Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-25
Be NO EMERGENCY
CLAUSE IN A.-P. BILL
South Dakota Legislators win
Danish Free transportation,
But Not at Once.
UPSET PLANS NOW Q
In Any Event the Statute Will b
Taken to Supreme Court for
Ruling on Its Va
lidity.

Pierre, s. D., Jan. 22.-Sentiment APP.
pears to be rapidly changing relative
10 the passage OF an anti-pass law with
an clause. Three days ago
there were wagers made that it would
contain the emergency clause but pass
without a days delay, II at this time
the consensus of opinion seems to be
that the emergency clause Will have to
be stricken out TO enable its friends To
get it through at all.
There is but little sentiment against
the law in itself and only for the pro-
vision that 1t is to be in effect from
n after its passage and approval it
would have clear sailing until after the
governors signature was affixed; after
that it must in any case run the gaunt-
let of court trial to determine whether
1t is what it purports to be.
It is argued, however, that an emer-
gency provision will be alike an injus-
tice TO the railroads and to those with
whom at the beginning of the e
business relations were formed under
the ordinary conditions calling for the
use of the little piece of cardboard, and
that there is no existing emergency
demanding an abrcpt change in these
relations.
Would Upset Projects Now Afoot.
As an Illustration it is shown that
there have been for some time a large
number Of men working in the middle
and eastern states and even in the
southeastern part Of this state getting
others TO make change of location and
go on to some of the cheaper lands
west of the river. Such work canno
be completed before May or June and
the changes brought about, and there
are other equally good reasons urged
why the law should be allowed to take
the usual course and become effective
July l after passage.
In any case the law will be taken to
the supreme court of the state to test
its provisions, especially its prohibition
Of the right Of exchange contract. This
feature of the law will affect all news
paper men, and it is thought that
prompt action can be had through the
state supreme court to test this point
Newspaper Men Have Committee.
The newspaper men have a legisla-
tive committee consisting of Dick Hal
laday, Tom Taubman and l.. V. Doty
but up TO the present time they have
made NJ move to cauSe a modification
in the provisions of the bill before pas.
sage Mr.. Byrne, the maker of the bill
is outspoken in saying that the law IL
intended to bar newspaper men from
making exchange contracts and thus
prevent fraud The bill is equally
stringent in its general prohibition
which cuts all real estate men off the
free ride, and this was the one provi-
sion which the railroad interests sought
TO keep moderately clear of the prohi-
bition, taking the position hat the set
Element and development of the state
Will be retarded under sever restrict
tons along this one line.
To Slice Up Big County.
Representatives from Murdo, PreshC
and Oacoma, The three principal towns
in Lyman county, have been here hold
ing conferences to determine what will
be done about dividing that large pub
lie tract into two or three subdivision
Presho and Murdo favor division INTO
three counties with capitals at botE
of those places N also at Oacoma
While Oacoma can not prevail against
the division of a county 1870 miles long
and containing about 100 civil town
ships, an effort is being made to limit
it's division to two counties with county
seats provided for at Oacoma and Their
let the western half of the county dis
pose Of it's own county seat question.
Huron Wants 100000.
State Treasurer Cassill will begin
his administration by paying off a few
debts. one of his first acts being tc
call in $500 of warrants which are
bearing Z per cent. The easy condition
of the states finances is acting as 8
loosener on those desiring special APP.
preparations, and it will be noted thai
Huron wants $780, 900 in a lump foi
permanent buildings on the state fair
grounds. An investigating COMMITTEES
has been appointed to go and see just
how badly they need the money and
the committee is of rather conservative
makeup.
Give Sioux Falls a Street Car.
This legislature is evidently sus.
picious of corporations and when the
bill was proposed making it possible
to issue a franchise for a period OF
thirty years instead of twenty, which is
now the limit, 1t met with general OPP
position until 1t was shown that 1t was
for the express purpose of allowing
Sioux Falls to get a street car system
and now the position taken seems to
be that If Sioux Falls wants street cars
or a white elephant or any other olo
thing, the legislature will not stand in
the way. The bill for this purpose is
not fathered by a representative from
Minnehaha county, however, but by
Price of Yankton. The Minnehahs
county members do not intend to gel
in the limelight until they learn why
there was no craftsmanship of a COM
mittee assigned to that county.
Keep Public Printer Busy.
Senator Vessey's public printing bill
Is the one to which Senator Dowdell
of Sanborn, has given so much time
and thought, and contains many Of the
ideas which he originally intended to
embody In a bill. He later changed his
plans and concluded TO work out his
ideas through some n else, recog-
nizing That legislation could not
well come in large quantities
through democratic sources. MI. Dow
dell is, however, at work on his school
text book bill which originally went up
in smoke by the same fire in his room
which scorched his bible, and this bill
will contain a provision by which the
printing of text books and later on OF
school library books may be done by
the state printer, and thus keep him
employed constantly with a force of
men rather than giving nine or ten
months of active work in the biennial
period.