Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-24
OF q new BILLS
9 ARE FOR REFORMS
Senator DowdeiI, a Former
Radical PopuIist, Says He APP
pears as Conservative.
NO. I is PRIMARY BILL
It Is Administration Measure ard WI
Be Rushed to Its Passage-Char-
tiles and Railroad Boards
May Be Enlarged.

Pierre, :. H.. Jan. 10. Al an inforini
grouping of conservative members I'll
morning the opinion WAS freely ei
pressed that the Two bodies are going
To the extreme i'll proposing railroad
legislation and that it has now taken
on the aspect of Il search to find some
place where additional regulations may
he imposed rather than an effort To
remedy the conditions in response 10
public need.
h conservatives point TO Governor
CraWford'S message as Il: Justification OF
their position. He recommends the
a%nti-pass law, employers liability law,
larger assessment of trackaSc in cities
and towns than IN the country. and
lastly connecting tracks. 1t is claimed
that to seek to go beyond this point
at the present time is unwise and rad
zeal and may involve the reform forces
in dissension which may leave some
pledges unfulfilled.
Anti-Pass Bill to Be Rushed. I"
The senate committee on railroads
this morning held its first meeting and
considered bNrne's inti-pa-S bill. which
will probably he reported back To the
senate Tuesday and given its second
reading. III which case il will pass THAI
BODY on liir following day. IT contains
49, - 49, 'At"oEo VI tiiS IL
law on which the newspapers We're
barred from making exchange on
tracts With the railroads and the uucs-
ton is raised whether such a law could
hnnul Il contrlc! already entered into
between the publisher and the railroad
company. y hypothetical question in
volving this point WAS today put to
several prominent lawyers and the
unanimous opinion was that a con-
tract made the first of this year upon
an advertising exchange basis to be
paid for in mileage. good only within
the state. could moi be annulled by an
act of the Legislature embodied in law.
II is undoubtedly too late now for such
contracts to be mad as the bin will
undoubtedly pass and become = law
within ten days. With an
provision.
Pierre. :. d.. Jan. 1G.-Of the twenty
three bills Introduced on the the first
working day of the legislature nine
We're strictly Of the reform order. SEN
ator Dowdell. who has a record of pop
ullsm extending over MAN. years and
in extreme degree" claims to be ION
plussed and put out of the running by
the radicalism of the body to which it
is his honor to belong, and states that
hereafter he will be entitled to n place
with the conservatives. There was
some surprise manifested that Ill of
these reform measures should have
round expression Oh the first day on
which bills We're introduced. but the
leaders of the movement explain this
by aging that h people have en-
trusted them with the important work
of securing this remedial legislation
and that promptness and earnest work
rather than diplomacy is what will
count AT this time.
Primary Bill Is No. 1.
senate bill No. / is the primary law.
patterned after the petitioncd law OF
two years ago. but With some ma
teriai changes which make it more
and this bill will he known as
the administration bin. Under ex-
lstinE conditions 1t is lict expected that
opposition will appear from any source
10 any of the provisions of the bill and
1T will undoubtedly be one of the first
ture.
The antj-pass bill introduced by
Byrne. OF Faux. will also be forced 10
the front, but its pathway will not be
so clear. h clause of exceptions is
rather broader than thai of the inter
state rate law. but the railway
les Will seek to have It, embody n pro-
vision by which %reasonab concessions
can be made TO moi wholly engaged in
the real estate business. milking the
argument that considering the undevel-
oped condition of Il portion of the state
and the railroad extensions which will
call for much new settlement in the
districts west of the river. the roads
Should be left unhaInpered in his work
which means so much for the state aud
Tor their " future business.
May Enlarge the Boards.
~ rumor says that the board of chsri-
Ties and corrections which vas reduced
from nve TO three at the session OF
ISo' VIII again be raised to five, partly
ior poii.icai reasons. a.d the same
thing may happen to the board of rail-
way commissioners. in being said i'm tho
latter case that the commission ever
with the acquisition of Geo. Rice. who
has already qualified. will still be i'm
position to continue r. j. I;ogdc as at
.orney, and this can only be obviated
Dy the enlargement of the commission.
These are simply current ru,nors
me state of North Carolina necd he
IN no haste TO xpreS a disposition OF
ms TO accept the money which
IL paid to the state of South Dakota
as advocated by Governor Iclrod IN his
last message. for "A partial ~ So nr
the membership fails to reveal anv
sentiment favOring q return of the seq
i'OO. winch was conveyed to the univor-
Sly. There are some who say the state
sEould not accept any more gifts OF
this character. '"
There is still considera BILE discussion
OF that feature Of Governor Crawford..
message criticising the contingent FUND
OF various state offices. the 0overnors
IN particular. but no definite movcr.ont
mas 30 Far c~rystalized for its repeal
RAILROAD AGENT GETS
AWAY WITH LARGE SUM
Aberdeen. 3. D., Jan. 16.-M Eddsn,
agent at the Milwaukee station at Em.'