The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
The LEGISLATURE.
Full Report Of the Doings Of the
States lawmakers at the
Capital City.
A ROAST FOR LITTLE GIANT kEAn
Wolf Bounty Bill Passes the Senate.
-Loucks on Deck Again Gov"
Phillips Interest Steal.

I I1lll1PS 4IltcTcSt O(cdLs
Pierre, S. D., Jan. 19.-In the
senate today a favorable committee
report on the bill empowering and
authorizing the railway commission
to put into effect a maximum express
rate in the state, called out a hot
discussion, Lawson taking the lead
and opposing the measure On the
ground that the present railway law
passed at the 1897 session, gives the
commissioners all the necessary
power to carry the desired move
into effect. He said he was anxious
to have the extortions of express
companies stopped, but he deprecat-
ed any attempt to amend the rail
way law while important cases
were pending.
Smith, of Pennington, Loomis
and Hanten held that the bill pro-
posed would not in any way conflict
with the present law, and that ad-
ditional legislation was necessary to
remove doubt as to the powers of
the board.
Several other members expressed
opinions on either side, and a
motion to postpone action was lost.
The favorable report was then
adopted by 30 to 4.
w. B. Sherrand, of Sioux Falls
Children's Home, has drawn.a bill
which will be presented, authoriz-
inp the state board of charities and
corrections to appoint a state agent
to find q home for inmates of the
state reform school. He is also in
terested in a bill for the care of
feeble minded at the hospital for in,
sane which is expected to be estab-
lished at Redtield.
Lieutenant Governor Kean is a
little fellow, but he feels big. People
have a fashion of calling him gov
ernor just like they call a Justice Of
the peace judge. Kean likes the
title so we'll that he calls himself
the governor. OF course that causes
even his republican associates to
smile and some of them have diff
Guilty in keeping a straight face
when talking to the Little Giant"
But Kean had his dignity rudely
shocked in his encounter with
Senator Jones yesterday. Jones
was making some d~isparaging re-
marks to Kean when the latter
bristled up with his hand in bis
pistol pocket-of course he had no
pistol and was simply doinga time
worn theatrical-and said: II will
give you to understand that the
governor "a take are of himself"
Jones looked at him for a moment
and said: "Why you--little rat
I'm not talking to the governor"
Kean is now certain that there is
no reverence in the composition of
Jones of Charles Mix-is a wicked,
brutal ruffian who ought to be dis.
trained from making remarks cal
culated to disturb the serene conceit
Of the Little Giant"
Jan. 2O.-The sessions Of the
house and senate today were en-.
livened by more oratory than for
some time. In the senate the wolf
bounty bill was under consideration
and was supported principally by
Senator Edmund Smith of Penning.
ton and Senator Benedict of Custer.
Benedict's extravagant state.
ments concerning tn, immense
amount of money invested in cattle
on the ranges and the immense sums
of money deposited in banks as .
result of the cattle business came
near killing the bill, but the matter
was Strengthened out and all the
senator's present exec t. Jones,
Grant, Arneson an6 Boyland voted
for the bill.
II has passed both houses and
Scotty Phillips, the senator from
Stanley, its sponsor, is the happiest
man who rides the range.
In the house the referendum was
up fer discussion on its final pas
sage. 1t was supported by Glass
in an able speech at the conclusion
of which Goddard OF Sully,, a bitter
opponent of the bill moved an ad-
.journlnent which vas carried alter
q little pull hauling. There are
underground elements OF opposition