Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-13
LEGISLATIVE GRIND
News and Gossip From Pierre What the
Solons are Doing and Talking of
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News and Gossip From Pierre-What the
Solons are Doing aud Talking of
Doing.
That Indian liquidation bill of Joe
McCloud's has bobbed up again.
The legislature is getting down to
earnest business in the way of intro
ducing bills, add the state printer can't
turn them out fast enough.
From the valuable reports furnished
daily to the Sioux City journal from
Pierre the STAR CLEANS the folio wing:
Since the absolute withdrawal of the
contest on governor there is but little
except routine business of legislation
to attract attention for the rest of the
session.
Bishop Hare, of the Episcopal
church, is in the city and will very
likely look after the introduction of
his views of divorce
1t is expected that Gov. Lee will
make another demand for the actual
showing of cash when Treasurer Phil
lips turns over his Office to his success
sor.
A sentiment is growing in favor of a
demand for a report of the committee
on the general appropriation bill not
later than the fortieth day of the ses-
sion. AS it will necessarily carry Il
heavy appropriation it is desired to
have plenty of time for discussion.
The public examiners report ON
Phillips, Dowdcll, kipp, McI4are II, An
derson and Mayhem will be certified to
Attorney General Pyle for considera-
tion and action.
AS an indication of the change in
the state the past two years, two of the
old employees of the populist session
of two years ago are again employees,
having seen the error of their ways in
in the last campaign.
In the senate Saturday the commit
tee on legislative expenses reported
bill carrying appropriations of sd ,44O.
OF this sl2,5oO is per diem of members,
$4,000 per diem of employees, and the
remainder mileage of members.
The first bill to be introduced in the
senate was introduced by Mr.. Loomis,
of Jerauld county, chairman of the
committee on railroads. Mr.. Loomis
has been making study of the abuses
practiced by the express companies on
the people of the state and is deter
mined that they shall cease. Two
years ago the legislature gave full pow
ers to the railway commission to regu-
late these rates but the commission,
while it has had plenty of time to fight
political campaigns, has had no time
to regulate express charges. Senate
Bill No. not only gives the commits
sion full authority to fix rates but re-
quires that this authority be used. Mr..
Loomis is thoroughly in earnest on
this subject and being chairman of the
committee to which the bill was re-
ferred he is in position to push it.
Estimates of the needs of the vari-
Gus state institutions in the way of ad-
ditions, repairs and improvements
asked for by the management of the
institutions, and which the governor
in his message recommends as reason
able demands, would in company with
deficiencies, if all we're allowed, with
the necessary expenditures of the state
for the next two years, call for an ap-
preparation bill of a million and
quarter dollars at this session. There
is no question that there is absolute
need of many of the improvements
asked, as at the Spearfish normal this
year over 100 students were turned
away for want of room, and many
could not attend the agricultural col
lege for the same reason. The insane
hospital has also reached apeint where
it must be provided with more room.
Many of these improvements we're al
most as imperative two years ago, but
were refused, to keep appropriations
down, in a populist session.