The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
Third House Gleaninps.
SOUTH.

SOUTH.
The judiciary reported q resolution that
this convention has no aut GRITTY to allow
members Of the convention Of 1885 who
neglected to sign the constitution TO do 30
now.
The committee on schedule has lost its
grip on the Australian ballot system. The
subject has been thoroughly considered,
and the committee has reScinded it's former
action to recommend the adoption OF the
Australian system.
The action Of the schedule committee in
refusing to submit to the modified form OF
the Australian system will not be final.
A strong minority report will be submitted
favoring some form of the Australian
system, and it is claimed that there is a
sufficient number of delegates favorable
to the measure to adopt the report of the
minority.
The mileage of some OF the members
amounts to no uncomfortable sum
Wheeler, OF Minnesota county, heads the
list with S23l.3O, Judge Corson, of Dead
wood, gets $227.7 Scoliard, Of Sturgis,
1928 80, Wood, of Pennington, S214.SO,
and Parker, of Fall River, Sl92.5 so. The
smallest amour of mileage is paid to
Goddard, of McCook, who receives SO for
travelling from Montrose to Sioux Falls
and return.
Under the present law Dakota is the
best place in the union for the debtor who
does not care to pay his debts. The law
exempts 4 homestea | without limit as to
value and 81, 500 worth of personal proper
ty. For several years the Legislative as
sembly has vainly tried TO reduce theil
assessment and make possible the collec-
ton of debts. The constitution simply
provides that the homestead shall be lin.
tied in value. The effect of SO liberal an
exemptive is an immense number of chat
tel mortgages at II high rate of interest.
The members Of the South Dakota con-
stitut!onal convention are somewhat
indignant at the West Superior chamber
OF commerce. Two weeks ago the secre-
tary wrote to tie secretary of the
convention. asking him If the delegates
would accept an invitation to attend the
Wa erway convention at West Supcrio,
August 9th it free transportation were fur
nished. Secretary Burdick wrote that the
delegates would be glad to accept such an
invitation, and i'll time received the printed
invitations for distribution. Later he re-
ceived a letter saying that one and one
third fare Was the least the railroads would
[ do, but that the chamber of
hoped to get the fare reduced. One-half
the delegates will not go.
NORCH.
The Williams constitution, introduced
on the goth, is the subject of much discus
sion. 1t conflicts with the judicial CON-
mittee, inasmuch as it favors the estab-
lishment of county courts, and conflicts
with the idea Of county court advocates by
refusing to abolish the Office Of Justice of
the peace. 1t ~antagonizes the woman suf-
fragists by ignoring them altogether. It
does not Please the prohibitionists because
it leaves the question entirelytwith the
legislature and makes no provision for the
submission OF the question to a vote.
The committee have agreed on the fol-
lowing salaries: Governor, $4,000; lieu
tenant-governor, $4,000; auditor and
commissioner of insurance, 81 $500 each;
secretary of state, treasurer, supsrin.
tendent of public instruction, commits
sioner of schools and public lands and
attorney general, $4,000 each. The COM
mittee will also recommend that tho
railroad commission consist of three meta
bers, who shall be elected, and whose