The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10
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ON THE SAME Old P[AN
REAPPORTIONMENT BILL FAILS TO
PASS THE SOUTH DAKOTA
LEGISLATURE
CAUGHT IN THEIR OWN TRAP
Great Disappointment for the Com
bine-Measure for COdification
of the Laws COncurred in
by Both Houses.
CAUGHT IN THEIR OWN TRAP

PIERRE, S. D., March 9.-(Special)-
The seventh session of the legislature of
South Dakota adjourned this morning at
2:2O o'clock. The only thing accomplish
ed during the evening session was to Sc
cure concurrence of both houses to the
amended codihcation bill. No agreement
was reached on apportionment and the
old apportionment of 1895 will prevail ul-
Ill the session of 1907.
This condition of affairs is clearly the
result of plotting on the part of the lead
ers of the house combine. They planned
to defeat appOrtionment in the hope of
being able to force an extra session at
which another try could be had at capt.
tai removal. At various caucuses they
tried to key up their followers to the be-
lief that it was their sacred duty to
stand by the house bill and force the
senate to come to terms. The plausible
ity of this scheme was demonstrated by
the assertion that the house consisted of
eighty-SeVen members and the senate of
forty-fve, and surely the greater num-
bers should dominate the lesser. Several
times the antileaderS in the senate I'M
dertook to break up the deliberations of
the conference committee by moving calls
of the senate and demanding that the
house bill, which was not in possession
of the senate, be substituted for the SEN
ate bill. The house majority, on its part
and upon suggestion Of Seward, mem
Der of the conference committee, recalled
the house bill from the committee during
its deliberations Finally about l o'clock
the committee brought into the senate
report signed by. the three senate MEM
bers and two of the three house mem
bers, Everett and Price. Concurrence IN
this report was carried against the ants
by a vote of Y to Is.
In the face of this Englesby moved re-
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the afternoon by which the senate re-
fused to adopt the house bill. In the
meantime the house, on motion of Pack
ard, prompted by Senator Martin (Pop)
moved for Inconvenience in the con-
ference report, which motion prevailed
by vote of 46 to 80. Everett, one of the
signers of the report, voting with the ma
jority.
When this message reached the senate,
Loomis, who had grown weary OF the
struggle in which he had played so prom
inent a part as leader of the obstruc-
tionists, made the usual formal motion
that the senate notify the governor IL
was ready to adjourn. This motion was
carried unanimously on viva Voce vote.
Englesby tried to further protract the
struggle, but was deserted by his col
leagues. Johnston, of Dawson, urged that
it would be a grave mistake to adjourn
without passing some kind of bill. Both
he and Englesby wished to have pro-
test to this effect entered upon the jour
nal. BY this time the house leaders be-
came convinced they had gone too lar,
and would have retraced their steps II
they could. Packard moved a reconsider
alton of the vote of non-concurrence, out
many of the members had left the hall
and the motion was defeated motion
to adjourn since die was then put and
carried after the usual formal communl-
cations.
The leaders of the anti-combine are nd&
pleased with the outcome. They failed
to defeat the special appropriation bills.
as threatened at one time; they failed to
do anything serious to the general ap-
preparation bill; they failed to punish
Charley Burke and they failed to
make an instrument Of the apporponment
matter. as the governor has expressed a
determination not to call a special ses-
sion.
On the other hand, they voted for every
appropriation bill that passed. The house
minority and the senate majority are in
high feather.
The codification bill as finally passed
provides for the appointment of a COM
mission Of three lawyers, to be appointed
by the governor with the consent of the
supreme court This commission will
codify, compile and annotate the laws,
making such changes as are usually al
lowable in such cases, and will submit
their work to the legislature of 1903. This
code will then be enacted into law, with
such additions and amendments as may
be thought desirable by the commission
and the legislators. Fourteen thousand
dollars was appropriated for the work,
being $4,000 for the compilers, $1,000 for
clerical assistance and $1,000 for printing
The books, when completed, will cost not
to exceed S..
The oil bill, which Gunderson las been
pushing for sixty days. was Indefinitely
postponed in the senate last evening.
Gunderson tried to get the house confer
ence committee to take 1t UP again, but
could do nothing.
Gov Herreid removed Joseph Meyer,
oil inspector, and Emil Brauch, of Hur-
ley, was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The governor vetoed the bill allowing
members of the legislature ten scholar
ships each in the state educational in
situations.