The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-30
PASS THE JAG CURE LAW
GOES THROUGH AFTER STIFF
FIGHT WITHOUT A VOTE
TO SPARE
DAY OF SLAUGHTER FOR BILLS
Farmers and Lawyers I'm the Legis-
Iature Lock Horns Over Several
Measures-Rapid Work
Done.

PIERRE, s. D., Jan. 29-(SpeciaI.)-
The principal house bills introduced to-
day Were: To change the time of the
election of supreme and circuit court
judges to the general elections, and to
provide counsel for INDECENT defendants
hiking maximum fee of $25. The house
started out for day Of slaughter and
began on the senate wide tire wagon BILL
which was killed by committee report,
as was the jobbers bill to prevent the
sale of stocks of goods in fraud Of cred
ftors. Bills killed on third reading were:
Providing for partition fences; requiring
special notice to non-residents for road
work, and the senate bill increasing
terms of road overseers to two years
Bills passed We're: To compel planking of
bridges by the operators of traction en-
gines, and the Jag cure" bill, which
caused the fight of the day, and finally
went through with not a vote to spare.
On the road bills the farmers and lawyers
locked horns, and the grangers came off
victorious in both cases.
The principal senate bills introduced
We're: To empower cities to maintain
library buildings and requiring the pay
ment of taxes as the first requisite to
maintaining a suit on a tax title. The
senate passed the printers bill, allowing
the county commissioners to select Of
fetal papers regardless of politics; the
bill to give to the counties all the license
money collected, and, on reconsideration,
the uniform negotiab BILE instruments law
Representatives of the Standard Oil
company are on the ground to look after
the interests of the oil bill now pending,
and are obJecting to that provision which
requires stamping as to quality.
F. ]. Bushell, of Sioux Falls, represent
ing the Stationary Engineers union of
that place, is here In the interest of the
bill to license engineers and to punish
parties with severe penalties for attempt
ing to run any kind of steam outfit with
out such license. 1t is expected that the
farmer members will oppose the bill, as
they have in the past on the ground that
1t is class legislation and that It's real
intention is to limit the number of en-
gineerS and produce q restriction of the
labor market. The features of the bill
which provide for the inspection Of steam
boilers are generally favored, but it is
contended that the licensed engineer idea
would be fatal to many small steam out
fits and compel their owners either to
put in gasoline engines or go out of bust
ness. The lntroducer of the bill states
that he has never read it.
bill has been prepared and sent to
the capital by resident of Sioux Falls
providing for the forfeiture of the char
ter of any fire insurance company that
enters into a combination to establish or
maintain rates. The bill has not been
presented but it is in the possession of a
senator and may come to the front any
day. The result of the enactment of such
measure would be to shut out all in
surance companies from doing business
within the state, mutuals as well as old
lines.
The woman suffrage movement, which
has been dormant for the past four years,
Is likely to become an issue again. 1t Is
reported that the ladies of Watertown
have formulated a mammoth petition to
the legislature to submit an equal suf-
frage amendment to the state constitu-
ton. The presentation of such a petition
would probably have the effect of renew
ing the fight for and against the PROPOSE
ton.