The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1915-02-26

man, Harrison. Hardy, IIamm Haglin
uersey, Howe, Huntley, Johnson OF
Sphinx, Johnson OF Yankton, kennard
Kingdom, Knebel. Knight OF liamlin,
I.abrie, Lundquist, Magness, March
Martin, Malm. Mathiesen. Moe, Nc
Grath. Nelson, Norby, Olson OF Brook
ings, Olson OF Grant, Peterson, Paul
son. Ouickstad, Rebrud, Roberts. Rob.
erts. Ruhlman. Sanborn. Schulz OF
BrookingS, Solem, Stedronsky, Teigen.
Titand. Tscharner. Thompson Of Han
son. Thompson of Minnehaha. Walt
ner. Wahi, Withee, Widlon. Mr..
Speaker.
Nays Bartels. Bessler, Bilger,
Blake. Crawford, Clark. Green, Hanson,
Houck. IIursh. Jacobs. Johnson OF
Meade. Jurgenson. Knight OF Dewey
Mcfarland. Meuhlbeier Paterson.
Rinehart, Ruckman Schultz of Kings
bury, Stein Stecker. Steele, Stoner
Strand. Streeter. Swanson. Tidblom
Thompson OF Lawrence, Tripp, Vel.
ler Woods.
House Is Watchful.
The house OF representatives was
never so watchful Of the state funds
as this year and the member who is
trying to put through a bill for in.
crease of salary or expense allowance
for any public official feels that he
has a rather solid wall Of opposition to
overcome. lone exception was the
J.,
bare majority Ruhlman'S bill allow
ing the insurance commissioner an
increase from $500 to $4,000 with a
deputy and an insurance examiner at
salaries Of $500 year each. Even
this fell far below the requirements
OF the original bill, the committee hav-
ing cut the insurance commissioners
salary from the proposed $500 a
year to $1,000, taken out the provision
for deficiency and removed the emer.
eency clause. 1t was cOntended that
these were appointiye offices, requir
ing experts and the state could not
employ the right kind of man without
paying better salaries.
Suspicion of a possible purpose to
create a new board caused the senate
to reject house bill 147 by Cole max
ing the governor and attorney general
ex-officio members of the humane So
ciety board The bill was debated by
a vote OF l. to %.
Lawyers in the house generally op
posed Labrie's bill providing for three
fourths jury verdicts in All civil cases
Mcfarland sought to kill it by amend
ing TO require only majority Of jur
ors to bring in verdict and said he
hoped both the amendment and the bill
would be voted down. Labrie declared
this was no experiment and nothing
terrible would happen If the bill
passed. California had had such a law
since 1872 and it was in effect in
number Of other states. Justice would
be expedited he said by removing the
possibility Of so many disagreements.
He accepted an amendment providing
for five-sixths verdicts and as so
amended the bill passed. 56 to 81.
Speaker Well Liked.
Speaker Christopherson is acknowl.
edged to be one of the best presiding
officers the house ever had. He is par.
ticularly proficient in expediting the
business of the house, as much as is
possible with fairness to all who de.
sire to be heard on any measure Up
to the present time he has been very
liberal in permitting unlimited debate
but has announced that the press OF
business will make it necessary to
strictly apply rule 10 from now on
limiting speeches to 10 minutes and
providing that no member shall speak
more than twice on the same subject.
The farmers are considerably
worked up over the bill to require the
vote on county commissioners to be
by the whole county instead of by dis.
tricts. The law provides for nomina.
tions by districts. but that the vote for
such officers shall be by the whole
county instead Of in the district alone.
This contention is on the ground that
such officers are in fact county officers,
| and transacting business for the whole
2or"ty, and the people of the whole
county are interested in their selec.
ton. The other side of the issue be.
ing that with such law the counties
containing the larger towns OF the
state would be controlled absolutely
by the towns. and no farmer member
could get upon the board If he was
not "ined up with the town crowd"
The indications are not favorable 10
the bill getting very far on a vote OF
the house.
Senate bill 6i by Peckham allowing
mothers pensions to divorced women
was passed 50 to in the senate.
The senate also passed the follow
ing:
Hayes-S576 appropriation to pay
money advanced by Deadwood Com.
mercial club
Lundly marriage certih
cate law.
Appropriating sl,S0O for money spent
on photographic survey.
The senate passed house bills:
| Withee-AllOwing school districts ia
purchase land for agricultural pur
poses. Weller Procedure in consoli