The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-24
At PIERRE
Doings Of the Legislature
Down at the Capital.

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Pierre, Feb. 20--When the phi
mary election petition came MP
in the senate last Thursday
that body adopted the majority re-
port by vote of "a TO 2l after one of
the hottest and most personal lights
OF the session The committee on
rules, which has had the matter in
hand since the opening Of the legls-
lalure, found in an exhaustive report
that the petition plainly bore upon
It's face the marks oi mutilation and |
manipulation and was of entirely |
different form than when signed by
the purported petitioners; 1T finds |
that there we're not over 5000 abso.
lutely legal names upon the petition:
it finds Implications of names, among
which we're the names of Senators
Fl q. Shaber and z. II. Cassel, two
advocates OF the bill, aud A. NJ Os-
born, publisher of the primary league
paper; it finds the names OF those who
are not voters; it finds that i'm many
cases the agents who circulated the
petitions were paid so much per name
and that IN many cases the copy of
the law did not accompany the Pc
ton.
The primary bill came out OF the
hands of the house committee Friday
and came up in the house Saturday,
and majority report aud minority
report beng presented, the question:
was upon motion to sustain the ma
jorltY report which was against the
bill, this was amended to substitute
the minority. This brought on a
warm discussion and resulted In the
adoption OF the minority report by d
vote of 4S to 38. Thus the primary
petition carried in the house.
1t would appear that the action of
the senate has killed the petition for
this session, as under the rules it is
questionable if a measure once Gin
definitely postponed" can come IN
again 10 the same session, and if it
did There is little question but what
the senate will stand pat,
1t is proposed to enact by way of q
sn bstltute good caucus law along
the lines suggested by Gov. Elrod IN
his message. Representative Hol-
man has introduced bill along this
line practically embodying the pri-
mary principle, hut not going to the
extent Of providing for direct nomi.
nations.
The Holman bill provides that the
state and county conventions OF all
parties shall be held on the same day
and that the preliminary caucuses OF
primaries OF the various parties shall
also be held simultaneously. Both
the primaries and conventions are tC
i'e under state regulation. The prl-
maries are to be held at the regula,
polling places. Blank ballots are tC
be furnished by the county auditor
If printed tickets are used they mus,
be printed on paper furnished ty the
auditor. Provision is made for chal
, longing, and challenged voters mus,
make oath as totheir party affiliation
The measure gives promise II doing
away With much OF the evils OF tn.
informal caucus system, while con
serving the best features OF the con
ventions.
On Saturday the house dealt /;
blow at the bucket shops by passing
the Foster bill making the operation
of bucket shops or places for dealing
in futures a mlsdemeano1.
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Pierre, Feb 23-When the pr,mar,
. bill came up in the house Tuesda,
: for final passage there was no discus
SION and passed by majority OF
!. zone.
:, Wednesday being Washington
birthday and legal holiday ther
:, was 10 session of the legislature, bu
an appropriate program was rendere
in the senate IN the afternoon.
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