The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-11

ing is up on reconsideration. Nc
Farlaud asked that the committee
on elections be required to report
back at once for final action the bills
covered in the three initiative petit
tons on file in the house. This car
ried.
S. b. 291. the primary bill with a
registration attachment came up in
the house, and instead of an expect
ed flood OF oratory. several members
simply declared their people wanted
the bill, and it went TO a vote, secur-
ing 60 votes, four short of the re-
CURED two-thirds to prevent its being
carried to the referendum. The
vote was reconsidered, and the bill
went over TO yesterday afternoon as
a special order.
The house took up the house cal
endar and indefinitely postponed III.
j. II. 20, a memorial to congress for
the ship purchase act, which was
killed; II. b.. 104. appropriating
money for a laundry addition at the
school of mines passed. as did II. d.
100, appropriating $4,000 for d
girls dormitory at the state school OF
agriculture, H. b. 1873, appropriatin2
money for the purchase OF play
grounds at the state school for deaf
at Sioux Falls.
S. j. r. 5, the statewide prohi-
bition amendment came up and was
passed by u vote>of II yes to 16 no,
and that issue will go upon the ballot
for the people to act upon at the
next election.
The senate took up senate bills
and reconsidered S. b. 112, appropri-
ating money for a laboratory at the
state university. which passed. The
committee reported adversely OF
the house bill appropriatins
$116.000 to increase the capacity o
the Irvine plant at the ~penitentiary
/. and 100000 to complete the mal1
, building AT the school fer Feeble
Minded at Redfeld; and other speci
al appropriations covering practical.
Il quarter of IL million dollars.
IL. b. 2S4. prohibiting the issuance
of liquor licenses outside of incor
: porated towns Went down again Oh
reconsideration and was killed ate
4 STEPHENS spoke in opposition, an'
: tOdland, Beebe. Paterson, Amsdcl
! and Lundley had given the bill thei
GDBl Wv an. -. -. lco, wy va
$4,000 to prosecute cases agains
V former state treasurers on interes
a claims was killed by indefinite post
ponement after considerable argu
4 ment, Lincoln supporting it on Thu
l ground thai large as we'll as small
i steals should be prosecuted. Haye
! held that the state is not JUSTIFIED
l in bringing action AT this late Gate
the state having shown tacit consen
{ to the system when it was in vogue
and that through bank failures hirl
o G.. Philips had lost more than h
1 ever got as interest. He said tina
! while Governor Lee demanded prose
y cution sixteen years ago, no actio
5 has ever been taken. Stephens OF
posed the bill because the intcres
claims We're not legal or moral claim
and to wait sixteen years and attcmp
e to bring suit now is preposterou'
! Howell moved indefinite postpone
I ment which carried.
t S. b. 305. which attempts t
change the peddler law OF the stat
= also went down on indefinite pos
ponelnent, and S. b. As, a%ppropIia'
ing $4,000 for a shop building q
! the Rapid City School of Mines
passed. The senate passed senat
bill SO. appropriating sG5, 900 for a
addition to the Aberdeen Norma
y Browne said the building was neet
J, ed, and Odland said thai while Il
u opposed the location OF that schot
fourteen years ago. now that il IS i
existence it should be put in cond
ton where the people can get the
= moneys worth out of it.