Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-01-01

,legtsl M 4 esti at there
= n xns actlial dsAcit ins I, he5 szeasury
.ofpyer s1ooso 900 There arx many s pet
theories asto how tthe Is xpendl dltures can
,hesadj justed to the income ma how the,
income can sbs a. diusted the expendi-
ItuIss, but; Utmost Gases ths latter seems
,to IS pref lsrAble toss stha ri 1er. ii There
areS tho;,e who seem q 70 4 lieye that the
only way out Of the sdiffic Is to sub
nit am amendmen ito "a y nstitution
raising the tax levy fiisit 2 mills to
three, hut the bjection Il aE9lipted gainst
this plan is that an am dnent to the
constitution cannot be 81 al5ted for two
years yet and by the tim sls provisions
can be made to take effect, The state will.
be behind. il its pa ymei I Il the extento of8
nsarl " t mil ion Il u e1; Sc;
ascted that the governor his annual
5message VIII recomms snd That the basis Of
assessment be raised an Che principle Of
the present law which authorizes the
board OF equalization to take such action.
A bin, emanating from the independent.
party, viii be introd ducsS which, instead
of raising the revenue I'LL III auce. the ex-:
penses ~ cutting 4 ! oinisr's salaries.
llEeaaeinlgl incidental apses Al the
Capital, and BY coRp the different
state institutions to gSt along with less
money. Ithas been asdertained that by
doing this, besides abolishing some Of the
state Offices, boards etc., and cutting
down the membership in the legislature,
an amount equal to the deficit in the
treasury can be saved and thus get along
without intensifying the already heavy
burdens now upon the backs of the peo-
pie. Avigorous kick will come from the
republicans against this proposition, but
independents and democrats are determin-
ed that something shall be done to correct
the present degree OF extravaganza, and
if they do no fall out in their manifest
harmony on this point, it is likely that
they will make some of the office
holders hair stand on end before the close
of the session.
OTHER REFORMS TO BE MADE.
There will also be desperate effort
made on the part Of the Independents,
to fulfill their promises in admin
istering other needed reforms; such as.
taxing chattle mortgages, reducing the
legal rate of interest, and passing alaw
for q uniform system of text books in
public schools. Reduction of salaries of
county officers will be question pursued
with a sharp stick and also the question
of ballot reform. On the subject of
irrigation some action will be taken en-
abling the promotion of practical sys-
tenn and it is probable that the submission
of an amendment to the constitution.
permitting counties and townships to
bond themselves for irrigation purposes,
will be the result.
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.
The excitement of the session will
probably begin with the contested election
cases of which there are at least six,
three from Brown county and three from
the Black Hills. The most interesting of !
these will be the cases from Brown coun-
ty, where the republican county canvass
ing board succeeded in throwing out
enough independent votes, to elect three
republican candidates. There seems to be
no question, among Independents, that
the evidence in these cases will seat the
Independent candidates. In the Black
Hills cases, the situation is very peculiar.
The Independents there base their claims
to the seats upon what they say is a fact