Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-01-22
THE PIERRE ROUNDUP.
NE"Si 81 Baai.S or THINGS AT
THA. IA,IIaL.

NETSl 81 IBaai.S or THINGS AT
THAT CApIIaL.
Glance ut the auSt'inr, throwing City
IL Is sti!l Frontier Tuwm-Ths ;cgisia-
tive MIaic-Lp Economy tho F.stchword
La Grippe IL the Popular Fad.
The busting little city of Pierre has
taken on new ais, since the people Of
South Dakota selected her as the capt Il of
the state. Nothsithst nding the metro
pontan style of Improvements III It ere now
in the process OF construction, the electric
lights, gas works. water system, street.
rAilways and motor lines. aud large hotels,
sho still wears the swaallng clothes of
Civilization, every where the habits and
scenes Of frontier life are daily seen. On
the streets the soldier from the fort, the
dusky Sioux from the reservation, tha
Statesmen from the capitol, and the ire
pIessibie real estate boomer mix and miu-
&c, aud in this democratic gathering one
nall e0na tsss syset ka snaaclxk tie sutDrr..
There is no distinction. There does not
seem to be much fear or respect for the law
at this place, for contrary to the letter OF
the constitutions, under the very shadow OF
the state capitol. along the streets wLere
the prohibition governor walks every day
score of saloons flourish aud run vide
opeG, and no one here seens to think 1t
strange. Pierre without saloons would be
strange frontier city.
lCpISlatnEp r,n a
representative body Of men. 1hey are ali
filed with theories of how reforms should
be brought about. In the lower house
there are only seven lawyers, two Rows
paper men and over 100 praclCa farmers,
and If the Interests of the agriculturists
are not we'll protected this winter III this
state, it will be because the farmers them
selves are indifferent on the question Of
self protection. The granger members OF
this legislature impress your correspond
ent as being men who are earnest III the
work they have undertaken, and are will
ing and ANXIOUS to render the state vaElia-
bic service il they onty knew how, and il
this class of soloas commit any grave Cr-
rors it can all he attributed to iuexperience.
The state needs just thls kiAd OF men to
guide her, In this critical period.
la he house there are a few men who
and among than We notice Gcrdon, OF
Brown, Parker, of LawreDcc, and BiSier,
OF Spiuk. These three gentlemen are
taking the work well in hand. They are
lead,i < In tn debates au seem anAions to
render to their les, gifted colleagues all tie
assistance i'll their power. We notice that
nearly every m@mber is ready to make the
modest request that tie business pending
s,e fully explained TO him before he votes
on any question, and it is safe to say that
where n.rn are 50 careful, no trap Will
catch them. The work of the Legislature
up to this date has been largely taken up
IN pertecting the organization of the
houses, hXiug the compensation cf tie
officers and Udoptipg rules. 1t is expected
that the vel prepared speeches that have
bsen pfncticei upon FOR months will soon
be launched upon the world. Look ont
for northwestern oratory about tho middle
OF next week.
From a weeks observation We have
come to the conclusion that this body OF
law makers is too large. The work often
drags, bills, resolutions and moilons are
duplicated. Last Friday an effort was
made to push TO its tiual passage O bill to
! extend the time Tor the payment of taxes,
! and Ill the long discussion that followed
/ the fact developed Itself that Learly every
member on the floor had a bill Of similar
nature and was fearful that the credit for
this wise movement would fall on some
other fellow. This Jealousy almost en-
dangered the measure Itself. The time
for the payment Of taxes VIII be extended
until next Sept mber. A bill has been in
troduced to reduce the membership in the
1 lower house to seycnty five and the senate
! to twenty-five members. The bill should
law
this kind 100 men can better do the work
! that lt1 are now trying to do.
! Economy is The watchword of every man
! who i, represented in this Legislature, aud
| soft snaps in the way Of cit rssLips are not
visible. Tie usual number of ollicestex-
ers thai hang around wLea lo lies Of this
| kind are organizing have all left for home.
! They saw the handwriting on the wall. and
( the S3 positions are not wanted, especially
I where board at the hotels costs from
! So to 23 PER dly. The condition of ths
state finances has inter sified tn desire of
| every one TO reduce expenses. wherever
/ end whenever 1t can be done, and the
. friends of public Institutions now here
S, en- to think that some of the state
| schools will be closed.
The Temperance Till formulated by the
! Enforcement league has been Ieai in both
{ houses and referred to the committees
! specially created to take care Of it. With
! ii few minor mo iifications the bill as in
! troducel Will become a law. Ths only
! visible opposition III temperance legisla-
| tion comes from the Black Hills aud a few
/ river counties.
| La grippe has found its way TO this fal
! away city. 1t is "A quaint study to see its
! effect ON the stolid Indian. the diSniiied
| senator, the meek page and the dashing
| cowboy. The symptoms are the same, the
sneezine alike. La grippe is social lev
eler and great is its power.