Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-01

Pierre, S. D., Feb. 21.-There will bey
no session of either body Friday except
the exercises in representative hall in
commemoration of W~ashington's birth
day. Governor Crawford will speak on
Lincoln, and President Gault of the
state university, will speak on Wash
ington.
Defeated. but not dismayed, Dowdells
discovered a new text book bill simply
limiting the maximum price to be paid
for book trust goods.
Two legislative apportionment bills
produced swearing delegations in the,
legislative districts affected.
The senate passed the Sunday theaterl
bill which came from the house.
Farmers Killed It Of.
I%ssenhuth's~ negotiable instrument bill
was jumped on by the fifty members
of the farmers brigade and extermin-
ated.
The bill compelling the railway COM,
mission to accept counsel from the at.
torney general and discharge =. J.,
Rodge failed Of a majority.
Carroll's rate bill came UP at the
head Of the calendar this morning when
Its author moved an amendment ut.
ting out all of the main provisions Of
the bill n substituting the existing
law with a limitation of 2 cents instead,
of 3 cents, and placing the promulga-
ton of the rate in the hands Of the
railway commission, to be done when
they determine that the rate is equit-
able. There was no opposition to the,
bill, and SO votes were cast for ii. All
provisions relating to mileage books are
omitted from the measure.
The mouse appropriated $4,000 for
state printing for the coming BIENNIAL
period.
Dowdells school text book bill was
lost In the enate On q tie of twenty-onei
for and against. The bill was defeated
by Kruger and Goodner, who changed
their votes on final roll call, which cut
1t two short OF a majority Of all menu
bers.
Newspaper Men and H~orsethieves.
The senate voted against the meas
ure to take newspaper men out OF the
class with h~orsethieveS, and an editor
accused of libel can be hawked all
over the state for prosecution.
jenkins put in a passenger rate bill
providing a sliding scale of passenger
fares according to gross earning of
lines, rates varying from 2 to 3 cents.
The bill transferring the secretary of
agriculture into a commissioner Of i'm
migration on a salary of 81, 500 a year
was passed by the senate.
Prices "a cent rate bill is hung up
In his own committee and he. could not
find a member of the committee who
would ask that II be put in motion.
Find True Value of Railroads.
The Glass bill forming an expert
commission to determine the true value
of railroad property passed the house.
The democrats uniform rate bill was
ordered back to the judiciary commit
tee to be 'beheaded."
The anti-treating bill has It's life pro-
longed a week in the senate on a spe-
cial order.
Both houses stretched the referen-
dunn law to permit ditto marks and
separate petitions. DowdeII will ask
for judgment on his school text book
bill again today. 1t looks bobtailed
without an emergency clause but he is
following 1t with a bill deferring the
adoption of books under the present
law two years to give his uniform
measure a chance to get action.
The house bill barring Sunday thea
ters will come up for final passage in
the senate today and will probably be
killed.