Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-12

create q ripple Wnen III was chlIcu up
in the senate, and passed easily. giving
the state a stronger anti-cigarctte law.
The senate late Monday evening
took up the antitrust bill, with Cur
tbs opposing the measure and Norbcck,
Bates and Dillon supporting it. After
voting down several attempts to amend
the bill vas passed as presented to the
senate.
The senate thraShed out the house
bank deposit insurance bin commit
tee report, and voted down all attempts
to amend it's provisions, putting it on
the calendar for further action.
The senate bee inspection bill was
near defeat in tn" house Monday. but
it's friends got busy and when the vote
was taken it passed as an emergency
bill, putting it into effect as soon as
signed.
The state will decline to accept the
Chamberlain ndian school as a gift
from the general government If the
senate follows the house action on the
Bartin resolution declining the gift
The telephone companies got theirs
in the house Monday by the favorable
action Of that body on the bill putting
such ines under CUntr"l of the rail-
way commission and recurring conn"c-
ton and transfer OF blSI'"SS h'tWe"p
com pttlllS Illt
The congressional district bill went
through the senate with a bare ma
iOritv. the plan cutting the southeast
ern portion Of th" stat" into on" dis
trict and the northern portion Of the
state and all west of the river into an
other district.
The equal surrale lobby is jubilant
over the result of the senate action
on the house resolution granting a
,-H4o ON thu rlJpStiOn of n full Slf-
frage privilege. TIL" question is settled
for the session, and will I've submitted
to the voters of the state for their de-
cision at the next general election.
While Wednesday was a busy day in
both houses, the net ErfSt of the grind
was not Il heavy one, as most of the
time was put in on the general appro-
p@riation bills. While there were many
changes, all Of them were in the way
of increases on the reports of the APP
preparation committees, The senate
adding more than did the house to its
bill, bringing the total up close to ST.
600, 600. This bill with all the special
appropriations for all purposes Will
mean that the state will be called upon
TO dig up about $2,500,000 in the next
Two years. -
;, Besides the general bill, the house
\ IpdSScb ia 'AIAS GYMS y
. an extension to the Aberdeen normal
+ building; apprOpriatinG $4,000 for
buildings at the insane hospital: $1O.-
900 for the chemical laboratory at the
agricultural college, and Il number OF
house bills carrying various sums for
f the many different purposes. The
=, house held a night session to clear up
! the work on the senate bills, and 1t IS
the intent OF both houses to clear their
~ land , oIlfI ln1 !, IlllN ''clp1n-Jn'
work for Friday forenoon.
The senate thought it had passed the
:, antitrust bill, and it was announced
as passed, but later, when found to
! carry an emergency clause and that it
had not enough votes t. carry 1t as
such a measure, it wa rcCnnsidered
= Tuesday and amended before it passed.
The faithful publishers will be al
lowed to find corn in the crib of the
insurance department for at least two
, years more, as the senate Tuesday re-
; fused to consider the house bill cut
ting off that little plum from the pub
ishers.
While the senate was laying the i'm
migration department bill to its last
= rest Tuesday, the house was passing
g the bill to cut that feature from the
:, the duties of the secretary of state,
and the last vestise of an immigration
bureau for the state is wiped out.
The house tanglcs Tuesday We're
4 over the congressional district bill,
which was opposed by Taylor and
Whiting, but went through. Another
a house mixup was on the motion to re-
consider the action which practically
y killed the Highmore ineDriate asylum
o proposition. On motion of Johnson the
O. action was reconsidered and a con-
@ ference committee appointed to act
q with a senate committee on the bill.
This measure is showing almost as
lives as a cat as it has been killed
IS at this session and is out again as live
e ly as if it had never been struck.
The senate bill fixing a standard
e form Of fire insurance policy came
IS near defeat in the house, but on its
n second wind won out easily.
The senate had a warm session Tues
l. day evening on the house bank deposit
insurance bill. The house sent down
# a measure for a voluntary association
q Of banks, and the senate amended it
before getting through with it, requir-
ing all state banks to get into the
" voluntary association or put up a
bond for the protection. of their de-
positors.
X The negotiable bill Of the
n senate was killed by the house IN the
9 committee report, the house refusing
n to accept the bill, as it has at several
sessions of past years.
g The general appropriation bill was
e introduced, carrying S1,S56,S34. $780,
# 600 more than for two years ago.
The house passed the game bill pro-
viding for a state game warden, and
numerous compromise provisions of
conflicting interest.
r Although the eleventh session of
q the South Dakota legislature was
y scheduled to end at non Friday. when
e that hour arrived the lawmakers We're
still at work, and it was $50 before
final adjournment was taken.
The two houses were at complete
e variance over giving a photographer to
the state treasurer at 500 a year in
IS the general bill carrying $2.oO0,ooO.
but finally knocked the item out.
The senate Thursday night cut the
); iartine freight rate bill to pieces by
Is amendments, and Friday f~orenoOn it
II killed it.
e On account of the tang!e over a
gOt d roads bill between the houses the
bills of both have gone down wilh0ut
any final action.