Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
SMITH OBJECTED.

SMITH OBJECTED.
Smith of Pennington: | certainly
object to the resolution going in at
this time. 1t requires suspension Of
the rules and two-thirds vote.
! hope that this rule, at least, will not
be abrogated by the chair.
| Mr.. Stillwell | move that this be
put upon the records of the journal
Mr.. Jones: Do you move a suspen
sion of the rules?
Roll call was demanded.
Smith of Pennington: / insist that
all the accompanying papers, with the
consideration, be filed with this raCer
(referring to the resolution.)
Mr.. Johnston: Do / understand you
to charge that any consideration has
been given?
Mr.. Jones: Charge you anything you
want to take up. No insinuation can
be too vile for this evenings work.
"You are a damned liar, yelled
Loomis-
At this Bedlam broke loose. John
ston started towards Smith and Leo
mis-, the Jerauld banker, made dash
fer Jones The belligerents we're half
tie senate chamber apart. Smith
stepped out into the open space in
front of the speaker and quietly await
ed his opponent. Jones remained
standing at his desk. LOOMS was hot
clear through. Jones had for several
days been sticking the gaff into him
and he was sore. He was followed by
Hoese, Stillweil, Elgerton, Tombstone
Toy and others. Tyler, the one-legged
pop, stood in the aisle and as they
rushed by he was threatened with de-
struction. He attempted to climb on
top of his desk and as he stepped on
his chair Lieutenant Governor kean
grabbed his cane. The chair whirled
round and both fell together. Loo2cis
reached Jones desk and struck at him
but the senator from Charles Mix,
though a small man, is hard man to
hit Senator Hiatt stepped in between
and pushed Loomis back.
Senator Johnston's desire to lick
somebody faded rapidly as he ap.
preached the spot where Smith OF
Pennington stood quietly awaiting the
expected onset. Loomis, Hoese and
Stillwell also cooled off. Although
they took no part in the melee the
stalwart Bismarckian frame of Han
ten stood in the aisle behind Smith
and beside Jones and along with him
were husky pop senators like stormy
Jordan Of Moody, Bulow Of Union,
Wolheter of Brookings and "Scotty'
Phillip Of Stanley. AS the two sides
stood for a moment like hostile arm.
les in line Of battle, one could not help
but note that every fusion senator
would measure around the chest more
than at the waist while there was re-
markable development OF paunch on
the republican side. On many repub-
lican senator's the belly stood out like
a bay window on summer hotel.
No casualties occurred and the re-
publicans returned to their seats and
Immediately introduced resolution
calling for an investigation and de-
manding the expulsion of Jones and
Smith. Jones said he would esteem 1t
an honor to be expelled from such a
body.
Kean took the chair and the commit
tee was appointed. They spent an
hour and half and reported no evi-
dence of bribery had been offered.
A motion was made to adopt the re-
port. The president ruled the motion
out of order. The committee. he said,
had made no recommendation and
there was nothing to adopt.
Boyland, of Walworth, offered res
olution censuring Jones and Smith.
but, although nearly all the foppers
voted "aye" the resolution was defeat.
ed in roll call.
AS they could neither expel nor s>en
censure Smith and Jones. Johnston
and Loomis got up and apologized.
| Altogether 1t was most remarka-
BILE scene, the like Of which has not
previously occurred in South Dakota
politics. Many of the participants
were thoroughly ashamed Of it. Ash.
ford OF Brown protested against carry
Inc out the deal, saying, II can't vote
for this: It's too rank" The reply
came: "you must vote for 1t" and he
did. Stillwel! voted for il, fled his
remonstrance. and wept after II was
over. His tears, however, did not
change the result. The bankers and
the liquor lobby had Jointly won a
great victory.