Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-02-08
RUSHING 2-CENT FARE
AND ANTI-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 ana
placed upon the calendar for third
reading and final passage tomorrow.
The prospects are that 1t VIII pass
though there is considerable opposition
developing against IL in the house body.
The balance of the time I'm the house
today VIII be devoted TO the adoption
OF the primary bill section by section
IN committee of the whole.
Anti-Psss Bill to the Governor.
The senate will receive it's amended
anti-pass bill back from the house and
concur In the amendments made II
the bill will go 10 the governor his
afternoon for his approval which Will
be forthcoming at once.
BY a vote OF 70 to 2, the house voted
favorably on the senate anti-pass bill,
voting down a motion to eliminate the
emergency clause. Provision is also
made which will permit newspaper pub
fishers to make advertising contracts
with railroads, accepting payment in
mileage.
The senate voted Saturday afternoon
affirmatively in the bill providing for
the building Of the entire new capitol
building at once to cost $500, 900, the
money to come principally from the
sale of state lands South Dakota ma
terials have q ) per cent. advantage
over those outside the state.
The senate session today will be par
TALLY devoted to DowdelPs school text
book bill which is reported from the
committee without recommendation and
WI find both ardent supporters and
str anuous opponents among the sena-
.orn. The bill aims at state uniform
tty and finally to state printing OF
school and library text books.
Appropriations Puzzle.
The special appropriation bills are
beginning to crawl from their hiding
places n claim recognition and within
the mex week there will be enough of
Them to make the appropriation COM
mittees sit up late nights. Madison is
asking for $48, 600 for the normal for a
woman's dormitory addition, smoke
stack and science hall. Huron is will
ing to receive 800. 900 for state fair
buildings, Brookings asks $50, 900 for
oetterments and Aberdeen, Spearfish,
Springfield and Vermillion are also a
eng 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 three-quarter mil
ion mark, and the state is in better
condition TO meet reasonable demands
than ever before since statehood.
Newspaper Men Careless.
The newspaper men OF the state are
he slowest In the bunch to get in evil
dence to protect their own interests.
With a legislative committee appointed
20 look after all matters of legislation
that may effect them they have stu
iiously 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
ave kindly put the subscription ac-
count bill of Johnson OF Clay to sleep
rather tina 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 any help from those who
are supposed 10 be most interested and
the presumption is that they were too
much opposed to paying their fare 10
this place to break away from the type
cases.