Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
THE FINISH fight
THIRTEEN HOURS FIGHT OVER
IMMIGRATION BlLl ENDS
WORK OF SOLONS
THEY FOUGHT ALL NIGHT
The House Refused to Consider the
Senate's Proposition on the
Bill and the Governor
was Appealed to

Pierre-After deadlock of more
than thirteen hours, Saturday aft
ernoon the senate and the house
became reconciled to each other i'll
the fight over the appropriation for
the immigration bill. and after the
original proposal of $4,000 had been
cut to $1,000, the result of seven
conferences III committees from the
two hours, fin&l Adjournment came,
and the South Dakota legislators are,
fer the most pa on their way to
their respective homes
Tired and Worn out the members
stuck to their seats through the en-
tire night. Here and there about the
floor groups OF seamtors and repre-
sentatives were IT, be found chatting
on this or that subject, while from
other little gatherings. strains OF pat
riotic songs hoated to the dome OF the
state house.
The house MADE = record ON the
lest day 'f the session it having pass
ed nearly q hundred bills. After
final agreement was reached today,
nearly all the members left for their
homes. Pierre tonight presents Il far
four hours ago.
The fight over the appropriation
for the immigration bin was ono of
the most bitter that has ever been
wased over such matter. The house
steadily refused to consider the sem
ate's proposition to set aside 900
for the carrying out OF the provisions
of the bill.
Governor Nessey, after it was evil
dent that neither side inclined to give
or take was asked to do what he
could t. break the deadlock. but this
he refused to do unless each body
would be willing to stand by the joint
committee.
one of the two administration
measures which escaped the AK at the
hands of the legislators was that pro-
| Niding for the establishment of an eN-
ecutive accounting department.. The
| institutions of the state handle mil
lions OF dollars and in the past there
| has never been provision for an accu-
| rate check 0n this expenditure of
money. The duties of the new office
will be to see that the records of
these institutions are accurately kept
and that amounts entrusted to them
are judiciously expended.
The anti-treatins law WAS repealed
not because it was not considered a
good law but rather because it was
a dead letter. being disregarded
generally throughout the state.
The measure calling for the regis
tration of voters at the primary, is a
conservative and sane revision of the
.of the rimary along the lines where
the present system is defective.
The house finally passed senate bill
No "A and now Ely Fort can have
his Missouri river sand bar just as
soon as the land commissioner puts
the price on it,
The measure providing for q civil
ian board for the soldiers home is
now q law and there would seem to
have been no cause for the alarm rails
ed by the veterans. All of the new
board are old soldiers. ]. l.. Turner
f. M. Thomas and j. II. Hoffman.
Representative Shermans House
Bill No. 6S. was finally amended to
read fifty five percent of the proper
ty owners on street could stop street
Improvements, and was passed in that
shape. The original bin made il
seventyfive percent.
The free range in South Dakots
has been blotted out. The bill re-
pealing what is known as the hero
law, passed both houses.
Among the proposed constitutions
amendments is that calling for
gross earning and net income tax.
Among the bills that the newspap
ermen saved from the wreck was tina
calling for the publication of insur
ance statements. The statements ar,
to be of uniform length and to appea
in each official paper before the firs
of May A strong fight was made t,
do away with this publication alto
gether.
The measure which provided tha
25 percent of the voters could deman
a vote of the people on the recall o
any state official and that a tw'o-third
vote of the voters would be sufIicien
for expulsion, was killed in the house
lacking two votes of enough To- carry
The First National Bank of Brook
ings loaned s6l0.S9 for the continu
alton of the work of the farmers in
stitutes, but the house refused to ar
I propriate the amount to reimburs
, the institution.
. The following bills wece passed b
y both houses of the legislatures bl
. will not become laws. because Cover
!, rcr Nsss@v exercised his vc.o prwe!
. House Bill No. IA. by !Iursh ,..r
powering circuit courts 20 adjust de
" funct mining companies.
l. House Bill No. 1O,. by Whiting, r.
lating to the organi.lti N OF ne
counties
House Bill No. 4os. oy committe
transferring money into rhe special IN
litia fund.
The Bartine rate bill was consig,
ed to the ash barrel by the house Th