The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-26
ESouth Dakota !
/ Legislature

ate ana JOINT ineelhs VI 'ho
road committees will be held to allo"
Interested parties to appear before
them on all such bills.
From the representatives who intro
duced the administration bills In the
two houses II looks as II in the senate
the champions Of these measures
would be Dillon, Cook, Byrne and Jen-
kins. In the house most or them
have been presented by Glass, who has
always taken a prominent part on the
floor whenever a member. Others VINO
are likely to take a prominent part In
the house are Parmley, Carroll. Price
and Hebel, all old timers, and while
there has not yet been any opportu-
nifty for any Of the new members TO
show their PAGES, several or them are
likely to push to the front
Col Parker congressman-el elect from
Deadwood, who has been in the city
since before the opening of tibet ses-
sion has returned to his home at Dead
wood, and will go to Washington some
time in February before the adjourn
ment Of the present session Of congress
and remain to be sworn in tn 4th OF
March.
While two more railroad bills were
introduced in the house Tuesday, there
are indications of putting on brakes in
that line.
New bills continue to come in. the
principal ones being for salaried
clerk of the supreme court, an inc
briate asylum at Mitchell, county OPP
ton liquor law and an anti-cigarette
bill.
Members of the legislature Tuesday
evening started to outline the party
pledge" legislation. Joint committees
of the house and senate started to
work on railway regulation, antt-pass
and primary bills. 1t is expected that
l. ;,,4 1,
all the force Of the party influence be-
hind them and will not be changed
materially after they leave the COM
mittee.
House bill %, introduced by John
son of Clay, makes q newspaper sub
scription account an outlaw, unless the
publisher holds q contract from his
subscriber, and provides for dismissal
Of any suit on the application of such
account on the application of the de-
PENDANT, unless the contract can be
shown in court
The discussion Of the opening Of
Trip county has brought out the fact
that when the boundaries of Lyman
county were fixed in 1897, it left a strip
of land along the south side of White
river not in Clay county although the
map makers included it in Trip. Rep
resentative Ellerman, of Gregory
county, will introduce bill to include
this strip in Trip county.
The members from the western por-
ton of the state will oppose any bill
for the disposal of the remaining por-
ton of the endowment lands to any
institution east of the river. Their
position is that the eastern part of the
state has a large number Of endowed
institutions, and that the northwestern
part of the state, which is being rap
idly settled up, is entitled TO the rest
of the land for some institution of its
own.
The senatorial situation promises
more turmoil before it is finally set
tied. Since the challenge issued by
Senator Kittredge and congressman
Martin and Budke there has been q
getting together among the represent
atives of the different factions, and &C
ton was suddenly decided upon We'd
nesday, resulting in the presenting Of
practically similar resolutions in both
houses. One by Senator Cook and
Representative Glass asks for the ap-
pointment of committees Of both
houses to investigate the charges which
have been made against the different
members of the congressional delega-
ton and report later in the session"
Another by Overholser in the senate
and Parmley in the house calls for an
investigation by joint committee and
resolves IndJ II is the sense OF Tn G
legislature that no election of United
States senator should be held until ar
ter the report of the committee, which
shall be composed of members of the
different factions and parties.
In the senate both resolutions were
referred to the committee on rules.
In the house both resolutions were al
lowed to lie over without action.
Tne house received another long list
10 Na1nnS1nV ha nYlN
Of Importance being the new game
law. The railroad committee present
ed an amended anti-pass BILL recon-
mending it's passage.
The Kleinsasser resolution for post
age allowance was recommended with
a limit Of $40 for each member for
the session.
The first completed action of the
two houses was the passage in the
house, under suspension of the rules,
of the senate resolution memorialiZing
congress to extend to April l the time
of beginning settlement on lands west
of the Missouri river.
The cities and towns of the state and
T, the LIQUOR interests are likely to join
hands in attempting to defeat the bill
| of the Anti-Saloon league which was
introduced by Representative Carver
4 in the house Wednesday. The bill
seeks to control the liquor license
question by counties, on the theor,
/ that the rural vote will assist in pre-
| venting the sale Of liquor in the towns.
| 1t allows the calling Of a special cleo
/ ton for the submission of the question
to the people at any time, and takes
away from the cities and towns the
| privilege of locei control which they
| now exercise inder the present Jaw.
| If the anti-saloon people fail in secur-
F., ing the law IN the legislature they
| will attempt it through the provisions
! of the initiative and referendum.
Bills introduced in the house We'd
| nesday were:
! Py Shaw, to allow witnesses and ju-
rors SO a day at the discretion Of the
court; by Kribs. for protection to mink
and muSkratS making closed season