The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-07
RUSHING 2-CENT FARE
AND AATI-PAss BILLS
Latter Expected to Become a
Law Before the Day
Is Out.
FORMER IN HOME STRETCH
New Capitol Building Provided for by
the South Dakota Senate-News-
paper Men Careless of
Their Own interests.

Pierre, S. D.. Feb. 6.-The 2-cent mile
age rate bill will be reported from the
committee in the house today n
placed upon the calendar for third
reading and final passage tomorrow.
The are that it will pass
though there is considerable opposition
developing against it in the house body.
The balance Of the time in the house
today Will be devoted to the adoption
of the primary bill section by section
in committee of the whole.
Anti-Pass Bill to the Governor.
The senate will receive it's amended
a%nti-pass bill back from the house II
the bill will go to the governor this
afternoon for his approval which will
be forthcoming at once.
BY a vote of 10 to 2, the house voted
favorably O the senate anti-pass bill,
voting down a motion to eliminate the
emergency, clause Provision Is also
made which will permit pub
fishers to make advertising contracts
with railroads, accepting payment in
mileage.
The senate voted Saturday afternoon
efiirmatively in the bill providing for
the building of the entire new capitol
building at once to cost $600,0 900, the
none to come principally from the
sale of state lands. South Dakota ma
terials AVE a 5 per cent. advantage
over those outside the state.
The senate session today will be par
TALLY devoted to Dowdell's school text
cook bill which is reported from the
committee without recommendation and
wil find both ardent supporters and
%trenuou opponents among the sena-'
.ors. The bill aims at state uniform
ity and finally to state printing of
school and library text cooks.
Appropriations Puzzle.
The special appropriation bills are
beginning to crawl from their hiding
places and claim recognition and within
The next week there will be enough of
hem to make the appropriation com
mittees sit up late nights. Madison is
asking for $4S, 600 for the normal for a
Woman's dormitory addition, smoke
stack and science hall. Huron is will
ing to receive $100, 900 for state fair
buildings, Brookings asks $500 0 for
Springfield and vermillion are also say
ing please in tender pleading tones.
The special appropriations asked for
and those which will be added to the
list in the next few days will reach
we'll up toward the thr~ee-quarter mill
ion mark, n the state Is in better
condition to meet reasonable demands
han ever before since statehood.
Newspaper Men Careless.
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he slowest in the bunch to get in evil
aence to protect their own interests.
With n legislative committee appointed
20 look after all matters of legislation
that may effect them they nave stu
aiously remained away from Pierre UNI
til the present date when a few wan
dered in and took a seat away back in
The corner of the galleries. Friends
have kindly put the subscription ac-
count bill of Johnson of Clay to sleep
rather than let him put the country
editor out of business by making him
prove a contract before collecting a
subscription and others have sought to
change the anti-pass bill to exempt
newspaper men from its restrictions.
In all this work action has been indie
pendent of n help from those who
are supposed TO be most interested and
the presumption is that they We're too
much opposed to paying their fare To
this place to break away from the type
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