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

WI hhMblAl& NJ 01ln
Pierre, s. d. Feb. 500. During the
past week the members OF the Legisla-
ture have had on their working clothes
and cleaned up a large number OF bills.
The work OF 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 BIO tn the house and senate besides
a nu mber OF joint resolutions and of
these bills 13 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-
dunn 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 II. B. Al Changing the manner OF
elections and meetings of township sup
ervIsors.
II. b. 107 Prohibiting Prierie
Schooners used for immoral purposes.
H. b. lit Covering instructions to
in dyes in counting ballots.
H. b. ~112Enabling County Treasures
to collect taxes against transient herds
of live stock.
II. b. Ills Relating to Mutual Life
Insurance. Companies
H. B. 122 Relating to Misunderstanding
OF Lie Insurance Policies.
h b. 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.
5. b. 16 Making it a misdemeanor TO
divulge the contents of telegraph mes
sages.
5. b. 20 Relating to the spreading OF
disease among swine.
5. i. 81 Providing a state bounty
Tor the destruction oil wolves, cayotes
and Mountain Lions.
Bills were indefinitely postponed "re-
lating to the mortgaging of personal
property" Offering special inducements
Tor the use OF wide tired wagons" Pro-
vldli'g Tor the use OF wide tired wagons
providing Tor tax upon Lrgaci-s, Inher-
~iiabces, Lille lnsura nces etc. And
numerous bills OF minor importance.
The amended game law which il the
Result ol w weeks careful considera-
non ~ the hands OF the committee has
been reported and will probably pass
without ainendmei { with but few ex-
crptiois the bill will be satisfactory TO
The people OF la, Co, but it being a
measure in which all sections Of the
stale are interested no particular local
ny could have Just exactly what they
wanted. Copi = of the amended bills
viii be sent up as soon as printed.
Senator Toy of Audover. by his sound
] Judgment aud careful conservatism has
become one Of The most influential men,
bers oi the Senate. Recently While the
A berdeen Normal bill was up for final
passage Senator Toy is credited with
one of the ~cleanest most convincing
speeches ol the session.
Last week in the house one of the
members when rising to address the
chair made the sign of u workman. the
incident occaisoned some m%errilnent to
a lew who were able to understand it.
Among the visitors to the Capital
this week were j. w. Arthur, Frank
Gruby, Z. W.. Small and 4. j. Dyke, of
Webster. and VIM. Husong, OF Waubay.
he boys took quite an interest in the
game bill and other measures OF local
interest. CONSIDERABLE. surprise was
'ccasloned among the tenderfeet Thurs
'iay at sight of two horsemen g~allopipg
madly down the streets OF Pierre one OF
whom sal upright swinging his broad
nat and the other elias ping his horses
neck IN mad embrace but the surprise of
Ed. Small aud John Arthur was turned
20 CONSERVATION when il was discover
I'd that the rider OF an affectionate dis