Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-03-09
Pierre canltol-Jourast Of satarda,

leaderless body proyeditsel to be true
beyond all peradventure this morning
after the clock i'm the house chamber
had been siienced and the hands covered
from view, in order that they might not
point to the midnight hour Never
before in the history af South Dakota
has there been a condition such as
reigned in the new state house for
hours during the night and until the sun
had risen and shed its rays through the
windows of the corridors. This paper
has all along maintained that the house
was perhaps the best intentioned body
that ever met in South Dakota as a
bunco body of lawmakers, and until the
business of the session had been prac-
tically clos I'd after the midnight hour
there seemed to be no reason for expect
ing anything vastly different in the cul-
( mination Of this session from that of
4 former sessions. But the fury of an
unrestrained torrent of water sweeping
down mountain valley could be no
more irresistible than the temper of
the house that was manifested after
that body had been proceeding for sew
eral hours in an attempt at concurrence
on the general appropriation bill. The
/ proceedings of Friday were marked
with good decorum until late in the
evening when it was very apparent that
the house could not consider every SEN
ate bill on its calendar, there being over
eighty in the beginning of the session
on Friday. During the past few days
when appropriation measures were
pending a large number of members
voted no in systematic manner with
an intent TO defeat practically all spe-
cial appropriations and the same con-
tingent were very generally opposed to
enacting the immigration measure into
law. and consequently they had an issue
with the senate on this particular score.
When il was discovered that it would
be absolutely necessary to have sift-
ing committee to dispose of several bills
in summary manner, such body was
named and about twentv senate bills
indefinitely postponed on a motion.
Eight bills were selected for considera-
ton and passage. The first one, the
hotel Inspector law was killed, another
one or two were passed when a report
was received that the conference com
mittee on the general appropriations
bill could not agree. A second commit
tee was named and they reported a
partial agreement This report was
adopted and third committee named.
They too failed TO agree in whole,
although they conceded more than the
former committee
The spirit of contention had sliced
upon good number of the members.
add when another committee was named
the house turned loose, so far as observ-
ing any courtesy TO the senator's was
concerned. The passage of bills being
completed, the house went into prac-
tical executive session as fun making
body, and mirth was so rampant for a
couple Of hours that no due considera-
ton of the grave questions before them
seemed to attract the lawmakers.
Singing, marching. shouting and all
kinds of sport reigned supreme. At
first it was amusing to most everyone,
but in a short time an obvious pail of
vengeance seemed to sway the spirit of
the crowd, and when the committee
that was named to endeavor to Bring
about reconciliation was in session
they opened the door of the committee
room and joined the procession of
marchers. M
! The speaker had all along named COM
mittees that stood pat for turning dowr
the senate like an automatic gear deliv.
on four-revolution press. Another
committee report was then filed with
the statement that they could not agree
Then il was that the men of good judg
ment seemed to be riveted to theil
seats, and worse than horse play wal
allowed to enter the deliberations O.
the house. 1t seemed that the Who'll,
house had been transformed from a Law
making body into that of an infuriate,
crowd of men seeking revenge.
A motion was made that the hous
do not proceed to elect another confer
ence committee until the senate hat
named one first. Nothing could be don
but sit in sullen silence, or go abou
expressing themselves in contempt o
the senate. To addfuel to the fam
Mr.. Hayes, who had INDUCED too deepl
in the exhilerating ozone that sur
rounded them. got the floor, and Will
his manner was Intentionally funny, hi
remarks only tended to infuriate mem
bers of the senate who happened to b
present and heard their personal appea
! ance alluded to in avery unappreciativ
D manner to say the least. Speaker
charged that the senate had not agree
to concsde one point, and senators O
the floor insist this was not true. bu
that they made concessions which tn
: Ihousc committee failed to report Mr.