The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-12-01
SO[OHO STATE
NEARLY HALF OF THE SENATE
MEMBERS ARE VETERAN
LEGISLATORS
ONlYSEVEN ARELAWYERS
FEs Members of the Senate and Two
81 he House are Professional
Lawyers, Not Enough
For Judiciary

f1erTe-Lleutenant Governor Frank
M. Byrne of Faulk county, who will
have the responsibility Of naming
b committees in the state senate
and directing the affairs of that body,
has to his credit three successive
terms as senator from his d,str ct AM
has had a hand in all the prog e size
legislation which has been effected
for the state.
The newly elected legislature has a
fair rep esentat,on of ex e fenced
members. In the senate 16 members
have previously Served in that body
and three others have served in tn
house, constituting nearly one half OF
the membership, those having pre-
Vious senate ial service are Cooley
of Bonhomme, Hoese of NcCook
Hitchcock Of Dawson, Ande s~n o.
Aurora, Nyquist of Greco Y, Johnson
of Lake, Lockhart OF Deuel., trne~o0
of Hamlin, Norbeck of Sphinx, Amsd n
of Grant, Parks of Day. Gu It's an
Weaver Of Brown. NcPhcrs n ano
May of Lawrence and Pc k'ns o.
Meade; while Wyman of YanktOn
Boydon of Douglas and Ba tine of J y
man have been in the hose. Cone o.
Minnehaha has not been a LEGISLATOR
but in five sessions he has been CHI
clerk of the hoose and is rro,a ly
the most conve sant with the course
of legislation of any man in either
body.
Bencke Of Union, Peterson of Clay
Bruce Of Yankton, Thompson and
Wakes of Bonhomme, Apland Of T r
ner. Otto Wipf and MenCal Of Hutch
inson, Norbeck and Trumbo OF Charles
Mix. Morris and Scott Of Ninneha a
Jackson of McCoOk. Halger on {
Dawson, Whiting of Sanbo n. Eric'I-
son of Miner. Thorow OF Lave, Ing
valdson of Moody, Ri stien and Sim
eonson of BrOokings, English and
Plowman of KingsNUry Gardner o
Hand. Nelson Of Hawlin, B"rnsta'
and Stuverud of Codington. Issenhuth
of Sphinx, Weide Of Grant, Johnson
Kinney and Negaard of RoNerts, Rob
erts of Day, Browe and Swanson Of
Brown, Mertens Of Potter, Parrot O.
Walworth, Bentley of Fal River
Wolzmuth of Lawrence. FLOYD of 81
iy and Ziebach Of Buffalo have pre-
viously served in the house, but not
all of them in the last session. Sen-
dlOT w Nlldn anu Ntp GS'llloNA Y avn
beck have hereditary claims to thew
positions, for their fathers served in
the territorial legis'atu e of 1872 and
the state LEGISLATURE Of 1890. Senator
Wyman's father also served In the
senate in 1897.
Representative Sherman Of Mime
haha was ter itorial treasurer from
1871 to 1874. and is at present a
member Of the Sioux Falls city com
mission, and he has always been an
active and useful citizen,
Lockhart of Deuel., who comes for
the second time. is one OF six stall
wart. six-foot. Scotch Badger brothers,
who came into Dakota ter tory In
the cary sos. and Rave made thei
impress rpon affairs in many local
tiles. Will LoCkbart settled at Brook
ings, but later removed to Glendale
Jack 10, ated at Clark. Sam and jim
at Milhank nd And CIV nd. Rob a
Clear Lake. 1t is sac to sav the e
has not cen a state or te r trial re
publican convention in 80 yea S that
there has not been from one to hal
dozen Lockha Is In ii. VII died
while a railroad Commies oner in
North Takota. Jack has tw &c been
commissioner Of school ard pubtio
lands. and IS at present register o.
the United States land Office at Pierre
Sam has a life lease Of the COUNTY
iudgeship Of Grant county, and is
grand master of the Masonic order
of the state. Jim is the Father Of
the CITY Schools" at Milbank and Pc
is delegate at large. A new crop O.
y -Is-4. 10. Nrp nm oil uEV-fnnf-
.ers. and the destinies Of the state are
assured on safe lines for another gen
Grafton at least.
Perley OF Moc'y Is q poet and W IT,
eer of music, but DESPITE these mis-
fortunes is a mighty good citizen, an
is one OF the few living deie"ates to
the Canton statehood conven ion %
1882 which set the wheels in motion
Tor the division OF Dakota terrific y
into two states.
John G.. Bartine Of Oacoma. who
comes as senate this wear was last
session in the house. He is a lawye
and won great Distinction several years
ago in his successful prose- ton o
che cattle rust'ers Of the famous Jack
Sully gang, which he succeeded In
breaking up. landing many OF theron
sp>-ators in the penitentia~ya HIS
exploits have teen "immortaliyed" IN
the popular fiction, 'Langford of the
Three Bars"
There are but five LAWYERS In tn
senate, fewer than eve before; BEN
not enough to make up the iudic.ar'
committee, but Senator Norteck, VIII"
is not a lawyer, but In the last ses-
sion met the lawyers and beat them.
upon their own ground will rrohaNlv
make ND TO- any lack of legal talent.
Morris of Minnehaha, and Within
of Sanborn. are the only lawyers In
the house. though there may be one