The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-18
FUND FOR
STATE OFFICERS IS
BEATEN IN HOUSE
Pronounced Majority is
Cast for Minority
Committee Report.
o NEW
House Passes:Btl Permitting
Five Sixth of Jury to
Decide Cases.
From Tuesdays Daily.

FROM TUESDAY S lDalIy.
Pierre, S. D.-MuniciDal suffrage
Tor women comes to a ma test in the
Senate at three this afternoon and
strong efforts are being made TO carry
II through. The a~bolishing of the
Springfield Normal is Il special order
in The House with IL warm fight in
prospect.
Pierre, S. D.-The only new bills
in the house yesterday were two
little appropriation bills, 371 pro
viding a deficiency for the state Sc
curities department, and 372 appro-
priating money for the state board
OF health.
The miX-up started early with
Bielski moving the adoption of the
majority report of the state affairs
committee. on the bin to give each
OF The state officers an expense ac-
count OF fifty dollars per month. The
minority report Was adverse, and
baldwin moved il as Il substitute.
Thompson OF Minnehaha stood for
the minority report. Bielski suited
that the favorable majority WAS only
putting The other officers ON The same
plane us the legislature had placed
the governor, the members of the
| wy VIZ III dN NNlsII-
missioncrs. all of whom receive high
er salaries than do the other STATE
officers. Swanson stood by the min
ority report, us he believed the ac-
lion to be unconstitutional. He said
all The officers named were friends
OF his and he would like to see them
get better salaries, but he could not.
cOnSeientiously vote for an increase
in that manner. johnson of Sphinx
was for the minority, as the people
OF the state would probably be given
an opportunity TO vote on a name
OF increasing salaries at the next
election. On vote the minority re-
port was adopted by a vote OF Ga
to 10. Dielsli wanted bills TO wipe
out the privileges voted to other Of
iicials at orm sessions, and was ad-
Nised by The speaker to take his re-
quest to the state fairs committee.
Bilger started the next muss :y
his motion to reconsider the vote by
Which House bin LIS, the cliro-
practic bill, was passed SATURDAY..
Groce opposed the motion, and March
~supported it. Rinchart then made Il
speech which drought down the
house" and no doubt saved the bill.
He started back with the BARRIERS.
hllO OpIJOScu tlC illDUdlIlS- DICJhliIS
into the game and their opposimon
to The homeopathic, declaring that al
the beginning the homeopathic were
socially ostracised TO the extent thar
their wives would not q associate
together in Il suffrage meeting, but
they won and then the c~lcctics had
their battle to got recognition, fol
lowed by the osteopaths, each having
to fight all the others. He didn't
know much about medicine himself.
but his colleague said he had found
by experience that the difference be-
tween d stomach ache and appendi-
citis was five hundred dollars. He
then told of what he knew of the
work of chiropractic. where to his
knowledge\a mar had been able TO
talk again; and that the same prac-
TONER had to his knowledge taken Il
"kink' out of the back OF his col
league, Representative Ham. and that
II doctor who could fix the spine
of Il legislator would get this consid-
. Grafton.
House Bill 202 was next, providing
for Il threc-fourths jury verdict in
civil cases. Labr!e supported 1t show
ing what other states use the sys
:, item. Mcfarland in Il strong speech
a opposed it and offered an amend
:. mcnt for Il majority verdict which
he declared it should DC if the mem
. bers wanted TO break down the pre-
ccdent of years. Ruhlman moved as
a substitute that ii be a five sixth
a verdict which carried and the bill
4 passed. IL. b. 2G2. placing title OF
: dry mcandered lakes in the state Wa
defeated, and III. u. 2G3, giving the
state land department control of new
islands forming in streams of tho
state was passed. III. B. ESQ, allow
!, ing travel expenses of county sup.
~erintendents up to $500 a year wen
. through, as did 249, allowing men
!. bers OF boards of education two doi-
lars each for each regular meeting;
249. appropriating $S1 to Nipple
printing company for printing re-
ports; was passed as was 40, aDpro'
:. priating. S43G.40 as q. special sewer
assessment against state property Il,
= Vermillion.
II. b. II, requiring owners Of au-
tomobiles who damage live stock eN'
cept chickens to report same TO " II
er and settle for samc, was brnugh'
up. Weller approved OF the chicken
4 provision, as hens have no right u
!; get into the middle OF the road ant
defy auto owners III lhe right o
!, way. 1T was passed. II. b.. l79, fix
ing a legal fence. passed, and 167
having the county superintendent
take office July first instead o
January first passed: Fl. b., 227. in
crcasing the salary of the insurance
(tccmmissioner TO $1,000. and the de
!. gputy to $4,000 passed after ar ct
. fort to amend IL increase the comi
m~issioner's salary to $4,000 had beel
: voted down. Jacobs opposed thu
q bill, and Mcfarland opposed the in
crease which had been cut out by thu
committee. Labrie was for the bill
because the salary was far lower tina,
e for any surrounding state. The bil
passed With just iifty-three. votes.
The speaker announced that be
9 ginning with today h five-minnt'
debate rule would be strictly cnforc
ed