Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-03-16

sertion that Lawson had bartered rep
RESERVATION for votes enough to pass
his appropriation for the Aberdeen
normal school. Later Martin apolo-
gtzed to the senate for mentioning the
matter. His fight had the desired re-
suit, for his county was given add
tional representation. The bill was
then passed after attaching Hanson TO
Hutchinson county and giving Charles
Mix and Gregory three representatives.
The senate a~pportionnent was made
up In the interest OF the combination
which passed the special appropria-
tions and saved the capital TO Pierre.
The house also pas; ID an apportion-
ment bill differing greatly from the
senate bill. 1T was made up by the
capital removal combination in that
body. The honse and senate are likely
TO get into a deadlock over the appor-
tionment question and no apportion-
ment bill may pass as a result.
Would Reduce Membership.
TIL hous passed the bill introduced
by Gross. populist, to reduce the board
OF charities to three members and put
them on a salary OF $1,000 per year
each, and defeated the bill to pay Jo-
seph Il. McCloud for rations and forage
furnished. troops during the Indian up
rising OF 1891.
The bill appropriating $40, 900 for the
Gary chool building passed, also
a fuel deficiency foT the Madison nor
NAL OF $500. The senate passed the
Springfield normal bill the first thing II
the morning, also q building deficiency
for 81, 6SS for the Spearfish normal.
Other bills were passed as follows:
Giving foreign executors the same
lights In South Dakota as are enjoyed
by citizens; $4,000 fuel deficiency for
Brookings college: permitting firearms
to be sold to Indians; organizing the
militia; reducing penalties for trespass
on school lands; changing the time for
electing circuit and supreme Judges;
for the protection OF innkeepers.
The liquor license bill was passed in
both houses, striking out the feature
permitting sales for medical purposes.
There Is a rumor In circulation that
the Boxer caucus In the rouse will pass
resolutions before adjournment de-
%nouncing the republican state machine
and indorsing a candidate for United
States senator to succeed Kyle.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Pierre, s. d., March Sin the house
yesterday Wilmapth OF Beadle arose to
a question OF personal privilege and IN
"a tempestuous speech declared he had
been unfairly and maliciously misrep-
resented concerning his action I'm the
late capital fight.
The articles in the Huronite charg-
ing me with trading capital prospects
for personal ends are base falsiica-
tons" he averred.
He read the Huronite article and de-
clared John Longsta1f knew his aSser-
tons were false. Longstan was char
octerized as a viper. q ~slanderer and q
liar OF the first water.
At last evenings session the house
passed bills granting cities power to
suppress illegal liquor sales; making
t~hreshing charges a prior lien on grain;
prohibiting witness from pleading re-
lationship or interest TO escape testify
ing In civil suits; for construction ,and
maintenance of bitches; giving the
commissioner of school lands control
Of the Sisseton military reservations;
Burke's scavenger tax bill calling for
a l mill extra levy to meet a de-
flciency in revenue and permitting cit
les to W and operate public insti-
tutes.
The house adjourned at 10 o'clock.
The house boxer caucus met In the af-
.ternoon before the opening OF the ses-
sion and agreed TO Kill the senate APP
portionment bill. The program is to
compel the senate to accept the house
bill or let the present apportionment
bill stand.
bills Passed by the Senate.
The senate passed the following bills:
500 0 for buildings at
Gary school for the blind; increasing
for filing brands to 81. so: reduc-
ing membership on the board Of equal
and providing that when any
kind Of property In a county is raised
by the state board all other classes
must be raised pro-rata; appropriating
for money advanced to repair cyclone
lone Brooklngs college and
$500 coal deficiency at Madison uomal
for 1898.
The amendment to the anti fusion
vetoed by the governor, was
The ~codihcation law passed by the
house was amended by the senate com
nittee's report.
Lieutenant Governor Snow was pre-
his chair.
The house passed the anti-kidnaping
Dill; concurred in amendments to the
liquor bill; passed the public library
oil; a resolution requesting the promo
ton OF Major Braden; killed j. b..
McCloud's claim; increased General
salary; appropriated
II 900 for the completion of buildings
1t Madison normal; appropriated $4S
Major A.. j. Mosher; 81, 350.75 for
amendment allowing county superin-
.endents to be elected for more thar
our years, in succession.