The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15
WOULD TAKE Them
OUT or POLITICS
Charitable, Penal and State In.
stitutions May Mind Their
Own Affairs.

Pierre. S. D.. Feb. l4.-1'he senat,
anti-treating bin 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
,duced a bill prohibiting the heads OF
charitable and penal institutions from
making contributions to campaign COM
mi,tees or making recommendations
for appointments for any position This
1s the first step to take the state In
situations out OF politics and Will be
followed by similar bill affecting edu-
cat!onal institutions.
In the house Van Osdel's resolution
declaring against nepotism was de-
feated by decisive vote, being re-
garded as "A piece OF spite work d.
erected against Senator Gamble.
The bin limiting the salary OF clerk
OF the supreme court to 5 500 per year
WAS passed by the house
Echo Of Lost Cause.
An echo of lost cause was heard In
the house when Parmley made motion,
following the report of the investigating
comnittee of the office of governor under
rh" llerreid and Elrod administrations,
call ng for the fling of all the proceedings
of the committee in the investigation or
Senator Gamble which was concluded on
the a2i day of January. The committee
had reported Its finding together with the
record evidence which had been submitted
the investigation by the senator ana
by his enemies, but the minutes OF the
proceedings had been withheld until such
time as the work OF the committee Is com
pleted. Mr.. Iarmley argued earnestly FOR
his motion and was supported by both
Price and Van Osdel of Yankton, who
have lost no opportunity to drag the name
of Senator Gamble into discussion where
is probably owing to the animus of these
wo members from the home county or
MIR Gamble that the motion was upon roll
ral! lost. as there was no other reason why
The demand in Parmley's motion should
not be complied with. and which as
matter of fact was complied with yester-
day when the committee voluntarily @id
til. the whole proceedings to be made
part of the journal of the house.
Discussing "Contineent Fund
Much discussion is heard of that part
All the report of the Joint investigating
committee dealing with she administra-
zion of Governors Herreiu and Elrod, and
~speci e., a., 90 tn, .atuIt2] tn coneih
gent act under which they drew the sums
represented in the report of the commit
Tee. This act has been passed at two sue
cesslve sessions of the legislature prnar-
1ly for the purpose of increasing the sal
sry of the chief executive of the state and
contemplated filing of vouchers as was
done during a part of the administration
of Governor Herreid wherein it was sought
to he made to appear that 1t was really
con, ngent expense. but later 1t was drawn
AT ne tine and in like manner TO the reg
ular salary of the governor and this prac-
scr continued during all of the Elrod ad-
lntnistration The law was no doubt not
conceived or passed in any spirit of VI
ciousness but to meet an actual need for a
larger salary for the executive but 1t was
makesh:ft and evasion of the im.ta-
,ions of already existing law relative to
the salary of such officers and was bound
i'm the course of time to react. and just as
certainly that Reaction must come upon
those who protited directly through its
provisions.
None for Crawford.
1t Is certain that no such contingent law
WI be passed during the present session,
for governor Crawfords severe arraign-
mont oi this act in his first message TO the
legislature and to the people Will not soof.
b. forgotten. Nor was he the first TO call
1n question the wisdom of such an enact
ment, but the matter has been discussed
moro and more since the time of its first
enactment and especially since the leSisla-
ture of two years ago put itself out OF mar
1nony with the people and caused Il search
ing :nNest:gation to be made OF the deeds
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