Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-27
DAKOTA LEGISLATORS iBUs>
Senate IN Quiet, but the House Mem
bers I'm q Contentious
Mood.

PIERRE, S. D., Feb. 26.-(Special Tele-
gram. )-Anotrer rush OF new bills came into
the senate today, the principal ones being
to reduce the number OF papers in which
insurance statements shall be printed in
each judicial circuit to one; by Robertson,
to appropriate money for building at peni-
tertiary and at the deaf mute school.
The senate passed the following house
bills: Increasing fees for lease or purchase
Of state lands; providing for restoration OF
destroyed records affecting real titles; re-
lating to redemption Of unpatented mining
claims! providing for selection of Jurors in
counties organized into civil townships;
providing penalties for the giving OF liq-
uor to minors and inebriates; authorizing
the issue of ~refunding bonds by boards Of
education without submitting to a vote: pro-
hibiting the killing OF large game except
from November 10 to December Is Of each
year; the peddler license bill was passed
after exempting sewing machine and piano
agents from its provisions and reducing
the fees.
The Sunday observance bill created a
furry. Moody moving indefinite postpone
ment. which failed. Boyland opposed 1t as
a matter which should be left to every
mans conscience to settle for himself, and
1t was anally sent back to the judiciary
committee without action.
The house was in a scrappy mood and
started on the adverse report OF the grain
dockage bill, which Scobell moved to change
to a favorable report. Price asked that the
change be made to bring the bill up for
consideration. and stated that the commit
tee which considered II was composed OF
three farmers and three grainmen and d.
vided evenly in regard to the value of the
bill. Potter, Elliott, Couutryman, Craig
and Allen opposed a change in the COM
mittee report, as they did not see any good
in the bill declaring that the farmer would
be injured instead Of benefited by It, but
vote Of IS TO 81.
Welch attempted to secure reconsidera-
tion of the Lawson wholesale druggists
bill, which was killed in the house yester-
day, but failed by a vote OF SO to 20.
The next fight was in the Ninth judicial
circuit bill. including the counties Of Beadle,
SPHINX. Kingsbury and Noner. called out a
sharp tilt between Longstan Of BeadIe and
Brown OF sanborn, in which the question
of veracity took a prominent part regard
less Of the gavel work OF the speaker.
Teare and Goddard favored the bill, while
Carroll and Craig asked for delay, but It
was pushed to a vote. carrying by 81 to II.
The appropriation OF ;35. 900 for an ex-
hibit at st. Louis passed by n to 7, after
an attempt to amend to $25 900 failed.
The house passed the senate bill TO su-
thorize the State Board OF Charities to dis
pose OF certain lands at the reform school
and purchase others.
The principal new house bills, not senate
duplicates. were to fix salaries Of registers
of deeds and county auditors. and make
terms OF town officers three years.
The first move on the question Of cap
ital removal repeal came in the house to-
day in a notice by Price Of a motion to
amend the rules to allow suspension OF
rules by a majority vote. This will bring
morrow.