Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-17

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and carry the emergency clause and
Will he in operation al soon as they
are passed and signed by the gov
eruOr. O..
Glass, of C~odington, presented
most Of the administration measures
in the house which were the prim.
airy election bill, anti pass bill, a bill
providing penalties for contributions
to campaign funds by corporation,
ii bill requiring reports of campaign
expenses to be made by the party to
a committee and to proper designa-
ted officers, a bill providing penal,
ties for lobbying on the part of cor.
porations.
The reciprocal demurrage meas
ure was presented by Whittemore, of
Hamlin.
The primary election bill was
drafted by Governor Crawford and
it provides for the choice of party
delegates at the primaries. 1t also
provides that if any candidate
receives 30 per cent of the entire
party vote, he is nominated, other
wise the convention will make nomi-
nations from the primary candidates.
The bill goes into elaborate details
and embraces all public officers.
The anti.pass bill was drafted by
Senator Byrne and is much more
specific than the national law. 1t
provides that passes shall not b.
given to anyone except railroad
employees and their families, regular
pastors Of established churches, SOL
diers enroute to and from the sol
diers' home, caretakers of live stock
and persons injured in railroad acct
dents and their attendants. This
measure extends to railroads, tele-
graph, telephone and express COM
panies. Newspapers are not men
toned. Excursions are permitted
Oh the ground of public benefit.
The reciprocal ~demurrage meas
ure proposes to fine railroads orle
dollar per day for failure to furnish
cars within a period of seventy.two
hours, and a similar fine is to be
imposed on shippers for failure to
load within forty eight hours after a
car has been delivered. The same
fine is provided for failure to move
cars within twenty-four hours after
being loaded, or to forward them at
the rate of at least fifty miles a day.
Failure to spot cars for loading and
unloading within a limited period is
also subject to a fine.
The anti-lobbying bill was also
introduced last week and is designed
to prevent anyone in the interest OF
any corporation or company to try to
influence the action of members to
organization or legislation except by
appearing before the proper commit
tees, or by public prints or speeches.
There is no registration feature.
In the senate like bills were intro
duced by Cook, Dillon and Byrne,
with the addition Of the employers
liability, or fellow servant act, by
Jenkins, Of Brookings.
A long list of minor bills were
presented. The first day record OF
any past sess ion Was broken, with
forty bills and resolutions. The
rushing in of the administrations
bills was the cause of the large mum
Der.
In the senate a number of com.
mittee clerks were named: Fred
Kittenbiel, of Grant, on agriculture;
j.. f. Armstrong, of Faux, appro-
priations; III. Schancke, of Yankton,
Judiciary; n. r. Murner, of B.own;
ways and means; j. w. Buenha m,
state affairs; f. Z. Hiltz, railways;
Erie Westlund, education; j. A.
Smith, cities and municipal corpora
tons; w. A. Kinsey, military affairs;
+. 2. Hays, senate journal.
The first bill day made an excep-
tional showing as to the number and
character of bills introduced, twenty
three finding their way into the
senate and fourteen in the house.
These included all of the important
administration measures.
The following bills have been
introduced:
SENATE.
l, Dillon, primary election law.
2, Dillon. providing that instru-
ments NJ rocord rhal h.o~.u--