Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-28

/ plan adopted BY the government is 1
lock canal. 5.s
Senator K ittredge wanted q sea leve
canal which would require twice thu
[time and 100 million dollars more, anG
lust before Congress adjourned in June
1906 he attempted to pass resolution
Iby the aid of democratic votes in The
Canal Committee, to continue the in.
vestigation of complaints against the
canal management upon the Isthmus
during the recess Of Congress. The
President complained In HE letter to
Congressman Watson of sinister
opposition and demands for, investiga,
ton which would mean indefinite
delay
During all the years that the Kit
|tredge machine was in power the rail-
roads in South Dakota paid the lowest
tax per mile in any state in the Union.
8. The legislature of 1907 was free
from railroad domination and free from
control#by Senator Kittredge and his
friends. Result:
The enactment is one session of the
following laws affecting public service
corporations 5Sss
Requiring them to pay taxes upon
terminals and other property situated
within cities and towns; directing the
Board of Railroad Commissioners to
ascertain the cash value Of the rail-
roads within the state and approprjat-
ing money for that purpose; making it
unlawful to destroy competition by un-
just discrimination; a state primary
election law; prohibiting corporations
from making contributions for cam
paign purposes; making secret lobbying
for corporations and special interests
"a crime; giving the Board of Railway
Commissioners power to examine the
books and accounts of public ware
fhousemen; directing the Board of Rail
road Commissioners by schedule to fix
maximum passenger rates at q az cents
per mile; compelling railroads to put
in connecting tracks at junction points
and to make joint rates; requiring rail
roads to pay double damages for un-
reasonable delay in making settlement
for damages to live stock or property
destroyed by fire; making railway COM
.panies liable to employees for damages
caused by negligence of co-employe s;
limiting the continuous hours Of service
of railway operatives to sl6 hours abol-
ishing free passes.
1t promptly passed joint resolution
endorsing the policies Of the President
in relation to transportation charges
and unlawful trusts and combinations.
But, Parmley, the leader of Senator
Kittredge's friends in the House, voted
against it. (House journal pages 1873,
22 .9,S Senate Journal page 3775.
Under the new railroad revenue law
the State Board of Assessment in.
o.saseu elie assessed va'uas'on . ehe
en- os.us st'a' 1els = .he s'a.e ias.
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assessed valuation of the Dakota Cen
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