The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-02-01
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.
The Proceedings of the Lawmakers Dur
ing the Week.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
| Gamble of Yankton was declared elect
ed United States senator from South
Dakota for six years from March 4
next in joint session Of the house and
senate which met at II O'Clock today to
canvass the vote cast yesterday.
Lieutenant Governor Shaw presided.
The journals of the two houses were
read by the clerk of each house, show
the vote cast, after which the president
OF the senate the election of
Gamble. The certificate OF election was
then read and signed by the speaker
and president OF the senate after
which the joint session dissolved and
each house met separately and adj
journed tai 2:30.
The joint session was attended by a
larger crowd tina yesterday, the lobby
being comfortably filled. No speeches
were made. There were no cheers wnen
the election was announced and the
session was totally devoid OF interest
Ing features. Foul years ago KYLE
was elected amid cursing and riot: TO-
day Gamble was chosen under the most
peaceful auspices.
Mr.. Gamble is still serving as CON
gresham and is in Washi.gton. He
has wired Senator Edgerton a neat
message of hearty thanks for the
great honor conferred upon him.
Ihe senate session was enlivened
BY a debate on the oil inspec-
ton and farmers institute bills. Stew
artEof Hughes opened with a PROPOSE
ton to amend section 16 of the oil bill
providing for the inspection of oils
used by the railroads. but on a mo-
ton by LOOMS the section was strick-
en- out of the bill.
The bill aDnrnpria tinp 81 En0 fo,
farmers institute was bit
terly a%rraigned by Sweet, VINO charged
that 1t was an unnecessary expense
and was instigated by the regents to
provide a place for one OF their num-
Der, M. f. Greedy. Gunderson of Clay
defended the bill, which passed. all the
fusiOnists voting no.
The resolution of Johnson Of Doug
las asking the governor for copies of
the supplemental report OF Superin-
tendent Tompkins of the reform schoC,.
reciting the alleged irregularities Of
former superintendent AinSWorth: also
the reports Of Public Examiner TAYLOR
on the penal institutions. vas drugged
by an u~nfavorable committee report.
but the governors chair resolution got
out of the state affairs committee with
q favorable report.
Martins resolution protesting against
an issue of $250,00 of emergency war
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the committee Oh ways and means with
the probable intention of leaving it
there till the warrants have been is
sued. Stoddard introduced a bill to tax
c.saret ender $500 per year. The
bill to cure defective acknowledgment
to deeds passed the senate with some
unimportant bills.
In the house Cortland of Lincoln
sprung a surprise by Introducing a res
olution requiring the appropriations
committee to report q bill February 10
in default of which the general appro-
priation bill is to be made a special or
der for next day. The resolution
passed. The anti-fusion bill also
passed, all the republicans and two
pops, Kane n Davies, voting for it.
Gross introduced the most important
bill Of the day, a measure limiting the
homestead exemption to s1,5 500.