Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-23


state two hundred thousand dollars,
Thorson has heard of agents work
ing committee but as a member of
that committee has not seen an
agent, and if we pass this bill we
will have to answer to our constitu-
ents, and graft would creep into the
selection of books, bill killed $3.50.
HB 142, state capitol building,
appropriating $4,000 supervision
of Governor, Secretary of State,
State Auditor and Commissioner of
School and Public Lands, Suther-
land spoke for bill announcing the
procedure which had been taken up
to the present, Brown, of Sanborn,
never intended to in any way attempt
to block any move for state CAPT
tol building.
Stokes, of Butte, supported the
measure as something needed and
should be supported, Martin sup
ported the bill and asked that it be
passed unanimously, Holman, the
state needs the building and the
people of Yankton county want it.
Capital fights have cost the state
more than building and we want
to stop any further fights.
Oleson, of Moody, supported the
measure, grounds can be put in
shape for 81 900, Wilson, of Beadle,
supported it to save Huron ever hav-
ing the expense of any further fight.
Madison, all should vote for it.
Turner, of Faux, this is an oppor
tunity of making history, state off,
GERS should have final resting
place, VanOsdell went back into
ancient history and wanted action,
Craig favored submission two years
ago to settle capitol question. Pass
ed IA to IL.
lib 81, cutting out eight mile
county limitation of tax levy, raising
it to ten miles, Passed.
Senate Wednesday.
The senate made fine job Of
killing the primary election law
petition on Tuesday and with that
bone OF contention out of the way,
business will move along more
swiftly and smoothly. The debate
on the majority report of the COM
mittee on rules lasted for nearly
four hours and the final vote was
not taken until nearly 8 o'clock.
Rice, of Moody, led for the primary
people, speaking nearly an hour.
Other supporters of the petition
were Hutchinson, of Beadle, Dillon,
of Yankton, and Cassill, of Lincoln.
Lawson, Branson, Robertson, Wag
ner and Toy were leading speakers
for the majority. While the debate
grew decidedly. personal at times,
the bitterness was soon forgotten
and it is a fact that no big fight in
the senate for years has left less
personal i'll feeling behind it. The
fact is the advocates of the petitions
knew they were arguing a false
cause that the petitions were not in
single particular in legal form.
Mr.. Cassill, of Lincoln, admitted in
his speech that many of the sigma
lures were illegal, the only question
being as to the number. Mr.. Dillon
tried to create wrong impression
by claiming that the objection of the
majority to the sufhciency of the
signatures was based on the fact
that ditto marks were used by the
signers, but objected to such marks
when made by persons other than
the signers, as was done in hun
dreds of cases. The minority also
admitted that the petitions had
been torn asunder and that the FILL
ing in of the business, residence and
postoffice addresses of SO many
hundreds of the signers had been
done at Huron, long after the sigma
lures had been affixed by the cleo
tors. There was little attempt
either on the part Of the primary