The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-15

has gone very far. 1t provides that
judges and clerks OF election shall re-
ceive 81 a day for their services as
such, On the face of it no great in
crease of election expenses is shown,
but when it is considered that the
new primary election bill provides for
several primary elections for the selec-
zion of officers and delegates at differ
ent times in a wear in which elections
ere held, and further provides that
the Judges and clerks of said primary
elections are TO be controlled by he
regulations governing general cleo
lions, with the same pay. it will be
seen that the election expense ac-
counts will pile up With the increase.
The cooper bill in the senate to levy
a specific tax each year for the support
OF he different state educational instl-
buttons is to move which has been dis
cussed in several past sessions, but
has never beer brought TO a final &C
tiop. The bill proposes a levy for the
different institutions in the following
sums: Aberdeen normal, II mills; ag-
ricUliural college, II mills; Madison
normal, Is mills; Speartish normal, ID
mills; school of mines, IL mills;
Springfield normal, 6 mills; state uni
versity, % mills. With such a bill the
"hauling'' in every legislative sessive
session over the appropriations for the
institutions would be stopped.
In the house and senate Saturday
the investigating committees ubmit-
ted reports on their findings in their
investigation of charges against eX-
Governors Herreid and Elrod and Incl
dentally named the railway commits
sion in regard to two employees of that
organization.
Their report, which Chairman Glass,
in the house, explained was not COM
plete, charges hat Gov. Herreid,
through the contingent fund, drew
from the state $2,517.51; that Gov. Ell
rod, from the same fund, drew $4,000,
all being in violation of the provisions
of the constitutions; that p. j. Rogde
was employed as the attorney Of the
railway commission in violation OF the
constitution, he having been a member
of the legislative session which appro-
priated money for that purpose, and
was paid $3,0S5, and that d. c.. Kicker
was employed by the railroad commits
sion to fill the position of weight and
scale inspector, an office not author
lied by law, and paid $4,000.
! The committee reports that Con-
gresham Martin expressed a desire
to appear before them to explain GER
tain charges against him; that he
could not come at present, but desired
to appear later. The senate received
the report without comment, but as
soon as it was completed in the house
Mr.. Parmley desired to know if the re
port contained anything further, and
was informed that it does not. He
moved that the complete findings OF
the investigation of Jan. 81 in relation
to Senator Gamble, with the record,
be filed with that of to-day.
Chairman Glass said that could not
be done to-day, for the reason that the
record was not ready, but it would be
filed later.
Parmley arraigned the commission
for attempting to cast a smirch on
Governors Herreid and Elrod and leave
anything which might affect Senator
Gamble out Of the record; that the
committee went out of existence under
the law tomorrow, and anything
which it filed after that day would not
or could not go into the record; that
in the January findings they had adj
hered to the wording of the resolution
to report facts only, and not conclu-
sions, but in the present report they
had dealt in conclusions alone.
Glass explained the reason why the
report is not ready, but his action was
declared by Parmley to be a deliberate
attempt to withhold the report from
the house. A roll call on his motion
defeated it by AZ to 80.
The anti-pass law was signed by
Gov. Crawford Saturday afternoon
and it was filed fifteen minutes after
the afternoon train left for the East
carrying a number of pass passengers
At the morning session OF the house
favorable committee reports were re
turned on the an~ti-treating bill and or
the n making the office of clerk OF
the supreme court a salaried one. A
list of new bills was presented, none
Of special Importance.
In the afternoon session the bill
fixing specific terms for the heads D
state institutions under control Of tn
board of charities was defeated and
new law was made by passing the sen
ate bull providing for expense accounts
of circuit court Judges.
The senate started no new bills, fol
the hrst day since bills were presenta
BILE, and made one law by passing the
hc"e" Nin providing a penalty for wifi
desertion.
.1.u4o.l senate bills were passed b.
the senate, the principal n being the
administration bill requiring candi
dates to 6le accounts Of their ex
penses in the campaign.
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