Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-02-09
Our PIERRE LETTER.

past week the members OF the Legisla-
ture have had on their working clothes
and cleaned up a large number OF bills.
The work oil a Legislature cannot be
judged by the number ofbills which are
passed as the large number of billsintro-
duced never become laws and it fire.
quently requires as much time and
wor k to indefinitely postpone a bill as
it does to pass it. Somewhere between
30 and 40 bills have passed the house
out OF nearly 200 which have been in
tr oduced, bur a large number OF those
introduced have not come up for final
action. The senate record in bills pass
ed and introduced rather exceeds that
OF the house. About 20 bills have pass
ed DO tn the house and senate besides
a nu mber OF Joint resolutions and of
these bills ID have been presented to
the Governor for his approval and he
has at this time affixed his signature to
four, consisting mostly OF appropria-
tons for running expenses. A number
OF important measures passed the house
during the week besides a number OF
minor Importance. Among. the impor-
tant bills are the Initiative and Referen-
dun bill introduced by Wilmarth OF
Beadle. The change OF ballot bill by
Lindgren OF Day, and the grant of land
to Aberdeen and Watertown for Normal
School purposes which latter has al !
ready passed the senate. The change OF
ballot bill was the first measure TO call
out party caucuses and by the introduc-
ton and support Of this measure Mr.. |
Lindgren has acquired a substantial
standing among the house members.
Among other bills passed by the house
were H.. b. Al Changing the manner of
elections and meetings OF township sup
ervisors.
ii. B. 107 Prohibiting Priarie
Schooners used for immoral purposes.
H. b. lit Covering instructions to
in dyes in counting ballots.
H. b. 112Enabling County TreaSurers
to collect taxes against transient herds
Of live stock.
FL. b. lis Relating to Mutual Lie
Insurance Companies
II. B. 1872 Relatingto misunderstanding
oil Life Insurance. Policies.
ii Is. 1913 Relating 10 the abolition
OF Grand Jurors except in certain cases.
The House also passed Senate j. r. 3
lnstructing our United States Senators
to support the Peace Treaty with Spain.
s. b. 16 Making it a misdemeanor TO
divulge the contents of telegraph mes
sages.
.. b. 70 Relating to the spreading OF
disease among swine.
). b. 81 Providing a state bounty
Tor the destruction OF wolves, cayotes
and Mountain Lions.
Bills were indefinitely postponed "re-
lating To the mortgaging of personal
property" Offering special Inducements
for the use OF wide tired wagons Pro-
vlding Tor the use OF wide tired wagons"
Providing Tor tax upon Legacirs, Inher-
i~tahces, Lille fnsura ncps etc" And
numerous bills OF minor importance.
The amended game law which is the
Result on TWO weeks careful considera-
tlon ~ the hands OF the committee has
been reported and will probably pass
without amrndmeI { with but Jew ex-
crptions The till will be satisfactory to
the people oil Day Co. but it being a
measure in Which all sections of the
state are interested ne particular local
ny could have just exactly what they
wanted. Cop X of the amended bills
VIII be sent up as soon az printed.
Senator Toy vi Audover. by his sound
Judgment and careful conservatism has
become Que Of the most influential MEM
beers OF the Senate. Recently While the
A aberdeen Normal till was up for final
passage Senator Toy is credited with
one of the cleanest most convincing |
speeches OF the session.
Last week in the house one of the
nhembers when rising to address the
chair made the sign Of "a workman, the
incident occaisoned some merriment TO
"A Jew who were able to understand it.
Among the visitors to the Capital
tins week were j. W. Arthur, Frank
druby, L. W. Small aud L. j. Dyke. OF
Webster. and Wm. Husong, of Waubay.
he boys took quite an interest in the
game bill and other easur OF local
interest. Considerable. surprise was
'ccasloned among the ter. jerfeet Thurs
nay at sight Of TWO horsemen galloping
madly down the streets of Pierre one OF
whom sat upright swinging his broad
NAT ana the other clas ping his horses
neck IN mad embrace but the surprise of
I'D. Small and John Arthur was turned
20 CONSERVATION when il was discover
I'd that the rider OF an affectionate dis
position was no other than Frank
Gruby who it appears had run across
III old time friend living here and had
been induced by him to take a little
broncho ride, Frank will probably deny