The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-04
bound TO SCALP PIERRE
EXCITING TALK ABOUT REMOVING
THE SOUTH DAKOTA
CAPITAL
ALL TANGLED UP IN A sNARL
Appropriation Bills Involved and
Charges of Bad Faith Freely
Made-LOOEs as If They
Meant Business

PIERRE, S. D., March 2-(Special =
/ The town is wild today with capital re-
moval talk, and the subject dominates
ell others A couple of weeks ago the
| Watertown boomers started capital re-
I mOval deal, but called il off upon the
promise Of Pierre, they claim, that they
would receive support for the removal
OF the reform school from Plankinton to
| WATERFOWL. This scheme failed and
they accuse the Pierre people of having
played with them, which Pierre, of
course, denies. In revenge they renew
ed the capital fight yesterday and held a
caucus last night which is said to have
represented fifty house members, or
enough to pass the proposed amendment
through the house.
To add to the complicat lions, the spe-
cial appropriation bills for Aberdeen
Brookings, Vermillion, Rapid City and
ether institutions were set for final con-
sideration in the house this afternoon.
These bills require a two-thirds vote and
the removal crowd seems TO have enough
votes to defeat them unless their friends
consent to poStponement until Monday.
This they will have to do, and in the
meantime Pierre and her rivals will have
battle royal for votes for the next
forty-eight hours
WATERFOWL Is backed by a combination
formed some time since to oppose appro-
not yet been decided which town shall
have the honor of contesting with Pierre.
A caucus will be held this afternoon to
decide that point and the choice may fail
on WATERFOWL, Mitchell or Sioux Falls.
Meanwhile, the appropriations AMI
other important matters are being play
ed as pawns.
Speaker Somers with his chair and CAV
ell The speaker made a happy re-
Spouse. referring to the fact that he had
presided over the deliberations Of the
body in two centuries.
Senate Joint resolution No IS, relating
TO the removal of county seats, provides
for the submission of a constitutional
amendment changing the existing provis-
ioT to permit 60 per cent of the voters 20
remove the county seat from an inland
to railroad town. This measure has
passed the senate and is pending in the
house 1t applies particularly to the
counties of Jerauld, Charles Mix, Hut
Crimson, Mcpherson ana Walworth. In
these counties repeated efforts have
been made to change the county seats
to railroad stations. but without avail,
as they were located by a popular vote
of two-thirCs The amendment also pro-
vides that county commissioners must
submit the question TO the people at the
next general election, upon petition OF
majority Of the legal voters. There is
little doubt that the amendment will be
submitted to the people for ratification
or rejection.
Milling on the appropriations has be-
gun in real earnest and little else will
be heard in some quarters for days to
come Those who got what they wanted,
or approximately So at the hands of the
committee, are trying to appease those
who have been disappointed, and, on the
other hand. some who are dissatisfied
with their awards, threaten to act the
mart of the dog-in-the-manger and defeat
every special and deficiency Appropriation
bin that may be recommended. rms
cannot be said to be a commendaole
spirit, but it is uppermost in the breasts
of a sufficient number Of meritorious
hills. Unless better feeling prevails
when the bills come up for consideration,
some lasting enmities will be engendered.
The fellows who suffer assassination at
the hands of their friends through 1eaI-
ousv or selhshness. are not likely TO for
get such treatment