Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09


animal industry on the needs of dip
Ding bill for South Dakota. He said
that few people We're aware of the
spread of seabies east of the Missouri
river, and that reports from agents in
the field showed that 60 per cent of
the herds of cattle between the Mis-.
souri, and the James rivers were af.
aected, and that the disease extended
to the state line. Unless active work
Of wiping out the disease were carried
on, either under state or government
inspection, he declared that close
government quarantine would be estab.
lished for the whole state, which would
mean that no cattle could be taken
across the state line until they were
accompanied with certificate that
they had been twice dipped.
The report on the capitol building
bill was taken up, and on motion of
Sutherland was made special order
for next Tuesday at o'clock.
House bills introduced We're: By
Carroll, providing for publication of
new laws in supplement form in news
papers of the state; by Bly,, extending
the term of years for text book chang
es from five to ten; by Wilson, by re
quest, allowing owners. of threshing
machines to carry insurance for the
benefit of their patrons instead of Civ
Ing bond.
The joint resolution for constitution
al amendment to allow counties to en-
gage in drainage work was passed.
The senate passed the Stoddard bill
requiring owners of motor vehicles to
register and number their machines,
and followed that with the first dis.
play of fireworks of the session, on the
Joint resolution memorialiZing con-
gress for the election of United States
senators by a popular vote. The cleo
tons committee had returned an I'M
favorable report, and Toy moved adop-
tion. Cook moved as a substitute that
it be referred to the federal relations
committee, but his motion was defeat
ed
Rice took up the proposition that
the people themselves were better able
to judge who they desired for sena-
tors than was the legislature, and
claimed that the present system leads
to corruption in the selection of sena-
tors. Abel did not believe that the
state legislature gained anything by
suggesting amendments to the nation
al Constitution. Toy assailed the reso-
2ution as Populist measure. Lawson
opposed the resolution as something
which had no standing except in the
Democratic state platform, and that
he had not been sent to the legislature
TO place his seal of approval on such
Democratic doctrine. He closed with
a tribute to Senators Kittredge and
Allison. On roll call the adverse COM
of 35 to Z.
The principal new senate bills We're:
BY Cassill, providing for farmers in
,stitutes and allowing counties to ap-
propriate 5000 for the purpose; by
Johnson, fixing the exemption limit for
a single person at $3.50. and providing
for organization and control of trust
companies.
The senate Monday cleared large
calendar of senate bills The only new
measure added was by Lightner, allow
ing the use of force of arms to prevent
the stop of convicts or to stop attacks
by them on their keepers.
In the calendar cleared were bills to
provide an appropriation for Lieut..
Gov. Snow for opening the session of
the senate; appropriating the proceeds
of the South Carolina bonds to the
state university; providing for the
placing of proceeds of any gifts to the
state into the state treasury; provid-
ing for the division of wards into vot-
ing precincts; appropriating $500 for
land Office filing fees on state endow-
ment lands; making abandonment Of
family misdemeanor; and fixing the
liability of banks on forged paper at
six months from the time the paper is
returned to the customer.
The senate passed house bills appro-
priating $3.50 deficiency at the sol
diers' home and a joint resolution me-
morialiZing congress for the protection
of the banks of the Missouri river.
appropriate $500 emergency def
cheney appropriation for the spearfish
normal school, which was required to
keep that school in operation after this
week; the bill legalizing liquor licenses
in towns which had failed to vote on
the license question the last two years,
and making it the duty of school dis
trict officers to plant and protect trees
and shrubs on school grounds.
Bowel moved to indefinitely post
poned the last mentioned of these bills,
which brought Kribs, Jackson and Car
roll to it's defense and it passed by a
vote of So to %.
The only house bill passed by the
house was the one providing regula-
tons for examinations Of teachers, to