The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-02-24
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

WEDNESDAY, EHCCEE DIfHIS.
Pierre, S. D., Feb. 15.-Those who were
looking for fight on the capitol bill in
the house We're disappointed While II
number OF members made brief remarks,
| there was no set speech favori.Ig the
measure, which passed the house by d
vote OF "A to u.
Those who spoke for the measure were
Sutherland, Brown of Sanborn, Stokes of
| Butte Martin. Olson OF Moody, Madison,
Turner of Faux, Van Osdel, Craig and
I Holman. who said that different capital
| fights tad cost the state in different ways
enough to build two capitol buildings: and
Wilson of Huron, who supported the bill
| to forever stop the people Of Huron from
spending any more money chasing after
capital.
Other house bills passed were to in
/ crease the limitation Of county general
mutual insurance notes Illegally drawn:
making a state Inspector of liquors
/ ducing the minimum sentence for robbery
! from ten years TO one year.
The bill for state uniformity of text
! books was killed by a vote Of SO to 80.
1nis bill called out several speakers, all
! Ihoreson Of Minnehaha opposed the
measure as a graft bill, for which the
members would have to answer to their
constituents il they passed it.
| Among the house bills presented the
! principal enc was 10 prevent hunting dogs
i from running at large from April TO Sep
! TENDER, and Il bill TO amend law passed
/ earlier in the session TO allow cities 10
/ condemn property outside their limits for
waterWorks purposes. This was a Dead
! wood hiti, and its amendment is attempted
I by persons who desire to retain the use
/ OF the waters of ELK creek.
The house state affairs committee favor
ably reported the resolution for a constilu-
I tioaai amendment to increase The salary
of legislative members, fixing the limit al
! $500 for a session
The hottest tight of the session ragged in
| the senate from O'Clock until at night
| over the report of the committee on rules
for indefinite postponement of the nitia-
/ a plp Law
! Lawson started the battle by motion
| to adopt the report and Wesley asked that
with it go to the judiciary committee.
Lawson declared this only to be for de-
! lay, and argued the illegally of the pc
ttion.
Erieberg desired the reference, and Rice.
the leader of the primary forces took the
| floor. He spoke for over an hour, dcnounc-
ing the report of the committee in every
particular. and strongly denounced the eff
fort to throttle the will of the people.
Brasson followed, supporting the report,
declaring the move of those back of the
petition being desire TO stab in the back
the present congressional delegation and
Senator kittredge.
Hutchinson Dillon and Cassill opposed
the report, with Robertson, Wagner and
/ Toy supporting 1t, the close of the debate
being d hot exchange of compliments be-
tween Lawson and Cassil
The motion to refer to the judiciary COM
! mittee was defeated, % to 20, and the re-
port of the committee was adopted, "a to
/ 30.
! The senate passed number of bills, the
4 principal of which were to make hunters
licenses good o ly in the county where is
sued, making it misdemeanor to pur-
4 chase old metal from miners, appropriate
ing $4,000 for live stock exhibit building
at Mitchell and increasing the wolf
/ bounty from 5000 to So 600 per year.
/ The Warmcst contest yet had in the SEN
tie was that yesterday over the bin to
provide for farmers institutes, which con-
tanned a provision for the crcuia ton
fl nf nj q
q hand book The fight ended in the send
ing of the bill back to the agricultural
committee, The bill was opposed by Stcd-
dard and Wesley in the provisions for
hand books. Stoddard took the position
that no farmer would read the book, if
sent to him. that farmers read only their
agricultural papers and newspapers, and
, when they receive book lay it away afeer
looking at the binding and the pictures.
/, Vessey said that when a farmer received {,
book he laid it upon shelf where 1t re-
manned until it was covered with dust, md
ii would be fclly 10 appropriate money for
the circulation Of these books among
them.
Lighter defended the bill as a whole,
and declared that the farmers did read. "
Bonney opposed the bill, which was sup
ported by Lightner and Iiranson, but went
back to committee on motion of Rice, sup
ported by CasSili.
), Fr.eberg led the fight on the bill to IN
t to $40, 600 per year. He has introduced a
i bill to wipe out al wolf bounty, and took
the position that bounty bill was only
VI for the benefit of three or four counties,
and they should pay their own bounties.
The bill promises to bring on strong
fight before it closes up, as did the original
+. lbll, in which the IS, 600 provision was Sc
. cured.
house bill which has passed contains a
$ provision which, If enacted into law, al,
!. lows court to be he'd in TWO counties OF
!, the same circuit at the same time: 1T al
lows Judge with an oVercroWded calen-
: dar to call in a judge of another circuit
| who is slack on work, to hold terms FOL
: him even though the judge of the c.rcui
: Is holding a term in some other county a.
i the same time. It's intent is to allow the
n overcrowded judge to secure help from an
n other Judge who has time to spare.
: The anti-treating bill which has been In
$ troduced in the house, makes 1t misde
n meanor for anyone to treat at public
+ bar, ana provides the same penalty for {
It sa,oonkepeer or bartender to allow suct
practice The bill has the Endorsement O.
the A1,ti-Saloon league, and Rev. MI
: Havens the superintendent of that league
will appear before the temperance com
II mittee in favor Of the bill.
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