Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-28
LEGISLATIVE DO|NGS!

Last Monday will go down in his
tory as very prominent in the present
session as there was not one anti
railroad bill introduced in either
house.
The senate has passed the bill
which if it becomes a law will allow
women who own property and
pay taxes to vote There is a pros
pect of rough road for the bill in
the house.
Our Legislative report will be
little abbreviated this week as Mr..
Denton, who is attending to that
work at Pierre, was absent from the
session at Deadwood from Monday
until Thursday.
Dillon is going to make desper-
ate attempt to resurrect his North
Carolina bond bill. Wednesday he
got it sufficiently resusc:tated to land
it from the scrap pile back in the
senate judiciary committee.
1t is mighty poor day in the
present session when the railroads
and saloons are not made the brunt
of new attack. The last body blow
at the saloons was the Andrews bill
in the senate to close them at nine
o'clock in the evening.
1t has developed upon investiga.
ton in the state auditors Office that
it cost the state $7,346.70 under the
present immigration bureau to send
out $2,653.30 worth of literature.
Good things seem to have come high
during the past administration.
Henry Nell, of Madison, secretary
of the state millers association, was
in Pierre for several days insisting
upon the passage of law prohibit
ing the sale of bleached -four in the
state. If bleached flour is permitted
to be sold the association want the
law to compel it to be branded as
such.
The election of the United States
senator this year was the tamest ever
in the history of the state. One of
the main reasons for this is the fact
that the railroad companies cannot
furnish free transportation to the
state. The hotel business in Pierre
is the greatest sufferer from the
anti.pa laws.
Senator Amsden, of Grant county,
seems to be the one member of that
body who ever has a determination
in ways economical. His latest
move was to oppose the proposition
to raise the salaries of chief clerk of
the house and secretary of the SEN
ate to 81 ,080. But he was out voted
and the raise was made.
Silver" Dick Richards is urging
the passage of bill which will dis :
tribute the political patronage of the
state according to the percentage of
the vote cast for the winners in cleo.
tions by the counties of the state.
He would legalize the old system of
''to the victors belong the spoils"
only going it one better. "The bigger
the majority the bigger the plum"
There's something to that kind of a
reward for party fealty.
One of the progressive leaders was
discussing on the proposed laws
with one of it's friends and admitted
it was very much needed benefit
10 the state, but the leader said the
bill was very essential but could
not pass. When asked why. He
answered the bill carries an appro-
priation and it was very hard to pass
any bill expanding the state money
because "too many members to the
present legislature spell Jesus with
a"Y."
Since the Northwestern railroad
has crossed the river from Pierre,
the capital is about the most central
and the most easily accessible of all
points i'll the state. and many of the
members are taking cognizance OF
his fact and, unless we miss our
guess, bill will be introduced in
the present session which will CON-
pei the location of all officers of the
state and the headquarters of all
boards and commissions and all