The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-09


Pierre. S. D.--Late last night the
House passed House Bill 362. allow
Ing the railroad companies operat-
Ing In South Dakota to grant passes
to any attorney employed By them.
The Spearhsh normal's special
building bill was called up on recon
sideration and passed.
Most Of the morning was taken up
with the general appropriation bill,
wrangling over the items. The one
approprlating money for agricultur-
al experiment work raj voted down
in spite Of the protests of the farm
er members. At the time the House
adjourned at noon. the row over this
measure was still on.
House Vote Is Favorable to the linz
migration Bill.
Pierre, S. D.-The House argued
over the committee report of the
senate bill to create an immigration
commission for the state. This was
presented by majority and minority
reports. the majority for and the
minority against the bill, and the
motion up was the substitution of
the minority for the majority report.
Stoddard of Turner. Boreson, Hicks
and Larson stood for the minority
report. and were opposed by Man.
theny. Vercoe. Morris. Tscharner,
Peterson, Sherman and Whiting,
Tscharner asking for it as a matter
of right to the western part of the
state and of benefit to the eastern
portion. Whiting said the amount
which would be asked was only one
twelfth of n cent an acre on state
lands alone, and if the advertising
would increase the price of these
lands only one cent an acre the state
would be far ahead on the deal, while
with proper advertising the gain in
price on state lands alone would run
into millions of dollars, while the
benefit to private property would be
far greater. On vote the minority
report was voted down, and the ma
jority adopted. and the bill placed
on the calendar.
Governor Vessey sent a message
to the house asking that it take ac-
ton OF senate bill 277 which pro-
vides for an executive accountant
for the state departments, which is
a need which grows greater every
year.
Then there was a lull, while Sher-
man called out Senate bill 22S, the
bill framed by the committee from
different towns which met here early
in the session and framed it as a
general bill for control of cities UNI
der commission form of government.
WOMEN GIVEN EULOGlES But
SUFFRAGE BILL VOTED DOWN
Pierre, S. D.-With a. calendar of
more than a hundred bills to start
with the house begun putting in time
With talk at Wednesday mornings
session, and kept it up all day. They
started off wit hthe equal suffrage
resolution early in the morning, and
Vercoe opened up with a move for
the previous question for the purpose
of shutting off debate. This was hot
ly resisted as a gag rule, and was
voted down. Hayes opened the ball
with a flowery eulogy for the women
and their rights, declaring that he
had received messages from all over
the state asking for action. Tyler
followed with his belief in the doc
trine, and asserted that the only rea-
son the question did not carry last
fall was the vote no" campaign on
the ballot a half mile long. Stuve-
rud announced his opposition, and
said that he had to meet the same
arguments when he was here twenty
years ago. Mil]ett was for women as
superiors to many who now have the
election franchise.
Whiting analysed the vote of last
year to show that it is useless to sub
nit the question again next year and
said that if the majority Of the wom-
en- want the ballot they would get it
regardless of the personal desires of
the men. Sutley followed with an
other eulogy upon the sex, and
and Browne accused him of being in
Huenced by the fact that he had just
taken unto himself a wife. Browne
referred to the vote taken by the
at the Aberdeen meeting of
federation of womens' clubs as
\ reason why the women themselves
do not desire to vote. Bigelow fol-
for the resolution and declar-
his belief that while Lawrence
county gave a majority against the
last year, if the question
be submitted alone it would
carry. Roskie, while declaring him
self against the measure on personal
grounds, announced that he would
support. it. Rowan wanted the wom-
IN to help clean the political house.
VercOe said the women had shown