The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-18


man Ole Larson of Charles Mix; mes
senger, w. S. Ingham of Stanley;
pages, Lorraine Apley of Woonsocket,
Bernard Vessey of washington Springs,
Earl Bergen of Pierre.
The chaplainship was one of the diff
ficult places to fill, the candidates be-
ing numerous, both from the city and
outside. The question was finally de-
cided by dividing the time between
the five resident pastors of the city,
arranging as they chose to take sue
ceeding days or weeks in the different
houses as suited themselves.
Minor house appointments were:
Bill clerk, j. H. Peterson of Lawrence;
postmaster, A. H. Crawford of Grant;
assistant. p. E. Tinney; chief of en-
crossing force, Edward Palmer of
Yankton; assistant, Ira Jones of Tur-
ner; janitor, Frank Smith of Pierre;
messenger, Thomas Brown of Pierre.
The chaplain situation in the senate
also applies to the house. The house
pages are Will Robinson. George
Schultz, John Porter and Arthur Jen-
sen.
The real estate dealers are on hand
and will organize for bill to provide
something in the way of an immigra
ton department at the coming session
They are not particular whether it
comes in the way of a clerk in one Of
the established departments of the
state or complete department, just
so they get it.
The so-called administration meas
ures which have been advocated in the
last campaign will not be allowed to
lie idle, as they We're practically all
started on their way on the first day
on which bills could be introduced
Most of them carry emergency clauses
which would put them into operation
as soon as passed and leave no delay
in their going into effect.
Representative Glass of CodingtOn
presented most of the administration
bills in the house. including the pri-
mary election, anti-pass, providing
penalties for campaign contributions
by corporations. requiring reports OF
campaign expenses to be made by par
ty committees to proper designated OF
ficers, and providing penalties for lob
bying on the part of corporations The
reciprocal demurrage measure was
presented by Whittemore of Hamlin.
In the senate like bills were intro
duced by Senator's Cook. Dillon ana
Byrne, with the addition of the ON
plovers' liability or fellow servant act
bv Senator Jenkins of Brookings. A
long list of minor bills was presented.
and the first day record of any past
session was broken with forty bills
and resolutions, the rushing of the ad-
ministration bills being the cause OF
the large number
In the senate a number Of commit
! tee clerks were named. as follows:
Fred Kittenbill of Grant. on agricul-
ture; J. F. Armstrong of Faulk, on aD
propriations; H. Schancke of 1ankton
judiciary. N. l.. Merner of Brown.
ways and means; ]. w. Burnham
state affairs: F. E. Hiltz. railways;
Eric Westlund education; j. A. Smith,
cities and municipal corporations: w.
A. Kinsey. military affairs; f. p. Hays,
senate journal
The senate ordered the printing OF
500 extra copies of the primary cleo
ton bill for distribution.
The senate passed a resolution to
present a chair to retiring GOV. Elrou.
Before the session of the Legislature
ends it may provide for an increase OF
both the supreme court and the rail
%D Rxra mo
| the board of charities and corrections
may be put back to the old number or
| five. from which it was reduced two
years ago.
The judiciary bill has been dis
cussed through the press for some
time. but the railroad commission
measure is something new, and if car
ried out will be in the line of giving
| the administration a commission III
| harmony with it, to assist in carrying
out the proposed railway reform bill
which. it is expected, will be passed
at the session.
! Practically all the bills Of that class
have now been introduced, the last
one being by Glass, in the house, TO
| grant LD6 SLdl6 dSScSSlACul DooA "a
greater powers in the assessment OF
railway property, and by jenkins, in
/ the senate, changing the mode OF tax
alton from the uniform to the group
/ system, making it possible to tax cor
! poration earnings. The general opin
ion at present is that all the reform
measures will be enacted, although, it
may be impossible to get them all
through with the emergency clause at
tached to put them into effect at once
Among the principal bills Saturday
in the house was the one by Hebal, to
raise the minimum price for state
school lands from $40 to $40 per acre:
providing for state fire marshal; by
Carver, for parole of reform school in
mates.
Beibelheimer presented resolution
! to allow each member 25 cents per
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