The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25

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'that we, the eclectlcS OF South Dakota,
now in session believe that vice and
criminality and various forms of degener-
acy are on the increase, and whereas,
we believe that a large per cent or these
criminals and degenerates are direct
progeny of those who themselves are
physical or mental perverts. and, where
as, believing that it is the duty of the
state and nation to protect the health
and morals of it's citizens. Therefore,
be it resolved, that we, the e~clectics Of
South Dakota, do petition our legislature
to pass such a law or laws that will pre-
vent the marriage of physical or mental
degenerates, and that habitual inebriates,
and criminals be unseXed to preventB the
perpetuity of their kind and that we as
eclectics pledge ourselves and our sup
port to any such law or laws, and that a
copy of these resolutions be presented
to our legislature for their considera-
ton and action"
Under the provisions of the initiative
and referendum, it is necessary, in sub
hitting a proposed law to the legislature
to include in the petition the full text of
the measure. This has been done in
the case of the primary election law, the
petition for which has been filed mt
Pierre. The bill as drafted gives in de-
tail the proposed provisions. The meas
ure is a long one, containing twenty
eight sections, and it is more drastic
than the law now in force in Minnesota,
being modelled after the Wisconsin
measure. 1t provides for the nomination
of not only state officers and congress
men, including United States senators,
| hut Ill .t,+, I,-,.l,Is,,a ,,,l nn,,tu 80
icers. The primary shall be held at the
regular polling place in each precinct
on the first Tuesday of September, 1908,
and ~biennially thereafter.
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The capitol building bill asks for an
appropriation of a million dollars for
building and furnishing the structure.
The appropriation is to be strung out ut
the rate of 100000 per year after the
first two years, for which period $780,
600 is asked from the land funds, and
$4,000 from the state general fund,
1926, 900 of this to be available for the
first year and $4,000 for the second
year. All funds except the $4,000 ask
ed from the general fund, one to come
from sale of lands, and the fund from
land sales is to repay the amount so
ldhth llOln Iit SShCId III uIu SbuCI II
provisions of the bill. there would be no
need of general taxation to construct the
building, the whole amount to be derived
from the sale of the state building lands.
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The regular quarterly meeting of the
state board of pharmacy was in session
at the Rudolph Hotel in Canton on
Jan. II, and the lobby and sample rooms
J nraSantaI a Eynlv 0nnaaranca hncanCa
of the numerous candidates present, who
took examinations before the boaru,
which consists of l.. A. Keith, president,
of Lake Preston; Il. G. Bent, secretary,
Dell Rapids; d. f. Jones, Watertown;
o. A. Grifis, Aberdeen. The examina-
ions as conducted by the South Da-
kota board, are difficult in the extreme,
and by the time the candidate gets
through with it, he must nave proven
that he is capable TO stand behind a pre-
scription case.
The Indians of Cheyenne River agency
at a recent meeting to discuss matters of
import to themselves, one of the princi-
pay being delays in the matter of pay
ment of money due them for rentals for
their leases, and the cattle trail across
the north end Of their reservation, APP
pointed delegates to go to Washington to
inquire into the matters which they de-
sire adjusted. The delegation selected
was Ed Swan, Percy Phillips and Wal
ter Swift Bird, who are members of the
young, progressive element of the reser.
walton.
A move to prevent the crooked work
ard fraud Of lightning rod fakirs, and
machine agents Of various kinds, has
been started by a bill by Senator Hutch
inson, of Beadle, to make notes given to
these agents non-negotiable. AS he is i'll
the banking business he evidently does
not care to handle paper on which there
Is likely to be a suit after it is purchased,
and by the provisions of the bill the
notes will show on their face that they
are not of a class which banks care to
deal with.
The equal suffrage forces are getting
ready to push their resolution for a con-
stitutional amendment allowing equal
suffrage, and expect to have it ready
for introduction Immediately after the
rec%onvening of the legislature. The sem
timent of the legislature does not appear
to be any more favorable to the measure
than in past sessions, but the advocates
come up biennially with a hope that
success will come some time.
Before the end of the present session
bills will be introduced in the legislature
to allow counties to offer bounties on
prairie dogs, and since the introduction
Of the bill for protection Of jack rabbits,
there is talk of allowing counties to offer
bounties for them as well as gophers and
| prairie dogs.