Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-12-01
S0LONS OF STATE
NEARLY HALF OF THE SENATE
MEMBERS ARE VETERAN
: LEGISLATORS
LYSfYEN ARE LAWYERS
Five Members of the Senate and Two
of the House are Professional
Lawyers, Not Enough
For Judiciary

Pierre-Lieutenant Governor Frank
M. Byrne of Faulk eunty, who will
have the responsibility of nam ng
the committees in the state senate |
mas 10 his credit three successive
terms as senator from his d str ct an 1 |
has had hand in all the progressive
legislation which has been elected |
for the state
The newly elected legis AZURE has a
fair rep esentation of ex 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 s0n OF
Aurora, Nyquist of GRECO y, johnson
of Lake. Lockhart of Deuel., Arneson
of Hamlin, Norbeck of Sphinx, Amsden
of Grant, Parks of Day, Gu It's and
Weaver of Brown. Mcpherson ana
May of Lawrence and Pelk:ns of
Meade; while Wyman of Yankton
Boydon of Douglas and Bar tine of y
man have been in the hoose. Cone OF
Minnehaha has not been LEGISLATOR
but in five sessions he has been chic
clerk of the hose and is rroba ly
the most conve SAINT 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 o. TT
ner, Otto Wipf and Mendal of Hutch
I 81 1,o, Il
Mix, Morris and Scott of Minneha' a
Jackson OF McCools. Halger on
Dawson, Whiting of Sanbo n, Erick
son OF Miner, Thorow of Lake. Ing
valdson of Moody. Kristen and Sim
onson of Brookings, English and
Plowman of Kingshury Gardner o
Hand, Nelson of Hawln, b. rnstaa
and Stuverud of Codington, Issenhuth
of Sphinx Weide OF Grant johnson
Kinney and Negaard of Roberts, Rob
erts of Day, Browe and Swanson OF
Brown, Mertens of Potter. Pa rot O.
Walworth, Bentley of Fa'l River
Wolzmuth of Lawrence. FLOYD OF S l.
ly and Ziebach of Buffalo have pre-
viously served in the house. but not
all of them in the last session. S II
ator Wyman and Rep esentati Nor
beck have hereditary claims to the'r
positions, for their fathers served in
the territorial legis'atu 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
member Of the Sioux Falls city com
mission. and he has always been an
active and useful citizen
I,ockhart of Deuel., who comes for
the second time, is one OF six ssai
wart. six-foot. Scotch Badger brothers,
who came into Dakota ter tory In
the early sos, end have made thei'
impress upon affairs in many local
tiles. Will Lockhart settled at Brook
ings, but later removed TO Glendale
Jack To- ated at Clark, Sam and Jim
at Milhank nd And ew nd Rob
Clear Lake 1t is sac to say the e
has not feen a state or tie T t rial re
publican convention in 80 yea hat
there has net heen from on" to bal
dozen Lockha is in it, VIII died
while railroad commies' oner in
North rakota. Jac'y has tw'ce been
commissioner of school and rubfa
lands, and is at present register OF
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 "Fa- her of
the City Schools at Milbank and Bo7
is delegate at large. A new crop O.
Lockharts has come on, all slX-foof-
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 mighty good c'ti-en, an
Is one of the few living dele7ates to
the Canton statehood conven' ion
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 wear. was las,
session in the house. He is lawye
and won great distinction several years
ago in his successful prose- tion Q
the cattle rustlers of the famous JACK
Sully gang, which he succeeded In
breaking up. landing many of the con-
spIrators in the penitentia"v. His
exploits have been 'immortalized" ir
the popular fiction, "Langford' of the
Three Bars"
There are but five lawyers in the
senate. fewer than ever before; be'ne
not enough to make up the i'udic.. ar,
committee, but Senator Noree"k, VIII
is not a lawyer, but in the last ses
sion met the lawyers and beat then
upon their own ground. will probably
make up for any lack of legal talent.
Morris of Minnehaha and Whltlnf
of Sanborn, are the only lawyers IL
the house, though there may be on
Pierre-At meeting ca led b,
Nayor Maiiery, many Of thosc II