The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-04
The LEGISLATURE
SENATOR URDAHL CONGkATC-
LATED ON PASSAGE OF HIS
CAPITOL CUSTODIAN
BILL.

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bill tina went through the senate
some time ago. While the proposal
to take the management of the cap
itol buildings and grounds and the
purchase of supplies out of the hands
of the secretary of state and make
the governor responsible, subjected
the author of the bill to some criti-
cism and even abuse, the measure re-
ceived a decisive vote in both houses.
Under this law the governor will ap-
point an assistant to act as custodian
at a salary of $500 per year and
contracts for all supplies Will be let
on competitive bids.
Complaint was made to Attorney
General Caldwell that a number of
lobbyists we're plying their avocation
without having registered az the law
required. The attorney general sent
IA notices to the names which had
been furnished him and there was a
general scramble to comply with the
order. AS a result the roll of lobby
lists was considerably heightened.
The attorneys of South Dakota will
have to wait at least another two
years for code revision, through the
action of the senate in wiping out the
house bill which passed to that effect.
The printers of the state got busy
after 1t went through the house and
demanded that it be shaped up in
some manner as to allow a printer
within the state a chance to bid upon
il. They put up the plea that it was
drawn for the purpose of giving the
work to some outside firm, and rush
ed through the house without giving
them a chance. But by the time the
senate got TO the bill there was a
change in sentiment and it was
badly beaten.
The senate resolution memorable
ing congress to pass the ship pur-
chase bill called out a long fight on
the floor of the house, in which the
democrats in the Cherokee" strip
were for the resolution and the re
publicans generally against it. Sen
ator Browne of Brown declared hat
TO pass such a memorial would mean
that at the next session the strip"
would cover most of the house. and
II went down.
The matter of marking the loea-
ton of the finding of the Verendrye
plate. buried in 1743 by the French
exploring party which reached the
location OF the present Fort Pierre,
went through the senate, appropriat-
ing $1,000 for a suitable monument
to be located upon the spot where
the plate was found WE years ago,
and also carrying an appropriation of
$500 to purchase the plate as the
property of the state.
The house appropriation commit
tee rushed out a lot of bills which
have been held up pending the gen.
eral bill and recommended against
the buildings asked for at Vermillion
and at Aberdeen. the grandstand
wanted at the state fair grounds, and
100000 for soil analysis in the state.
But the senate Lincoln bill. carrying
$4,000 to secure for the state the
benefit of the national appropriations
of the Smith-Lever act, passed the
house.
The house judiciary committee re-
ported the workmen's compensation
act with a recommendation that it do
mot" pass, and the report on the
resolution for a constitutional
amendment for statewide prohibition
came in with a favorable recon-
mendation.
The bridge bill, which completely
changes the system of bridge lettings
in South Dakota. which has brought
one of the strongest opposition lob
bies of the session here this winter. is
now ready to go to the governor for
approval. the house taking up the
senate bill and pushing it through
with very little opposition.
Representative Knight of Dewey
has been excused, called home by af-
fairs which required his immediate
attention. and will not be back again
for the session.
Representative Day of Harding
county, who has been in the hospital
in this city since early in the session,
!, is seriously ill.
After killing the senate bill restor-
ing the circle to the head of the party
ticket by a decisive vote, the house
reconsidered that action and passed
the bill by a good majority.
The senate bill by Lincoln appro-
pIldiilS SO3,NUU W Setult lul tut
state the benefits of the national
Smith-Lever act for agricultural ex-
tension work WAS passed by the
house.
There has been a lot of jockeyine
on the committee primary bill carry
ing a registration feature, which was
rushed through the senate and is
pending in the house. Efforts are be-
ing made to stave off the vote in the
house for the reason hat the feeling
against it Is considered SO strong in
that body that a two-thirds vote
could not be secured. Unless 1t can &C
through with that vote as an emer-
gency act ii will be carried to the
, people for a vote under the referen-
dunn and another campaign will be
under way at once under the Rich.
ards primary act now in force. The
indications are that the bill will get
to a vote this afternoon or evening
and its actual strength tested.
An adjournment not an adjourn
ment, and a posse sent out to bring In