Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25

Sior Of ,Ee endowment lands to any
institutions east of the river. Their
position Is thai the eastern part of the
state has n large umbe 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 urmoil before it is finally set
tied. Since the challenge issued by
Senator Kittredge and Congressman
Martin and d there has been a
getting together among the represent
atives of the different factions, and ac-
.tion 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 APP
| pointment of committees of both
houses to investigated 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 that 1t is the sense OF the
legislature that no election of United
States senator SHOULD be held init ar
ter the report of the committee, which
shall be composed of 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.
The house received another long lts,
of new bills Wednesday, the only one
of importance being the new game
law. The railroad committee present
ed an amended anti-pass bill, recGfl-
mendlng its passage.
h kleinSaSSer resolution for post
age allowance was recommended with
a limit of $40 for each Tor
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 1 the time
of beginning settlement on lands west
Of the Missouri river.
The cities and towns of the state and
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
in the house Wednesday,. The bill
seeks to control the liquor license
question by counties, on the theory
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 local control which they
now exercise under the present law.
# the &nti-saloon people fail in secur-
ing the law in the legislature they
will attempt it through the provisions
Of the initiative and referendum.
Pills introduced in the house We'd
nesday were:
Hy Shaw. to allow witnesses and jul
rors SO a day at the discretion of the
court; By Kribs, for protection to mink
and muSkrats, making closed season
May l to November 1; by Hebel, au-
thOrizing the state board of assessment
to make a special levy of e mills in
1907 for Il twine plant fund; by Ra-
mum, to repeal the township high
school law; by Horribly. for uniform
ext books through a state commits
.iOn;hy E~!leTrRan, apprOpriating def
cheney of SIP in department of attOr-
ney general; appropriating $4,000 def
cheney in fund for conveying convicts
to penitentiary; appropriating $50 de-
ion; Satire, fixing the salary of the
clerk of the supreme court at $1,000
DER year and fixing a fee schedule; by
Drake, establishing a South Dakota
home for inebriates at Mitchell; by
Van Osdell. to allow electric healers
to work in this state; by Carver, pro-
viding for county local option; by
Glass, to reduce railroad, telephone
and telegraph rates; by Olson, o.
Moody. increasing pay of township SUI
pervisors and clerk to $3.50 per day;
by Carroll, regulating passenger rates,
2 cents per mile on interchangeable
mileage books and 2h cents on tick
cts.