The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-18
GRIND OF THE LAW MILL
What Is Being Accomplished by the State Solons.

For the Senate-Bill clerk, ". Van
Shack of Roberts. chief of engross-
ing force, A. A. Rowan of Turner; as
~sistant, r. f. Grimshaw of Lawrence:
postmaster, Orlando Searls of Moody;
assistant, c. l.. Ward of Meade: watch
man Ole Larson of Charles Mix; mes
senger, w. $. lngham of Stanley;
pages, Lorraine Apley of Woonsocket,
Bernard Wesley of Washington Springs,
Earl Bergen of Pierre.
The chaplainship was one of the diff
ticult 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 we're:
Bill clerk, j. H. Peterson of Lawrence;
postmaster, A. III. Crawford of Grant;
assistant, p. E. Tinney; chief of en-
crossing force, Edward Palmer of
Yankton; assistant, Ira Jones of Tur-
ner; %ianitor. 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 a bill to provide
something in the Way of an immigra-
tion department at the coming session.
They are not particular whether 1t
comes in the way of a clerk in one of
the established departments of the
state or a 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
DlllS III lllG lloUoC. lllClullllS luC pii@
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
ticers, 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 We're intro
duced by Senators Cook. Dillon and
Byrne. with the addition of the en-
ployers' liability or fellow servant aci
by Senator jenkins of Brookings. A
long list of minor bills was presented
and the first day record of any pas
session was broken with forty bills
and resolutions. the rushing of the ad
ministration bills being the cause O.
the large number.
In the senate a number of commit
tee clerks were named. as follows;
Fred Kittenbill of Grant. On agricul
ture: ]. F. Armstrong of Faulk. on ap
preparations; IL. Schancke of Yankton
judiciary: n. l.. Merner of Brown
ways and means; j.. w. Burnham
state affairs: F. e. Hiltz. railways,
Eric Westlund. education; j. A. Smith
cities and municipal corporations: w
! A. Kinsey, military affairs. e p. Hays
senate journal.
The senate ordered the printing o
500 extra copies of the primary cleo
ton dill for distribution.
The senate passed a resolution tt
present a chair to retiring Gov. Elrod