Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-02-21
Gbe Legislature
Proceedings Of the Lawmakers
az tho South Dakota Capital
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
/ Pierre, S. D., Feb. 1.-THE valued
| policy bill occupied the center of che
stage yesterday, and incidentally ths
house drew all the patronage from thu
lobbyists and curious.
The valued policy measure was IN
! troduced by the insurance committee
without recommendation. An attempt
was made to refer IL TO the engrossing
committee, which brought out nerce
opposition on the part of Bromley ana
Longstaf, who championed a betliger-
ent minority. Finally IL was sent 10
the engrossing committee over the
heads OF the opposition and was re-
ported back for final passage In the
regular order of business
1t has DEVELOPED chat the senate Is
| opposed to the valued policy bill, and
while the minority there VIII put up a
brilliant fight for II, there Is some doubt
whether or no IL will be able 10 pass. Al
all events the n will be pretty sure
| to turn down the bill unless some nome
influence is brought strongly TO bear
on some Of it's opponents.
Senate billions pet bill, whlch pro-
vided for the creation of a special main
tenance fund for Yankton asylum, was
defeated i'm the house on a tie vote. Inc
minority report fayOring the Dill was
rejected and the majority report was
adopted.
Anti-Free Range Bill Defeated.
Ex-Land Commissioner EaStmans
anti-free range bill met it's Waterloo
when the judiciary committee reported
| adversely TO 1t and the bill was indeh-
nitely tabled. Sc much oppositia~l
developed against the bin that its
friends have lost hope for 1T. Eastman
threw on the Old Guard, however, in the
shape OF q circular, which was FOUND
on the house members desks yesterday,
strongly denouncing the stock interests
west OF the river. and alleging that they
were holding up the educational inter-
ests Of the state for their own personal
benefit. The billet doux proved inter-
estlng to the stockmen, and many OF
the folders were pocketed for future
reference.
Christian Scientists Heard.
The medical examiners bill, somewhat
amended, was reported yesterday. Even
| the valued policy vas oYershadoWed
when the Christian Scientists, forty
strong, descended on the Legislature
and demanded recognition. 1t was no
the intention at any time to make It's
penalties applicable to the Christian
Science cult, but the latter, fearing
trouble, secured the insertion OF a
clause which reads: This act shall
not apply to Christian Scientists, as
such, while they do not practice med
| icine, surgery or obstetrics by material
means, and the dove of peace again
COOS placidly so far as that branch OF
the worship is concerned.
The itinerant physicians represented
here by DIR. Buck Of Aberdeen, find
much to condemn in the bill. Specihcal-
ly their objections go to the provisions
| which require hat the applicant for a
| license must have q o years course
in a medical college recognized by the
board OF medical examiners, or to q
| four years requirement at all from those
| who graduated before 1901. The limit
i'm the bill is 1896. They object to any
| portion of the examination being con-
Quoted orally; and ask that an applica-
cant who has been rejected shall
have an appeal to the courts. They
also object to the reciprocity clause In
the matter of recognizing certificates
| from other states; and require that the
| revocation of q license shall be made
only upon the testimony Of two or more
witnesses not in anywise related.
They particularly object to the word
'unprofessional" and want to substitute
immoral" and to that definition Of un-
professional conduct which provides
| that or steerers" shall not be
permitted they are especially opposed,
or these objections the only ono
which appears to find a hold upo the
members is the one In relation to an
| appeal from the adverse notion of the
board.
The senate passed the bill appointing
| county as solicitors for
famine contributions. Seven other
minor bills went through.
The business session of the Legislature
will be brief today, lasting only an
hour, after which memorial exercises
for Washington, Lincoln and Mckinley
will be The order of the day. The valued
| policy bill was slated for final passage
i'm the house today, but there is some
doubt whether there Will be time
enough to let the bill through, II Its
friends say let 1t rest a day.