The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-31
THE STATE LEGISLATURE

receiving county aid, with tho
mounts furnished TO them; Massey,
placing local taxes on mutual insur-
ance companies; TObin, providing Tor
yme of fire insurance or
1904 to towns where the proper re-
turns were not made to the state audi
tor.
The report of the investigating com
mittee, which was presented IN DON
houses Monday afternoon, shows mat
nothing was presented TO the commit
tee which finds that h appointments
of the son of Senator Gamble 10 sen
ate positions were not In the usuai
way and in accordance with customs
prevailing i'm the United States sen
ate for years, and the part Dy
the senator does not in any way re-
fleet upon his personal or officiai In
tegrity in any way.
The senate accepted the resolution
but in the house Parmley, the staswart
leader, made his last STAND just 20
fore adjournment, but was leadihs =
forlorn hope, and was blocked III e'-
ery effort to secure consideration oi
he committee report before the line
for the election of a senator. He at
tempted to secure an evening session
for that purpose, and being defeated IN
that trend to secure immediate consul.
Grafton OF the report in committee Vi
the whole. on both Of which propose
tions he was defeated by abou Two
to one.
The railroad prodders came again In
the house with bills fixing double
damages for property destroyed ny
fires set by railway locomotives; ANU
recurring written permission from mo
railway commission TO bando stA-
tons. a.,
The county local option liquor "
cense hill came back with a favoraDie
majority report and a minority report
| signed by Ellerman and Otto' recon-"
! mending indefinite postponemeh''
The Sioux Falls bill for a thirty
wear street railway franchise came
hack from the committee amended -
make it apply only to cities WIN oser
- ono incubation, and then only aiter
| It had been favorably voted Oh ny INC
people. ~.
The principal bill introduced in the
! senate provides means of raising nun
ev for the state capitol, and for cohtih-
uing the work thereon.
The senate met Tuesday at noon
and cast the full Republican vote Tor
Senator Gamble, the Democrats cast
ing their votes for ex-Gov. Lee OF yer
million. The house met at 2 O'CLOCK
and Senator Gamble received the fuli
i~nsurgent and a large part OF the s'ai-
wart vote.
The equal suffrage advocates won
their first battle i'm the senate Tues-
day when, after a limited debate, their
proposition for the submission Of the
ouestion to the people was carried by
"a to q.
Gov. Crawford sent In the name OF
O. s. Basford as insurance commits
sioner to fill the place made vacant by
the removal OF Len Doty, and for the
full term, beginning July J next. both
nominations being confirmed
The contests in the house were ON
the county local option bill, which
was sustained on the committee re-
port by a vote of 46 to II, and on the
bill to require orders before newspa-
per subscriptions could be collected.
which was defeated by 81 to 81.
Both houses adopted the joint reso-
luton for a recess adjournment from
Thursday evening OF this wee to
Tuesday evening Of next week.
In the house the railroad committee
has reported ~favorably on the bills
limiting the working hours of en-
ployes, and requiring double damages
for stock killed by railways through
negligence on the part OF the employees
OF the company. The I've stock com
mittee reported favorably on the bills
to require acknowledgements before
a proper oficer in bills of sale OF hive
stock, and the require practitioners OF
veterinary surgery to hold diplomas
from regular colleges.
The house then beat Its record ON
Introduction Of bills, starting, twenty
hve On the way, ranging from 81 10
100