Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-05
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
Doings of Day by the Assembled Solons at
Pierre.
SENATE OBJECTS TO BIGAMIsT ROBERTS
Adopts Resolution MemOrializing
Congress to ENpeI the Utah Man
-Bills Introduced. Passed
and Signed.

| PIERRE, S. D., Feb. 4.-(Special Tele-
| grant, the senate Jackson populist, in
! troduced a resolution memorializing con-
J gress for the expulsion OF Roberts, the biga-
, mist congressman from Utah.
/ By Smith OF Pennington-A resolution op-
,, posing the railroad pooling and anti scalp
ing bill.
By Schamber-A resolution for constitu-
tional amendment reducing the membership
of the legislature, extending the terms to
four years and making legislative sessions
quadrennial.
Bills introduced were:
BY Kng-To repeal the township artesian
we'll law
By Beledict-To create Board of Par
dons TO consist of the presiding judge OF
the supreme court, secretary of state and
attorney general.
A resolution was adopted to ignore pairs
between senators.
House bills passed: Providing that consti-
tutional amendments must be submitted on
separate ballots and bills providing the
manner of levy of special taxes in cities of
the second class.
In the house there were so many alb
sentees that no introducer of a bill desired
ito push his measure and the day was put
in clearing up loose ends of business.
Committees reported favorably on bills
for boiler inspection, pure food, an appro-
priatiOn of 200 for a building at the State
university, $4,000 for a new building at the
Agricultural college, $1,000 for a heating
plant at the Deaf and Dumb school. An
adverse report was made on the bill limit
ing appeals to the supreme court
An effort to indefinitely postpone the SEN
ate bill to abolish days of grace was de-
feated. Bills introduced were:
By Appropriations Commttee-Deaciency
appropriation OF S9l1 to A. G. Somers as
deputy superintendent of public iustruc-
tiOn.
By Cdland OF Yanktol--Providing for the
election of an oil inspector.
By HansOn-Appropriatng money to
Hans j. Smith as witness fees in the Taylor
investigation.
| By Woodruf-To empower cities ~ the
first class to bend for purpose of securing
water works.
| BY Herrington-RequIring railroads II
furnish sidetracks for mills and elevators.
! BY Woodruff-To allow cities of he first
| class to elect boards of public works
BY Baskin--General revenue bill.
BY Misunderstanding the manner OF
procedure in insanity cases.
Senate resolutions asking for postal saw
ings banks and greater powers for the In
terstate Commerce commission were passed.
House resolutions to extend the term OF
1
and for a metric system of weights and
measures were defeated.
Governor Lee today signed the following
senate bills: Appropriating money 10 pay
for the printing of reports, journals and
bills; making the disclosure Of the contents
of telephone or telegraph messages a mis-
demeanor; attaching lands to Clay county
for judicial purposes; increasing the salary
of the mine inspector TO $1,000 per year;
the house bill to increase the number o.
justices OF the peace to eight in counties OF
| over 10000 which are not organized into
| civil townships
The wolf bounty bill win be signed Mon
day
Dwight Pleads for Economy.
In discussing he matter of appropriation
on the floor of the house yesterday Rep.
resentative Dwight, one OF the members o
the appropriation committee, made the
statement that over sl5OOOOO of appropria-