The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10

troduce3 at the request OF Doc
Smith. the republican member Of
The commission.
Senator HanIrn Introduced a new
fellow servant bi!l applying only to
the employees eff railroads and mines.
1t IS expected the "iIl will pass.
Pierre, FEB. 6.-Altllouyh Gov.
Lee referred the Phillips interest
case to Attorney General Pyle sew
erlI days ago, that official seems
Slow to- take hold Of the matter.
That rankest ot machine sheets.
the Aberdeen News. has already
tried the case in print aud in it
we find the public examiner exhi-
bit of the evidence in the interest
case referred to as the reports or
rumors, and q declaration that
'Dcpullst leaders have no faith in
the suits and a reference to the
shifting OF responsibility to the
attorney general by the governor,
also on account of a visit Of the at
torney general to the governors Of
flee to request that's letter of in
s1ruction be given him for his guild
ance. All this is preliminary to
an exhaustive argument sprinkled
with quotations from law books and
c tations of decisions that are not
usually at command Of the AVERAGE
edi'Or. and all intended to prove
that it is doubtful if a felony is pun
ishabIe in SOUTH Dakota or if any
money illegally taken can be recover
ed, 1t is both a political and legal
defense OF Phillips. It's sole pur-
pose is to excuse Pyle before the
people and to misrepresent Lee.
1t is the purpose of the republican
machine, in full control of the leg
lslative and legal branches of the
state government, to cOndone the
interest taking which is described
in the constitution as a felony and
to make a gift of some $50, 900 or
o of the peoples money to the
defeated republican leader. And
they are going to do so, if possible,
in. such u manne as to leave the i'm
preston that they have done their
patriotic duty while the real and
only offenders are the men who dug
up the positive and uncontrovertible
proof of the interest conspiracy.
Senate bill No. 20, offered by Gun
dersop Of Clay came up in the senate
which prohibited state officials and
members of the legislation from rid
in : on railway passes or using frank
ing privileges of express and tele-
graph companies.
On motion to indefinitely post,
pone the bill by Senator Stewart
there were II votes cast, % for and
% against. The vote being Il tie
Lieutenant Governor Kean cast his
vote against the bill which killed the
pass question for this session.
The state reform school at Plank
inton is asking quite a large appro-
priation to reimburse persons for
cash and material furnished to make
improvements there during the last
year by order of the board of chart,
ties and corrections. The money
asked from the present Legislature to
pay for these improvements amounts
to $40, 700.
The republican senate bill reduce
the board of. charities and correction
to the three members came up today
just before adjournment and it its
passage it received 2o votes for and
II against, there oelng one member
absent with whom Senator King was
plried. King asked the Lieutenant
Governor if it was a party question
and Mr.. Kean repl ed that it was.
1t was understood that the bill to
abolish the insurance office will come
up in the house tomorrow, the repub-
licans hoping 10 secure a two-thirds
vote on The measure.
In the house a bill to locate a nor
NAL school at Aberdeen, appropriate
ing $1,000 acres of land came up and
received a twO-thirds vote. The bill
to locate a another normal school a,
Waterfowl came up and received a
majority vote also carrying an apro-
prlation of 10000 acres of stale
lands.
A joint republican caucus vas held