The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-05
South Dakota.
Want 4 PROHIBITION LAN
RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY ON THE
DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA
REFLECTED
LEGISLATOR ATTACKS JUDGE
Freak BtIIs Introduced by the soutl,
Dakota SoIons-Round-Up of
Notes, Gossip and Com
mentary.


PIERRE, S. D., Feb. 4-(SpeciaI ION
account of absentees in both houses the
more important bills were put over from
one to two days to allow the presence
of those interested. The house bills in
trcduced which will create the greatest
comment are3 To put the Office of the
clerk of the supreme court on a salary
basis and a general prohibition bill SEN
ate bills are: To allow counties to in
crease the general levy over mills and
to particularize the code for the Aber-
deem School of Technology. The house
killed the resolution for. five DAYS. ad-
journment on roll call and the senate
committee reported against the house
resolution of sympathy with the English
people on the death of the queen. taking
the position that the matter was not one
for official action and being opposed to
lowering the flag for any other than
American citizens.
Trouble of a serious nature is brewing
between Judge Moore-God-of-b battles
Moore-of the Eighth circuit, and Repre-
sentative Benedict OF Custer County. Mu-
tual friends, however. will exert them
selves to prevent the two from coming
to blows. The trouble arose, like many
another, over too much letter writing
Mr.. Benedict, it will be remembered was
made custodian of the documentary evil
dence that was to be used against Judge
Moore in the Impeachment proceedings
that never came to pass. For some
reason best known to himself Mr.. Bene-
dict wrote to the judge protesting great
friendship for him and stating that he
had never given the contents of the pa
pers to the press, and expressing sorrow
that the matter had been made public
Judge Moore gave the letter to the Dead
wood papers, together with his reply,
which was somewhat sarcastic. Now Mr..
Benedict threatens to take a day off to
write a rejoinder that VIII wither the
judge when he reads it. and further
threatens that there will be lively pro-
ceedings when he and the judge next
meet.
The bin to give the governor power to
remove constitutional officers not subject
to impeachment will be amended by the
senate judiciary committee to give the
governor power to remove all OF his ap-
pointees for cause The bill creating the
office of insurance commissioner gave the
governor absolute power of removal and
no one will dispute that this power
worked well and saved the state both
dollars and further disgra e. The bill
as it will leave the Judiciary committee
will give the governor the same power
to remove any and all states officers who
| owe their appointment tdsfhe executive
. ss,@ f
TIE representatives of the Standard
Oil company are on The ground to look
after the interests of the company in the
bill now pending in the senate. They
object to that portion Of the bill which
requires that companies anst stamp all
oil shipped in to show its quality, but
/ this requirement Will be insisted upon In
the bill. ao
Probably no other measure has ere
ated more feeling among the senator's
than the proposition to pay the money
received from liquor licenses into the
county treasures The members from
institution counties and wolf-bounty sec
lions realize that If they are to get the
very liberal appropriations which they
are asking for they must retain this
money for the state. But many OF the
members who come from counties winch
paw large amounts into the state treas
urv on this account, say that 1t Is a
wrong proposition to allow the hypec>its
who vote no license and then patron re
tee drug store saloons to participate in
the benefits derived from the licenses
which are paid by the other counties.
| The license will amount to about $l2O,0Ot
in the course of the next two years and
is an important item in keeping up the
expenses of the state
Part of the lower house at. Pierre pro-
poses to pass bill laying tax OF 6e
cents head en- cattle, on the reserVa-
ton. owned by non-residents. Of course,
such law would be unconstitutional and
no effort would be made to enforce 1t.
A number of unconstitutional measures
are up with prospects of favorable con-
sideration.
The present legislature is also max
ing a record for bills for laws already
on the statute books of the state. One
good legislator it is reported, intro
duced a bill with thirty seven sections,
relating to the capture. trial and punish
ment of persons who desecrate the Stars
ard Stripes. 1t is understood that the
judiciary committee told him that thirty
six of his sections were unconstitutional,
and that the other Cne@had been law
for four years. - IS
A bill will soon be presented for the
creation of a permanent fund for the
support of the state educational 1nstltu-
tons 1t is proposed to take the proeeeds
of a fax levy of l mill on the dollar and
anportion 1t among the several institu-
tions approximately as follows: Vermil-
lion. s41 $50; Madison, $4,000; Bookings,
$27, eco; Aberdeen, Springfield and Rapid
City, $4,000 each; Spearfish, $2O.000 I'M
proportion would be subject to change
from time to time as the needs OF the
institutions demand, and IL is urged that
the passage of such a bill would do away
with an immense amount of lobbying and
often prevent injustice
<sttEi-f
Mrs. Ramsey, of Woonsocket, and Mrs
Johnston. of Highmore, are pressing the
claims of prohibition and woman suffra ge
nnon the members of the legislature. In
cidentally it may be mentioned that the
ladies are now non-partisan.
Hotel men are not enamored of the
pending bill to enable the courts to grams
divorces while you wait. The bill, as
previously stated, prescribes no period OF
residence when personal service is had
either within or without the state, and
people who have board and other luxuries
to sell in which the divorces usually in
dulge naturally prefer that they should
remain a few days at least. These inter
ests with others, will fight the bill when
it comes up for final passage.
Sioux Falls men are said to be interest
ed in bill to give city councils powers
to regulate rates of local telephone ex-
changes. The mayor and several alder
men of that city were here for several
days, presumably to push tie project,
but it is understood they met with small
encouragement.
Complaint is made of inefficiency in tn :