Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-03
PIERRE pENcILINGs.

PIERRE, =. d., Jan. %.
The legislature during the week past
has done nothing Of special Importance.
Everything seems to hinge upon the
action concerning re-submission and
the Worlds fair approrria'ic 'icr. A
bill is scarcely mentioned without con
sidering its bearings toward these i'm.
portant questions, aud 1t looks as
though no needed legislation would ,,e
enacted until resubmission and the
Worlds fair matters were ont of the
way. AS matter of fact there is no
demand for much legislation. and the
sooner the session is brought to close
the better it will be for the state.
A bill has passed the senate causing
county commissioners to give $1,000
bonds. to be approved by the county
Judge. 1t will no doubt pass the honse
and become law.
The house is working tile ECONOMY"
idea in great shape. and is endeavoring
to consolidate the state offices. On Fri
day bill passed the house making the
secretary of state, attorney general and
state treasurer ex-officio railroad com.
missioners. without salary. The RI
diculousness of this bill is apparent and
it will scarcely see light after going
into the hands of the senate committee.
Itis reported that the governor has
named as the new members Of the board
I, of regents. Messrs. Ward of Turner
I county. Mcintyre Of Codington, Hale
I of bon llumme, shannon of Beadle
3 IIenriner of Brown. The members
who hold over are Freudenfeld of Au-
, rora. H4wett of Edmunds. Peterson Of
Pennington and Smedley of Grant
Immediately upon sending in the new
appointments. the senate went into ex
= ecutive session, and it leaks out thai
? a committee was appointed to investi
D gate the fitness AMI prnpriety Of con
!, tirming all of these appointments OF
j. account of the prominent part tina
s some Of the gentleman have taken re
). garding the Brookings Agriculture
:. college faculty trouble. Rumor say
;. that the entire matter of the disaffec
X tion concerning the faculty will be in
vestigated and that the confirmation o
the newly appointed regents depend
upon the report of the committee.
Its believed that the resuhmissiOl
q question will be brought up Monday il
the house, in the shape Of a joint reso
, luton, which if passed will submit th
g prohibition question to the people at th
" !. general election in 1904. The joint res
olution provides that the liquor busi
ness shall be entirely within the contrO
u Of the-state, with an inspector of al
liquors, and no saloons permitted with
l. in any city or.townsi'ip where major
n fly of the po, ular vote is against them
]. The bill providing that county CON
missioners shall loan the county fund
a. to the highest blddr was discussed il
quite AN animated manner in the Sci
:. ate. and that body in committee Of tn
" whole recommended that the bill pas
1t is meeting with great opposition an
Df it is generally believed will not pas
r. when it comes ny for its final reading
The arguments against the bill al
70 strong aid and numerous. The trea,
a. urer is elected as custodian of til
\. county funds and 1t looks unreasnnal,l
to compel him to tnin 1t over to til
commissioner to dole out to banks this
may otter the highest rate of interei
~ for it. The result of tins would I
that the weak b nks-those that needC
an MONEY the most-would offer the higl
81 est interest for it. 1t is Tot often tlis
sk the counties have very large quantitie
!" Of money on hand, as warrants are CT,
m led in and paid as soon as sufficiei
funds accumulate. Consequently tt
:. :" funds are always changing coming
y and going out and bank conid nj
~ bid with any assurance OF having
u. stated amount on hand. The fun
n. would be 30 constantly fiuctuating til.
Of no substantial bank w"ud care to pa
be interest on the fund unless 1t could =
4? main In their bank \ stated time-n
r more than they will tn ordinary depo
s (, noisgI. wh;cl. would tend to place I'll
i. son gsss'th the '.st,sv4-shops" ratbe
Z. s,SoHy' ."nlv - otsse best banks. among whic
friends ~e,e fsiyrers now divide the fund
-*hils On the platform s;isa their keep'n
and members Of the faculty, ito the tre..
the city, the resident med ~ ~.
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