The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-06
THE LEGISLATURE, i
VIGOROUS METHODS OF SENA-
TOR URDAHL CAUSES AN
TAGONISM OF ENEMIES.


TAGONISM OF ENEMIES.
Pierre. March 6.-Senator Urdahl
of Lake county, asked the senate to
go into committee of the whole to
give him an opportunity TO take up
and answer charges made by a Pierre
newspaper that he had changed two
sections in the printing bill of two
years ago after the joint committee
had agreed with the printers upon
the bill in detail; also that at the
present session he had changed a
report in the same way and had been
called" by Senator Stoner and sem
back to rewrite it.
Senator Urdahl told how he had
been maligned and prosecuted ever
since he had secured the passage of
the printing bill two years ago. and
during this session because he had
fought the attempt to change the
law. He denied the charges made
against him and demanded an invest
igation.
He declared the only change that
was made in the printing bill of two
years ago was TO change the words
the daily and permanent house and
senate journals may be let in sepa-
rate contracts" to the daily and
permanent senate journal and the
daily and permanent house journal
shall be let in separate contracts"
This was done to make the language
more definite and eliminate double
o..Nor;tsO- Iyn had an1laA tha 1T
tention Of the committee to the
change before the bill was intro
duced.
Senator Urdahl Intercepted Sem
ator Stoner as to the charge of chang
Ing a committee report at this ses-
sion, and asked If he had made such
"A statement to Tom Roberts of the
Dakotan. Stoner replied that he did
not want to be dragged into the con-
troversy. He had no recollection of
saying anything to Roberts about it.
He could not recall what was said
earlier in the session. He had no
animus against Senator Urdahl and
regretted and resented the article in
the Dakotan.
Urdahl declared that anything he
had done he was willing to answer
TO the legislature and TO the state,
and asked for an investigation by the
senate. He told of charges made
against him by Roberts and Nipple
and their attorney, Senator Stephens,
two years ago, and of an attempt TO
assault him in the st. Charles hotel.
Senator Stephens said he had no
sympathy with the article, but
thought Urdahl had largely brought
Ii on himself, by being too ready to
accuse others. The charges he had
made two years ago. he said, were
based on evidence which he believed,
but when he found out his mistake he
had withdrawn them. He thought the
senate had nothing to do with the
newspaper article.
Senator Warwick declared that
Senator Urdahl was right in demand
ing an investigation of such charges.
:. Senator Hayes moved that the COM
mittee of the whole recommend that
a committee of three be appointed to
investigate and the action prevailed.
[ Senate passed house bill No. 1913,
I appropriating $3.50 for state board oil
e health; No. 1856, appropriating So
| 900 for expenses of suit by railway
commission before interstate com
merce commission: house bill No
274. appropriating 800 to F. M
? Robbins for horses killed on accoun
!, OF CHAMBERS; house bill No. 2SS, al
! lowing the department of history Il
! accept death certificates from widows
without a fee: house joint resolution
I No. 16, memorializing congress Il
! put the appropriations for the uppel
6 Missouri river in cutting channel
. through Big and Little Bends; hous'
bill No. 294, allowing reduction il
interest on school land contracts; No
241, defining weights and measure
. for different classes of hay; hous'
bill No. 243, a%ppropriating $500 L
be returned to Spearfish Normal ath
letic fund; house bill No. 19S provid
ing for itinerant physician licensing
killed.
n The determination of the legisla
ture to pass the Crawford primar,
law with the emergency clause wa
threatened with defeat in the house
but by carefully reconsidering its &C
ton and backing up to a point wher
y Ii could start on the bill afresh, tn
n house finally passed 1t. The bill frs
failed of passage with the emergenc
e clause at the forenoon session an
q the emergency clause was removed
At the afternoon session. with at
q sentees rounded up, the vote b
q which the emergency clause was re
moved was re~considered. the motto
to remove then voted down and tn
vote by which the bill was lost re
considered. The second roll call o
the bill resulted in passing 1t wit