The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-02-11

the senate. IL was CODSluereu IN com
mittee Of the whole, upon the report
Of the temperance committee. which
reported against the bill by a vote of
6 to 2. The friends OF the bill rallied
and, striking out the features which
it's opponents considered absolutely
prohibitory, made a stand in its de-
Tense. After a full discussion they
succeeded in having further consider
alton put over till Friday afternoon.
In the house the valued policy insur-
ance bill was the principal bone OF
contention, J. ID. Barlow, an eX-mem-
Der Of the legislature who is pushing
the bill, was allowed to address the
body upon the measure. Numerous
amendments were offered. the most of
which were aimed to hit the outside
companies and miss the South Dakota
mutual companies. This required very
nice and accurate judgment, and be-
fore anything final was determined
upon. q motion carried to postpone I'M
til Saturday. when the old line insur-
n G companies will probably be given
n hearing from their point of view.
The appropriations committee We're
ordered to bring in the general apprO-
priatiOn bill not later than Feb. II.
In the senate the resolution TO prevent
new bills being introduced after the
fortieth day was lost.
Pierre, s. D.. Feb. 4.-Thc senate re-
solved itself for an hour or more into
a high school lyceum, debating the
question. which is the greater evil to
| the farmer. the coyote or the jack rab-
bit. The bloodthirsty habits of the one
and the popularity of the other were
pictured in glowing language. That
body also reported favOrably the bill
of Fairbanks, providing for deposit
cries for public funds. Consideration
Of the Bouck license bill was fixed for
Friday, when it will be considered to-
gether with the senate dispensary bill.
The following new bills were intro
duced in the house: BY Hair, provid-
ing n fine for the wearing of large hats
at theaters. making the fine from 81
to So in proportion to the size of the
hat; also a bill to exempt representa-.
tives Of the press from disclosing the
sources of Information upon which
newspaper articles are based; appro-
priating $4,000 to construct a w
at the YanktOn insane asylum. Senate
| Bill No. !. the Palmer railroad bill,
was to-day signed by the president OF
the senate. the speaker of the house,
and was then signed by the governor.
1t has now become the law Of the land.
Senator Palmer secured the penS with
which these officials signed the bills TO
keep as mementOS. The house passed
a bill providing the defendants wit
nesseS in criminal trials shall be paid
by the state when the defendant is ac-
quilted. Also the bill of Oleson. OF
Lawrence county. compelling SmelterS
and reduction works TO put in fans or
proper appliances to carry off dust and
noXiOGs gases.
Pierre, :. D.. Feb. 5.-There was but
one ballot in the joint session. Picker
received 81; Kyle. %; G~OodykoOntZ,
%; Plowman. 10; Weeks. 6; scattering,
3.
The senate devoted most of its time
to senate bill 105. regulating ware
houses and grading grain, making it
the duty of the board of railroad COM
missioncrs to enforce the provisions of
the LII Nv and fixing a license fee on each
| warehouse of $40 instead of 81. The
| report % the committee was adopted
after long debate and the bill will I'M
doubtedly pass the senate. h bill
! fixing the salaries of county judges at
| SI,SJv anu tltIhS vi court at Il--bV III
| counties having more han 10000 pop
u~lation, passed the senate.
In the house the nure food bill
| passed under this law that O~leomarger-
inc and butterine must be cOlored pink.
Kidd's bill allowing jury to fix punish
| ment in those cases where the penal
ty is both fine and imprisonment. was
passed.
Pierre. s. d.. Feb. G-The Bouck Ii
cense bill had the right of way in the
| senate to-day. but it struck a snOw
bank. After buckinG it successfully
for two hours it was left in the same
| position as ut the start. In the house,
the valued policy insurance bill was
killed. Bills were introduced In the
house adding the unorganized counties
west of The river TO the counties Of
Stanley. Lyman. Butte, Meade and
Pennington. Among the new bills in
troduced in the scnate to-day are one
a%bolishing the office of county exam
liner: providing that railroad commits
| sioners shall publish biennial reports;
providing that habitual drunkards may
be sent to Institutes for cure; for the
payment of taxes semi-annually; pro-
hibiting the use of railroad passes and
telegraph franks by members of the
legislature: for Il South Dakota exhibit
Mt the rams Mississippi exposition at
Omaha in 1898. In joint ballot to-day,
Picker received 81 votes, Kyle 81,
GoodykoontZ %, Plowman 10. Weeks
A., scattering 3. Kyle's friel,ds wished
to take a second ballot, but were voted
dou.u