Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08

PIERRE

Tho Lyman county commissioners,
after a conference with a number OF
the leading business men of that
county, withdrew their objections to
the submission Of the herd law propo-
sition to the voters of that county, the
advocates having presented an addl-
tional list of names to those on the
petition which was at fist turned
down as insufficient. The effort to
have the question submitted at the
June primary was voted down on the
ground that it would be used as a CLUB
| n that election. The submission was
then fixed at a special election called
for the purpose on the 18th of May.
AS the law itself provides for special
elections for this purpose only when
the action of the board is taken IN
1907, there may be an after-clap to
his whatever the decision OF the vot-
ers may be at the polls. The same
meeting of the board of commissioners
granted a petition for county seat re
nova on a change from Oacoma TO
Presho, on which the vote will be TAX
en- at the November election. They
also granted a petition for a vote on
the division of Lyman county on tho
lewiston between the old survey of the
state, and the Black Hills survey,
which cuts the county almost sn the
center, and runs about eighteen miles
west of Presho. This may affect the
vote on county seat removal to some
extent, but how much remains to be
seen. If the division plan carries,
Murdo you'd more than likely be the
seat of government of the new county,
as it is within a few miles of the GEN.
ter of the new county and the princi-
pal town Of that territory. Whatever
the outcome, Lyman county voters will
have more troubles than the average
voter of the state before the close of
the present campaign, with all the diff
ferent issues which they will be
called upon to decide.
The petitions of nomination of diff
ferent state candidates are beginning
to come to the secretary Of state for
filing, n the next week will see them
all in, unless the supreme our cuts
out the primary law. Petitions have
been filed for c. E. Warner, of Hazel,
as a candidate for state auditor, and
Chas. H. Burke, of Pierre, as a candi-
date for congress, both stalwarts. The
secretary's Office. upon instruction
from the attorney general, is not de-
handing the fee with the filings, as the
action Of the supreme court on county
filing fees is looked upon as in line
with the position they will take upon
the state fees in case they do not hold
the law to be void.
The state treasurer has called for
$4,000 more of outstanding state
warrants, making with two former
calls in March, $525,000 of the out
standing general fund warrants called
in. This caves al the present time
Approximately 100000 of such war
rants yet outstanding, with no other
call likely until the June collections
begin to come in. It is expected that
the collections from hat call will be
sufficient to make another heavy cut
in outstanding warrants.
A decision by the supreme court re
Gently upholds the primary law IL
general, but cuts out the provision!
allowing county committees to selec
delegates to the convention, the fet
provision and arbitrary fixing of rep
resentation, replacing that in tn,
hands of theoommittees. The deci
sion requires the prohibition candi
dates to file under the law and refuse
the writ of mandamus asked for.
-
If Some of the older banks Of tn,
state which secured charters in oil
territorial days, are being compelled
to renew their charters, as the tim,
limit of such charters, twenty years
has expired. The latest to take sucl
action was the bank of Clear Lake
which was granted an extension fol
another twenty years by the state sec.
rotary.