The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-27

turned on Tuesdays trains from their
vacation and held short sessions. The
session promises to develop more in
terest from this time on than for the
tiTst few days.
Inc initiative petition for the pri-
mary election law will be filed With
both houses Wednesday by State Sec
rotary Wlpf, and it is rumored that i'm
medlately following this action bills
will come on to reduce railroad fare
below 3 cents; to give the railroad
commission power to fix telephone and
telegraph rates, and like measures
which will be expected to help the pr!-
mary election move
The senate disposed of the lack rab-
bit dipping bill by sending it to the
waste basket, and passed a resolution
memorializing congress for the open
ing OF the Cheyenne river Indian res
ervatlon, bill appropriating money
tor expenses of presidential electors,
and resolution to allow towns to con-
neMn property outside their limits for
waterworks purposes. Two bills were
presented in the house, one by Nanos-
del ito allow licensing of electricians
TO use electricity, for healing purposes.
ana by Batrud, y to allow insurance
stock companies to invest their surplus
outside the state.
Vanosdel asked for correction OF
the bill fixing mileage fees to mem
hers, as in the distribution he had seen
given fourteen more miles than he was
entitled to.
Ssere4ar, Wirf, at the afternoon SEES
sion OF ths legislature Wednesday,.
dled the primary e,sction initiative re.
tltions in beth housss In the senate
1t was merely received ana sent TO the
committee on elections, while In the
house it was read in full before being
sent to the same committee.
The introduction was followed by a
resolution by Rogde, asking that the
manner OF securing names on the petit
ton be investigated: alleging that
there were many duplicates land that
1T contained the names of those not
voters in the state
The house educational committee
recommended the passage of the reso-
luton for an amendment to the con
sututlon allowing school superintand-
ents to hold more than two terms. A
resolution of sympathy for Represent To-
tive Brown OF Sanford in the loss of
MS wife was adopted and a fund was
raised for flowers. Groce of Lake at
tempted to secure the adoption of a
resolution to reduce the pay of lesisla-
tive Dnnl0vnc b,1t
members agreed with him in this prop
osltlon. A bill by Hilstad seeks 10
limit municipal taxation on agricul-
tural or horticultural lands inside of
city limits; one by Elain increases the
per diem of county commissioners TO
"a per day, and gives increased sala-
rles In larger counties. Stokes of Butte
introduced general irrigation code,
intended to cover the government
work in the Belle Fourche valley.
In the senate, a committee of SEN
ators Bonney Of Sanborn. Branson of
Dawson and Wesley of Jerauld, was
appointed to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Brown. The bill to provide for cen
sus and taking of vital statistics pass
ed the senate and was passed to sec
ond reading in the house PRINCIPAL
senate bills introduced were bv
Wright, to provide for Irvine lien on
grain crops; by Mortimer, declaring
all unnavigable waters in the state to
belong to the public to be used for ir-
rlgatlon purposes: and by Shoulder, en-
acting the primary election law under
the petition.
lot
mary law which was filed in both
houses evidently comprehends a short
campaign after the nominations are
made, as it provides for the primary
election the first Tuesday in Septem-
Der and the canvass of the returns by
the state board on the third Tuesday
OF that month. 1t provides for nomina-
tons for United States senators as
well as the state officials The REQUIRE
ment is three per cent of the party
vote On petition to become a candi-
date on any party ticket or per cent
OF the total vote to become an indie
pendent or non-partisan candidate.
ANY county is allowed to suspend the
workings of the primary law so far as
county affairs are concerned on a ma
jority vote to that effect.
The favorable report of the house
committee on education on the reso-
luton for an amendment to the con-
stitution to allow county superintend-
ents of schools to hold for more than
two terms is measure which has
been before the legislature several
times. and which has failed in past
efforts. tt is starting out early in the
session this time and it is hoped to
get 1t through this time, to allow a sue
cessful incumbent of that office to re-
main as long as the voters desire to re-
tain him.
The duplicate bill introduced in the
house and senate by Douthy and Hill
stad of Broollings county is to cover a
controversy at Bookings. The town
Is laid out to take in considerable. ad-
jacent territory, and suit was brought
short time ago by those living on the
outskirts to evade municipal taxation.
In this they were unsu ccessful, and