Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-02-08
JUGGLING ANTI-PASS
BILL AT S. D. CAPITAL
Effort to Put 1t Into Committee
of the Whole for Con-
sideration.
THE VOTES NOT RECORDED
Echo Of the Old Struggle Is Heard
When the Primary Bill Comes
Before the House
Committee.

Pierre &, D., Feb. although the
threatened fight failed to materialiZe III
the senate when the rate bill came up
for final passage yesterday, all the evil
dence points to a contest In the mouse
today that will claim some interest
from the galleries. The anti-pass bill
which came up last evening for third
reading and final passage was held over
until today on a close vote of 40 TO Al,
ostensibly for the purpose OF allowing
the newspaper men who were in SEES
sion at Huron to appear and present
reasons why they should not come I'M
der the restriction of the law. The
real reason for the delay was thai those
who oppose the emergency clause In
the bin wanted more time to marshal
their forces and used the newspaper
argument as q leverage for delay The
fight Will be precipitated today when
Foster, of Douglas, who is leading he
movement against the emefgenc
clause will move for a suspension or
the rules permitting the house to go
into committee Of the whole for consid-
eratl0A or the PHI.
Where No Record Tells Tales.
As no record is made Of any vote in
committee of the whole II is argued
that the members will feel free 10 vote
against the clause of the
bill and then vote for the bill on fnal
passage. AS it will TAX a two-thirds
vote to suspend the rules and the house
is practically unanimous in favor or
the law, it will be seen that there is q
chance for some fireworks In the par
liamentary battle which is predicted.
The senate managed to dispose of the
primary bill on final passage yesterday
in twenty-three minutes, but the house
Is spending it's third day in considera-
tion of the bill in committee or the
whole and has disposed Of six sections
with nearly sixty yet to be passed upon.
When the primary bill came up for
consideration in the house In commit
tee of the whole there was heard a
sharp echo of the struggle which oc-
CURED in the session of 1905 when the
primary petition was turned down.
Calls 1t Miserable Thing"
Browne, oc Brown county. who was
speaker during that memorable session
called attention to that event in ancient
history and said that the miserable
thing" should have all the attention at
this time that it's champions thought
1t should have had two years ago. His
remarks were called forth by a motion
from one of the friends of the measure
to pass by unread the sections of the
bill which were not amended by the
committee on privileges and elections
and when put to vote the motion was
lost. Some one Immediately remarked
facetiously that this was the first vic
tory won by the stalwarts since they
turned down the petition. The victory,
however, was not appreciated.
Representative Van Osdel, OF Yank-
ton, having voted against his own can
didate for senator is now allowing his
conscience to work overtime and has
produced a joint resolution which is
very severe in its condemnation of the
employment of members Of the family
In political positions by members of
the legislature and United States SEN
ators. He terms it nepotism Of the
worst sort.
The dental board Of examiners is rep
resented here by Drs. Palmer, of Mad
ison; Mccartney, of Mitchell: Wilson,
of Miller; Ruble and Issenberg, of
Pierre. They are not asking for any
thing except that the present law be
left alone.