Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-19


another providing that where circuit
judge is disqualified to try case the pre-
siding justice of the supreme court shall
designate the Judge to take his place,
Both houses covered considerable
ground in the session of Tuesday. The
senate met in morning session at 10
o'clock. There was no display about the
senate. The proceedings were all grind,
but it counted. Among the senate bills
passed were: BY Bothum. abolishing the
office of commissioner of irrigation; Pal
mer's warehouse bill; limiting the sal
aries in cities Of the first class, mayor and
treasurer 5000, and attorney, auditor and
assessor to 81, ,000 changing the rate of
interest after an execution sale to 7 per
cent; changing time of assessment from
May to April l. By Palmer, protect
ing sureties on written obligations. The
various measures regarding school books
were made special order for Thursday.
| The house transacted no business be-
fore the joint session Tuesday. At the
afternoon session a number of committee
reports were read The bill abolishing
the engineer of irrigation was reported
favorably. 1t transfers the duties to
Brookings agricultural college and makes
an allowance of $500 per annum for the
same The bill allowing trial by jury
in certain contempt cases was reported
favorably. The bill regulating the prac-
tice of lobbying was reported favorably.
A resolution was adopted that no new
| bills except appropriation and apportion'
ment will be introduced after the tiftieth
day. The joint resolution providing for
the investigation of the Taylor matter
has been made special order for Satur-
day. The house after discussing the
steam boiler inspection bill for two hours
and attaching several amendments, in
definitely postponed the whole thing,
Then it devoted the balance to discussing
the trust bill and finally adjourned with
out action.
| The caucus Thursday night will make
| q desperate effort to nominate. The point
has passed where senatorial candidates
can hold men together if a reasonable
compromise is offered. 1t is known that
number of supporters of each candidate
have given their principals to understand
that they now reserve the right to 60 as
seems best to solve the question.
The availability of dark horses is being
quietly discussed. Among those men
toned are Fairbanks of Deadw wood Pot
ter Of Aberdeen, Wynn of Yankton, the
latter of whom, is reported, will be here
soon. Belmond came here to see if there
was any chance to get Republican votes
| for some candidate other than Pickler.
| 1t was reported that Gamble placed him
self in the hands of Klttredge to be
sprung if thought best. The prospect of
getting Populist votes is poor, hence
CANDLES name was not sprung.
A tram left Wednesday, the first since
Thursday Of last week. Mail for the
past six days IS expected to arrive Thurs
day.
A sensation was sprung in the senate
by motion of Sweet, of Hutchinson,
while the license bill was under consider
alton, to allow J. Tomlinson, Jr., to
address that body in opposition to the
state revenue feature. First it was con-
sidered joke. but was found to be SER
ious. Bitter opposition was manifest.
When it was known that Tomlinson was
in the cloak room waiting to be called,
Kaufman urged him to skip as his speech
would kill the whole bill.
Case of Codington, called attention to
his departure and favored hiring a hall if
the senators wished to listed to flow of
his eloquence or see display of immacu-
late gall.
The senate spent it's entire time in the
the second reading of the Bouck license
bill Wednesday. A determined effort
was made first to strike out the entire
state revenue, failing in which to reduce
the amount going to the state. Palmer
rallied his followers and Sweets motion
was laid o1 the table by a vote of "a to
Ia. The section prohibiting the great
American custom of treating was stricken
out entirely. This was the olny change
of Importance. The bill will now 60 upon
its third reading.
The house took up the equal suffrage
question, and in spite of the opposition
which succeeded in killing the house
measure, it was given its first and second
reading and made special order for Fri
day. The house passed a deficiency ap-
preparation of S1.675 for the board of
charities; also deficiency for the agri-
cultural college of SO, 600 for fuel. Senate
bill 20, appropriating 49, for J. B.
McLoud on account of keeping men and
horses during the Indian uprising in 81,
occupied considerable attention. After
fight, it went through at S560.18.
The ballot Wednesday stood: