The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-02-20
A STATE FLOWER.
At Last South naketa is Equipped Il
this Respect.

oils journal Pierre Correspondent Wh'
is said to be Doane Robinson.
The valued policy. the rcvenuepiils.
in fact every other Thing of Legislative
intcrcstwent far downinto the gloomy
shade when thestateilower bill reacit,-
its third reading in '}ie house never
before have the representatives
been wrought UP to such u pltcii o'
excitement. Not be;ore y Hia'orN'
sublime and impressive flowed from
so many lips. 1t vas as il the lu5'ife
destiny Of the great-grellsst Per
capita-state hang in tie balairic.
During all these years South OAK
ota has been struggling along With-
ont y floral emblem, all unconscious
of the aweful lack until last au''tln
.Pansv" Hopkins, the unterfileo
hard of Canton, discovered the ach-
ing void andtwith Characteristic en-
orgy and self-sacrifice threw hlmseli
into the breach. Undismayed oy ui.-
toward circumstances, the singer OF
tho Sioux took up the campaign IN
tho interest of the ~so-cal9ed crocus
the pasoue, tanemone patensl, ana
oot, the homely but persistent HUE
thing recommended by the q
too.hnr.s association and also clrcu-
1.ted netltions to the teachers aho
children of the state who nave SEM
them in large numbers to the legs,
lature. The senate passed the Dill
and it was fayorably reported by the
house committee and everything
moved asst g~reasedfo the occasion un-
till third reading was reached IN the
house.
AZ, this critical juncture in tue
life of any bill the judicial branch OF
the state government ma'iclously,
unjustifably and unconstitutlonal'y
trespassed upon the right of the leg
islatiye branch and brought grief TO
the "Pansy" fostered anomone patehs.
Presiding Judge Haney. OF the su.
.preme court is the arch consplrato'
in the trespass and in spite Of hi;
efforts at concealment his every ACT
in the premises is known. He mrs
called Longstan to his chambers an,
there exhibited to him a bulletin o.
the state agricultural college, whic.
denounced the aforesaid anemone a:
the enemy Of the sheep industry in.
as-much Is the seed pods OF tht-
flower formed hair balls in the stom-
achs OF the sheep which frequently
proved fatal.
And now exclaimed the Judge. ''Sup-
pose you I'LL the flock with hairballs
and the shepherds with highballs, will
O tell me what is to become OF this
great industry? Destroy the great
sheep industry and you destroy South
pakota's position as the greatest per
capita"
This was enough for L0ngstaf, and
Fastening back to his place upon the
door he caught the eye of the speaker
at the opportune moment and before
It was too late interposed an amend
ment to substitute the suntlower for
the basque.
Then ensued the scene of wild eA-
element afore mentioned. Mullen
denounced the sunflower as a miser-
able weed and Bromley retorted that
it was not the arch enemy of the
sheep industry. Longstaff recited
Judge Honey's speech verbatim aud
with excellentoratorica effect. Teare
Goddard, Bromley, Mullen, Lawson
Kribs and WEIGH each took a fall on!
of the suntiower and it went down.
An attempt to substitute the Aber-
deem roller mill -four failed ignomin-
iously.and WEIGH, in writing, proposed
to adopt the rose and another wild
scramble ensued in which tue house
was more or less scratched up by the
last candidate which, upon a vote,
Joined the sunflower which adorned
the outer side of the outer wall.
The friends of the anamone patens
here forced the fighting with the clio
sure and as the roll was about to be
called it was discovered that the bill
had not been engrossed and it went
over and with forty-eight hours lobby
ing no man can forecast the result.
The third house is likely to bring
Judge Haney before its bar for zen
sure.
Pierre. Feb. l7.I(Special to the
Argus-Leader.)-It is q mistake to
presume that the adoption Of . state
flower and motto is not an important
matter so far as the legislature is com
cerned. The house spent $1,000 In
time trying to substitute the Sum
tower for the Anemone, the Wild.
Rose for the Sunfiower, and lastly.
the Russian Thistle for the Rose.
All Of these aroused prejudice and.
finally after putting the matter over
from Saturday till Monday they re-