Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-15
WORK BEGUN
IN EARNEST
Legislature Prompt In Etfecting
Organization.
NECESSITY FOR ECONOMY

Advice of Both the Retiring and In.
coming Governors Apparently Inn
pressed Itself on the Membership
of Both Houses-Makeup of the I'M
portant Committees on Judiciary
and Appropriations.
Pierre, Jan. 1.-THE inaugural was
a digniied but quiet and unostenta-
ture of 1t being the unveiling of a
6ne portrait of Governor Crawford by
Horace X. Saunders, as he rose to
read his farewell address. Miss Ida
Anding lifted the curtain at the right
moment and the audience greeted the
picture with resounding applause.
The matter had been kept secret from
Governor Crawford. The inaugural
ball is always the great social event
and was attended by very many of
the social set from every section of
the state.
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The organization of both houses was
effected quietly. In these times of
prosperity the holding of a legislative
position is not so vital a matter as in
more strenuous times and there are
fewer contestants for places. There
was a brisk fight between Simons of
Butte, twice before secretary of the
senate, and Chester Snyder of Cooling
tor for that position, in which Simons
won by a narrow margin in the eau
Gus. Snyder was then accommodated
by a good committeeship. The Demo
Gratis did not put up party candidates,
but seconded the nominations of the
Republican candidates and voted for
them. AS a result of this courtesy
Speaker Clancy gave to Hale OF
Meade, a veteran Democratic member
who has served many times in the
state and territory, the craftsmanship
of an important committee.
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The committee appointments were
made speedily in both houses and are
generally satisfactory. The two most
important committees, judiciary and
appropriations, consist, respectively,
as follows: Senate-Judiciary, Dillon,
Bates, Curtis, Hawkins, Hitchcock,
Highley, Mcpherson, Seward, Wos-
nuk; appropriations, Byrne, Ewert,
Goodsell, Laxson, McCullen, Rowe,
Scroggs, Stokes, Yeager. Dillon and
Byrne headed these committees in the
last session. House-Judiciary, Nor
ris, Taylor, Bartine, Fowler, Whiting.
Van Ruschen, Newell, Roberts, Nc
Donnell; appropriations, Cable, Nor
beck, Fitch, Bartine, Schamber, Smith,
Wooley, Mertens, Hale. Morris is a
new man, a growing lawyer of Sioux
Falls, but Gable served ~acceptablg in
the same place two years ago.
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1t required only two days to get the
organization effected and work began
IL earnest. The messages of both
governors, having at the ouset pretty
thoroughly traversed the affairs OF
the state and emphasized the neces-
sity for economy, that feature of tho
work seems pretty well impressed
upon the minds of the members. Ar
an illustration of this an insignificant
circumstance serves as an illustration.
A proposition by Issenhuth to increase
the number of daily journals of the
house from TOO to 500 was defeated
by a divided house, 4G to 81, solely
upon the score of economy. 1t will
tnCfffrn n nroftu chrome rnu,tznkfa1
of the institution counties to secure
more than nominal and absolutely
necessary sums for special improve
ments. The sentiment expressed by
both governors that the Institutions
were all provided with new buildings
last session and that they should be
required to get along this year with
out any extensive additions seems TO
have taken fast hold and that the
completion of the capitol should take
precedence over everything else this
session.
The proposition of establishing an
immigration department is receiving
much attention and is one of the lead
ing subjects under consideration. A
strong committee in the house has
the matter in charge. 1t consists OF
Englesby OF Codington, Larson of Min
nehaha. Warner Of Stanley, Whiting
Of Stanley. Newell of Hughes, Price
of Sphinx and White of Jerauld. Three
plans are under consideration: Leav-
ing 1t as 1t is now with the secretary
of the department of agriculture: the
establishment of an independent offics
and the creation OF a division OF inv
migration in the department of hia
tory. The present secretary of agri,
culture advises the separation of the
immigration Office from his work:
Governors Crawford and yessey both
suggested an Independent department.
The argument for the division within
the department of history is for the
sake of economy and securing the
benefit of the thorough organization
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