The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1901-03-09
PIERRE STANDS THE
BIENNIAL ONSLAUGHT
MANAGES to Hold Enough Strength
to Thwart Capital Removal
Supporters.
soHcrpEo MOVEMENT IS DEAD
Resolution Referred to the COMMITTEES on
state Affairs where It Will Probab-
ly Remain Yesterdays Log
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Pierre, s.. D.. March 4.--Withln twenty
four hours the spectacular capital re-
moval fight, begun In the house Satur.
day, bids fair to be settled by a. complets
victory for Pierre. The struggle has re4
solved itself into three factions. the
Pierre men numbering about sixteen
votes the Mitchell men with about nine
teen or twenty votes and the special ap.
preparation crowd with seven or eight
votes.
h candidates for special legislation
me last night and organized an offensive
and defensive alliance. They Will 60
to undertake 1T Mitchell. on the other
hand, cannot organize her votes to trade,
q number Of her senators being unalter-
These men command enough votes to de-
feat the specials, however, and say they
will 40 SO no matter what is done with
able forecast Of the senate 10 the defeat
of Mitchell for the capital and the de,
feat of a large part II not all the special
appropriation bill.
The capital removal resolution passed
the house Immediately after roll call and
was Immediately messaged to the sen.
ate. The Mitchell men made their frs
display Of. power this afternoon BY kill
fng Senator Williameon's bill to appro-
pirate money for buildings at the Mad
ison normal. They cast 20 votes to Is.
Removal Resolution Referred.
The capital resolution was taken up at
G3:45 o'clock and on a close vote was re-.
ferred to the committee on state affairs
This was a Pierre victory.
Enslesby later made an effort to have
the resolution recalled from the commit
tee of state affairs, blu was cut OF b. 0
motion to adjourn. which carried by .
good majority. Capital removal Is con.
ceded to be dead. All9the large special
appropriation bills come up in the senate
Tuesday. but none of them Gun pass II this
nineteen votes which defeated the Madi'
son normal appropriation can be held to.
gether. The claim of f. Te=I1vans was
passed after being reduced to $3.50, also
Sweets bill repeating the oil Inspection
law and Leclatre's bill against liquor
The house passed the following bills!
Repeating the seed grain law; providing
additional penalties for grand larceny
the boiler inspection II %peddlers' license
law.
The. barber bill and the bill placing Sis
seton military reservation under the con.
we're Indefinitely postponed.
Starting of the Fight.
Pierre, s. D., March 4.-The capitai
removal fight long mooted and much
doubted materialized Saturday after
noon. with the ferocity of a summer
squall. The hostility created against
Congressman Burke at the beginning
OF h session because of his bold work
In organizing the house n senate has
born Its legitimate fruit.
Senator Stewards arbitrary methods
as chairman Of the appropriation com
mittee has also added fuel to the long
smouldering fire. Political difference,
inspired the removal and a stronG
sentiment Independent Of political DIFF.
%ferences has long existed among the
members IN favor of removal. Water
town was unable, to make any head
way. but has kept UP the agitation
Differences over the wolf bounty
question made a rallying point for the
anti-Pierre men. and the lines the.S
formed are being maintained in the
present struggle.
The boxer caucus of Friday night
was the first alarming evidence TIC
Pierre that capital removed had
strength and determination. No agree
ment was reached at that caucus but
another meeting was held at the CAPT.
tai building on Saturday at 2 o'clock
1t lasted one hour and Mitchell was
chosen as the candidate. Sioux Fails
and Watertown were also in the eau,
GUS. al.
Huron Lost Her Chance.
Huron was not represented in the
aucus because Wilmarth made a4tradt
with Burke at the time of the houst
organization, by which heswas made
Chairman of the judiciary organization
and given some assurance of other pa.
tronage. Huron could have had the
nomination, the sentiment of the eau
Gus being strongly in her favor, but not
being represented her claims were not
considered worth pushing from the out
side in the face of a hostile home rep.
resentation. Bras and johnson OF
Mitchell were not originally friendly
to the opening of the capital removal
fight. having one in with the Burke
house and senate organization, but
they Joined In the movement heartily
when 1t became certain that the remov-
al sentiment would assert itself any
way.
After passing the general and special
appropriation bills, aggregating $780,
900. the house managers of the capita,
removal sought to introduce their reso;
luton from the committee on privileged
and elections. This was at 6 O'Clock
and a point of order was made@by
Pierre that the subject matter was moi
germane to the duties of the committee
The speaker ruled with the Pierre
men and an appeal was taken, followed
by q motion to table the appeal, which
was succeeded by a motion to adjourn.
The house soon found itself in 8
complete deadlock the speaker ruling
for Pierre and the majority regularly
taking an appeal. The members set.
tied down for a siege and lunches wers
served while the roll calls rapidly sue.
ceeded each other. All Together there
We're thirty-five roll.calls from 6 O'CLOCK
till II taken either on q motion to lay
the appeal on the table or to adjourn;
The senate passed the general appro.
gpriation bill Saturday, the item # S..
600 for an addition to the capitol build.
ing for a.iibrary being stricken out after
a hot fight between Loomis and Stew.
art. The bill limiting the terms OF
Bacon and Smith, populist members Of
board of charities and corrections, to
the expiration of the present session
Of the legislature passed, several re.
publicans voting against 1t. The gov
ernor signed 1t Saturday night.
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SIOUX FALLS MAKES OFFER.
Offers Site and Suite House II CapiOsl Il
Removed There.
Sioux Falls. s. D., March 2.-Witt
only a fen dissenting votes Sioux Fall,
citizens, ut a mass meeting today, held
to discuss the question of the remova;
of the state capital from Pierre. and
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