The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-01-28
LOCAL GAME DEtuTlMs ARE
APPROVED by THE HOUSE.

uutiNa VI we STAT SdHie COMMISSION
allowing the appointment of a game
keeper at the state game preserve;
and the appointment OF local deputies
without salaries. This created Il dis
cussion as to some features. spec
tally in regard to what are predatory
animals, and whether fish were in
Guided, the statement b~eing~that pre-
datory animals were those which
would bite. and Weller then insisted
from personal experience that there
were M such fish in the Jim river.
ii. -. 60, appropriating $1,000 for
steel water tank at Redfield asylum
was passed.
The first business of the house af-
ternoon was a reconsideration OF the
senate appropriation bill apropriating
Legislative expense money, which was
amended TO cover janitor service for
the whole session instead Of the
months of January and March, and
passed.
New house bills. this afternoon
were: 115, Howe, relating to cor
porate Indebtedness. 116, Harrison.
Uniform Bill OF Lading Act III,
Sphinx county delegations appropriate
iitS %iGv,VOU XVI DullIIuk III Il tcbits
Minded institute. us, Cole, request,
fixing salaries OF states attorneys.
Committee Against Death Penalty.
In The senate the judiciary COM
mittee brought in majority aad MI
nority reports on the bill to abolish
capital punishment, Ave for the bill
and four against it and the bin was
made a special order for three O'Clock
p. m. Jan. 20.
New senate bills were: S. j.. II.
2. S%tutenroth, resolution for consti-
t%utional amendment allowing salar-
les of state officers to be increased
on vote OF two thirds of both houses.
S. b. 6S, Lundley, requiring minis
tess to file authority t0perform mar
rage ceremonies with clerks OF court
t9, Shcafe, providing manne OF
amending articles of religious and
educational associations; 10, Stutcn-
roth, appropriating $120,000 for
building ut Redfeld asylum; II. Ste
nhens. providing for a record OF un-
branded hides sold; re, Mclean. re-
hitting to duties OF county officers,
and deputies; 10, Beehe, regulating
fees of registers OF deeds.
On third reading the senate passed
senate bill 4G. appropriating $1,000
Tor a steel water tank at the feeble
minded institute at Redtield. S. 3.
5, relating to surplus of mutual in
%sIranee companies; s. B. 3, fixing
terms of court in the seventh judicial
circuit.
The senate passed the series of
house biNs for the regulation Of or
ganiZation OF new counties, asked TO
assist in the organization of the new
counties OF Haakon and Jackson in
which organization elections arc to
be held the 26th of this month.
House Vote on Death Penalty.
On rolI call of the house on tho
those voting aye were. Anderson, OF
Clark: Anderson of Corson; Bald
win, Bartels. Berdahl, Bessler, Birch,
Blake, Bredvik, Buchholz, Burkhart,
Cole, Cox, Courtney. Dahl, Dcnahoe,
Evenson, Gilby. Groce. Gudahl. Hall
Of Buffalo, Hardy, .Heglin, Howe,
Huntley. johnson of Sphinx; Johnson
of Yankton; knebcl, Knight of Ham
lin; Labrie, Lundauist, Malm, Ma
thieson. Moe, Mcfarland. Norby, Oh
o of B%rookings; Olson of Grant. Pat
terson, Peterson, paulson. Quick
stad. Rebrud, Rinehart, Roberts,
Ruhlman. hickman, Sanborn, Stein,
Steckler, Steele. Strand, Tiegen. Tit
land, Thomnsonfof Minnehaha; Trip
Waltner, Wall, Weller, Widlon, Mr..
Speaker.
Those voting no we're: Benson.
Bargern, Bielski. Brink, Clark.
Green, Hansen, Harrison, Hamm,
Hersey, Houck, Hursh. Jacobs,
Johnson of Meade, Jurgensen. Ken
nard. Kingdom, Magnns. March. Mar
tin. McGrath, Muhlbeier, Nelson,
Schultz of Broolings; Schultz of
Solem. ~Stedronsky, Ston-
Tidblom. Tscharner, Thompson
of Hanson; Thompson of Lawrence,
Withee, Woods.
Pierre, S. D.--The feeling in the
house is rather strong over the shut
ting of Of debate o nthc capital pun
ishment bill Tuesday and the senti-
ment against the closure motion on
Is warmly critized, but the
chance that the house members who
were shut out OF the opportunity to
talk yesterday will be given another
opportunity Is lot very bright, and
the rest of the debate on that meas
ure will probably all be In the SEN
ate, where there is a divided opinion
not only in the committee, but on the
floor as wel.
There appears to be a strong ele-
ment working in opposition to the
Birch bill to change the law in re-
gard to the liquor license vote. While
1t is generally admitted that the
voting on that question were
inserted without legislative author
ity at the last session, the advocates
of that system of securing license
say that as long as it is in the law.
there is no reason why it should be
eliminated. and they will bitterly
oppose any such elimination.
1t is charged that the vote by which
both the German and the French"
r,,olutions opposing shipment of
war munitions to Europe were bump