Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-18
THE LEGISLATURE
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session: P!ckler, II; hyle, 3D. Dooos,
| koontZ. Is: Plowman. 10; scatterlns'
mo senate had a field day and es-
tebIished n new precedent III parma
mentary practice. The bin TO license
warehouses was upoI- second feiulns'
A motion to indefinitely postpone eal-
ried. A motion was then mace TOT
! consider this vote and lay the hlotioh
| to reconsider on the table. Doing the
usual ciincher motion. ms was car
ried A motion was tficif ifitidt ~ -
| consider this last notion, ana tills was
likewise carried. The parliamehtarEths
of the senate are now trying 70 hhu
! out where they are az. Inc hsn' w.
the bill is caused by the fact that lne
fund raised for this source Is 10 70 -
the railroad commissioners TOT Schelai
eynpuscs. The farmers say that TINS
! viii come indirectly out of them and
they should not be taxed TO pay lor
rho enforcement of the railroad law.
The senate considered the Bouck IL
| cense hin in committee of the whole,
| but only got through the first section.
| The license for wholesaling malt II
ouors was raised from $500 to SOoo'
| for wholesaling spirituous and malt
| liquors. from $500 to $1,000. + me
manufacturers license was raised from
S1OO 70 800. Mr.. Colvin introduced Il
Joint resolution providing that here-
| after heads of the various state lnstl-
tutionS shoEld file an tented state
ment of the requirements of their IN
| stitutions not later than he first day
of the session of the legislature. An
other bin was introduced in the hous
providing for a board of regents.
Both house and senate adopted COM
nlittee reports %favoring equal suffrage.
| Pierre. s. D., Feb. 10.-There was
something of n sensation III lolnt SEES
sion when two PopulistS voted Tor
| Picker. leaving him only seven votes
short of q majority. The vote STOOD:
| Picker. So; Kyle. 30; Goodykoontz, ~;
Plowman, 10; Kellar, 2; Palmer, 1.
The only change OH the second bailot
was that one Of the two Populists ieft
Picker, returning to Kyle.
The senate reconsidered the vote by
! which the bin establishing license for
grain warehouses of so was lndef-
nitely postponed. The bill was amend
/ ed to meet the objections of the farm
ers, who protested against the sum
passed by this bill being turned over to
| the railroad commissioners TO enforce
the Palmer railroad law. In its pres
ent shape it will probably go through.
The senate spent another halliday III
consideration of the Bouck license bill.
The distillers' license was raised from
$500 to $1,000. The only other a
of Importance was the addition OF Il
section which prohibits treating. Inc
bill will be taken up again tomorrow.
The house passed bills providing that
railroads shall furnish warehouses
along their right-of-way and increasing
the Jurisdiction of county courts. The
Dowdell-Sheldon contest is 2 special
order for tomorrow.
The legislature received a special
message from, the governor informing
it that from the estimates of expendit-
ures and receipts between now and the
last of June, the close of the fiscal
year, there would be a leticit in the
treasury of S16S,000. He informed 1t
also that he was opposed to the eX-
| pedient heretofore resorted TO of iSSu-
ing revenue warrants upon taxes as
sessed but not collected, considering II
an unsound and mischieyous system.
He urged it to devise some means OF
increasing the of the state so
as to meet the necessary expenses. 1t
will puzzle the most ingenious tinan-
ciers to devise means to meet the de-
ficiency without exceeding the consti-
t~utional limit Of taxation.
Pierre, s. D.. Feb. 11.-When the sem
ate convened yesterday morning. at the
suggestion of Senator Morgan Senator
Case introduced a resolution Of inquiry
concerning the charges of improper in
fiuence in the senatorial vote, which
was strongly supported by Morgan,
who denounced his traducers in I'M
measured terms. He challenged them
to search his entire record and find
any act which would justify such a
charge. The resolution was voted
down, and when in joint session he
arose to a question OF privilege and re-
ferred to the charges the speaker ruled
1t out of order. When his name was
called on roll call he first passed. but
when 1t was called the second time he
Responded: John A. Picker. The vote
stood: Picker. 40; Kyle "a; Goody-
koontz, 20; Plowman, 10; Hinckley, 8;
scattering, 3. The entire Democratic
vote went to State Senator Hinckley
except one, who voted for Weeks.
The senate passed another afternoon
~OH@'NAAhe tit DouNh llteIlSP III w.
numerous amendments were made in
the direction Of making the provisions
more stringent. 1t becomes evident
that nothing short of an extremely
high license law will be able to get
through. 1t is reported that the gov.
ernor has said that he will not approve
OF n license measure that does not pro-
vide that at 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 been de-
ieated, which makes the outcome of
iiquor legislation exceedingly problem
atical. The friends Of the the disnen.
sary system will make a strong ef-
fort to have that question submitted
to- a vote Of the people, and it is nos.
sibie that they may muster strength
enough to compel the members who are
pushing the license measure TO Lot tho
two go through together. In the bonso
the DowdellSheldon contest case cana
up and enough Kyle men voted with
the Republicans to seat Sheldon. No
tice Of a motion to reconsider wos
given. was
Pierre, 8. d., Feb. 1.-THE senata