The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-11
SUNDAY BASEBALL,
NORTHERN ASYLUM,
BOTH VOTED DOWN
Efforts to Permit Sum
day Amusements
Are In Vain.
ASYLUM is URGED
Watertown Get o. Votes,
Not Quite Enough for Re-
quired Two Thirds.

Pierre, S. Din the house yester-
day on motion of Labrie the adverse
report of the Judiciary committee on
pardon regulations was overturned.
and that bill goes on the calendar.
Withee succeeded in getting House
bill 123, the bill for municipal suf-
frase, on tn calendar early in the
session, and just before the adjourn
ment it was called up and made a
special order for 3:30 on TUESDAY
of next week
New bills presented in the the
mouse We're: March, appropriating
for printing reports; 245 Thomp-
son, OF Hanson, regulating proceed
ure and fixing compensation of of
ticers of consolidated school dis
tricts; 250, Hursh, fixing duties of
the attorney general more speciiical-
ly: PSI, Cole, regulating the sale of
liquor by druggists; 1862. Heelin, re-
quest, fixing salaries of county
judges, lowest six hundred dollars,
highest $2100. 253, Weller, regu-
lating the making of election returns
by precinct officers 254, Bilger.
appropriating $4,000 for buildings
and live stock at state experimental
farm at Oelrichs: 255, Sanborn. reg
ulating procedure before the state
railway commission: 256, Anderson
of Clark, providing protection for
buildings of fair associations; 257
Johnson of Sphinx, regulating te,e-
phone laws, and prohibiting double
systems in a town; 25S. Blake. MAX
ing the railway commission an utii-
ity commission, and placing all light
heat and power plants in the state
under their control 259, Hurst.
providing manner of procedure in
taking change Of venue in the cir
cult court
On the third reading of house
bills. Fl. B. POP. permitting a two
thirds verdict of juries in civil cases
was called and Oh motion of Labrie
went over to Monday as a special
order.
Debate on Sunday Ball
H. B. Ill. allowing Sunday base
ball. was called up. aud Jacobs
moved to amend by specifically al
lowing and providing for such games
on Sunday. which was voted down
johnson of Sphinx asked that the bill
be amended to specifically prohibit
Sunday ball or any other kind of
games. which was defeated Hursh
moved to amend to allow Sunday ex-
hibitions of educational films by
picture shows. which was adopted
Patterson of Potter moved to amend
to strike out all reference to picture
shows, which carried; Anderson of
Clark moved an indefinite postpone
ment, Green opposed this and said
he wanted Sunday base ball as did
the business men of his town. Ben
son said the bill attempted to com
mercialize Sunday. and Ruckman
said there was less harm in attend
ing a Sunday base ball game than in
going JOY riding and other forms of
amusement. He believed in paying
the fiddler" and was opposed to the
present law which allowed game
but would not allow a charge. On
motion of March the bill was indefi-
nitely postponed.
House Bill 2O6, providing for the
manner of redemption OF tax deeds
passed, as did House Bill 81, legal
izing certain actions of the county
commissioners of Mellette county
Watertown Asylum Loses
House Bill 102, appropriating mon
ey to begin work on the grounds ci
new hospital at Watertown came
into the open with : fight before il
Mcfarland, in an impressive talk told