Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-22

laws on the SUBJECT. Ailo'iiei DHA
makes gambling on trains a fhlsue-
meanOr.
The equal suffrage contingent starts
early with it's amendment, u TINS
time only asks for a limited franchise
for women, granting that right upon
those who own property upon Whlch
they pay taxes. If they can get inns
it will pave the way to a
franchise later.
Another proposed amendment TO me
constitution is to allow an increase IA
state tax levies to 4 mills III
case of the need of such, with othef
tax provisions.
The coffin nall is to receive atten-
ton through the Brady Dill, Whlci
not only attempts to restrict put Az
solutely prohibits the manufacture
sale or offering for sale of cigarettes u
paper anywhere in the state.
new deal is to be sprung in the
inebriate sylum proposition by pro-
hibitjng the use of the building at OLD
Fort Sisseton for That purpose. Inc
state owns the building and GROUNDS
at tina place, which is sixteen miles
from a station and is considered 10 oe
a good location.
Thorson, of M%innehaha, in the SEN
ate took a few more falls out OF the
ailway in bills requiring the putting
in of track scales, and to require JOINT
stations at crossing points.
Another brick was hurled at the
owners or stockholders of breweries,
prohibiting them taking any part III
the retail trade in the state.
The first bills to receive maj acton
in either house came up Wednesday
afternoon, and the first was the Morrl-
son bill. which, if enacted, will mean
q relief to news gatherers, as 1t re-
ouires precinct officers and county
auditors to max immediate election
| returns outside the official returns.
The registered lobby list is growing,
| representatives of the state dental as
ISOLATION. the state veterinarian ana
the societies having regis
tered. Bills covering their desires VILE
be presented within a day or tWO. .
The Highmore delegation is trying
to rush the inebriate asylum bill
through before the other applicants
can get a show and are pushing the
committee to make an early report
The electoral commission has finally
selected John r. Schroeder to take
the returns to Washington. This re-
suit was reached after a refusal of the
Lien following to accept state Chair
man w. C. Cook as a compromise can
didate.
Several towns are after the proposed
inebriate asylum, Highmore being the
first applicant, and Dell Rapids next
with Miller coming down the stretch
and the others trailing along behind
The railroads appear to be good
| ground for legislative material, ana
Senator Thorson, of Minnehaha start
ed six more bills on their way Tuesday.
! he wanting them to report wrecks anG
why; to report the umbe of eleVa-
tors on their lines: to provide toilet
rooms in their stations; to provide bet
ter safety appliances, and requiring
the railway commission to prosecute
personal damage suits. Several others:
have been introduced, and that subject
will have plenty of attention.
The principal house bills Tuesday
were to create six new counties on he
Cheyenne and Standing Rock reserva-
tons, giving the name of Mellette to
Ole of them. Another bill was to com
! dope fiends" to the insane asy-
lum at Yankton.
In the committee Of the whole
Thursday. with Mcpherson, Of Law
renee, in the chair oratory flowed
free and untrammeled by the rulc%
when the Dillon bill was Ike UP to
return the money secured from North
Carolina on bonds donated to the
state.
Dillon led for the bill and charged
that the whole transaction was tine
tured with fraud.
Senator Curtis, of Brown, who had
moved to amend the bill to place the
money in the school fund, then took
the floor and briefly ~recounted the
transaction from its beginning, taking
the position that the bonds on which
collection was made were Legitimate
Indebtedness against North Carolina,
and had been SO acknowledged by tho
payment of a large part of the bonds
by a compromise, and that in the set
Element North Carolina had the option
of paying cash or restoring the rail-
road for which the bonds were issued.
but preferred the cash payment to
turning over good dividend paying
stock.
Thursday reported f~avorably the 2-cent
rate, electric headlight and express
rate bills.
The democrats in caucus Thursday
night selected Andrew T. Lee as their
candidate for United States senator.
\ move to fight the white plague ir"
the state was started Friday in a bill
by Representative Rate to appropri-
ate money to establish a state tubercu-
1osis hospital at Custer. The only 9TH
er bill of Importance presented was
that which materially amends the
present primary election law, practi--
cally abolishing the county conven-
ton and placing the duties of the con-
vention on the county committee.
The first house argument was called
out on the bill requiring county COM
m~issioners to publish poor aid lists.
which was defeated, Fowler, Hebal.
Rate and Bartine opposing the meas
ure, and Johnson, Morris and Taylor
supporting it.
The North Carolina bill was up in
the senate Friday, and the committee.
by a vote of Is to II, recommended
that the bill pass, which came in the
way of a surprise, as it was the gen.
eral opinion that the vote would be
Very close.
The discussion was by Senators
Dillon, Bates and Heaward for the bill.
with Curtis and Byrnes opposing it.
The vote in the committee is proba-.
bly, the full strength which the meas
ure can muster. and it likely will fail
to secure the thirty votes necessary to
carry it as ar appropriation bill.
The Difficulty.