The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-01-28
THEsKIMBALL GRAPHIC
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Official Papsr o. tic City and Gounty
The Man And Eais BIN.

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The Man Ana HIS Bill.
The Sioux Eails Press says: All legis-
8lators are very much alike in thei, ten
.dencs IL pass bills moi needed nor called
for. TIE editor Of the De Smet News
hiis IL about right by saNi, g:
The Legislative grind al fierro c0ntin
ues With uhatatr,l ylYur. Laws, iaw>
AMI more laws! Our needed laws W,ullu
q II pfimrr ,-uur laws possessed wilt
sOul ill the silril oi oiMet,slur's sdicl,uiid,y.
What shall w-5Go with our flui,es ul lawY
A case IN poin Is HOu.e Bill NJ luz.
lnt,0duced 'y our Democratic represent
alive from Brule connt>, ,J.4 A. Strausky,
ny request. That ny request" lets MIR.
Strunsky out Of a tad uole for the bill
has no merit Whatever aha We credit
him Will, being a man Of too wide liz
formation to have introduced such d
measure upon his Uwu u,utiun. Tb, bill
piavilrs thai all publications Of count
urint:ng he let 10 the lpW ~ bidneis Mt.,
lreusal, all cls conflicting wherein liz,
compensation is fixed by statutes as 9th
or tees are fixed. The promoters OF III.
measure are unkneWingly threshinL
over old straw that has been goue owe,
aud over again since the memory Of leg
islatures. Such q law may be wtlt
enough III theory and Luilt OIL lines pe,-
haps to catch the temporary approval u.
3the unthinklpg, out whenever lrled Vi,
practice has been found as unsatisfa,-
tory to officials aud the public at Iarx,
as the newspapers. This il not ON.
true OF this state but of all others d.
well, and those states III which a similul
law Is in force are few aud unlmportan
A law 0f this kind was once in effpcl
here and after a fair trial repealed fol
reasons stated. This particular bill
which Mr.. Stranskv hao introduced b,
request, while providing for bids, retains
the principal features Of the present Law
in that it permits the letting OF the Off
clal proceedings Of the county coumis-
sioncrs to three newspapers and fixes the
maximum price to be paid the same as
now. 25 nts per square, or one hire.
the price Of all other legal printing.
This Is a practical admission that The
publication Of official proceedings Of
boards of commissioners aud other simi-
lar printing is desirable in several news
papers aud that the price fixed by law
aud now paid is not exhorbitant. Al
said, 1t is one-ihird the legal rate fxeu
by law in this state and so much less
than III any other that II ia difficult 10
determine by what course OF reasoning
the bill can be advocated or defended
The newspapers Of South Dakota are
now doing this kind of printing at about
one-lhird that paddy business men and
private citizens for the same class q,
work. In Iowa the lagal rate for all
printing is 81 a square (25 cents higher
than In this state aud the commission
rs proceedings are published in twr
papers, each of which receives full leg 1
rate, or 81 per square all told against IS
cents per square for the same matter in
three papers in this state. BY an ar.
rangement among the publishers Of this
county (Brulr) the publications of com
mlssioners proceedings are given in two
papers gratituitously, which makes the
bill all the more rpprehensible, coming
as it does from this county.
The publication Of the delinquent tax
list, the most particular and Difficult,
work with which newspapers have tt, do
is handled nova days at just one-hali
the rate charged in former years and ex.
cppt in exceptional instances is not a
county charge and then only when tht
| county becomes bidder-in on unre'
deemed property. InTmany counties tht
list is too small to be taken into any
account at all, and 1t is the usual prac
tice OF treasurers to pay for the public
tiOn directly from their offices. as tn,
law provides that the cost Of publication
be added to the penalty, interest ant
costs. 1t was the custom in this count,
in earlier years and in ordinary condi
tions does Lot cost the county cent no
come before the board Of commissioner
In any manner.
in framing measurers people ar,
prone to overlook the fact that what M.
be desirable in one locality is extremel
the opposite elsewhere il the statt
This particular bill overlooks the fac
that there are newspapers and news
papers, some Of which can hardly clair
the name, much less public support-o
approval. BY it boards OF commissioners
which were elected largely by the efforl
| of their party newspapers would De con
pelled to recognize bids for printing 4
matter from what source, regardless ,
circulation. standing, merit or location
BY it it would be possible t. throw II
printing all into one town and lea,
one-half or three-fourths of the vote
without access to tho doiDgs Of publ
officials without going to the expense.
paying for a newspaper they did n
want, In Republican counties whe
Democratic and Populist newspape
w0nld have nothing to lose and som
thing to gain they would put ID bids I
printing nv starvation prices IN order
harrass the opposition papers and
Democratic aud Popullst counties t
Republican sheets would do likewise.
The GRAPHIC is not an official par
and consequently is not grinding
own axe 50 much as il is condemning
measure which seeks 10 obtain sou
thing for nothing at the expense o
!. not over wtll-paid prcss. When poll