Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-07
DEADLOCK on MANY BILLS
DAKOTA Legislature Waiting on Report o
Conference Committee.
ALL OTHER BUSINESS is CLEARED UP
Each House Picks out Its Most stub
born Members to Make sure
There IL No Yielding and
Then waits.

PIERRE, S. D., March Especial Tele-
gram.)-The house started in this morn
ing with a long calendar and kept a steady
grind until about 3 o'clock, when the work
was practically completed. as the horseplay
commeL ed, which will be kept up until a
late hour tonight. after some kind of an
agreement is reached on a general appro-
p~riation bill. How long this will take re-
mains to be seen, as the conference COM
mittee of each house was selected for its
staying powers. The senate conferees are
M%cDougall. Friborg, Lawson, Williamson
and Northrup, while the house conferces
are Longsta1. Trumm, Craig, Allen and
Gross.
The house ground out laws providing pen
alties for offering a premium TO secure a
life insurance policy; fixing the compen-
sation for county superintendents OF boards
of health; appropriatink $50, 900 to pay wolf
bounty defciencies; providing an appropria-
tion Of s.. 900 for a sewer at the deaf mute
school at Sioux Falls; providing for a state
deficiency tax levy Of 1 mill on the dollar;
providing for organization of societies TO
prevent cruelty to animals, and a number
of minor laws. BY some means the house
bill passed yesterday utorning to tax min
ing stock failed TO get into the senate until
this morning, which made it too late TO
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Allen, the introducer Of the bill, today
moved the appointment of a committee to
Investigate the reasons and Messrs. Allen.
Craig and Carroll we're appointed as such
committee, a report being returned by
them later to the effect that the clerk had
taken down bills passed just prior to and
after the tax bill, duplicating the clerk
in the work, but making no specific charges
as to why. The bill to allow wholesale
druggists 20 sell. liquor, without license,
which was killed a few days ago, came
back from the senate as a new bill and
Allen moved indefinite postponement. as
the house had thrown the first bill through
the ceiling and he saw no reason why
this one should not follow, which it did.
Several days ago the senate adopted a
resolution raising pay Of all employees and
clerks so cents per day from the agreed
price for both houses al the opening OF the
session, but the house refused to take any
such action. The raise in the senate ne
cessitated a new appropriation bill to meet
the additional expense and it was hurriedly
passed in the senate and sent to the house,
That body, refuced to pass the senate bill
until 1t had been pared to a point where
the 50-cent raise could not be met. and as a
result. unless the senators pay the raise
themselves, the anticipated extra will not
cone to the senate clerks.
The senate today held a short session,
passing a few unimportant house bills which
had been left on it's calendar, and took an
adjournment until night - wait for action
on the general appropriation bill.
The present session Will be a record
breaker in the fact that both houses cleared
their calendars OF all bills before the after
noon adjournment, leaving only conference
work for the night session, besides the
usual horseplay. THE total appropriations
) of the session outside of the general bill,
are 1867 III. 13.-G.
Governor Herreid tonight appointed and
the senate confirmed Thongs Fitch of Mill
bank and A. G.. Stuver Of Kimball as com
missioners OF the Soldierst Home board. to
I'LL vacancies by expiration OF the terms OF
A. Vanesdell and Harvey Gunderson,