The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-10-27

prove that Sen. Cooley secured
the passage of the appropriation
for the dormitory at the Spring
held Normal school after meeting
and surmoupting every obstacle,
delay and difficulty that could be
sircwn in its path. No partisan
republican senator could have
forced the passage of this bill
III may have been a bitter fight,
but the senate records don't show
il The bill on final passage re-
ceiycd So votes for, 4 votes against,
and ) absent and not voting. Not
! very close shave surely. The
;aet is there was no special fight
On this specific bill. A combina-
lion was made early in the session
70 force the passage of special APP
preparations for nearly every pub
lie institution in the state. and the
senator and representatives of this
county joined that combination.
The bills all stood on an equal
footing. and if one failed they
would all fail. The result is that
he state now has a floating debt
oil 100000 besides the S2So,ooo,
and the state treasurer in his re-
concentrations to the governor
warns the Legislature against future
extravagant appropriations.
Whether these large appro-
pFiations were or we're not justi6a-
bic is not the point that we are
COW discussing, but If they were
our representatives are simply en-
n.Ied to the credit of joining a
combination to pass them all. II
they were not j~usti6able, then
Messrs. Cooley, koenig n d
Berndt must stand their share of
the responsibility for the debt in
cured, as they supported all Of
he appropriations in exchange
Tor support for their own."-Scot-
and Citizen Republican.
Alas. alasl Bro. Bliss, and we
snow yon mean to be good, but
We still maintain that the article
you icicr to was the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the
ruth. We nave before us both
aouse and senate journals. Well.
you know If you have examined
the records, that the fate of the
Springfield Normal school dormi-
tory appropriation bill designated
Senate Bill No. IS, upon the first
ballot was lost. 1t was there, as
in our previous article stated, that
Bon Homme county's senator,
James p. Cooley, Congressman
Koenig and Bcrndt accomplished
what seemed the impossibility of
securing its reconsideration. Right
at this point this bill hung by a
thread las stated in last weeks is
sue OF the Springfield Times.l We
quote the following from the
House journal:
"Mr. Jackson moved: That the vote
by which House Bill No. IS was lost,
be reconsidered, which motion ere
vailed. The question being. Shall
House Bin No. SO passY' And the roll
oeing called, there were yeas, So,
there were nays, %, absent and not
voting, 5. excused, 2. And so the bill
having received the Affirmative votes
OF t%wo-thirds OF all the members elect,
Mr.. Speaker declared the bill passed"
The bare majority which any OF our
readers note by actual figures was Sc
cured by wheeling into line sufficient
DEMOCRATIC votes, hence the state
mcnt in The Independent. No parti-
san republican senator could have
forced the passage OF this bill. It's
fnal passage was not in doubt.
Bunched. MS the Citizen-a Republican
states, with other appropriation bills,
and the legislative body having a
large republican majority proceeded
TO appropriate everything In sight, as
they will do as long as they have con
troll. Bro. Bliss ratiiies this latter
statement, and we wonder that he
docs cot join the party OF reform.