The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-07
JUGGLING ANT|-PASS
BILL AT S. D. CAPITAL
Effort to Put 1t Into Committee
of the Whole for Con-
sideration.
THE 7 NOT
Echo Of the Old Struggle Is Heard
When the Primary Bill Comes
Before the House
Committee.

pier,e &. d., Feb. Although the
threatened fight failed to materla's@e IN
the senate when the rate bill came up
for final passage yesterday, all the evil
6anca noints to a. contest In the u
TODAY that will claim some interest
from he galleries. The anti-pass Dill
which came up last evening for third
reading and final passage was held over
until today on a close vote OF 40 20 a.
ostensibly for the purpose OF
the newspaper men who were iii SEES
reasons why they should not come I'M
der the restriction of the law. Inc
real reason for the delay was that those
who oppose the emergency claus IN
the bill wanted more time TO marShal
their forces and used the newspaper
argument as a leverage for delay. The
fph will be precipitated today when
Foster, of Douglas, who is leading the
movement against the emergency
clause will move for a suspension or
the rules permitting the house to go
into committee of the whole for conSid-
GRAFTON of The Dill.
Where No Record Tells Tales.
AS no record is made of any vote in
committee of the whole it is argued
that the members will feel free to vote
against the emergency clause Of the
bill and then vote for the bill on final
passage. AS it viii take a two-thirds
vote to suspend the rules and the house
is practically unanimous in v OF
the law, it will be seen thai there is a
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, cut the house
Is spending its third day in considera-
ton of the bill in committee of 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 vas 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, OF 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 al
this time that it's champions thought
it should have a two years ago. His
emark were called forth by a motion
from one Of the friends of the measure
to pass by unread the sections Of the
bill which We're not amended by the
committee on privileges and elections
n when put to vote the motion was
lost. Some n Immediately remarked
tacetiously that this was the first vic.
tory won by the stalwarts since they
turned down the petition. The victory
however, was not appreciated.
re - otnpnSnptnt {x-aL Won ncdn1 re W, ~.
ton, having voted against his own can.
didate for senator is now allowing his
conscience to work overtime and ha
produced a joint resolution which i.
very severe in it's condemnation of the
employment of members of the famil,
In political positions by members O.
the Legislature and United States sen
ators. He terms it nepotism of thu
worSt sort.
The dental board OF examiners is rep
resented here by Drs. Palmer, of Mad
tson; Mccartney, of Mitchell; Wilson
of Miller; Ruble and Issenberg, o
Pierre. They are not asking for any
thing except that the present law b,
left alone.