The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-31
ANT|-[ObbY Bill MAKES
LEGISLATORS LIFE EASY
Action on Two Cent Rate Bill Was Deferred Until TOda
to Accommodate Railroad Representatives
MEMBERS ENJOY FIVE DAYS. LAY Y-0FF
Reciprocal Demurrage Bill Has Passed Senate But in
Present Form Seems Unsatisfactory.

Pierre, Jan. 90. The Brookings del
egation is all away for the recess and
not much of legislative interest to your
citizens has occurred during the week.
Senator Jenkins two cent rate bill
was up on Thursday for final passage
but after sharp scrap went over until
Thursday of this week to give the rep
resentatives of the railroads an oppor-
tunity to be heard before a full meet
ing OF both houses. The anti-lobby
bill has put an end to the buttonhol-
ing Of members in dark places and
committing them to lines of personal
action relating to bills in which cor
porations are interested and lobbyists
who wish to be heard must now appear
only before committees or arrange to
be heard in joint sessions Of the legis-
lature.
In the fight to amend the anti-pass
bill Senator Jenkins supported the
amendent which prevailed requiring
exempted attorneys to draw salary of
at least five hundred dollars from the
railroad company and he opposed the
exemption of real estate men, while
he took the ground that the bill does
not in any way affect the right OF news
paper men to contract for mileage.
DR.. Parsons will be here for some
time this week upon one of his period
ical visits.
Matthew Murphy enjoyed a visit to
his parents during the recess.
In the house vote upon the county
option bill Mr.. Heffernan voted to in
definitely postpone the measure and
Messrs. Matteson and Simonson voted
against indefinite postponement.
Pierre Jan. 2S. With the members
away upon a five days recess the do
ings of the week legislatively are not
OF extraordinary interest, yet several
matters have occurred since the last
writing worthy OF record.
Newspaper men will be interested in
the killing of Mr.. Johnson's subscrip-
ton bill. The bill was possibly unwise
but it has been misunderstood and
Mr.. johnson has been subjected to a
good deal of unmerited and harsh crit
icism. The general impression is that
it provided that no account for news
paper subscription could be collected
in the courts unless the publisher
could produce a written order for it.
The bill contained no provision OF the
character, but simply declared that no
subscription account should be col
lected in the courts unless sale OF
the publication could be proved. That
is, that the minds OF publisher and
and subscriber had met in mutual
contract precisely as a grocer would be
compelled to prove in court that the
sugar charged in an account had act
J ually been sold and delivered to the
customer charged. In point OF fact
the only point in which legitimate
; publisher would have been inconven-
fenced by the bill would have been one
who had purchased subscription list.
The report of the investigation COM
Aittee relating to the charges against
Mr.. Gamble finding fifteen particular
facts in strict accord with the state
ment Mr.. Gamble made in the Repub-
lican caucus came in Monday and Gre
ated but slight interest here. On
Tuesday Mr.. Gamble received 100 votes,
Andrew e. Lee, democrat, II; Thomas
Sterling, Is votes from stalwart Repub-
licans, and Chas. H. Dillon one, that
of Mr.. VanOsdel. County nominating
conventions are frequently vastly more
sensational and entertaining than was
the procedure here this year resulting
in Mr.. CANDLES reelection.
Two years ago the Legislature refused
to obey the mandate OF the initiative
relating to the primary election upon
the ground that the petitions were
technically insufficient. Mr.. Carol
has q bill this year which provides
80 long as the intention OF the petit
tioners can be determined from the
petition for initiative and referendum
all technical objection shall be disre-
garded.
The two cent rate bill is hung up for
the present and will not be considered
until next Thursday the 81. Members
are daily growing more and more care
ful and there is no longer much dam
ger OF reckless legislation. That is
the usual experience. Men como up
to the legislature with pet hobbies and