Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
WOULD TAKE Them
OUT OF POLITICS
Charitable, Penal and State ln'
situations May Mind Their
Own Affairs.

Pierre. $. H., Feb. 1.-THE senate
arti-treating bill was yesterday de-
ferred until Wednesday in anticipation
of its defeat in the house today, which
is likely to occur.
In the senate Yesterday Dillon intro
duc.d a bin prohibiting the heads of
charitable and penal institutions from
making contributions to campaign COM
mittees or making recommendations
for appointments for any position. TINS
is the frs, step To take the state i'm
situations out of politics and Will be
followed by q similar bill! affecting edu-
.c;ttional Institutions
In the house Van Osdels resolution
declaring against nepotism was de-
feated hy a decisive vote, being re-
garded as a piece of spite work d.
rected against Senator Gamble.
The bin limiting the salary of clerk
OF the supreme court To $1,000 per year
Was passed 10y the house.
Echo of Lost Cause.
An echo of i lost cause was heard In
the house when Parmiey made II motion.
following the report of the investigating
committee of the office of governor under
the iierreid and Elrod administrations.
calling for the fling of all the proceedings
nf The committee in the investigation of
Senator Gamble which was concluded on
the 22d day of January. The committee
had reported its findins together with tho
record evidence which had been submitted
at the investigation by the senator ana
by his nenlies but the minutes of the
proceedings had been withheld until such
time as the work of the committee Is com
pieted. MIR. Parmley argued earnestly for
his motion and was supported by botn
Price and Van Osdel. of yankton. who
haze lost 40 opportunity to drag the name
of Senator Gamble into discussion where
his enemies might ilay him TO the Emit.
II is probably owing TO the animus of these
two members from the home county of
MIR. Gamble that the motion was upon roll
call lost. as there was no other reason why
the demand in Parmley's motion should
not be complied with. and which as IA
matter of fact was compiled with Nester-
day when the committee voluntarily did
tile the whole proceedings to be made Il
part of the Journal of the house.
Discussing "contineent Fund
Much discussion Is heard of that part
of the report of the joint Investigating
committee dealing with the administra-
ton of Governors !Ierreid and Elrod. and
especially as TO the nature OF the contltl-
gent act under which they drew the sums
represented IN The report of the commit
tee. This act has been passed at two sue
! ~ .EhN y s|'s3t W a''r
lily for the purpose of increasing the sal
AIRY of the chief executive of the state and
contemplated filing of vouchers as was
done during q part of the administration
of Governor Herreid wherein it MAS sought
to he made to appear that it was really a
contingent expense. but later it was drawn
at the tine and in like manner to the reg
ular salary OF the governor and this prac-
ticc continued during all OF the Elrod adj
ministration. The law was no doubt not
conceived or passed In any spirit of vi
larger salary for the executive. but 1t was
a makeshift and an evasion of the lim:ta-
lions of already existing law relative to
the salary of such officers and was bound
in the course of time to react. and just as
certainly that reaction must come upon
those who protitcd directly through its
provisions.
None for Crawford.
1t is certain that no such contingent law
VIII be passed during the present session.
for governor CraWtord's severe arraign-
ment of this act in his first message to the
legislature and TO the people Will not soor.
be forgotten. Nor was he the first to call
In question the wisdom of such an enact
ment, but the matter has been discussed
more and more since the time of its flrst
enactment and especially since the leGisia-
.urc of two years ago put itself out OF mar
mony with the people and caused a search
ing investigation to be made of the deeds
of past administrations.