Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-03-03

lower than that of the House, and with tho
raises by the Senate and cuts by the House
the bills will not be far apart, the only
difference being in items which will have
to he adjusted by conference. The Senate
adjourned 0ver to Thursday.
Thursday, Feb. 23.
Majority and minority reports were pre-
sentel in the House on the Senate bill to
reduce the Board Of Charities and Corre.-
lions to three. A fight came up over the
adoption of the committee report Oh the
Aberdeen Normal School bill. The UNI
favorable minority report was defeated. ~
to 40, and the favorable majority report
was adopted, IS to Il. An effort to advance
the bill on the calendar was lost, 4S to 40.
After a warm fight over compensation the
chief clerk was allowed So per day for $50
days to Coa.pletc his permanent journal.
Stoddar;l introduced Il joint resolution
urging the State Beard of Equalization and
Assessment TO assess all corporate property
"uldcr their control at the same proper
tional value as other property is assessed at
in the State. Cnder the rule il could
only he introduced by consent
of the House. aud the consent was secured
by 40 to 81. Tie House then went into
committee Of the wllcle on further consid-
Grafton OF the general appropriation bill,
and the rest of the time was taken up with
this and the final passage OF the bill. after
the committee report had been adopted.
Tie first fight came OH tile matter of an
appropriation OF S!O,0oD for II litigation,
fund Tor the railroad commission. hi;
was finally carried after voting down u
number OF amendments looking toward
changing the amount. The only other
fight was OIL AL appropriation of $1,000 per
year for the maintenance OF the School for
the Blind ut Gary. On this proposition
Wilmarth of Puscy made Il fight against
the rest of the committee. and after they
were defeated and the committee report
had been adopted Wi!marth attempted to
carry out his views in the way Of an
amendment covering the same ground. lie
was defeated.
Tho Senate passed bills providing for the
organization Of life Insurance companies,
providing for IL well and tank at the Sol
diers' Home, and amending the law for the
classification of cities. The report of the
Conference Committee on tho bill to pro-
vide for permanent annual appropriations
FOR educational institutions was presented
and adopted and the bill was passed. Con-
sideration of the Governors appointments
was postponed to March l by IL vote of %
to Is. Bills were passed regulating the
erection of wallis in common; defining
negotiable Instruments; 10 provide a beet
sugar bounty OF cent per pound, to be
continued for seven years, passed by 81 to
q; providing for courts of Cancellation, and
the House election registration act, which
will be RECONSTRUCTED. Joint resolutions
were passed to provide for procuring re-
cords for a constitutional convention, and
to require that Il constitutional amendment
to carry must receive IL majority of all
votes cast at the election. A few uMim-
pOrtant bill were introduced.
Friday, Feb. "a.
In the Senate the %dispcnsary bill was
taken up in committee CT the whole, and
an effort to continue it was lost by Il
tie vote. Senator LoOmis then moved that
the committee rise and report the bill for
passage without further action. This failed
and the bill was considered section by Sec
ton. A number Of amendments were
offered. but none of any importance were
adopted. The bill was under cOnsidera-
tion at adjournment. The Appropriations
Committee introduced a bill apprOpriating
$b,3lO for the deficiency in expenditures of
the Railroad Commission. The general ap-
preparation bill was taken up for final ac-
tiOn. and Il number or amendments were
presented, the principal one of which was
to increase the salary of the stcnographer
i'll the Governors Office to 100 per year,
which carried, and several to restrict the
management of the fund provided for the
Asylum for tile Blind at Gary. all of which
was lost.
There was a fight in the House over the
adoption OF the committee report OH the
bill to reduce the membership of the Board
of Charities and Corrections, which was
adopted by Il party vote. The grand total
OF the House appropriation bills as amend
ed is 1915 ,23O. and of the Senate bills $S74,-
ITO. There is considerable difference in
the items of the two bills, which will be
adjusted by conference. The Committee on
Compensation of House Employees reported
in favor OF a raise of % cents per day for
pages and 81 cents Il day for messengers,
which was adopted. For the first time this
week the third reading of bills was taken
up in the House, and the bills passed
were: Providing for safe keeping of
public funds through IL state board
of auditors and banks of de-
post; appropriation for printing and dis
tributing the House and Senate journals
and session laws; allowing county mutual
Insurance companies to contract business
i'm adjoining counties; the bill for oil in
spection; allowing County Commissioners
to offer a reward of moi exceeding $500 for
apprehension of stock thieves, and TO pro-
vide for personal notice of foreclosure
wlleretEc person is a resident of the county.
The Senate bill amending the present rev.
ennc law was passed and the House bill on
the same subject was postponed. Tie oil
inspection bill passed by a vote of 81 to lB.
Gov. Lee returned his veto message OH the
House bills to allow Il voter to call assist.
ance in marking his ballot when lie cU,ld
not read the English language, and on a
bill to prohibit IL name appearing more
than once on the ballot. No action wa;
taken on the message.
The Pric, of Disobcdtonce.
In IL of his campaigns Frederick the
Great of Prussia, to prevent his where
about being betrayed to the enemy,