The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-03-12


ion as to the acceptance of the gift
and If 1t is refused, then private par
ties who desire the institution will
have an opportunity to purchase it.
The house full equal suffrage resolu-
tion passed the senate 33 to 10.
The senate Tuesday evening thought
they had passed the antitrust bill,
and it was announced as passed, but
later vas found to carry an emerg-
ency clause, and had not enough votes
to carry it as such a measure. 1t was
reconsidered and amended before it
passed.
/. It's opponents declare that its en-
actment will be a worse blight to the
state than a hot wind just before
harvest, and are bitter in their opposi.
ton to the measure.
While the senate was laying the
immigration department bill to it's
last rest Tuesday afternoon, the house
was passing the bill to cut that
feature from the duties of the Sec
rotary of the state board and the last
vestive of an immigration bureau for
the state is wiped out.
The house tangles were over the
congressional division bill, which was
opposed by Taylor and Whiting but
went through easy, it being one of
the political necessity" bills of the
session, and had to go. Another
house mixup was on the motion to
reconsider action which threw the
Highmore inebriate asylum PROPOSE
ton practically out of the window
Monday. On motion of Johnson the
action was reconsidered and a con
ference committee appointed to act
with the senate committee on the bill.
This measure is showing almost as
many lives as a cat, as 1t has been
twice killed at this session, and is
out again as lively as If 1t had never
been struck.
The senate bill fixing a standard
form of fire insurance policy came
near defeat in the house, Tuesday,
but on its second wind won out easily.
The senate had a warm session for a
voluntary association of banks, and the
senate amended it before getting
through with it, requiring all state
banks to get into the voluntary as
ISOLATION, or put up a bond for the
protection of the depositors.
The senate Wednesday evening
thought they had passed the antitrust
bill, and it was announced as passed,
but later it was found to carry an
emergency clause, and had not enough
votes to carry it as such a measure.
1t was reconsidered and amended be-
fore 1t was passed. It's opponents de-
clare that it's enactment will be a
worse blight to the state than q hot
wind just before harvest, and are bit
ter in their opposition Of the measure.
While the senate was laying the inn
migration department bill to its last
rest Wednesday afternoon the house
was passing a bill to cut out that fea,
ture from the duties of the secretary
of the state fair board, and the last
vestige of an immigration bureau for
the state Is wiped out.
The house tangles for the day were
over the congressional division bill,
which was opposed by Taylor and
Whiting, but went through easily. 1t
being one of the political necessity
bills of thesession, and had to go.
Another house mixup was on the
motion to reconsider the action which
threw tn eHighmore inebriate propo-
sition practically out of the window
Wednesday. On motion of Johnston,
the action was reconsidered, and a
conference committee appointed to
act with a senate committee on the
bill. This measure is showing almost
as many lives as a cat, as it has been
twice killed at this session, and is out
again as lively as If it had never been
struck.
The senate bill fixing a standard
form of office insurance policy came
near to defeat in the house Wednes-
day, but on its second wind won out
easily.
The senate had a warm session
Wednesday evening on the house bank
deposit insurance bill. The house sent
down a measure for the voluntary as
ISOLATION OF banks, and the senate
amended 1t before getting through
with 1t, requiring all state banks to
get into the voluntary association
or put up a bond for the protection of
their depositors.
Appropriations are the order of the
day in both houses. The general bill
was threshed out IN the senate
wednesday forenoon, and will be I'M
In the house in the afternoon. Appro.
priations were psssed by the house
wednesday morning providing for two
new supreme court judges, for Inn
proyement on the state fair grounds
buildings. on the state experimental
farm at Eureka. and several small