The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-01-16
WORK BEGAN IN THE HOUSE
YESTERDAY IN CONTESTS

YESTERDAY IN CONTESTS
Pierre, S. D.-Thc house proceed
nre today started with the %prcscnta-
ton of the contests OF Ash vs.. Clark,
from Dewey county; and Morgan VS..
Bndweiser, from Meade, by State
Secretary Glasner. This started Il
verbal contest as to the proper man
ner of handling such cases. Berg
moving that the speaker appoint
special committees OF seven on each
case, with Morris and Hursh contest
ing for consideration by the whole
body, but lost by a vote OF "a to AZ.
and the committees named were:
Newton, Christopherson, Larson,
Granger, .Iekyl, Whittcmore, and
Wolzmuth. for the Ash contest; and
Bush. Giedt, Ziebach, Bielskc, EIDE.
Brooks and Withee on the Morgan
contest.
The next move was the motion by
Roberts that the speaker be author
ICED to appoint the house commit
tees. This was to clear the air. as
I S%tutenroth was waiting with his com
mite on committees resolution to
spring at amy time, and the Roberts
resolution brought the situation to Il
show down. S%tutenroth moved to sub
stitute his resolution as a motion.
and discussed it several times. as he
explained that he did not appear TO
be getting much help from the floor.
but Mcfarland later came to his as
%sistance, on the plea that he wanted
a record m that proposition, and
wanted to know how every man stood
= al tho CANA timn aNnrncCinp hiC hn-
liof i'm the fairness of the presiding.
officer. Morris. lund, and Andelt-
son. opposed, Lund wanting to send
the whole issue to The Hague. The
vote showed SIS against the substitute
motion of S~tutenroth, and II for it,
the twelve being Blackwell, Brooks,
Clapp, colgan, Comstock, Davies,
IInntlcy, Jekyll, Kelsey, Stutenrotli
and rrdahl.
Wood move for the printing OF
500 bound copies OF the messages OF
Governors Wesley and Byrne, but on
motion OF Swanson, a committee was
appointed 10 confer with the senate
on that proposition.
Kerr secured the adoption of 4
motion requiring tho clerk TO incor-
poratc into the minutes, the hour OF
adjournment, to show the number OF
hours the house is in session each
day.
The speaker appointed as a com
mittee to consider the plan of seating
Chas. w. Allen from Bennett county
as a "delegate' with full pay, Morris
Kelsey, Leedom, Kerr, Blackwell.
Edith AndinG and Thos. Askir
We're appointed as assistants in The
2 state reference department for thu
t session.
The speaker reported as tompor
2 AIRY committees: Pei Diem and Mile
Iage-Geidt. Clapp, Blackwell, Heg
c lin. S%tutenroth. koening, Tidblom.
1 Rulcs-Urdahl, Ziebach. Hursh
Withee, Berg, Bruce, Mr.. Speaker.
Correction House Journal-Rob
erts, Larson, Hart.
The senate held a short session an
adopted the Mathcr resolution OF
sympathy with the people OF Cali
fornia owe their frost loss, and tn
same was ordered sent to the lienten
u ant governor OF that state.
The rules committee reported tn
same rules as two years ago. addin
> committees on daily products, con
mission form OF government; tn
d telephone, telegraph and expires
~ companies.
T. St%enographer clerks appointed i
u the senate were: Bessie c. Nasi
Minnie d. Rowley, Elizabeth N
Hickey. Susie Kennedy, Mollic O
J, Neill; Paul Tibbits, Myrtle Cone
u William Nelson, Clara Bergstrom
Laura Gere, May Anderson.
From Saturdays Daily
State House, Pierre. S. D.-A col
y ference over what might or migf
- not be done in the senatorial stu;
=. ton appears to have been part of til
:, work of last night, or at least sue
is the open this morning. S
/, far as can be learned the conferent
so far as it went was in regard
attempts to hamper administratiN
y y, bills in the session and resulted
- somewhat OF Il peace pact in whit
the lines between legislation and p
:, litics are laid out and defined, ea
;" side to accept and abide by the lin
- and play on their own side. Up
~ this stage of the game both sides e
: press their absolute certainty as
winning the senatorial contest wi
~ neither knowing just their real stan
ing.
81. All the electors, except VanSlyk