The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-14
EVIDENCE Of ECONOMY
The Legislature Showed the First
Evidence That Economy is to be
the Watchword.
the Watchword.

SHS
Pierre, Jan. 7.-Issenhuth has TAX
en- the seat formerly occupied by
Glass and clearly the mantle of the
imam from Kampeska'' has fallen
upon him. In the last session the
Sphinx county orator demonstrated
his ability to take are of himself in
debate and naturally he falls into
a position of leadership here.
The first scrap of the session arose
over a motion by Issenhuth to in
crease the number OF house journals
from 700 to 900 daily. 1t seemed to
be generally conceded that that the
500 reserved for the house We're up
on some days insufficient to supply
the demand for them and everything
seemed % tend to the support of the
Motto ~ntil Fowler of Pennington
projected the economy plea and was
members could get along with the
old number and a division of the
house was required to determine the
weighty matter. 46 favored the in
the motion fell. The incident would
he insignificant if it may not be talk
en- as indicative of the spirit of the
house on the subject of expenditures.
Everything thus far shows a ten
dency to trim close and it is pretty
sure that a very decided change in
sentiment will have t ODE brought
about if any large special appropria-
lions are made.
Seating the house is always a try
ing proposition to the members who
draw the high numbers and with fif-
teen additional members in the new
apportionment to be crowded into
the already crowded chamber it be-
comes more trying. Head janitor
Sanders, however. put his intellect
to the task of ~rearranging the desks
to meet the requirement and adopt
ing the Horseshoe method has sue
ceeded very we'll. The old members
We're allowed to retain their former
seats if they desired to do SO, but
with the new deal it is not easy to
identify them. Larson of Union re-
marked that he could not exactly
identify his desk, but with the aid of
the state surveyor he had been able
to locate upon the same tract.
With the announcement of the
committees a flood of bills will come.
Senator Johnson is moving upon or
iginal lines. He has bills making it
a misdemenaor to NEEDLE with pub
lie OF private property on Halloween
also making it a misdemeanor to at
tend a charivari except upon invita-
tion of the bridal couple. If those
bills become laws and are enforced
it will be a serious blow to the oh
streperousness of youth.
TAYLOR. the Aberdeen lawyer is
studying the tax commission PROPOSE
ton and may evolve a comprehensive
bill upon the subject. He has pro-
nounced views and believes the local
assessor is the weakest element in
our revenue system, and that if non
PARTISAN assessors We're sent out by
the state to sse the property of
strangers that most of the property
now escaping taxation would be
found and that true values would be
more accurately determined. and that
perhaps if the assessor evil was ell
minated a tax commission would not
be required. Generally the assessor
means right but among friends and
intimate acquaistances and political
creators it is difficult to carry out
the letter of the law.
1t is pretty certain the movement
to increase the supreme court will
not go unopposed. Many members
think it possible to devise a method
of clearing UP the present calendar
without burdening the state perman-
emily with additional justices. ~
tention is called to the fact that when
Nebraska was in a similar predica-
ment that q commission of lawyers
were provided who went in and made
a sort of judicial bee. like an old
fashioned rail splitting, or house rails
ing and cleared up the calendar and !
that thereafter the court, by more
systematic methods, was able to keep
up with the work. It Is said the five
judges in Minnesota each write Sc
opinions annually while our court
is getting out but "A opinions. Fur
Their 1t Is shown the court has been
behind from the beginning having
inherited ffty-fuor cases from the
territorial court. 1t is, said, too, It'll
cation is not increasing in proportion
to population and that the repeal of
the divorce law will still further re-
duce the number of appeals.