The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-02
NEARLY HALF OF THE SENATE
MEMBERS ARE VETERAN
LEGISLATORS
ONLYSEYENA ARE LAWYERS
Five Members Of the Senate and Two
OF the House are Professional
Lawyers, Not Enough
For Judiciary

Pierre-Lieutenant Governor Frank
NJ. Bvrue Of Faulk county, who will
nave the responsibility of namine
the committees in the state senate
and directing the affairs of that body
mas to his credit three successive
eerms as senator from his district and
has had a hand in all the progressive
legislation which has been effected
TOR the state.
The newly elected legislature has a
fair rep esentat:on of ex e fenced
members. In the senate 16 members
/. nave previously served in that body
and three others have served in the
house, constituting nearly one-half OF
the membership, those having pre-
vious senate ial Service are Cooley
of Bonhomme, Hoese of McCook
Hitchcock Of Dawson, Ande son OF
Aurora, Nyquist of Greco v, Johnson
of Lake. Lockhart of Deuel., trnegon
Of Hamlin, Norbeck Of Sphinx, Amsden
of Grant, Parks of Day, Gu tbs and
Weaver Of Brown, Mcpherson ano
May of Lawrence and Perkins OF
Meade: while Wyman of Yankton
Boydon of Douglas and Bartine of y
man have been in the hoose. Cone OF
Minnehaha has not beer a LEGISLATOR
but in five sessions he has been chic
clerk of the hoose and Is rroha ly
The most onv san 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 Tur-
ner. Otto Wipf and Mendal of Hutch
fncop Ncrhanly apd Trnnho IF Charles
Mix, Morris and Scott of Minneha, a
Jackson of McCook. Halger OF c
Dawson, Whiting of Sanbo n. Erick-
son of Miner, Thorow of Lake. Ing
yaldson of Moody, Ritstien and Sim
onson of Bookings. English and
Plowman of kingsbury Gardner O
Hand. Nelson of Hamlin, b rnsta'
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 o
Wa1worth, Bentley of Fail River
Wolzmuth of Lawrence. Floyd of ST.
Gy and Ziebach of Buffalo have pre-
viously served in the house, but not
all of them in the last session. Sen
ator Wyman and Rep esentati e Nor
beck have hereditary claims to the'r
positions, for their fathers served in
the territorial }egislatu G Of 1872 and
the state legislature of 1890. Senator
Wyman's father also served in the
senate in 1897.
Representative Sherman of Mime
aaha was territorial 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 m for
che second time, is n Of six stall
wart. six-foot, Scotch Badger brothers.
who came into Dakota ter tory in
the early sos. and have made thei'
impress upon affairs in many local
tiles. Will Loekhart settled at Brook
lngs, but later removed to Glendale.
Jack located at Clark, Sam and Jim
at Milbank nd And ew nd Rob "a
Clear Lake. 1t is sac to say the e
has not been a state or territorial re
publican convention in 80 yea S that
there has not been from one to hal
dozen Lockha is In it. Will died
while a railroad commissioner In
North Dakota. Jack has twice been
commissioner of school and pubic
lar ds. and is at present register OF
the United States land office at Pierre
Sarn 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 30
is delegate at large. A new crop O.
Lockharts has ONE on, all six-foot-
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
er Of music. but despite these mis-
fortunes is a mighty good citi~en, an
is one Of the few living dele~ates to
the Canton statehood conven'io O
1882 which set the wheels in motion
for the division of Dakota terrific Y
into two states.
John G. Bartine OF Oacoma, who
comes as senator this year, was last
session in the house. He is a lawye
and won great distinction several years
g in his successful prose- ton o
the cattle r~ustlers of the famous Jaok
Sully gang, which he succeeded IN
breaking up. landing many of the con-
HpSratOrs in the penitentia~v. Hi
exploits have been 'immortalized' In
the popular fiction, "Langford of the
Three Bars"
There are but five lawyers in tn
senate, fewer than e before; benz
not enough to make up the iudic'ar>
committee, but Senator NOrbeck, VIII
is not a lawyer, but In the last SEES.
sion met the lawyers and beat then
upon their own ground. will rrohaNl
make up for any lack of legal talent.
Morris of Minnehaha, and Within"
of Sanborn, are the only lawyers IN
the house, though there may be one