The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-25
TO WIPE OUT PASSES
ejlL NOW BEFORE LEGISLATURE
WILL MEET NO OPPOSITION.


Marked Anti-RalIroad Spirit Existing
In Both the House and Senate Shown
BY the Introduction Of Many Meas-
ures Of a Drastic Nature.
Pierre, Jan. 22.-The ordinary
tedium OF the second week OF the leg
lslative session has been relieved by
two matters of great interest-the
proposed railway legislation and the
growing opposition to the reelection
OF Senator Gamble. It is In nowise
probable that this opposition will be
able to compass his defeat, but it Is
much more formidable than was
thought to be the case If the vote upon
q motion to table resolution for In
vestigation and to defer the senatorial
| election until the report OF the inves-
| tigation is received may be taken as
significant OF the views OF the mem
bers. The resolution was presented
in the house by Mr.. Parmley OF Ed
munds and in the senate by Mr.. Ober-
holzer of Walworth. On the motions
to table the vote stood 26 to 19 In the
senate and 46 to 40 in the house. The
Democrats and the members from Mr..
CANDLES own county voted, In the
house, with the opposition. 1t is
claimed the vote is not significant,
that many members did not under
stand the question at issue, but the
solid vote of the Democrats against
tabling indicates that that faction at
least understood what they were do
ing. 1t is undoubtedly true, however,
that many desire an investigation who
will vote for Mr.. Gamble in any event
Anti.Ralroad Sentiment.
The anti-railroad spirit evinced in
both houses is very marked. The first
day eleven bills directed at railroad
practices were introduced and the
number has been more than doubled
since; and some of them are very
drastic, indeed. The anti-pass bill
was of course among the first; 1t was
drawn by Senator Bryne and will be
law within few days; the main
contention relating to it is as to
whether it shall be passed with or
without an emergency clause. 1t Is
as definite and positive In its terms as
the English language can state them.
No person, except certain exempted
persons, shall receive any privilege
from any railroad, telegraph, telephone
or express company not granted to
every other person upon like terms.
The exempted classes are railway en-
ployes and their families, regular at
torneys of the companies in good faith
serving as such: ministers OF religion
! devoted exclusively to their minis
terial calling and other persons de-
l voted exclusively to charitable and
] benevolent work. Newspaper men
are not mentioned and the question
OF newspaper mileage is left, there
fore, as question for the courts. Real
estate men WHO have long enjoyed
transportation while engaged in bring
ing in land buyers are not exempted
although they have made strong
| fight for the privilege. Many prom
] inent real estate men do not care fOr
the privilege, alleging that the legiti
mate land man who goes out and Sc
! cures settlers is constantly at the
mercy of the curbstone fellows whe
never brought purchaser into the
state, but who throng the incoming
trains and deprive the enterprisine
i promoters of their fair earnings. Sen
ator Bryne, for instance, one Of the
! largest real estate dealers, stated tt
the committee that he would welcome
| the day when no land transportation
was granted. The antf-pass bill will
be the first railroad proposition tt
come to a vote and will probably be {
law within the week.
Reduction Of Passenger Fares.
II The next important railroad bills re
! late to a reduction in passenger fares
There are two bills upon the subject
. the first, by Senator jenkins, chair
man of the railroads committee, pro
, vides that thousand-mile tickets shall
be sold for a fiat 2cent rate, Will,
ordinary station to station tickets shall
be sold for 2ih cents per mile. Mr.
| Glass has another 2-cent bill providin.
| for fiat 2-cent rate for all transpor
tation.
Reciprocal demurrage is also receiv
ing good deal of attention, bills upol
the subject being introduced by Whit
temore and Bryne in the house ant
senate respectively. They agree II
principle but differ in detail MI
Whittemore's bill provides for q pre-
monitory notice to the railroad com
pany when more than five cars will b.
required at one station and after fiv
days the formal notice is given whel
denlurrage time begins to run. It i
argued against the demurrage bill
that large shippers may under then
legally. receive rebates to the exten
of the demurrage rates on a pretex
OF inability to furnish the cars upol
time.
Mr. Glass has the most drastic ant
railroad bill yet proposed, which pre-
] vides for an arbitrary cut in all rate