The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-11
1thI BUUk BILL
PASSES the HOUSE
AFTER MUCH TALK
Allow Dis
trict Selection of
the Books.
BILL UP
Measures For Soldiers Home
"Dry" Belt Scores in tn
House.
SALOON BILL UP

PiSrcr, $. D.-'ti,e Investigating
committee has hc@un it's work and
has arranged with former State
auditor III. =. Anderson to aulcar
h"tufe net Tuesday OF ncyt week il
n" is not DC: tanned hy illness.
me elections committee will re-
port the bill tor mnlicipa! Suffrage
ior women CHS Afternoon without
consideration.
Pierre, S. D.-The house was busy
Tor a time Yesterday afternoon gel.
ting things lined ZIP on committee
reports. The Judiciary committee
reported adversely on the l.abrie bill
10 ALLOW three-fourths verdicts OF
luries in civil cases. and the Green
illl 10 absolutely prohibit Sunday
alnusements in the state was sent
back without anyr<reeommendation.
IA consideration o. reports OF COM
miltees, Jacobs asked Thai HE ad-
verse report ON his cu&onics mar
riagc bin be reversed. and thai the
bin be allowed to come out for con
FEDERATION. Mcfarland. chairman of
the committee. objected, and Swan
son told OF tie class OF people in
Aberdeen who are pushing the bjl.
and demanded that they were entitled
10 consideration. On final vote the
bill was pul on the calendar by a
vote of 81 to ~.
Tho majority committee on tenn
peraAlcc recommending the enactment
OF thc FIVE mi!o SAIGON limit bill AT
llic soldiers home. ii WAS called IN.
and Mcfarland asked that Tie minor.
ity report against the bill be sub
stituted, and backed his motion by
calling attention to petitions from the
business men OF Hot Springs against
such a bill. and their right OF local
enlightenment. Withee had am
other petition from Hot Springs in
favor OF the bill, and = letter from
CONGRESSMAN f. w. Martin urging
lis enactment, and asked that the
majority report nc adopted 10 get
tile bin out on the floor For full con
Sidera'ion. Anderson of Clark. John
50n uf Sphinx, and Gudail each asked
Ter the adoption OF the majority re-
port. ana Ruclman asked for the
|lnisoritY report He paid his tribute
TO tine Old Soldiers who. be said. could
take care OF Themselves and should
not be treated as children or depefd-
ents. bigger denied several state
ments It's to the position OF the people
OF Hot Springs, and declared that
the petition for the bill Was not Of
representative citizens, and said that
more than hall the lame wore tllcre
of women Mcfarland said that all
the issues have been presented which
could come az in Il general discus
sion OF the bill. and chat it might
as we'll be settled now Us later. On
vote the majority report was adopted,
81 10 ~.
Welle.'s Bill Loses
Weller then tried to get The ad-
verse report OF the committee on
education reversed on his bin to stop
the legislative free scholarships, hui
his motion was voted down by 81 no
TO 3S yes. itinehart and March
backed up the demand of Wclier and
thought the bill should pass.
New honsH bills presented we're,
~. BerdaitI. providing regulations
tor organization OF mutual indcmni-
ty association, principally fer ante
owners; 218, Howe, to attach Wa
~shabaugh county to Jackson for III
5 dicial purposes: 219, Norby. Ap-
-
proprlatlngs 49, to $. branded fo1
bu1ldlngs destroyed TO prevent the
, spread OF anthrax, 22o. G'ldahl. re
quest feiaflhs TO discharge OF mems
by clftflt court; IL. McGratl. fix
ing terms OF cuort in the eleventh
circuit ana ADDING jackson county l6
that circuit; 222, Weller, authorizing
the investment of funds of fraterna
insurance companies; "a. BIlger, ap
/ proprlatln2s, 100, as compensation o
county judges IN certain cases; IA
4 Hli&el, appropflatins $1,000, a~ ;
forest llre iund; 225, Bigger, raGnlr
4 nag owners OF land infested VIII
pfairle dogs 10 destroy the alma
~, march, providing Tor securing OF
e Nntph'inss OF former governors, Lee
I lierreid, crawford, Wesley and o
Governor Byfne, at a cost MOTTO eX
ceed 500 cach; ~. HUFFMAN, reg
llatAas the department OF insurance
:. Iexf Hook Bill Passed
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