Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-02-11
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
REVIEW OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF THE
STATE LEGISLATORS FOR THE WEEK

ment OF Albert M. Anderson as a
member Of the board of regents.
The county option petitions were
presented in both houses by Secretary
Policy. While they contain number
of names in which no postoffice was
named, those which were properly
signed were amply sufficient to make
the petition 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 a. M to 8 p m
The hopes Of the equal suffrage con-
tingent were sent soaring Monday,
when the house cut out Of the senate
suffrage amendment the property
qualification only to go bump into
gloom few minutes later, when the
resolution was defeated for lack of
six votes. TIE 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 it has been sent 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. O. 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 number of features
outside present political lines. He will
! dlSo JltS d Jill vi Dduk insurance,
and another on taxation.
The women were out in force Tues
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 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 full and unlimited franchise.
Then after a little more discussion
on the proposition the vote on the
ing them stunned by the result which
they were 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 memori-
alize congress to increase the tariff
On wool, and to take all tariff off Of
! lumebr; Bruce, to amend the consti-
tuition to cut the county surveyor
from the elective list of county Off
GERS; Ribstein, 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; Brynjulson, amend
ing creamery license law, to require
Swimming stations to report to the
| dairy commissioner; Cable, 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 100000 for the com
plelloll vi lile uSW capitol without a
dissenting vote, which was quite diff
ferent from past capitol propositions
which were up. House bill 13, by Van
Ruschen, fixing definitely the hours
for election and manner of notice of
election in independent school dis
tricts; house bill 100, by Brynjulson,
adding to causes for removal from Of
fee, neglect of official duties" Then
came the hotel license bill by Wyman,
in which the house tangled up on sew
eral amendments until they were be-
ginning to be uncertain as to where
they were at, and Larson of Union
county moved to adjourn, carrying
the motion, and leaving the bill in the
air
The senate passed the bill to reduce
the number of inhabitants necessary
to incorporate town from 200 to $50.
The senate joint resolution to accent
donation of $4,000 from Andrew