The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-02-18
HE LEGISLATURE,
ruth Dakota SOIOns and Their
Work.

buth Dakota soIons and Their
Work.
Pierre, s. D.. Feb. S.-The vote in
bint session Saturday: Picker, 81;
vie. SO; Goodykoontz, 21; Plowman,
b: scattering, =.
The house recOnSidered its action Of
riday in killing the valued policy in
& france bill and passed it. One i'm
ortant amendment was made, hOwev-
When the policy is IN a stock of
foods. the value of the stock may be
bouircd into, even if the loss Is total.
S# The senate again had under consid-
7&sation the liquor license bill. Friday
S4G made il n special order for Monday.
saturday morning it recOnsidered and
nadp il a special order for afternoon.
md when the afternoon arrived the
N3pnatorS changed their minds once
more and made II a special order for
Monday. Among the new bills intro
Aucpd in the senate is one providing
Mat each party at its state convention
&haU nominate n candidate for United
Rates senator; for sinking -four ar
xesian wells in Douglas county; for
6nrrying bicycles as baggage free; pre-
3rribing qualifications of pharmacists,
md fixing salaries OF officers in cities
n the first class. The proposition to
@2npoint committees to visit the various
Hbaritable and penal institutions Is
having hard shedding. Both the SEN
tie and house have given ii a black
Eye.
Pierre, s. D., Feb. 0.-Vote in joint
session: Picker, At; Kyle, 80; Goody-
koontZ, IS: Plowman, 10; scattering, j.
The senate had n field day and es-
tablished a new precedent in parlia-
mentary practice. The bill to license
x2 ,a rchouSeS was upoT. second reading.
IA motion to indefinitely postpone car
ri ricd. A motion was then made to re-
Mconsidcr this vote and lay the motion
Ito reconsider on the table. being the
a usual clincher motion. This was car
" ried. A motion was then made 10 Ie-
#consider this last motion. and this was
#1ikcwiSc carried. The parliamentarianS
of the senate are now trying to ma
bout where they are at. The fight over
IA the bill is caused by the fact that the
fund raised for this source is 10 90 TO
9#1he railroad commissioners for general
MeXpenSCS. The farmers say that this
II will come indirectly u of them and
III they should not be taxed to pay Tor
81 the enforcement of the railroad law.
The senate considered the II Ii
CeuSe bill in committee Of the whole,
4 but only got through the first section.
4 The license for wholeSaling malt IL
y quOrs was raised from $500 to 5000,
n for w~holesaling spirituous and malt
u liquors. from $500 to $1,000. ard the
n manufacturers license was raised from
81 500 to 800. Mr.. Colvin introduced a
u joint resolution providing that here
u after heads of the various state insti.
n tutions should file an tented state
n ment of the requirements of their in
II situations not later than the first day
n of the session of the legislature. An
Il other bill was introduced in the house
n providing for n board Of regents.
n Both house and senate adopted com.
mittee reports %favoring equal suffrage.
II Pierre, s. d.. Feb. 1O.-There was
something Of Il sensation In Joint SEES
Sion when two Populists voted for
Picker. leaving him only seven votes
short of a majority. The vote stood:
Picker, 80; Kyle. 81; Goodykoontz, 20.
Plowman, 10; Kcllar, =; Palmer. ].
The only change on the second ballot
was that one of the two Populists left
Picker. returning to Kyle.
The senate reconSideTed the vote by
which the bill establishing license for
grain warehouses Of so was indeti.
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 i'll
consideration of the BOuck license bill.
The distilierS' license was rG Used from
5000 to $1,000. The only other change
of Importance vas the addition of q
section which prohibits treating. The
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 a special
order for tomorrow.
The legislature received n 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 deficit in the
treasury of Sl6S.OOO. He Informed il
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 Il
an unsound and mischievous system
He urged it to devise some means OF
increasing the enu of the state 81
as to meet the necessary expenses. Il
will puzzle the most ingenious tinan
ciers to devise means to meet the de-
ficiency without exceeding the cOnSti
tutional limit OF taxation.