Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-01-17
OUR PIERRE LETTER
The LEGISLATURE Or4anized. Cancellation
the Word The Makeup Of
Committees
UNION COUNTY Bows FARE NELL
The Bills Already introduced by Our
Dedication

! Pierre, s. d., Jan. II, l907.-Specia
1 to the COURIER. The lawmaking mil
at The state capitol has now been over
han Q /. readju,ted and thoroue HI
oiled, and is ready for business at tn
old stand. If the machinery does no
/ always run smoothly it will not be To-
lack of care on the part of the chic
managers in getting started right. A
pretty we'll Dreempted before the can
vas opened and yet there was enough
! of a contest on the bigger jobs TO Civ,
zest 10 the game The speakersh,
was q n e of these. Outside il tlltenc,
had nothing to say in the matter. NJ
CLANCY, of Clay, and Mr.. Carroll, q
Kingsbury, who were the two leadins
candidates, ran entirely upon their ow,
merits. A change of two votes result
in the nomination of Mr.. CLANCY on tn
second ballot AS the legislature
Overwhelmingly republican, caucu
nomination always means election.
IT there is any division in the repuh
lican ranks it has notas yet made il
appearance. The aim of the presen'
session seems to be to secure the bes
official service irrespective Of fractional
ism, Thus the position of chief cleri
OF the senate was given to Simons, o.
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represented in the senate by demo-
crat The chief clerkship OF the hous.
was given to Gone, of Minnehaha, an
insurgent, whose county delegation i.
generally regarded as stalwart. These
arr an gements have undoubtedly don
much to heal any sores that have exist
g Il between factions. On the more
important measures that will come be-
fore this session the republicans will
stand together.
The makeup OF the two houses is
nothing out of thu ordinary, except
that the percentage of farmers in the
lower house is somewhat greater than
usual There are many new faces in
evidence, but enough old members
were sent back TO fiji the positions OF
leadership. The number OF bills intro
dueed promises to he large. The pri-
mary, the anti-pass, the anti-lobby and
Several other administration measures
are already in the mill and more are
b
coming. The Union county boys are
doing their share in furnishing grist.
Rep. Ranum has introduced a bill
re ating to assignments of title to
school lands. Sen. Scroggs sent in a
bill to create a boundary commission to
settle the boundary question between
Nebraska and South Dakota along the
Missouri river. :. @
In the matter OF committee appoint
ments the Union county fellows Jared
especially well. SEM Scroggs was
made chairman Of the committee on
cities and municipal corporations, and
is member OF pubic institutions,
ways and means, and military affairs
and military expenses committees.
Rep. Scott is on. the committees OF APP
preparations. food and dairy, grain and
grain grading: Ransom on irrigation
and drainage, and state affairs: Lasson
on railroads, education ard ways and
means. Al these are important COM
mittees and the hoys will doubtless
have enough, to do. Thus The first
week finds the legislature we'll under
way. with. the members anxious TO get
down to work. There, will be, OF
course, the usual conflict between diff
ferent interests, bull on the whole the
session promises to be more harmoni-
Gus than the average.
RAYMOND.