The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-02-24

ton of the adverse report. This was
opposed by Turner Of Faulk, one Of
the committee, with a minority favor
able report. Carol led the debate
with a speech against he report, and
was followed by Turner OF Faux, 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 80 full Of flaws that
| they could not consider it a legal petit
ton. Rodge also spoke for the COM
mite report INC declared that it show
ed evidence that the portion Of the law
in regard to county local option had
been inserted after the petitioners
ame had been secured.
Apland, one Of the quiet members.
then attacked the majority report, and
he received close attention while he
ooh 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.
HIS Ia ely IHAhNS toiN oo ,ho
whole matter was killed for the SEES
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
against killing beavers: by the Judi
ciary committee, to allow clerks OF
.D,r+ 70 aIin,rp ,portnrC m circuit
court in the absence of the Judge, and
a peddler's license bill by Wolsemuth.
The senate held a short session,
merely presenting new bills, by the APP
preparation committee, approprlatlnS
$4,000 for printing, and by Doering,
for "a liquor license law allowing a IL
| 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. a few new bills being intro
duced, the principal of which were:
To provide for a special attorney to
attend grand juries when regular
| SIdltS dttO1 litg IL 'HN ~
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.
a. ~ vlann ON fav iSf nrnnpTtV
which has escaped assessment; and
sheriff's fee bill.
The primary election law Up
in the house tomorrow, and Will be
pushed by the friends Of the measure,
who hope to get it Jack int 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 OPP
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.
The only bill introduced in the house
WAS ny I1cUdl, W lCduSS Nv pthoi.H VII
delinquent taxes to one-half OF one per
cent a month.
The house temperance committee re.
ported favorably the bill to allow a Ii.
cense vote to stand when once secured
until it has been voted down, and the
anti-treating bill without recommends
ton.
NJ 1Ara~~,+tnn rnnnyt nD tho tuPir a
| plant and shirt factory at the peniten'
/, tiary was opposed by Thoreson and
Olson of Moody. was was an effort to
sidetrack the Irvine plant, but was sup
ported by the committee and finally
went over until -morro for consid
Grafton.
The Charles Mix county seat scrap
was sem 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 We're: To require
q population of $50 before a town can
incorporate: the irrigation code: plac'
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.
Method in Il.