The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-21
BAD FOR NEWSPAPER MN
CUTTING OFF FAT FEES BY ABoL-
ISHING PUBLICATION OF
NOMINATIONS
10 MCLoUD's FODDER BILL
another Batch of Rotten Eggs
for Steere, but He HASN'T
Anything to
Say.

PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 20.-(SpectaL)-
The newspapers of the state are getting
quite sore over the hasty passage Of
bills reducing the compensation for va
rious kinds of official printing. They
complain that the bills were railroaded
through with an ill-considered haste and
in such a manner as not to give the
newspaper men any opportunity to de-
fend their interests. The publishers ad-
init that the present law concerning the
publication of nomination papers is I'M
just, but they claim that the maximum
compensation should have been fixed at
$40. They also object to the house bill!
abolishing the affidavit required of at
torneys, that they have not held up the
printers far part of their fees Some
OF the country lawyers in the legislature
are among the strongest advocates of
this measure, and the papers say they
are showing poor gratitude for the sup
port given them at the last election
STILL AFTER sTEERE.
Mr.. Steere's letter to the legislature is
sun discussed considerably, and the
Sioux Falls Press remarks:
MIR. f. NJ. Steere was asked at Pierre
by the Sioux City Tribune correspondent
what he had to say to the specific
charges made against him by the Press:
That he had demanded the payment
without further investigation, of a bill
Tor plumbing one of the reform school
buildings, the plumber himself after
wards acknowledging the bill too high by
Sl,OO0; that AinsWorth had induced the
BOARD Of charities and corrections to buy
Two carloads of sheep for the peniten-
uary and the insane hospital and that he
was appointed purchasing ltgent and
bought the sheep from himself and cul!ed
out the ole ewes and diseased sheen and
sold them IN or
bought mileage books at 2 cents a mile
and charged 4 cents a mile.
When all these and other charges
made We're called to Mr.. Steere's atten-
ton he said he had nothing to say. He
had nothing to say, because he knew
every charge to be true
Besides, we are not quite done with
Mr.. Steere yet"
AN OLD STANDBY.
There is one man in South Dakota
says correspondent, that has become
better known to the men who hang
around legislatures than the Oldest mem
Der in the state, and that is 10 McCloud.
VINO continues to register from Hermo-
STA, although it is doubtful if he has seen
that city for several years. In the In
dlan uprising of 1889 10 was running
ranch in the Hills country and boarded
some soldiers and fed their horses for
time at his ranch. He has been trying to
get pay for the feed and fodder thus con-
sumed from every legislature that has
ever been held in the state from that
llme 10 the present, and has got his bill
thrcugh two legislatures only to meet
WITH the disfavor of the executive Leg
islatures may come and legislatures NAV
go, out 10 McCloud's fodder bill goes on
forever There has been more time vast
ed and money spent in printing on ac-
count OF this claim than would have paid
the bill several times over, and this leg
)slature had better either pay the bill or
give 10 a pension for life, conditional
that he do not introduce any more fodder
bills in the South Dakota legislature.
WILL INVADE PIERRE.
The publishers of the state will be
mere IN force before many days from
present Indications The sentiment of
the Solons, who are so solicitous of the
welfare of the press during campaign,
mas reversed itself, and they seem more
than ready to jump at any occasion to
give the newspapers a dig. A bill has
already passed the house to cut off en-
tlrely the publication of certificates of
nomination, and there are other bills
pending to reduce the number of papers
which shall do official printing and to cut
q the rates, while there are rumors of bills
TO cut off the publication of insurance
statements. Besides the apparent will
ingness of the legislators to take q
Whack at the newspapers, the commits
sioners of numerous counties have been
firing in petitions to strike them at
several places and cut their privileges
to the lowest possible limit. At the same
time the commissioners themselves are
In with bill to increase their own salar-
les to five dollars per day, which will
receive due attentian from the newspa-
per boys
One of the members today characteriz
ed the hill fO off hot a.
printers affidavit which prevents a divi-
sion as lawyers bill to allow them to
get share of the fee.
SOME NEW BILLS.
The bill introduced for an appropria-
ton of $1,000 for an artesian well on
school and pubic lands in Fall River
county is one recommended by the state
land commissioner in his last report The
state owns a large tract of land in that
county which brings no revenue, for the
reason that it is impossible to secure
water on the tract, and an artesan we'll
"ou d make 1T possible to lease the
whole tract returning to the state in a
few years the cost of the well, and nav
a revenue on the investment
Another bill, which grants to counties
power TO loan the permanent school fund
on county and municipal bonds is in line
with the constitutional amendment ADOPT
NA4S 'etSI SICSliOil, WHICH was meant
to give greater latitude in such invest
ments. Up to the present the only securi-
tles allowable were school bonds and
farm loans, but the new bill will allow
more latitude in the securities which
may be secured as investments.
The purpose Of the meeting of the state
business mems association with COM
mittees of both houses was to discuss
and attempt to decide upon what If any.
appropriations shall be granted at the
present session for state exhibits at the
pan-Amcrican exposition at Buffalo. and
the Mississippi exposition at ST
Louis The calls for appropriations for
the various state institutions will be SO
heavy this year that it will be a hard
matter to secure anything for these ex.
positions, and, while something may be