Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-07

sent when the senate met Monday,
Senator Dudley was selected as pre-
siding officer, and a call of the senate
was Immediately ordered. The SER
geant-at-arms rounded up one poor
lone Democrat, McCu1len, and when
| he was hauled in and gave his explain
alton an exoneration was denied by
| tie vote
Bills passed were the Galveston
plan of city government, providing for
| appeals from boards of equalization,
a number Of new bills were introduced
| through committees, none of special
| importance Goodnen secured the in
trodIntion and final action Of the SEN
ate on resolution asserting to GER
| tain endowments for the state agri-
cultural experiment station, on which
action Immediately was demanded to
secure the funds through congress.
After tilt in the house between
| Fitch and Browne, an adverse report
on raising the age of consent to eigh-
| teen years was turned down and the
| bill placed on the calendar for action,
failed in passage for lack of majority.
Kriebs secured demand for a report
of the apportionment committee on ap-
i portionment bills Tuesday. The prin-
cipal bills passed by the house were
to give county judges committing
powers as magistrates and giving
county courts Jurisdiction in criminal
cases in all counties with 10000 or
more population
{ The joint judiciary committee are at
| work on bill to create two more SUI
preme court districts and two new
| judges and will probably introduce
their bill Tuesday.
The appropriation committees are at
| work attempting to secure joint gen
| eral bill to be presented in both
houses, and expect to get them in by
| Thursday.
| Antitreating took probably It's last
round with the other "anti' company
at this session by going down to de-
! feat for lack of one vote in the senate
! Tuesday.
The senate started with a long cal
endar and rushed through number of
both senate and house bills, one Of
! them Of general interest. A bill was
introduced to increase the supreme
court to five members, but it does not
provide for the increase until the cleo
ton Of 1908.
The Price 2 1-2-cent passenger rate
(, bill came in with majority and minor
! ity reports. The house has taken &C.
, ton, but it will probably never get
any farther. Bratrud attempted to
overturn an adverse report on his bill
to create state board of deposits to
, select the banks which shall receive
deposits of state funds, but failed in
+, the effort and the bill is dead
Smith of Minor attempted to turn
down the committee report on his uni
! form textbook bill. Int fell down in
| the effort Bratrud tried again to re-
verse the report on his bill providing
for selection of text books at different
| dates in different counties, but after it
was denounced as a book company bill
he met with another defeat Wooley
next tackled an adverse committee re-
port on his bill to divide taxation be-
| tween mortgages and mortgaged prop
| erty, but ran against the same stone
| wall which had stopped the others and
had to retire.
Graver secured reconsideration of
| the bill raising the age of consent to
eighteen years, which was defeated
Monday, and the bill passed.
The same action was secured on the
| senate bill changing incorporation
| laws.
The only bill of Importance passed
! by the house was the senate bill ere.
ating state board Of osteopaths.
The governor sent the name OF
| Charles Hopkins of Aberdeen in as in
spector of hotels, under the provisions
of the bill creating that Office.
The senate resolved itself into de-
batting club at the opening Of Wednes-
days session and continued so all day.
It killed the bill to repay North Caro-
lima the money secured on the Shaffer
| bonds; placed the divorce bill on the
calendar, and passed the anti-discrim-
nation bill. The North Carolina bill
had the right of way on a committee
adverse report, and the report was op-
posed by Dillon in a speech Of nearly
an hour Byrne, Goodner and Lincoln
opposed the return of the money, and
the adverse committee report was
adopted by vote of rs to 16, which
| kills the bill.
| The favorable committee report on
the divorce bill which requires a
years residence in the state and three
months in the county before bringing
suit with all hearings in open court
was next on call, and was fought by
| Dillon, Goodner and Dudley. Dowdell
and Lothrop championed the favorable
report, which was finally adopted after
the unfavorable minority report had
been voted down by vote Of % to 10.
The next fight was on the house bill
to prevent discrimination in trade. 1t
| is aimed at the Standard Oil and the
lumber business of the state, and pro-
hibitsf selling at higher rate in one
| Mace than another with freight rate