Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-02-16

/ senator BcttigreW over tnclr dctiOu vi
L pea &c treaty.
The house bill classifying cities was
lost, but will be reconsidered.
Bills signed by the governor: To pre-
vent spread of disease among swine;
TO reimburse Hanson county for care
of Lyman county prisoners, and wifi
bounty bill.
Pierre. s. d., Feb. 10.-The senate,
having refused 10 pass an appropria-
ton Tor the adjutaDt generals office,
tomorrow issue an order mastering
out all the militia in the state except
Battery a OF Clak, and the battery
members will resign unless an appro-
priation is made for the guard. As
there is nothing in the way of the mill
tia in the state except fragments or
old companies. the order VIII have II
little force and is more of a blum than
anything else.
An amendment TO the constitution
will be presented tomorrow to permit
the state TO increase its bonded in
| debtedness to 81. 900, to meet the
| provisions of n ~dispensary bill. The
! senate voted for an adjournment from
Friday night to Tuesday morning, ana
the house members are considering
/ like action.
Marietta Bones of Yankton sent in n
long communication to the house to-
day. asking for action on a bill crea-
ting the office of state veterinarian.
The ways and means committee re-
ported on that portion of the gov
ernor's message relating to the finan-
cial transactions of Treasurer Philips
for his last term. The report en-
bodied a statement of the ex-treasurer
giving a detailed history of the work
of h department for the term n the
reasons for all his actions. This was
Endorsed by the committee as its re-
port. A favorable report On a bill TO
allow live stock to run at large in win
ter was killed. A resolution was
adopted appointing Representative
Stoddard as a house committeeman to
act with N from the senate, to go to
! Plankington tomorrow with experts
TO investigate the building occupied by
the inmates at the reform school, and
return an estimate of actual cost OF
the building. A resolution by Glass,
commencing the Action of Senator
Kyle and condemning the action of
Senator Pettigrew on the peace treaty
called out n party discussion, but was
adopted. Bills introduced:
Rosselle, providing for notice OF
death of mortgaged animals to the
holder of mortgage; Myron. requiring
railroads TO sell 1,O00-mile family
tickets good If presented by any mem.
Der of the family of purchaser: ways
n means committee, providing for
the protection of interests of the state
In the Taylor lands; Stoddard, provid-
ing for the pratice Of ~osteopathy in
this state.
The house went into committee of
the whole on the game bill and the
usual argument in regard to the rights
of farmers and town residents took up
a large part of the afternoon. The in
uranc commissioner bill called out
the first real hlibustering of the SEES
sion and failed for lack of two-thirds
TO carry IL as an emergency measure.
1t finally passed without the emer-
gency clause by a vote of 50 to 30.
The senate attempted TO recall the
bill to furnish stone and labor from
the penitentiary for the erection of the
children's home. but the attorney gen
eral declared Ii TO be beyond recall. A
veto will returned on account of the la
Dor provision in the bill, and an at
tempt will be made to get through n
new bill with that portion stricken out
The senate appointed Smith of Pen
nington as a committee of IN to visit
P~lankington with the house commit
teemen. The senate passed bills ap-
propriating money for the railroad liti-
CATION fund, assessment of railroads,
telegraph and express companies In
proportion to total mileage and value,
a general revenue act modelled on the
Indiana law and a joint resolution for
n constitutional amendment, prividing
that half of the legislature to be
elected every two years, the terms to
be for four years. An attempt by Han
ton to WORK a single tax provision into
the senate revenue law failed. Bills
introduced:
Utmer, for a constitutional amend
ment to repeal the dispensary amend
ment; Hoes, placing telegraph compa-
MES under the control of the railroad
commission; Littlefield. for a curfew
law, from March to September, o D. m,
and September to March, 8 D. M;
Stiles, requiring the warden of the
penitentiary 10 furnish stone for the
children's home: King, establishing
fees of physicians at 81 per visit and
10 cents per mile; Bottum, creating the
office of commissioner of immigration.
A motion TO reconsider the Wilmarth
bill for the classification of cities was
tabled, killing the bill.
Pierre, s.. D., Feb. lin the house
a favorable report was returned on
the bill for the creation Of the office
of commissioner of immigration, with
the salary cut to 81, 200 per year. Bills
introduced: Harrington, providing for
the name OF levy Of special taxes In
cities; Copper, regulating the manage
ment Of pool and billiard rooms;
Woody. a ~dispsnsary law. Bills passed:
To prevent the removal Of buildings
from lots or lands unless the taxes
have .been paid; appropriating money
for the expense of the sale and lease Of
state lands; appropriating $1,000 for a
dormltory at the Madison normal
school; for the protection Of fish. and