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 the provi-
sion in the license law which gives
the state about $50, 900 per year from
liquor sales. The counties want
this money. Altogether there is 40
other prospective legislation which
furnishes a greater chance for con-
tentlon than the liquor laws Of South
Dakota.
Tue cash funds Of the various
public institutions nf the state will
probably be the subject Of attempt-
ed legislation thi, winter. These
funds are derived from the sale Of
farm products, hidss, ETC., at the
asylum. penitentiary and reform
school and frcm tuitions at the
schools. They are now handled ex-
clusively by the boards and officers
Of the institutions, there being no
statute requiring them to be turned
over to the state treasury Us other
public revenues are.
Duriny 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 nf these funds that,nuch OF
the cronkedness charged against
lSouth Dakota institutions has been
discovered. This has been a hobby
Of Governor Lees but he will retire
without having been able to accom-.
plish 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 q show OF the cash
in his hands at the close Of his Sec
ond term and Kirk Philips, then
,treasurer. had to ship in the curren-
Icy at,an expense st about $500. Ia
order comply with the Iaw. q
not an tieipatesl that Governor Hsrs
ried will exact this sort ot 5 ssstlss
ment from Mr.. Schambef. The bOn
Of the state treasurer is what it was
when the territory was orxanixsd,
1856, 600, although he handles nearly
81, 900, 600 per year, and usually has
on hand ut least $500, 600.
4 According to tho republicans
themselves, one OF the first question
to be disposed Of will be the amend
ling 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
tinctive party tickets in the field
and printed upon the official ballot.
It is proposed to amend the Law in
such . manner that the name of any
particular candidate for Office can
not appear upon the official ballo,
more than once. The republicans
confidently predict thatthis 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 appearunder one head
on the official ballots can there be
fusion in future with the law thus
amended. The measure will be a
partisan one, passed with . view Of
maintaining republican supremacy
lin the state.
It is probable that there will be
little in the way Of railroad legisla-
ton. There is disposition in some.
quarters to remodel the railroad
laws somewhat so as to encourage
the building Of several lines which
are badly needed in the state, nota-5
bly, the extension Of the Chi
cago and Northwestern, from the
Missouri river 70 the. Black Hills.
The state can never prosper and 60
ahead as it Should until this is an
accomplished fact, and the people
OF the mining regions and cattle
ranges Of the western portion OF the
state are brought in direct touch
with the agricultural portion Of the
state east Of the Missouri river. I'll