Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
LEGISLATORS HAVE A BRUSH
Aberdeen Norm1l Brings on fight Against
Bills Of This Glass.
SCHOOL MEASURE GETS A BAcKsET
Proposition TO Pay Regents of state
Board of Education n salary
Develops nOthe Contest
In the House.

PIERRE. S. D., Feb. 2.-CSpecial Tele-
gram)-In the senate today the committee
on agriculture reported favorsbly on the
bill to pay members of the state fair board
500 each annually, as were bills complet-
ing the adoption Of the codes. Senate billie
were passed by the senate 10 appropriate
$1,000 for iuel and maintenance, deficiency
at State university, appropriating 81, 200 de-
fciency in fund for taking prisoners to the
penitentiary. pre- iding Tor publication OF
codes Of this session. providing for put
ting the code iBto force and house bill
making the larceny Of livestock of any
value grand larceny.
On motion Of Abel the senate coucurred
In the house resolution for a joint memo
rial session to commemorate the birthdays
Of Washington and Lincoln on February IL
and a committee Of Abel, Burke and Nc
Caughey were appointed to act with a
house committee to arrange a program.
Important new senate bills introduced
were by Dillon, by request. fixing freigh,
rates on ccal; by Soney. to prohibit the
sale of tobacco to minors; by Dillon, relat-
ing TO granting of ferry leases: by Abel,
liking the salary of the commissioner of the
Soldiers home at 50 per day; by Bennett,
repeating the law which prohibits sending
printing contracts outside the state; by
Dillon, appropriation of 100000 for build
ings at Yankton insane asylum.
The house was the storm center of tho
day. and the fact that there was trouble
ahead became apparent before the call to
order, each side working up it's following
industriously up to the hour OF meeting.
The committees reported bills which had
been examined by them, among which were
a favorable report for an appropriation Of
$4,000 for an exhibit at st. Louis and an
unfavorable report on the leasN bill which
the range interests are fighting. with a mi
nortty report in its favor.
This was followed by action on reports
presented yesterday, among the first OF
which was the bill to appropriate $45, 900
for a dormitory at the Aberdeen. Normal
school. Chairman Longstaff of the appro.
priations ommitt moved the adoption of
a favorable report and announced that the
board Of regents, of education and others
who were in a position to know declared
this bill to be a necessity. HI was fol-
lowed b. a motion on the part Of Burn
stad of Codington to defer action on the re-
port until Monday, February 20.
starts First Fight.
This starred the first real fight OF the ses-
sion, in which Gross, Brown of Sanborn
and Price supported the motion of Burn,
stad for delay, with Longstaff and Red
ding for immediate action. After consid-
cradle wrangling the .Burnstad motion ear
ried by SO to 30. This is a victory for the
anti-appropriationlsts crowd, but cannot be
looked upon as their strength, as many
votes for the motion came from appropria-
tion counties which were opposed to push
Ing the Aberdeen bill ahead of their own
measures, wanting ALI to come up to-
gether.
Inc principal house bills introduced were
oy Rogde, TO provide for a State Board Of
Medical Examiners to be appointed by the
governor; by May, giving all postmasters
power to administer oaths: by Price, by re-
quest, a copy Of the Illinois Torrens Iand
title system and appropriating s135. 900 for
a building at the Yankton insane asylum:
by Longstaf, to prevent any state officer or
empfoye from securing supplies from. any
concern in which he has an interest.
The bill to provide salaries of 81. 900 ne,
year each for members of the Board of Re,
gents of Education called out another fight
and a motion to postpone action on ,be
measure was only defeated by a majorit,
OF one the vote being 30 to 80. But OF
maj passage 1t received a vote Of 80 to I.
against.
Other house bills passed we're to increas,
the compensation OF county commissioner,
10 81 per day; to provide penalties for will.
tully divulging the contents of a telephone
or telegraph message; fixing the limit of
days kill Of game birds at fifteen. and pro.
viding means of restoration Of DESTROYED
realsestate records.