The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-01
The Legislature
SENATE APPROVES HOUSE AC-
TION ABOIISHING CAP
ITAL PUNISHMENT.

house following the recommendation
In Gov. Byrne's message. The house
adjourned to hear the debate and
standing room was at a premium in
the gallery The principal speakers
for the bill were Beebe, Whittemore,
Mclean, stephens, Waters. Lundey
position were Peckham, Daley, Van
Denmark. Hayes and Lincoln. Fol
lowing Is the vote on roll call
Ayes-Amsden, Anderson, BeeOe,
Bickel, Bobb. Erickson. Frost. Ha-
gen. Kuhns. Larrson, Lundey, Mill
or, Morris, Mclean. McMaster. I'd
land, Patterson. stephens. Stiles.
Sheafe, Urdahl. Waters. Whitlock.
Whittemore-24
Nays - Berndt. Brooks. Daley,
Hale. Hayes, Howell. Lincoln, Mar
wick, McClintock, McKinnon. Peck
ham. Pearson. Printup, Stoner. Stu
tenroth, V~anDemark. Ziebach. Zoske.
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Sidewalk farmers" wolves in
sleeps clothing" domestic science
wives" "a good farm paper better
than a farmers institute"-these
were some of the expressions heard
In the lower house of the South Da-
kota legislature when a bill TO APP
propriate $4,000 to make up a fiscal
deficiency in the farmers institute
fund was under discussion.
The house had voted down the bill
the previous day, but ii was up again
on a motion 20 reconsider. The SEN
timent against department officials
expending more money than appro-
priated proved to be too strong for
the success Of the bill and II went
down to defeat again, failing TO re
ceive the necessary two-thirds ma
iority.
As a result some of the Institutes
and short courses planned 10 be held
between now and the first OF July
will have to be abandoned.
II required nearly two and one
half hours OF the time OF the house
to decide whether school districts In
the western part of the state, whose
taxable area Ia seriously curtailed by
the fact that the state lands lie with
I'm their limits, should be assisted by
an appropriation of s12, 500, as last
year, or by some larger amount. The
bill, as introduced by Patterson of
Potter called for an appropriation of
500, 900, but the committee report
ed it with $12.500 recommended for
each year, the appropriation to run
on indefinitely. After a hard fight in
which the bill was lost and recon
sidered 1t was passed with a $4,000
appropriation provided.
A long battle in which the lines
were to some extent drawn between
the eastern and western parts of the
state followed the motion of Ander-
son of Corson to increase the appro-
priation to 5000. Johnston OF
Meade said the people oe the west
considered the proximity of state
lands as an unmitigated curse, and
resented the imputation that they
were a benefit TO the school districts
in which they were located.
Anderson OF Clark declared the
schools in the eastern part of the
state were a burden upon the tax
payers as we'll as those in the west
and he opposed the amendment. This
reused Tscharner of Perkins TO n de-
Tense OF the children going to the
little sod schoolhouses" and prairie
shacks." He declared the state was
refusing 10 sell the state lands until
the settlers had so improved and
built up the country that the lands
would be valuable. You can pick
up all of Moody county" he said
and carry ii owe into Harding
county and you can't cover with IL
the state lands in that county. No
taxes are paid on this land to help
maintain the prairie school,"
After a recess of ten minutes the
fight was again taken up on a motion
of Withee of Turner TO reconsider.
Charges of unfairness were banded
back and forth. The bill was recon
sidered and a motion made TO change
the amount of the appropriation
from $500 to 10000. An amend
ment to the amendment was offered
making the amount $4,000, but a
substitute motion by Ruhlman TO
make Ii $4,000 went through.
The policy of consolidation of state
educational institutions is slowly
gaining favor among the members
and one of the first moves in that
line will probably be in the way OF
consolidation of the school of mines
and the Spearfish normal, which will
serve as a test of the feeling of the
members on the consolidation issue,
and III successful may mean further
efforts before the close of the ses-
sion.
Solem by request presented a reso-
luton for an amendment to the con-
stitution limiting the institutions un-
der the control of the board of char
tiles to the p~enitentiary, the insane
asylum and the reform school, all
other institutions to come under the
board Of regents of education, the
membership of which may be in
creased to nine.
A fight was made on the floor of
the house on any deficiency appro-
priation for any purpose coming up
on the deficiency bill for equipment
at the state training school, but the
opposition was not strong enough to
defeat the bill.
To repeal the Richards" primary
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