Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08
THE CLOSING DAYS.
state Legislature Adjourns Friday
Tried to Move Capital but
Failed

Plerre, >. ~, Marcu f.-iAI Cne
opening of today's session of the house
a large crowd of spectators were
present, expecting fight on the capi
tai removal measure, but in this they
we're disappointed. The agreement
which broke the deadlock of Saturday
night prevented any discussion, the
bill simply coming up AS a special or
der and passing by n vote of 81 to 26
without any discussion.
The house then took up action on
house bills and passed the bills to
compel ROAD overseers to fill Il abandon-
ed wells and excavations in their dis
t-;ots, to permit incorporated towns
and villages to be set aside in separate
voting precincts; appropriating $1,000
deficiency for house employees; author
izing county commissioners to offer
Il reward of not to exceed $500 in any
one case for arrest and conviction of
stock rustlers.
The barber license bill was lost, but
reconsidered, and will come up again
tomorrow
The apporticnment committee could
not agree upon a measure, and both
the majority and minority were per-
mitted to introduce bills. The former
provides for forty three senator's and
eighty-siN representatives, while the
latter provides for forty.three sena-
tors and eighty-one representatives.
AS II time saver resolution was
adopted TO consider all bills passed i'll
the future to have the cinch motion
applied to them unless objection be
raised.
The special committee appointed to
investigate the failure of w. G. Eower.
chief clerk two years ago, to return
the written journal, reported that he
had filed the same in the office of the
secretary of state today.
The appropriation committee report
i. ed eavorably on the bill of j. b. Nc
Cloud, of Hermosa, for expenses of
keeping troops. fixing the amount at
$500, which he has agreed to accept
The bill for codiiication CT the laws
was favorably reported.
An effort to secure the printing of
$50 copies of the journal of Saturday
for distribution was voted down 10y
the capital removal crowd.
The senate passed senate bills to
prescribe penalties for adulteraing in
toxicating liquors, and appropriating
$1,000 to Fred T. Evans in full for all
claims against the state for construc
tion of the soldiers home.
The capital removal bill went down
to the senate and was given it's first
and second reading, and the test came
on motion to refer. The removal
crowd asked that it go to the commit
tee on elections and privileges, and
the opposition asked that it go to the
committee on state affairs, and on a
vote it went to the state affairs COM
mittee by vote of % to Is. The sem
timent, which was strongly for Mitch
ell yesterday, is swinging back, and
today it looks as if the measure is
killed. The test vote was Sc strong
that the minority declared ITS inten.
tion to use clubs and kill ever7 meas.
ure the majority desires, especially in
\ the way of special appropriations
which require 30 votes to carry.
Pierre, March 6.--By vote of 81 tc
IA, more than two to one, the bill tc
remove the capital from Pierre has
bSen put to sleep, and thereby ends
the most sensational figf lof the pres
ent session of the legisl' fire.
Il was bitter contest while it last
cd, and was fought most stubbornly
while It was on by both sides. Bu-
the friends of the present capital wor
out, and they are correspondingly
happy.
I For s time during the strife it looked
as though Pierre would lose, and thai
Mitchell would have a chance to show
her strength of popularity at the poll:
when the matter should be referred te
the people, but now that is all past
i Pierre won and Mitchell lost.
When the bill came up the senat,
Z Tuesday after having passed the house
Major Stewart led the Pierre force
1 and moved to indefinitely postpon
q the measure. But not, however, unit
/; he knew positively that he had tn
/ majority with him.
AS part of the deal it was arrange,
that the pending special house ap
n propriation bills, also the house gen
eral appropriation bill, should be tax
sen up passed before the capital ques
tion. Every member asking an ap
preparation voted with the removers
those from the Black Hills an,
three of the four memuers iron
sBrOwn.