The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-01-24
Be NO EMERGENCY
CLAUSE IN A.-P. BILL
South Dakota Legislators Will
Danish Free Transportation,
But Not at Once.
UPSET PLANS NOW AFoOT
In Any Event the Statute Will 81
Taken TO Supreme Court for
Ruling on lite Va.
lidity.

PIere. :. H.. Jan. s2.-Sentiment ap
pears to be rapidly changing relative
TO the passage OF an anti-pass law with
an emergency clause. Three days age
there were wagers made that IL would
contain the emergency clause but pass
without "A days delay. and at this tim,
the consensus OF opinion seems To- be
that the emergency clause Will have 1,
be stricken out To enable It's friends L.
get IL through nj all.
There IL but little sentiment against
the law in itself and only for the pro.
vision that IL IL tn be I'm effect from
and after It's passage and approval u
would have clear sailing until after the
governors signature was affixed. after
that IL must In any case run the gaunt-
let OF court trial TO determine whether
IL Is what II purports To- be.
IL Is argued. however. that an emer-
gency provision will be- alike an injus-
lice To the railroads and To those with
whom ut the beginning OF the year
business relations were formed under
tho ordinary conditions calling for tho
use OF tho little piece OF cardboard. and
that there IL no existing emergency
demanding an abrupt change In these
relations.
Would Upset Projects Now Afoot.
As an Illustration IL Is shown that
there have been for some time n large
number OF men working In the middle
and eastern states and even I'm 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 cannot
be completed before May or June and
the changes brought about. and there
are other equally good reasons urged
why the law should be allow ell TO take
the usual course and become effective
July ! after passage.
In any case the law will be- taken &c
the supreme court OF the state Ia test
It's provisions. especially Its prohibition
Of the right OF exchange contract. This
feature OF the law will affect all news
paper men. and II is thought that
prompt action can be- had through the
state supreme court Ten test this point
Newspaper Men Have Committee.
The newspaper men have q legisla.
two committee consisting OF Dick Hal
laday. Tom Taubman and l.. v. Doty
but up To the present time they have
made no move to cause n modification
I'm the provisions OF the bill before pas.
sage. Mr.. Byrne. the maker OF the bill
Is outspoken In saying that the law "a
intended TO bar newspaper men from
making exchange contracts and thus
prevent fraud. The bill In equally
stringent In its general prohibition
which cuts all real estate men OF 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 that the set.
Element and development OF the state
will be retarded under severe restrict
tions along this one line.
To Slice Up Big County.
Representatives from Murdo. Presho
and Oacoma, the three principal towns
in Lyman county. have been here hold.
ing conferences Co determine what will
n. hnf In IA
lie tract into two or three subdivision;
FRESNO and Murdo favor division into
three counties with capitals at both
OF those places and also at Oacoma
While Oacoma can not prevail against
the division OF county 100 miles long
and containing about 100 civil town
ships an effort In being made 10 limit
Its 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 of few
debts, one OF his first acts being &C
call In $4,000 OF warrants which are
bearing per cent. The easy condition
OF tho states finances In acting as o
loosener on those desiring special APP
propriations, and Il will be noted that
Huron wants 100000 In a lump for
permanent buildings on the state fair
grounds. An investigating committee
has been appointed TO 20 and see just
how badly they need the money and
The committee Is OF rather conservative
makeup.
Give Sioux Falls q Street Car.
This legislature IL evidently sus-
picIous OF corporations and when the
bill was proposed making II possible
10 issue a franchise for a period of
n -.
now the limit, II met with general OPP
position until IL was shown that IL was
for the express purpose OF allowing
Sioux Falls to get n street car system.
and now the position taken seems to
be that IL Sioux Falls wants street cars
or n white elephant or any other old
thing the legislature will not stand I'm
the way. The bill for this purpose Is
not fathered by representative from
Minnehaha county, however. but by
Price OF Yankton. The Minnehaha
county members do not intend To get
in the limelight until they learn why
there was no craftsmanship OF "A COM
mittec assigned To that county.
Keep Public Printer Busy.
Senator Vesseys public printing bill
n the one To which Senator Dowdell.
OF Sanborn, has given 80 much time
and thought. and contains many OF the
ideas which he originally intended To
cmbody in bill. He later changed his
plans and concluded To work out his
ideas through some one else, recog-
MIXING taat legislation could not
well come In large quantities.
through democratic sources. Mr.. Dow
dell In, however. at work on his school
text book bill which originally went up
I'm 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, ans thus keep him
employed constantly with force OF
men rather than giving nine or ten
months OF active work In the biennial
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