Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-03-07
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Some Things that the Legislature
Has Done-The Union County Del
Especial Correspondence

egation.
Especial Correspondence
PIERRE, March 4.-On Friday the
Fourth legislative assembly OF South
Dakota will come to an end. On the
whole, the record made by this body,
which is strongly republican in both
branches, is not what earnest rcpubli-
cans had hoped and expected. And
vet its record does not promise to be
quite as bad as was feared a week . !
While the legislature had the defalca.
tion OF Taylor to face at the outset,
while it has displeased man rcpubli-
cans by passing the re submission reso-
luton and while it has displeased an
other large element by its refusal to
submit the equal suffrage bill, it must
yet have the credit for refusing to pass
the divorce bill to make additional un-
savory business for the Sioux Falls
lawyers. TO its credit also stands the
promise, at this writing, to pass u good
'atIioau ia". LulS 10 NOV JHt SlOuN
Falls jobbcrs' nil, but is an amendment
TO the present law, which was drawn by
Mr.. Dickover and revised by Speaker
Howard and a committee of thirteen
republicans. This bill gives the rail
road commissioners additional power
and compeis them to take cognizance
OF any complaint made to them on pen
utts a, of 4 I ftiA fssax, x>.~A ,,~~Ss -.
ment and a forfeiture OF Office. Then,
again. If the legislature should adopt
the senate general appropriation bill,
which was introduced on Saturday,
there will be a saving in general ex-
penditures OF over 20 per cent on the
appropriations OF two years ago. The
total for 1884 for general appropria-
tions was $S46.45S, and the total for
lS95-96 Is Sos9, s56. This is a very sat-
isfactory saving The different state
departments and the state institutions
are cut. SO as to make, i'll the aggregate,
"a saving OF over $3.50. 600 over the APP
preparations OF two years ago. While
therefore the Legislature has done some
things which it ought not to have done,
we must not withhold credit for what
has been accomplished.
4 tottiiiS IL UU EChSDU IOc ICCis
ing ashamed Of the record of her mem
bers. While none of them are speech
makers, they are all attentive to their
duties and immovable from what they
believe to be the right. A few DAYS
ago Senator Sinclair's home paper
copied IL dirty fling from the Vermil-
lion Plain Talk, and ia so doing it
showed little regard for the public esti-
nation nj u Nor ,~s%1 .s,~. ~
Beretford. When the silver memorial
was up some time ago. Senator Sinclair
opposed it on the ground that it was
useless to ask congress to do anything
and on the further ground that free
coinage Of SILVER would he disastrous tC
the business OF the country. and, in or.
der 10 defeat the resolution, the sena.
tor moved that the free silver coinage
should be- limited to the product o.
South Dakota. This may be ''assinine.'
as alleged, but it was quite effective ir
defeating the resolution. Senator Sin.
clair made a very effective talk last
week against the bill appropriating 49,,
600 acres OF school lands for a normal
school at Springfield. He argued thai
this scnool existed only on paper anG
the people would not justify the loca
ton of new institutions at this time
This bill and likewise the one appro
priating 10000 acres of land for the
Rediield asylum were defeated at first
but next day were reconsidered and
passed by just IA majority. The scheme
took in enough OF the senators who
wanted something for their own towns
but Senator Sinclair will be strongly
commended for his stand on this bill
One thing may be said truly for him
that he will have no vote to eyplair
when he goes home. The same may
be said Of Representatives johnson anl
Webber, The former is a great mo
voter, while the latter is always on the
alert. Mr.. Ericsson has made a pains
taking and popular postmaster Of the
house.