The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-01


latter does not provide for the regis
tration Of lobbyists as In Wisconsin.
but provides penalties for soliciting
legislation except by appearing before
committees or by public speeches or
publications.
Leaders Of the Legislature.
The legislators are finding them.
selves and the real leaders are becom-
ing pretty well marked. In the SEN
ate Byrne and Dowdell are most fire.
quently upon their feet and have a
large following Dillon and Goodner
speak for the conservatives. Dillon's
plea for conservative action and time
for deliberation relating to the rate
bill was probably the most effective
bit Of speaking thus far In the session
In the house Glass is distinctively the
spokesman and leader for the major
ity Browne of Brown is recognized
as a sound adviser and is attentively
followed. Hornby Of Moody Is fre-
ouently heard for majority measures.
Parmley, though in the political minor
ity, is influential in practical matters.
Hebal, as he always has been, contin-
ues to be practical and to the point
and is a good wearer. His long ex-
perience makes him an exceedingly
valuable legislator. Dudly in the
senate and Eastman in the house
speak for the old line Democrats
Curiously enough they are business
partners in the law at Hot Springs
and to their very great surprise were
both elected to the legislature, so they
turned the law business over to their
stenographer and came down to help
save the country.
The horse doctors have again dis
committed the veterinarians. For twen-
ty .years in every session of the leg
islature the graduate veterinarians
have come up with a bill regulating
veterinary practice and prohibiting
every one from engaging therein ex-
cept those holding diplomas from repu-
table colleges and year by year the
farmer members have stood up and
one by one coyly admitted that he
keeps bottle of nux vomica over the
stable door and is in the habit Of
treating "Old Moll" for the bolts and
splitting the cows tails against hol-
low horn and after>that a vote is taken
and the veterinarians bill joins its
predecessors of the same blood In the
place where all dead legislation goes.
Amending Insurance Law.
| The law provides that South Dakota
stock insurance companies shall in
vest their surplus funds in South Da-
kota securities. The only stock com
pany. the Queen City Fire, wants to
spread out and to do so wishes tho
privilege Of making investments In
other states. That il. 1t desires to
sell more stock and 1t can do 20 BY
permitting non-residents to subscribe
and secure the greater part Of their
subscriptions by mortgages upon their
property. The subject has been ear
nestly debated In previous sessions.
but the law has stood. Thursday the
senate passed Vessey's bill permitting
such outside investments ana the
probability Is the house will concur.
/ The Standard OIL company rather
pulled the wool or seme Sshsr een-
modify over the eyes % tie laDt lsgis-
laturs and upon the pretsxt u admit
ting Kansas oil at reduced price se.
cured . letting down Of the standard
of the oil tests which had secured for
us during the previous two years oil
Of a high grade. The attorney gen.
eral and state chemist were induced
to 60 to Kansas where they were con.
vinced that the Kansas product, al
though not meeting the requirements
Of the then existing law as to tests
was really equal in Illuminating quail
tiles to the higher test Eastern oils
and upon the assurance of the Stand
ard representatives that II this quail
ity was allowed to come In the price
would be materially reduced to con
sumers the legislature passed a care
fully guarded bill permitting the
change. Then the Standard flooded
the state with low grade Eastern oils
at the price Of the best quality. The
law Of 1903 viii no doubt be restored
at this session. Upon this point the
! vital statistics Office shows that thirty
four persons met their death by burn
ing, chiefly from the use Of oils and
gasoline, from July l, 1905, to Jan. !
1907 in the state.
The vital statistics division Of the
department Of history. created by the
last session, has met with success and
popularity. It's records show during
the eighteen months OF its operation
there have been 14.960 births, 5,441
deaths, $3.50 marriages and 75s di
vOrces.
II Regarding Sale Of School Lands.
Hon. Adam Scott of Union county II
strongly opposing the plan to take the
school lands on the market or to dou
BILE the minimum price. His strong
est argument for the sale Of the lands
Is that they will return as much II
taxes after sale as they do now II
rents. The land onicials, however
have decided. unless expressly di
rected BY the legislature to do %, Il
offer no lands for sale this year.
The session Of 1905 made q bul
which is creating . good deal o.