Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-07
CLOSING work OF THE SESSION.
south Dakota Legislature AdIourns,
hut Members Are snowbound.

| south DnkOtn Legislature Auiourns,
hut Members Are Snowbound.
PIERRE, S. D., March Especial Tele-
gram.).The fifth legislative assembly OF
South Dakota ended it's work with the ap-
preparation bill, which was finally passed
about o'clock this morning. The governor
in his message at the opening Of the session
asked that the general appropriation bill be
reported not later than the thirty-fifth day
of the session and IL was given out that the
bill would not be allowed to go TO the clos
ing hour Of this reform legislature for ac-
ton but 1t did, just the same.
Iho house work was merely routine the
only bills OF Importance being the revenue
commission on reconsideration and the bill
Tor county uniformity OF text books The
senate having amended the house bill for
the reduction Of interest the house refused
TO concur and the interest rate remains the
same as before the beginning of the pres
ent session. The main interest was in the
senate where II was expected that an effort
would be made to reconsider the vote by
which the bill reorganizing the Board OF
Charities and Corrections was killed and
the appointments were to be announced. The
move TO reconsider was carried out and the
half-hundred hungry popuists who were ex-
pecting something out of this bill will remain
hungry This bill could not have been killed
without the assistance Of Senator Palmer.
and while the populists are cursing him, the
past political sins for this one act of re-
pentance.
The following appointments are announced:
For the Board of Regents: G. N. Herrled of
Eureka, f. A. Spafford of Flandreau II.
w. Hair OF Aberdeen, II. II. Blair of Sioux
Falls, L, NJ. Hough of sturgs; for oil in
spector, r. l.. Dowdell of Woonsocket on.
T. De Woody OF Aberdeen will be his dep
uty); for public examiner, NJ. Taylor, dem
ocrat of Huron; for insurance commissioner,
j. H. Kipp of Mound City If. C. Campbell
OF Yankton Will be his deputy: for engineer
of irrigation, Cochran of Brookings Uhis Of
flee has been abolished after June 80, 1870;
for inspector of mines. James Terry of
Terravile, for member of Board of Charities
and Corrections, c. w. Kingsbury of Yank-
ton, in place of z. NJ. Richly, term expired;
for trustees of Soldiers Home, Harvey Gil
gerson of Vermilion and A. Won Osde of
Yankton.
Business at the state house was practically
at standsill at an early hour this morning,
all resting up from last night. About the
only matter of interest today is the ques-
tion of appropriations which some esti
mate as high as $1,000 600, and the final
footings of general appropriation and spe-
cial bills will take it very near that figure.
The total general appropriation is practi-
cally $S6O,O0O, while special appropriations
will carry it beyond the S9O0000 mark but
just how far is not yet known. The gem
eral appropriation carries about 100000
more than did the bill at the 1895 session,
Notwithstanding the party in power was
pledged to retrenchment The members are
all anxious to get away, but the severe
snow storm of today held up all trains and
they will have to wait until tomorrow
HURON, S. D., March 6-(Special Tele-
gram) )-Members of the legislature which
adjourned at Pierre last night, are clamor
ing for the railway officials to raise the
snow blockade so that they can get home.
Snow has been falling nearly all day, and
the tracks between here and Pierre are be
meath snow drifts twelve to fifteen feet
deep, rendering it impossible to make head
way while the snow falls and the wind
blows. The bockade has continued since
Wednesday,