Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-12
PIERRE POINTERS.

PIERRE POINTERS.
Some happenings of the Week at the State
Capital-Legislative Grind and Gossip.
The arrival of Democratic National
Committeeman johnson at Pierre was
not looked upon with the best of feel
ing by the populist members, and he
was requested to keep his hands off
the senatorial contest.
The valued insurance policy bill,
after being killed in the house Thurs
day by a majority of two, wa resur-
rected and passed by eighteen majority.
A bill has been introduced providing
for the nomination of United States
senators by conventions.
Aside from legislative appropriation
bills and joint resolutions to congress
Governor Lee has signed senate bill
No. | regulating railways, and senate
bill No. 4, Forbid ng appeals where
the mount involved is less than so.
This latter bill will have to be repealed
for the reason that as it now stands it
prohibits amy and all appeals. 1T is
Il wise legislature that can d~iscoverthe
errors in its laws before the ink of the
governors signature is dry but il
is IL sad commentary on the discern
ment and watchfulness of it's members.
that errors SO rank are allowed to creep
in.
Representative Burke has introduced
a bill to abolish the usual three days
grace on commercial paper.
III. L. Loucks declares that the farm
ers have been fooled on the railroad
law just passed by the legislature, and
that it will not bring down freight
rates OH fuel or grain one per cent.
Is 4
Up to Wednesday there had been on
material change in the senatorial stu
alton. Two of Senator Kyle's most
active lieutenants. Dentonand Morgan.
voted for Pickler. Mr.. Pickler SAYS
that other populists will come to his
support within the next few days. The
democrats at a conference Tuesday
night decided to stand by Kyle for
some time yet, and failing to effect his
election, they will present a straight
out candidate for the senatorship.
Governor Lee on Tuesday sent a
special message to the legislature urg-
ing that body to take immediate action
to meet the growing deficiency in state
revenues. The governor says in the
course of his message: .'The ordinary
sources have been drained of the last
cent and at the very best taxes will be
SO long delinquent that there will not
sufficient funds on hand to meet war
rants which must be issued in payment
of the current expenses of the state,
x u 4. recent communication from
the state treasurer. the Hon. Kirk G.
Phillips, contains the information that
there will be "a deficit in the general
fund of the state amounting between
now and the first day of June, to $685.
600. On the first day of April emer-
gency warrants amounting to SlO3,OOO
principal and interest, will fall due.
The current expenses of the state Mr.,
Phillips estimates at S271,OOO. This
must be met in some manner on OF
before the first of April. 81 81 To
meet these expenses, Mr.. Phillips esti
mates the receipts from the general
fund for the month of March at al
100000. There is now OIL hand an
proximately $4,000 i'll thegeneralf fund
The treasurer recommends that $50.
600 in the deficiency fund land variou.
amounts from other sources) be added
to the general fund, which would make
the total of available cash on han6
and receipts to the first of April ap
p~roximately s1S4.0OO, or nearly 500
600 short of enough to meet the obi
cations against the general fund, which
will fall due within the period referred