Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-02-07
OUR PIERRE LETTER
EarA@ kamber o. New Hills. COunty
Optton Liesn se Bin Defeated
the PRIMARY BtIl. The
Amtt.pa.s Bi1l and
Its Troubles.
Pierre, S. D Feb. !,

Special 10 UNION Co. COURIER:
The report Of the investigating com
mittce, the election Of Senator G mble,
the recess, the return OF the M mbers
TO their tasks all this is stale history
by This time. Many Of the boys came
back fr.m their constituents with peck
| cts full Of new bills. OF new bills. a.
tof new books, there seems TO be no end.
| AT the close OF business hours on Sat
| urday the house had list OF III, the
senate about go A to,al OF fifteen
have passed in the house, two have
been Loot, several have died on sec
| ond reading and many have been.
smothered ia committee. Tue senate
has advanced little faster owing to
the greaier mobility Oh tina. body on
account OF smaller membership.
The couaty option license bill came,
up for final action ia the house on Fri
day. IL went down by 80 to b The
an,i-saoon league will probably in
yoke the referendum on this measure
at the nj xt general election. The pri-
mary bill passed the senate on Thurs
day with only one vote against it, ~ g
house is still threshing it over in COM
mitiee Of the whole, bu. will probably
come to "a vote early in the week. +
I is likely to come out so amended that
q voter will not be obliged 10 disclose
hi. past party affiliations when chal-
/ lenged at a primary. All he will be
I obliged TO affirm IL that he sis now ia
| good faith member OF such aud sur n
/ a party. This removes uisagreeable
i feature OF the bill AS introduced A
/ bin increasing the per diem OF town
CLERKS has passed the house, also a bill
! making Liuceln's birthday and L. bcr
!! day legal holidays. A dill making II the
1 duty Of farmers to cat weeds on roads
alongside their farm, passed Recently
! Johhs0n, OF Clay, was The author Of
4 this meritorious measure.
The only thing that has caused any
excitement since the senatorial episode
was the anti-pass bill. The senate
pushed it through without amend
ments IL was up 10" the house to do
the pruning. The fellows with the
shears wished to do this In committee
OF the whole where their votes would
not go on record. Those satisfied with
the bill as it WAS favored discussion in
order. A parliamentary wrangle en-
sued ia which the rules were made to
subserve the interests of the majority,
the speaker was eyerruled and the
house went into committee OF the
whole. Mr.. Carroll, chairman OF tht
, Railroad committee, then moved al
amendment to the bill, authorizing
railroads TO exchange mileage book
for newspaper advertising. Mr.. Glass
who introduced the bill. seconded thu
motion, explaining that it had neve
been the Intention of the authors Il
/. deprive newspapers OF this privilege
but in view OF recent court decisions
on the subject he thought il wise /.
incorporate the clause In the bill Tp
was the only important amendme
that went through. MANY others wei,
proposed hut fell down. One mt mo,
wi,lily remarked that he came here o
4 pass ard didn't swant To walk back
so he moved that the emergency ciau-
he stricken out. A lively debate en-
! sued and the real motive for meeii,t
in committee became apparent.
could readily be seen that mem Der
hated most awfully TO kill their ow
passes and yet they would not go 0
record on the question. The banef,
influence OF tine railroad pass was neve
better exemplitied. But the emergei
cy clause would not come off. 1t
, there TO stay. for the bill went throug
with only two votes in opposition
B fore another week ha. passed i! ma
e be law.
d RAYMOND.