The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-01-12
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insist upon the repeal Of 1.-THE provi-
sion in the license Law which gives
the stats about 500, 900 per year from
liquor sales. The counties want
this money. Altogether there il 40
other prospective legislation which
greater chance for con-
tention than the liquor laws Of South
Dakota.
The 'scash funds Of the various
public institutions of the state will
probably be the subject Of attempt.
ed legislation this winter. These
funds are derived from the sale q
farm products, hides, ETC., at the
asylum, penitentiary aud rsfo-n.
school and frcm buttons at the
schools. They are now handled ex.t
clusively by the boards and officsrs
of the institutions, there being no
statute requiring them to be turned,
over to the state treasury as other
public revenues are.
During the last ten years the state
penitentiary has handled over $50.
900 of this money. The officers are
no, under bond for the safekeeping
of the money, and it is in the man
agement Of these funds that,nuch OF
the crookedness charged against
South Dakota institutions has been
discovered. This has been hobby
of Governor Lees but he will retire
without having been able to accom-.
5plish more than to vigorously agi-
tate the turning Of these funds into
the state trearury.
-Four years ago Governor Lee en-
forced the state law requiring the
treasurer to make ashow,of the cash
in his hands at the close of his sec
ond term aud Kirk Philips, then
treasurer, had to ship in the curren-
cy at an expense ii about $500 in
order to comply with the law. It is
not anticipated that Governor Her
ried will exact this sort OF a settle
mentfrom Mr.. Schamber. The bond
OF the state treasurer is what it was
when the territory was organized,
$3.50, 900, although he handles nearly
81 900, 900 per year, and usually has
on hand at least $500, 900.
According to the republicans
themselves, one Of the first question
to be disposed Of will be the amend
ing OF the state election laws. I'm
der the law as it now stands politi-
cal parties, such as the free silver
republican, populist and Democratic,
can unite upon the same men for
county, legislative, congressional
and state officers and still have dis
tinetive party tickets in the field
and printed upon the official ballot.
1t is proposed to amend the law in
such . manner that the name Of any
particular candidate for Office can
not appear upon the official ballot
more than once. The republicans
confidently predict that this will dis
courage fusion between the parties
opposed to the republican party, as
only by surrendering their party
name and having the nominees Of
fusion parties appear under one head
on the official ballots can there be
fusion in future with the law thus
amended. The measure will beea
partisan one, passed with = view Of
intaining republican supremacy
in the state.
II is probable that there will be
little in the way Of railroad legislA-
ltion. There Isl disposition in some
quarters to remodel the railroad
laws some what so ss to encourage
| the building ofiseveral lines which
are badly needed in the state, nota.
bly, the extension Of the Chi
lcago and Northwestern, from the
Missouri river Y, the Black Hills.
The state can never prosper and go
ahead as it should until this is an
accomplished fact, and the people
Igof the mining regions and cattle
ranges Of the western portion Of the
state are brought in direct touch