The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-02-01

licanl from sanborn, who fought the
measure. Six of h fusionists voted
for it. Notwithstanding the fact that
they claim to have been snubbed by
the majority, h fusion members have
evidently become resigned and have
concludedto turn the other cheek to the
blasts, The bill will pass the senate
though 1t will have some strong oppo-
sttion. The trading and dickering by
which 1t was passed is it's weakest
point with the members. Representa-
tive Wade OF kingsbury county, who
lives in the third circuit, spoke against
the bill and voted against it, asking
significantly why it was that his cir
cult had been omitted from the oper-
alton of the law. He knew why too
well.
The bin introduced by Mr.. Loomis
or Jerauld county reducing the menu
bership on the board of equalization
has for it's chief purpose the prohibi-
ton OF the practice of assessing prop
erty all over the state which past
boards have INDUCED in. His bill pro-
vtdes thai where the board of equaliza-
ton raises a class of property in a
county 1t must raise all other proD-7
erty, real and personal, pro rata. Here
tofore the board has dipped into a
county and raised horses and lowered
cattle. or vice versa, till their equal
ization has amounted practically to a
county assessment. Mr.. Loomis pro-
poses to put a stop to that and make
the state board q board Of euualiza-
ton, as 1t was intended to be.
Mr.. Ryan OF Union county is hav-
ing a hard time to get his railroad
fence bin before the legislature, but
Ryan himself seems to be the chief OBJ
stacle. He has twice given his bill to
the clerk and then before 1T could be
read n numbered pulled 1T down. He
seems to want to pass a law which
shall make railroads absolutely liable
for stock killed where there are no
FENCES along the track, but he has not
yet got squared around to the task.
Possibly the clerk may vet take the
advantage of him and lumber the bill
and then keep it. Men have been
known to make plays of that sort be-
fore, but there appears TO be no guile
in Mr.. Ryan.
&c. r. Hannah, the successful bidder
for the issue of emergency warrants
just made by South Dakota, was for
some years a resident of Columbia,
Brown county. He went In with the
early rush and left in 1885, going to
Council Bluffs, where he has succeeded
exceptionally in the banking business.
He began his career as a boy, ped
ding fruit in Michigan. He is now
president OF one of the best banks in
the west.
Doane Robinson, secretary of the
new historical society, has q letter
from Pierre Chateau, Of st. Louis. ex-
pressing regret hat he was unable to
be present at the organization of the
South Dakota Historical society, being
| TaSfr1ina6 from COMING INV fho 1aoth
of his aged father. He says hat he
has some interesting relics of the early
history of this section which he will
present to the society as soon as it is
in shape to care for them, among the
relics being the first bell that was used
at old Fort Pierre and the last jour-
nails kept at Fort Pierre and Fort Te-
cumseh.
Warden John A. Bowler Of Sioux
Falls has been in town for several
days looking owe the situation re-
specting the chances for holding his
place. He is full of fight and has plen-
ty of confidence that the supreme
court cannot go back on the Finnerud
decision, which he believes to be deci-
siye of the cases of the members of the
new board of charities and correc-
tions. He expects q favorable opinion
from the court based on the Finnerud
decision.
The bill which passed the house
Thursday fixing a az of 80 cents per
head per month on cattle ranged on
state lands by nonresident owners
will probably be declared ~unconstitu-
tional. Ut was intended to cure a con-
dftion from which the western part OF
the state suffers. Montana cattle are
run over into South Dakota and eat
up the range In this state and the bill
WAS proposed by Black Hills cattlemen
to stop the practice.
Some OF the members are beginning
TO feel h responsibility while the
legislature is taking in the matter of
appropriations. In the senate Sweet of
Hutchinson protested against the
growing disposition to create new Of
fces and appropriate additional COM
pensatiunsf for old ones in discussing the
farems' institute. bill Heath OF San
born In opposing an increase OF ju-
dtcial salaries urged more conServat-
ism in handling public money. ut 10
urged that we ought to Increase our ju-
dicial salaries because Montana and
North Dakota pay their governor and
Judge more than we pay ours, this
is not a good reason; Montana mem-
bers Of the legislature command as
high as $26 per vote for United States
senators. He thought the increase OF
salaries could wait till the state was
better able to put official salaries upon
"a sentimental basis.
Representative McDouEall, Of, Mar
shall county, probably has the distinc-
ticn of having paid q higher price for
farm labor than any man In the state.
In speaking for the Increase in salaries
he declared that he had paid a hired
hand more for work on the farm than
the judges Of the South Dakota circuit