The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22

anti-treating bill, first defeating a fav-
orable minority report by a close vote,
her defeating the ~unfavorable major
ity report, and placing the bill on the
calendar for a special order Monday.
The Dodell uniform text o bill
was the mex TO get to the front and
called out a contest in which Dodwell
and Dudley were the principals, with
Goodner. Byrne, Robertson, Dillon and
Kruger taking part before the vote
was secured, in which h bin was de-
feated by a vote of % to 20, failing
TO ecure a constitutional majority.
Dillon attempted to tie the bin down,
but failed to accomplish it on roll
call.
Dillon secured the passage of his
bill to repeal the law requiring the
governor to accept gifts and devises,
under which the North Carolina bonds
We're accepted, cutting out any further
such donation to the state.
Among the new senate bills pre-
scented was the start OF a herd law
bill to apply to the counties OF Lyman
and Gregory, which was introduced
by Senator sweeney. In the house the
2-cent rate bin was killed by friends
in an effort to save it from indefinite
postponement, the killing being the
result of failure to understand the
situation in Il parliamentary way.
Carroll, the introducer OF the bill,
moved to table a motion to indetinite-
ly postpone, which was carried or roll
call, taking the bill to the table, and
as soon as that had been accomplish
ed, Browne raised the point of order
that the bill VAS tabled and dead, and
was sustained by the speaker. The
conference report of the two houses
on the primary election bill was
adopted, and that bill will o so to
the governor for signature. The sig
nature to make the capitol building
bill a law was attached this after
noon.
An effort was made in The house to
kill the bill placing the attorney gen.
eral at the head of the legal depart
ment for the railway commission and
giving the governor w to appoint
the inspector OF scales. 1t was OPP
posed by Bratrud, Eastman and Fos-
ter, and was lost for lack of a consti-
tutional majority. Gable saved it by
a motion to reconsider and make 1t a
special order for next Wednesday,,
which carried after a contest.
No new bills We're presented, and
one senate bill was passed, being the
general drainage law under the provi-
sions Of the constitutional amendment
adopted last fall.
The roads are good enough said
the farmer members of the house in
discussion of the Parmley bill Satur-
day. The farmer members of the
house started a fight on any change in
the road laws as soon as the Parmley
road law got onto the floor, taking the
position that the law is for the auto
mobile and town fellows, and will not
help the farmer at all.
While the bill was saved from a
vote which might have defeated it,
and made an order for Thursday OF
e week, the sentiment expressed
did not show easy shedding for the bill
when it again comes out. Parmley,
Hare, Olson, Moody, Carver and Van
osdel supported the bill, while Darson,
: Scott, Swanson, kribs, Nelson, Ding
sor and Satire opposed any such legls-
lation, some Of them agreeing to sup
port it if it were made county and
township optional.
The bill to radically increase ped
i der licenses was lost. but is bach for
further consideration. The bill re-
quiring the filing of election expense
accounts was passed. The house rail-
road committee has taken up the DEM
ocratic caucus railroad bill providing
fiat rates of fare and freight, equal to
all, and has recommended it's passage,
and this is looked upon as the move
to offset the tragic death of the 2-cent
rate bill Friday.
Among the new house bills introduce
ed was one carrying IN appropriation
of $500 for the expenses of the commits
sion to investigate the lumber trust"
in this state, which is to be provided
for by a resolution which has passed
the house and gone to the senate.
In the senate the Dowdell uniform
text book bill was up again on recon
sideration and secured a majority
vote, but not enough to carry it as an
emergency measure, and it went over
to next Tuesday.
The new game law was shot to
pieces with amendments in the senate
committee, among them being the
trespass provision, which practically
shuts hunters from premises without
consent, and was favorably reported.
The senate cleared a number of house
bills from his calendar, making laws
of most Of them, bills affecting rail-
roads in the list being: The fellow
servant act; prohibiting parallel lines
within eight miles; providing for
double damage in, case of loss by fire
set by railways, and double damage
for stock killed, in case of suit for set
Element.