Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-02

mary election Dill. was up on commit
tee report. Stokes. chairman of the
elections committee, moved the adop.
ton OF the adverse report. This was
opposed by Turner of Faull1, one of
the committee, with minority favor
able report. Carol led the debate
with speech against the report and
was followed by Turner of Faulk, both
setting aside as puerile the commit
tees objections to the petition.
Holman followed in defense of the
committees action, declaring that the
committe carefully considered the pc.
tition and found it so full of flaws that
they could not consider it legal petit
ton. Rodge also spoke for the CON-
mite report and declared that it show
ed evidence that the portion of the law
in regard to county local option HAD
been inserted after the petitioners
names had been secured
Apland, one of the quiet members,
then attacked the majority report, and
he received close attention while he
took a strong stand for the primary
law. The final vote of the house on
the proposition showed the report de-
feated by AZ to 3S.
This merely makes record, as the
whole matter was killed for the ses-
sion by the senate action.
The only other business of the house
was the presentation of a few bills, the
principal of which were: By the live
stock committee, to repeal the law
4Lo j,,d
ciary committee, to allow clerks of
court to adjourn matters to circuit
court in the absence of the Judge and
a peddler's license bill by Wolsemuth.
The senate held short session,
merely presenting new bills, by the ap-
preparation committee, appropriating
$4,000 for printing and by Doering,
for a liquor license law allowing a Ii
cense vote, if taken, to stand until
voted down. An adjournment was
taken to listen to the house discussion
on the primary bill.
The senate session Monday was
short few new bills being intro
duced, the principal of which were:
To provide for a special attorney to
attend grand juries when regular
states attorney is disqualified, and to
prevent the sale of stocks of merchan-
disc in fraud to creditors.
The senate passed the house bill to
provide for determining adverse claims
to real estate, and senate bills to pro-
vide for the teaching of the effects of
alcohol on the human system, in pub
lie schools; to allow boards of equali-
cation to place on tax list property
which has escaped assessment; and
sheriff's fee bill.
The primary election law comes up
in the house tomorrow, and will be
pushed by the friends of the measure,
who hope to get it back into the SEN
ate for another fight.
The bill to allow wholesale druggists
to sell liquor to dealers without license
called out a fight in which Craig,
Brown of Sanborn and Madison op-
posed the measure, and were supported
by Turner of Brown, Kribs, Holman,
Rodge and Mccain. The bill failed as
an emergency measure, but passed
with the emergency stricken off.
Inc Only Dlll It'll III LIZ llOuoO
was by Hebal, to reduce the penalty on
delinquent taxes to one-half of one per
cent a month.
The house temperance committee re-
ported favorably the bill to allow IL
cense vote to stand when once secured
until it has been voted dawn, and the
anti-tfeating bill without recommends
ton.
The committee report on the Irvine
plant and shirt factory at the peniten-
tiary was opposed by Thoreson and
Olson of Moody, was was an effort 70
sidetrack the Irvine plant, but was sup
ported by the committee and finally
went over until tomorrow for consid-
GRAFTON.
The Charles Mix county seat scrap
was sent back to the judiciary com
mittee, where it will be allowed to die
in committee pigeon-hole.
On motion Of Peterson, the 25th was
set as the last date for receiving new
bills.
House bills passed were: To require
population of $50 before town can
incorporate; the irrigation code; piao-
ing the waters on or crossing high
WAYS under control of road overseers;
authorizing county and state boards OF
equalization to go back of assessment
returns and employ tax ferrets; and
requiring the state to in the future ac-
'uuire absolute title to lands before ex *
pending money thereon.
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A large crowd that gathered in the
house chamber, Tuesday in antic1pa-
ton of a fight over the primary cleo
ton bill met with DISAPPOINTMENT.
The clerk read the bill, and not a
members attempted to secure the