The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-09
THROWS Open THE
MONEY BOXES OF
STATE TO N0RMALS
Fight Against Money
Being Given to Nor
mails is Lost.
BIG SUMS GIVEN
institution Counties" Prove
They Can Get What They
Want for New Buildings.

Want for New Buildings.
Pierre. S. Dts up to the house
to say whether or not the Richard.
primary bill goes to the people at the
next election. The senate this after
noon passed it as a straight out bill
and the indications this evening al
are that the house will accept it to.
morrow and cut out the need of the
initiative.
Equal suffrage will be a specia
order for this morning the
hour being set by its opponents who
want to get it u of the way. The
women were warned today to kee1
Off the floor of the house during SEES
sion, where they got in their eager.
ness for their cause.
The house passed the bill with al
emergency" for a change in the
board Of control of the soldiers home
the bill prepared b Y the committee
of investigation. and it goes back for
a second trial in the senate.
The anti-appropriation crowd went
to pieces in their effort to stop an
appropriation for a buildings at
Springfield Normal this afternoon,
and that success was followed by an
other for a building at the deaf
school at Sioux Falls, and all the
specials now appear to have the right
of way.
The senate passed the house bill
providing pay for g%landered horses
killed on order of the authorities,
and the farmers are feeling happy
over their victory in that line.
Pierre S. Done of the questions
which has been a source of wonder
for some time vas the strength
which could be mustered in the
house against the special appropria-
lions for buildings at different state
institutions when they got out in
the open. 1t was claimed that there
were forty house members in such
a combine and if they held they
could stop any of the specials. The
first one to pop out was the $4,000
for a building at the Springfield nor
NAL. The economists at. onc begun
a fight for delay, but were voted
down at every move, and attempts
to amend the bill to cut out the
building appropriation, and leave
only ten thousand for a heating plant
but making no statements as to
what they wanted further than de-
lay. Nelson of: Lincoln, Hicks, and
Anderson we're the ones who wanted
to wait, but Glasner leading the
fight for immediate action, was back
ed by Trumbo. Sherman, Sutley,
Whiting Wagner Bigeiow and Mer-
tens. who, ere all certain that the
building was a necessity, and it went
through. SD
In the senate there was somewhat
o of a wordy contest over prac-
tically the same; bill, in which Gem
mill took the position that the state
cannot aferd new buildings at the
normais this year, and they should
care for the agricultural college
and the university, and let the nor
mails go with new heating plants,
treating them. all. alike. He denied
that he was in opposition to the nor
mails, but that they should wait until
the state can afford to give them what
they want In the way of buildings,
but he went down in his fight, on that
bill which was followed by another
for a building at Aberdeen. Wyman
took the position that while the state
might have more institutions than
it really needs. The fight cleared up
the situation SO far as the floor of
either house Is concerned. Back of it
was a fght In committees in which
it was at 1rst practically agreed that
no new buildings, were to be given
to the nornals. but on reconsidera-
tion. this was disposed of, and the
whole question was open and is now
going.
Pierre, s. D.-Today was the Wa
terloo for equal suffrage when It
came up in the house for a final test.
The measure Dassed the senate by a
scratch majority. and the women felt
they would win in the house. They
were deemed to defeat, when the
vote showed 100 for and Sc against
it.
During the session the galleries in
the hoase were crowded with women
who were keenly Interested in the
outcome. When the vote was an
nounceA the women were disappoint-
ed. aAd were mourning the loss Of
their pet measure.
The next eight was on a majority
and minority report ON the establish-
ment of an immigration commission.
The favorable majority report was