The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-03-18
LAW MILL.
Review of the Main Work of the Ser
sion just

Pierre. S. u. Special. March l0-s
the fifth session of The Legislature
South Dakota the dill which occlpt
the first place in the public mind va
the Palmer railroad bill. This was w
not so much 10 the actual results Wild
will follow its enactment as TO the *
pectations which a season of ANTHRAX
road agitation had aroused on the pr
of the public. II CDafers upon the boar
of railway commissioners power TO
maximum freight n passenger rate
and, with some few variations, is n COZ
of the Iowa railway law. Farms
throughout the state have been ed
believe that il will make a material ~
ference in the freight rates of their ga
and cattle TO market and the articles
consumption that are brought in. Ten
, are generally not ware of the fact 0fI
. the powers of the board are confined eFl
tirely to rates on shipments which org
mate and terminate within the state. AL
that is not more than > per cent OF te|
entire railroad commerce of the stat
II nay be easily seen that as every cil
of grain and cattle goes beyond tf|
borders of the state and every car OF Goa
n almost every car of other mer
chandise comes from without, the pre-
ducers of the state will be doomed 10 Dr.
appointment. The chief beneticiartes
this law will be the one or two towns q
the state that are trying to develop a
jobbing business.
Next in order of importance probaSy
comes the cense law. With the repeal
of the prohibitory article of the constr
tuition a license law became necessary,
The framing of this law has occupied
a comparatively large share of the TINS
of the Legislature. The result OF its labor'
is the passage of an excellent llcehs'
law. Considering the conditions or th'
state, ii Is a high license. The minimum
figure is 5000; the maximum, Sl,OoO. W
this the state Is to receive $50 iron
each license md II is anticipated ina
this will produce a revenue for the stdu
of at least $4,000 per annum. The aV
also has stringent features regarding lp
conduct of the business. prohibitlni
screens, tables. chairs, card playing 0
games of any kind. 1t is generally oes
lieved, except ~ extremists, that tl
will accomplish more good for the caus
of temperance than the prChibitory Ia"
There is a local CLtion feature by citle
and townships. so that no commuhi.
need have a saloon unless a maJori'
votes for 1t.
The passage of the joint resolution pre-
viding for the submission of the questio
of woman suffrage was hardly expected
The effect of this will he to inject
novel and probably somewhat disturbin
element into the campaign two yeai
hence. Another CONSTITUTIONS amend
ment which will be voted upon at n
next election will be a modified for
of the Swiss init alive end Referendum
This provides that when 3 per cent
the voters OF the state petition the legf
lature for a law on any subject, the legI
lature shall frame such a law and SUI
NIT IL to the voters at the neXt election
Still another constitutional amendment
be submitted Is the question of the sta
control of the liqIor traffic upon II
lines OF The South Carolina dispensai
system.
One of the constitutional amendmen
which carried at the last election va
the creation Of a new board of regen
and abolishing the boards Of trustees
the various institutions which in u
past have constituted a doublc-head'
authority. In accordance with IN
amendn crt the new board has been or
ated. with absolute control of all or u
educational institutions. Upon the WI
dom and ability of this board will d
pend the success of this new departur
From q ppDulist party standpoint u
creation OF The new department OF u
surance and the committee of invesus'
ton are all the things which have pee
done since South Dakota has been OF
OF the sisterhood of states. These ~
important measures, but the probapliI
Is that SO little will be discovered I'M
Is not already knownt that the effect WI
De damaging to the Populists. VINO ma
INDUCED in such wholesale charges, rat
er than to the Republicans. =.
The session was something OF d on
appointment to the Populists. Tne
failed to elect their United States SCI
ator. They failed to enact much OF the
proposed legislation. and with their II
cord upon which they will have TO =
before h people two years hence
not an pnNiahle one