Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-02-22
pear here at any time, our people are
running a great risk.

pear here at any time, our people are
running a great risk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Walline, liv-
ing in the south part of Spirit Lake
township, were called upon to
mourn the loss of a daughter a little
more than a year old Tuesday even
ing. The little n got hold of a num-
Der of pills and swallowed them. A
physician was called and arrived about
fifteen minutes before the child died.
Investigation proved the pills con-
tanned abou' one .sixtieth of a grain of
strychnine each. As the child swal-
lowed several death was caused by
strychnine poisoning. As the little
one had been in good health up to
within an hour of the time of death it
is especially sad for the parents and
they have the sympathy of all.
The INDEPENDENT man visited the
state capital the latter part of last
week. The absence of the usual lob
by is making it quiet al compared
with former years. The Legislature
seems to be busy and is grinding out
as much important Legislation as in
former years up to this date. There
seems to be a disposition on the part
of our lawmakers to turn the cold
shoulder to the usual grist of useless
bills, which represent only the notion
of some member who wants to intro
duce a bill, but don't care what it is
SO long as it regulates something. or
the whim of some constituent who
has a hobby. We found Kingsbury
county occupying a high place in the
Legislature. Senator Johnson, while
not a leader in the upper house is
looked upon rs a man of good sound
judgment, and can always be depend
ed upon to be right upon all import
ant questions. In the house Messrs.
Carroll and Stoner are among the
leading members. They see to it
that Kingsbury is regarded as having
a live dele gation. Mr.. Carroll is rec
ognized as one of the leaders of the
administration faction. Carroll and
the latter from Codington
county, are the two administration
leaders. Upon these two has fallen
the work of looking after the platform
and also the railroad rate
bill. The bills in which Mr.. Carroll
was especially interested, outside of
the platform measures, were what
were known as the "Fellow Servant
Law a measure making railroads
liable for damages to employees when
caused by neglect Of a fellow I'M
ployee, a law allowing bondsmen to
limit their liability upon a bond, and
a law prohibiting more than Is con-
secutive hours work by railroad en-
ployees. These are all good and just
measures and of considerable import
ance. The railroad rate bill is Just
now receiving MI. CAROLS attention.
This bill we believe will pass the
house, although perhspsin a modified
form, despite the opposition of the
machine faction and the fact that
Price, OF Yankton, seems to have de
serted the administration. Price want
ed to be speaker and cut consider
able figure in his own estimation, but
to the observer at Pierre il looks as if
Price had put himself in about the
position Of John billions cipher
with the rim rubbed out. Harry
Hunter and Ben Hoover, the railroad
lobby, are there, but are very tame as
compared with former years. The
principal lobby in evidence the latter
part of last week was that represent
ing the down trodden telephone COM
panies. Among the latter was our
old friend p. K. Crothers, formerly of
this county. In the old days r. II.
vas "%fernist" the lobby, and it looks
odd to see him wearing the tag, SO to
speak, under the new lobby law. The
business men of Pierre miss the rail
road pass and the soft snap it brought
them in the way of visitors who spent
money freely.