. 16-Nothing OF
especial Importance occurred in the
house except the adoption Of peryna-
nent rules TO govern the body. The
senate again laid UP the Palmer reso-
luton censuring certain newspaper
correspondents for alleged untruthful
reports. The report Of the committee
was referred back again to tie commit
tee to investigate the alleged misrepre-
sensations OF another newspaper cor
respondent. The whole matter degen-
Grated into a joke, except to the scna-
tor who offered the original resolution.
There is a probability that the entire
press gang will be brought before the
committee before the resolutions are
disposed OF.
The senate committee on railr 1ads
had q meeting this morning before
which Third Vice President Burt, OF
the Northwestern system, and Traffic
Manager A. e. Bird, OF The Milwaukee
road, appeared on behalf Of the rail-
roads. They made a clear business