The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12


ment of Albert NJ. Anderson as a
member OF the board of regents.
The county option petitions were
presented in both houses by Secretary
Policy. While they contain a number
Of names in which no postofhce was
named, those which were properly
signed were amply sufficient to make
the petition a legal one, and the legis-
lature has nothing further to do in the
matter than to pass the question on
to the people at the next election to
again pass upon the question as to
their desire for county local option.
New bills
Curtiss-Prohibiting compulsory vac
cination.
Notwithstanding for town line
highways.
Poese-Requiring county Offices to
be kept open from 9 a. m to 9 p. m.
This hopes Of the equal suffrage con-
tingent were sen soaring Monday,
when the house cut out of the senate
suffrage amendment the property
qualification only to go bump into
gloom a few minutes later, when the
resolution was defeated for lack of
six votes. The suffrage lobby was
much downcast by the outcome, but
announced their determination to be
back at the next session to try it
again.
The house refused to accept the
senate amendments to the 2-cent rate
bill, and 1t has been sen to a confer
ence committee Of the two houses in
an attempt to come to an agreement
on the differences. The bill to ex-
empt attorneys and physicians from
the provision OF the anti-pass law,
which had been dormant several
weeks, was started in the senate Mon
day, Curtis Of Brown presenting it.
p. 0. Richards Of Huron was before
the elections committee of the two
houses with his new primary election
bill which provides for the distribu-
ton of star patronage through legal
procedure, and a number of features
outside present political lines. He will
also present a bill on bank insurance,
and another on taxation.
day to listen to the proceedings in
the house on the amendment to the
constitution to give them suffrage.
The senate had passed the resolution
containing a property qualification,
and it was up to the house to act.
The first move was to strike the prop
erty qualification from the proposed
amendment. This was done by an
aye and no vote, and carried easily.
This action gave the advocates of the
move a thrill Of delight, as the argu-
ments presented were all against Civ
ing them any partial recognition, but
for a full and unlimited franchise.
Then after a little more discussion
on the proposition the vote on. the
amended resolution was secured. leav-
ing them stunned by the result which
they we're looking Upon as favorable.
The amendment only secured AZ
votes, lacking six of enough to get it
through the house.
In the house bills were introduced
by Morris to add corporations and in
dividuals to the fellow servant law:
Gable. joint resolutions to
alize congress to increase the tariff
On wool, and to take all tariff off OF
11n0hr. Rrl1on tn armand fhn 1or,&;
tuition to cut the county surveyor
from the elective list of County Off
GERS; R%ibstein, bill to inspect baker
les and butcher shops; Mccain. to
give power lines the same rights of
condemnation as are allowed to cleo |
trio railway lines: B%rynjulson, amend
ing creamery license law, to require
skimming stations to report to the
dairy commissioner; Gable, general
game code; Sasse, requiring all tele-
phones operating in the state to make
connections with other lines: Ding
sor. requiring registers Of deeds to
report transfers to the county auditor.
The house passed the bill appropri-
ating practically $4O0, 900 for the COM
pletion Of the new capitol without a
dissenting vote, which was quite diff
ferent from past capitol propositions
which were up. House bill 10, by Van
Ruschen, fixing definitely the hours
for election and manner of notice Of
in independent school dis.
t11cts; house bill 100, by Bryniulson.
adding to causes for removal from Of
fee, neglect Of official duties" Then
came the hotel license bill by Wyman
which the house tangled up on sew.
eral amendments until they were be-
to be uncertain as to where
they were at, and Larson of Union
county moved to adjourn, carving
The motion. and leaving the bill in the
air.
The senate passed the bill to reduce
he number of Inhabitants necessary
incorporate a town from 2OO tn ,so