The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-16
LEGISLATURE IS
DOWN TO WORK
TWO HOUSES ARE NOW GET
TING READY TO GRIND OUT
LEGISLATION
ORCHESTRA FURNISHES MUSIC
For Governors Reception and Inaug-
ural Ball and Are complimented
by Register Correspondent

Pierre, January 13.-Snowy, gleam-
ing marble, velvet rugs, American
beauty roses, and fragrant Easter
lilies, with the exquisite music Of the
~Brookings college orchestra, under
the direction Of Mr.. Christensen,
formed the fitting background and
surroundings for the Inaugural re-
ception, held by the governor in the
Capitol building, and displayed to ad-
vantage the elegant gowns of hun
dreds of visitors, who for more than
two hours passed through the Cover
nor's parlor and greeted the receiving
line there, composed of the outgoing
Governor Wesley, Governor Byrne
and wife, and the Justices of the
Supreme Court and other state officers
with their ladies. The entire evening
marked the most brilliant social event
that South Dakota has ever witnessed
within its borders. After the recep-
ton everyone repaired to the city
Auditorium, where after q grand
march. led by Mayor Stephens, and
Mrs. Byrne and Governor Byrne with
Mrs. Stephens, the ball held forth In
til nearly morning.
At noon Tuesday the 18th, the two
houses of the Legislature were sworn
in, as well as the new state officers,
and following that ceremony, Cover
nors Wesley n Byrne delivered their
farewell and inaugural addresses re-
spectively. Mr.. Stutenroth of Sphinx,
democrat, led a determined fight to
organize the houses by a committee
on committees, instead of the Speaker
and President giving out their choice
in such matters, and the whole occa-
sion vas marked by much oratory,
but the purpose was defeated, and the
usual manner has been followed in
announcing committees. The chair
men Of the senate committees are as
follows: the house committees not
yet being announced. Agriculture,
Warwick, Roberts; Appointment, Cool
ey, Dewey and Potter; Charitable and
Penal Institutions, Wipf, Hutchinson;
Capitol Buildings and Grounds, Dali
ton, Hughes; Counties and Towns,
Bartine, Lyman; Cities under Com
mission, Cone, Minnehaha; Drainage,
Helgesson of Dawson; Dairy Pro-
ducts, Patterson, K~ingsbury; Educa-
ton, Langt, Pennington; Elections,
Law, Deuel.; Engrossed Bills, Murphy,
Harding; Federal Relations, Harris,
Corson; Fish and Game, Brooks, Mar
shall; Food and Drugs, Fischer, Nc
Pherson; Highways, Howe, Mime
haha; interpretations, Helgerson, Day.
ison; Irrigation, Morrison, Stanley;
Judiciary, Patterson, Gregory; Mines
and Mining, Noodle, Lawrence; NUM-
cipal Courts, Carol, Hand; Military
Affairs, Hicks, Lincoln; Municipal At
fairs, Cone; Public Buildings, Bickel,
Clark; Public Health, Miller, Brook
ines; Institutions, Carol, Hand;
Printing, Noodle; Schools and Lands,
Amsden, Grant; Telephones, Express,
Amsden; Warehouse, Brown, Trip;
Ways and Means, McMaster, Yankton.
The house has not yet introduced
bills but the senator's, having their
committees, Immediately started work
with Cone of Minnehaha, introducing
a blue sky law, drafted by the State
Bar Association, and the uniform bulk
sales bill, the latter having appeared
before every legislature for IL years
past, and it will likely get through
this year. The Bar Association head
ed by Judge Whiting, have prepared a
book on legislation containing many
drafted bills which they arc urging
the present legislature to pass, all Of
them being along uniform lines. The
negotiable instrument bill is one Of
them, and has already been adopted
in this form by 40 other states in the
Union. Johnson Of Union, in the
house has prepared a bill to do away
with conveying voters to the polls,
barring the infirm, believing that this
means is n of the largest factors in
corrupt practices at elections.
The supreme court has prepared a
constitutional amendment to give the
governor power to appoint circuit
judges to sit on the supreme bench
when a majority of the supreme jus
tees are affected by the before