Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-06
MOVE SOUTH DAkOTACAPlTOL
representatives of Several Towns Gather
in Pierre for Caucus on the Project.
CREAMERY LICENSE BILL is CRIPPLED
small Boy's Cannon Cracker Ambition
Finds Few sympathizers-No
Fellow Feeling for
English.

PIERRE, S. D., Feb. 5.--(Special Tele-
gram )-The house apportionment commit
tee met in the house chamber this morning
and after a Ions discussion over several
different plans adopted resolution ask
ing all members who had prepared bills
on the subject to introduce them In regular
form and allow them to come before the
committee, when they would be used as
basis for a bill.
Representatives from several towns are
here to work up a capitol removal senti-
mcnt. If they find the sentiment strong
enough. they will attempt by caucus to
settle which town is in the lead, and all
settle on that one.
In the house today committees reported
against attaching Beadle county to the
Fourth judicial circuit and against an ex-
hbit at the Buffalo exhibition. a favorable
report was returned on the senate resou-
tion for an investigating committee, after
amending it to include the Soldiers home
The principal bills introduced were to de-
fine specifically the powers of organized
townships, and three different apportion-
ment bills two fixing a senate of forty-fve
and a house Of ninety three, one a senate
of forty-one and a house of etghty-three.
The food and dairy commissioner bill
by amendments was passed in a demoral
ized condition. leaving in the provision re-
quiring "A license for the operation of a
creamery, but striking out the provisions
for the Issuance of such a license.
A bill was introduced providing for the
expense of the care of insane patients
where there is a question what county to
charge 1t against, and a bill making sher-
iffs collectors OF personal property taxes.
This was opposed by Goddard Porter, Law
son and Heath, and supported by Price,
Seward, McDougall and Davies.
In the senate.
The principal senate bills introduced are
those limiting the time to five years for
beginning a suit on county and township
warrants and bonds, requiring the OPEN
ing of all section lines as highways. and
regulating appeals from justice courts to
circuit court.
The judiciary committee reported sub
stitute for the original bill to give power
to the governor to remove certain consti-
tutional officers not subject to impeachment
the substitute giving him absolute power of
removal of all appointive state officers
without giving his cause for action.
The senate passed number OF bills
which had been hanging on the calendar
principal among them being: Providing for
the creation of election precincts in cities,
particularly applying to Brookings: lcgaliz-
ing the incorporation of Revilo; fixing the
terms of court in the Eighth judicial. cir
cult; changing the form of affidavit required
for the order of publishing summons, aud
making the affidavit unas3ailable; govern
ing orders of judgments; permitting cities
to bond to refund bonded indebtedness.
Stoddard, Loomis and Sweet had lively
tilt over the bill preventing the manu-.
| airguns, Sweet championing the cause OF
the small boy, while the others took the
| position that there was 100 much danger
| of manning persons and destruction OF
! property in both the cracker and the gun
and the bill was finally passed
! The senate passed the house bill providing
for State Board of Agriculture of sever
to be appointed by the governor, carrying
an appropriation of $4,000 a year for two
years, but not until Stoddard had secured
his amendment requiring proof that NJ
hquor had been sold or gambling allowed
| on the grounds before the amount was paid
The adverse report of the committee I,
the house resolution of sympathy with tn,
English people brought on tilt, but tn,
resolution was adopted, and there will b,
no Official sympathy.
at Flandreau S. D., March 10 and 20 fo
the position of music teacher at the In
dian school at that place