Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02
S0L0NS OF STATE
NEARLY HALF OF THE SENATE
MEMBERS ARE VETERAN
~ LEGISLATORS r ~
0NLYSEYEN ARE
Five Members of the Senate and Two
of the House are Professional .
Lawyers, Not Enough
For Judiciary

Pierre-Lieutenant Governor Frank
NJ. Byrne of Faulk county. who will
have the responsibility of naming
the committees in the state senate
and directing the affairs of that body,
has to his credit three successive
terms as senator from his district and
has had a hand in all the progressive
legislation which has been effected
for the state.
The newly elected legislature has a
fair representation of experienced
members. In the senate 16 members
AVE previously served in that body
and three others have served in the
house, constituting nearly one-half of
the membership. those having pre-
vious senatorial service are Cooley
of Bonhomme, Hoese of McCook,
Hitchcock of Dawson, Anderson of
Aurora, NyQuist of Gregory, Johnson
of Lake, Lockhart of Deuel.. Arneson
of Hamlin, Norbeck of Sphinx. Amsden
of Grant, Parks Of Day. Curtis and
Weaver of Brown. Mcpherson and
May of Lawrence and Perkins of
Meade; while Wyman of Yankton.
Boydon of Douglas and Bartine of Ly-
man have been in the hose. Cone OF
Minnehaha has not been a legislator,
but in five sessions he has been chief
.clerknos the hoose and. Is GS6k"ly
the most conyersant with the curse
Of legislation Of any man in either
body.
Bencke of Union, Peterson of Clay,
Bruce of Yankton, Thompson and
Wakes of Bonhomme, Apland of Tur-
ner, Otto Wipf and Mendal of Hutch
inson, Norbeck and Trumbo of Charles
Mix. Morris and Scott of Minnehaha,
Jackson of McCook, Halgerson. OF
Dawson, Whiting of sanborn, Erick-
son of Miner. Thorow of Lake, Ing
valdson of Moody, Ribstien and Sim
onson of Brookings, English and
Plowman of Kingsbury. Gardner of
Hand. Nelson of Hamlin, Burnstad
and Stuverud of C%odington. Issenhuth
of Sphinx, Weide of Grant. Johnson,
Kinney and Negaard of Roberts, Rob
erts of Day, Browe and, Swanson of
Brown, Mertens of Potter, Parrot OF
Walworth, Bentley of Fall River,
Wolzmuth of Lawrence, Floyd of Sui
ly and Ziebach of Buffalo have pre-
viously served in the house, but not
all of them in the last session. Sen
ator Wyman and Representative Nor
beck have hereditary claims to their
positions, for their fathers served in
the territorial legislature of 1872 and
the state legislature of 1890. Senate
Wyman's father also served In the
senate in 1897.
Representative Sherman of Mime
haha was territorial treasurer from
1871 to 1874, and is at present a
member Of the Sioux Falls city COM
mission, and he has always beer an
active and useful citizen.
Lockhart Of Deuel.. who comes for
the second time, is n of six stall
wart, six-foot, Scotch Badger brothers,
who came into Dakota territory In
the early sos, and have made their
impress upon affairs In many local
tiles. Will Lockhart settled at Brook
ings, but later removed to Glendale;
Jack located at Clark, Sam and Jim
at Milbank nd Andrew nd Rob at
Clear Lake. 1t is safe to say there
has not been a state or territorial re-
publican convention in 80 years that
there has not been from one to half
dozen Lockharts in it. Will died
while a railroad commissioner In
North Dakota. Jack has twice been
commissioner of school and PUBLIC
lands, and is at present register OF
the United States land office at Pierre.
Sam has a life lease of the county
judgeship of Grant county, and is
grand master Of the Masonic order
Of the state. Jim is the Father OF
the City Schools" at Mflbank and Bob
isttdelegate at large. A new crop OF
Lockharts has come on, all six-foot-
ers, and the destinies of the state are
assured on safe lines for another gem
Grafton at least.
Perley Of Moody is a poet and writ
er of music, but despite these mis-
fortunes is a mighty good citizen, and
is one of the few living delegates to
the Canton statehood convention of
1882 which set the wheels in motion
for the division Of Dakota territory
into two states.
John G.. Bartine Of Oacoma. who
comes as senator this year. was last
session in the house. He is a lawyer
and won great distinction several years
ago in his successful prosecution OF
the cattle rustlers of the famous Jack
Sully gang, which he succeeded In
breaking up. landing many of the con-
s~psrators in the penitentiary. His
exploits have been 'immortalized' In
Three Bars"
senate, fewer than ever before; being
not enough to make up the judiciary
committee. but Senator Norbeck, who
is not a lawyer, blu In the last ses-
sion met the lawyers and beat them
upon their own ground. will probably
make up for any lack of legal talent.
Morris OF M~innehaha. and Within
OF SAnborn, are the only lawyers IA
the house, though there may be one
Pierre-At a meeting called by
Mayor Mallory, many of those,
terested in a Boy Scout moveme-..
met in the council rOoms and a'ter
=. a,..,.,o- - tho situation q cOnn,