Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-01-05
STATE LEGISLATURE
SOUTH DAKOTA SOLONS GET
BUSY AT PIERRE
MORRIS SELECTED SPEAKER

Lower House Completes it.
Organization and Elect G.. J..
Morris of Minnehaha County
as Speaker. Senate Also
Completes Organization
Pierre correspondent to Aberdeen
News. The house caucus met Tuesda,
morning and on motion of c. j. Morrir,
K. c. ~Issenhuth was selected as chair.
man of the caucus, and Issenhuth hav.
ing withdrawn as a candidate for the
speakership, only the name of Morris
was presented.
Selections for other elective places
were: Chief clerk, w. H. Burden, Lead;
first assistant clerk, w. C. N~oteneyer,
Pierre; second assistant clerk, John HI.
Wooley, Highmore; bill clerk, John
Bibelbing; chief of engrossing force, ID.
M. Smith, Hand; sergeant alarms,
Edward Moserip, Lincoln; postmaster,
George Mckay, Clark; messenger, John
Feiroon, Dawson; proof reader, Robert
Dumelignon, Wentworth; pages, Roy
Farr, Joe Patterson, Arthur McCalmont,
Glenn Nye.
The senate caucus, Senator Bartine
presiding, convened Tuesday morning
and made the following selections for
the elective positions in that body:
President, A. j. Lockhart, Deuel.; sec
rotary. George VanCamp, Hyde; first
assistant secretary, Flagg Carlisle,
Stanley; second assistant secretary,
Madison Valentine, Lawrence; bill clerk,
Bernard Vessey, Jerauld; chief of
engrossing force, Lemon Robertson,
Sphinx, sergeant-at-arms, John McDon-
aid, Bowdle; postmaster, James Julsen:
messenger, Ole o. Nicholson, Lincoln;
pages, McGregor, McCook; Paul Lib
bits, Parkston; Olson Stout, Pierre.
The New Districts.
While so far as a be learned, there
Is a sentiment as yet for division of
Une sJaJe rnuu ovSs. es0so"~
along the lines suggested by Governor
Vessey, with one district west OF the
river, and two east, divided on a line
south of Hughes, Hand, Beadle and
Brookings counties, that is not salts
factory in some quarters. Retiring
Lieutenant Governor Shober has another
plan which he is urging. He asks for
one district covering all that part of the
state west of the Missouri river, n
III
including the counties of Hughes, Hyde
Hand, Sully, Potter, Faux, Edmunds,
Walworth, Mcpherson and Campbell.
| Another district including that part of
the state east of of the west line OF
Brown, Sphinx, Beadle, and east along
the south lines of Beadle and Kings
bury, and taking in Moody and Lake
counties; a third district of all that part
of the state east of the river and south
of the last named territory. This is
figured strictly on a basis of the figures
shown in the census returns and e
not take into consideration the opening
of territory along the new lines OF the
Milwaukee road west of the river nor
the opening of new reservations within
the next year that such a plan would
meet the wishes of the counties east u
the river, proposed to be included in the
district with the west river country.
Committee Assignments
While the committee assignment fol
all chairmanships in the senate hav'
not all been definitely settled, thu
chances appear to be that severa
democrats will get under the wire il
the lead of committees, as there will
be a few chairmanships left over afte
all the republican members are fixe'
out. Precedent has given the chair
manship of the senate educational CON
mittee to Clay county for several ses
sions, and more than likely, Anderson
a democrat from that county, will b
given the place, with some of the other
placed at the head of minor committees
w. r. Grafton, the head of the stat
a~nti-saloon league, is already on tn
ground, and says he will have hi
straight prohibition initiative petitio
ready to present at the proper time an
get that question before the people
the next election. Quincy Lee Morrow
head of the prohibition party commi
tee of the state, is working along II
same lines, but is not here yet. 1t
not known whether these warning lea
ers will get together on the propositiC
or whether each will come along wi
his own particular brand of prohibitic
to give to the people to vote upon wis
they go 10 the polls at the next ele
tion.