Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-29
FROM THE REALMS.
OF LEGISLATION.
A WEEKS Do1Nas AT PIERRE.
A Weeks Happening Among Our
Law Makers as Seen BY
Our staff Correspondent.

About ten O'Clock Friday morning a
squad of soldiers marching in front of a
! wagon and Il squad in the rear, followed
by four men in a wagon. were seen
marching east on the south side Of the
depot and turned north towards the
! capital. Every body turned out to see the
sight. 1t was an extraordinary sight; it
WAS unprecedented in this state at least.
The military parade and the seeming
care of the wagons contents was soon ex-
plained. The wagon contained over
5000, 600 in cash, and was part of Treas
urer Phillips state funds SEM to be
counted by the Legislative committee aud
the governor. A large part of The money
| WAS iu thousand dollar bills and was easily
cnuuted. On arrival at the capital the
money WAS transferred to the treasurer s
Office, where a guard was on duty on the
outside all day, under the immediate
charge Of Lieutenant Frost, U. s. A.,
acLlng as Gov. Lees adjutant general.
Treasurer Phillips has produced the
states cash aud complied with the law,
aud Governor Lee has performed his
duty aud complied with the law. The
money will be returned from whence 1t
came aud the affairs of state will move
along uuruftled aci serene. The incon-
venience Of bringing the cash here counts
as nothing when compared with neglect
of duty or violation Of law. The law
must be obeyed, The law has been obeyed
aud Governor Lee is pleased with the
outcome The people Of the state will
now be satisfied.
1t WAS II detail of Company *" from
Huron, under Captain Ackerman, who
escorted The precious freight from Huron
to Pierre, under direction Of Superinteud-
cut Daniels Of the American Express Go.
aud three assistants.
Lieutenant Frost, U. S. A., who is act
Ing as Governor Lees adjutant general.
is an accomplished geulleman, as all
He is unassuming in department aud
courteous TO Il degree that makes him
socially very enjoy able Companion. He
| is every inch soldier with an eye that
denotes courage aud self command. He
is At present getting the militia affairs in
shape for the new AdjulanL general.
The old secretary Of the railroad COM
mission was notified TO bring the records
to Pierre aud he did SO. arriving in the
evening. he was found IN the Locke
hole: expecting Temporary employment
for his promptness. He met a portly
gentleman III The streets whom he took TO
be Col. La Toilette of the new board, and
put his bundle of records down and said:
IL am ready to report. Here are the rec
ords." What records?" demanded the
stout gentleman under a fine plug hat.
The railroad records" II don't know
anything about the railroad records,
neither do ! give passes" responded the
gentleman of portly proportions. MAY
l ask your name?" MY name is Garter,
a. your service" 'Iu the name Of all
that's heavenly. don't tell Col. La Toilette
of this" Art Carter said he wouldn't,
but some one else did. Col. La Toilette
has looked in the glass a thousand times
sluce and mentally asked himself, "Why ?"
The lobby Of the Locke furnishes a
picture fit for an artist. II is called the
eel pot. Every man seems busy; every
man seems to have duty to perform,
aud be performs it with degree Of ear
nes,ness that would convince tenderfoot
that the cares of state weighed heavily on
his shoulders. From the tall and erect
Senator Kyle the men vary in noticeable
degree. Hon. F. M. Goody koontz, sena-
torial aspirant, comes next to Mr.. Kyle
in inches above the floor. Mr.. Loucks
comes next in size and the little giant
from the Black Hills, Judge Plowman,
though not so tall as his competitors in
the senatorial race. is nevertheless an
aggressive quantity and man Of wonder
full energy. These four gentlemen en-
gagged in a contest for the senate. are all
able men, and any of them would make
splendid senatorial timber. The LEADER
at this time sees no signs Of victory for
either Of them; but a change may come
any day. 1t would be better if it came
soon, although there is no possibility Of
Major Plckler or any other Republican
stealing the prize in the race. Many
seem to think dark horse compromise
candidate will be the only way out of the
struggle. We are not prepared to name
him yet. nor can any man at this writing
Friday night.
There were some lively tilts in the
senate over the adoption of the railroad
bill by sections. Senator Hinckley OF
Huron, led the charge on Section 2, re.
lating to bridge inspection, but went