The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
S0L0NS OF STATE
NEARLY HALF OF THE SENATE
MEMBERS ARE VETERAN
LEGISLATORS
ARE LAWYERS
Five Members Of the Senate and Two
of the House are Professional
Lawyers, Not Enough
For judiciary

P1Arre-Lieutenant Governor Frank
n. Byrne of Faulk county, who will
have the responsibility Of nam ng
the 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 progressive
legislation which has been ene>ted
for the state.
The newly elected legis' ature has a
fair rep esentation 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 OF
Aurora, Nyquist of Greco y, Johnson
of Lake, Lockhart of Deuel., Arne on
of Hamlin, Norbeck of Sphinx, Amsd n
Of Grant, Parks of Day, Gu tbs ano
Weaver Of Brown. McPhers0 n ano
May of Lawrence and PEI k.ns of
Meade; while Wyman of Yankton
Ao " u5lu olu Do LIN III
man have been in the hoose. Cone OF
Minnehaha has MOI been a legislator
but in five sessions he has been chic
the most conve SAINT with the course
Of legislation of any man in either
body. s.-,
Bencke of Union, Peterson of Clay
Bruce of Yankton, Thompson and
Wakes Of B%onhomme, Apland o. TT
ner, Otto Wipf and Men6al of Hutch
inson, Norbeck and Trumbo Of Charles
Mix, Morris and Scott Of Minneha a
Jackson of McCook. Halger on r
Dawson, Whiting of Sanbo n, Erick-
son of Miner. Thorow of Lake, Ing
valdson of Moody, Ri Hstien and Sim
onson Of Brookings, English and
Plowman of KingshUry Gardner o
Hand. Nelson of Haml'n, B rnsta'
and Stuverud of Codington, ~1ssenhuth
of Sphinx, Weide of Grant Johnson
Kinney and Negaard of RoNerts, Rob
erts of Day, Browe and Swanson OF
Brown, Mertens of Potter, Fa rot o
.Walworth, Bentley of Fa1 River
Wolzmuth Of Lawrence, F1ovd OF S
~ and Ziebach of Buffalo have pre-
viously served in the house, hut nv
all of them in the last session. Scn
ator Wyman and Rep esentati e Nor
beck have hereditary claims to the'r
positions, for their fathers served In
the territorial l~egis,atu e Of 1872 ant
the state legislature of 1890. Sena'or
Wyman's father also served In the
senate in 1897.
Representative Sherman OF Mirne-
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 TO-
the second time, is one of six stall
wart, six-foot. Scotch Badger brothers.
who came into Dakota ter tory In
the early sos, and Rave made thNi
impress upon affairs in many local
tiles. Will Lockhart settled at Brook
ings, but later removed to Glendale
Jack lo>ated at Clark, Sam and Jim
at Milbank nd And ew nd RoN a
Clear Lake. 1t is sac to say the e
has not teen q state or te r rial re
publican convention in 80 yea s hat
there has not heen from n to bal
dozen Lockha is in it. VII died
while a railroad commies' oner In
North rakota. Jack has tw ce ben
commissioner of school and pubtd
lands. and is at present register o.
the United States land Office at Pierre
Sam has a life lease of the cunt"
judgeship of Grant county, and is
grand master of the Masonic order
of the state. Jim is the F her OF
the City Schools" at Milbsnk and 20
is delegate at large. A new crop o.
Iockharts has come on, all slx-foor-
ers, and the destinies of the state are
assured on safe lines for another gen
Grafton at least.
Perley of Moody is a poet and wit
or Of music, but despite these mis-
fortunes is a mighty good citi-en, n
il one of the few living dele"ates to
the Canton statehood conven' ion o
1882 which set the wheels in motion
for the division Of Dakota Territory
into two states.
John G.. Bartine of Oacoma. who
comes as senato~ 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
the cattle rustlers of the famous jazz
Sully gang, which he succeeded In
breaking up, landing many OF the con
spSrators in the p~enitentia"'. ms
exploits have been 'immortal1zed" In
the popular fiction, "Langford OF the
Three Bars"
There are but five lawyers In the
senate, fewer than yer before; DC NJ
not enough to make up the iudic.ar>
committee, but Senator NorNe"k. VIII
is not a lawyer, but In the last ses-
sion met the lawyers and beat them
upon their own ground, will proba1lv
make up for any lack OF legal talent.
Morris of M%innehaha, and Within"
of Sanborn, are the only lawyers IN
the house, though there may be one
Pierre-At a meeting c a led by