Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
LEGISLATIVE DO|NGS!.

A fire occurred in a mail car
going east from Pierre one day last
week and practically all the mail in
the car was destroyed.
Judging from the number of peo-
Pile that Commissioner Wheaton has
had importuning the governor in his
behalf during the past week it must
be that the gentleman does not feel
secure of reappointment.
Senator Dillon has fought for the
return of the North Carolina bond
money in all the ways known to that
great parlmentarian and has met
defeat in every battle. South
Dakota has got the money and very
wisely, we think, intends to keep it.
The South Dakota press associa-
ton held its annual meeting here
Saturday and elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: G. M.
Day, Sioux Falls, president; LIST vice
president, w. F. Bancroft, Water
town; End vice president, r. 0.
Schaber, Hudson: treasurer, HI. A.
Sturgis, Beresford; secretary, John
Cogan, Sioux Falls; executive
committee, j. F. Halliday, Iroquois,
Z. L. Sem, Chamberlain.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate to provide for state flag for
South Dakota. The bill provides
that the banner shall be one and
one-third times as long as it is
wide; to have blue field with a |
blazing sun in the center, and in an
arc over the sun the words, "Sun-
shine State" As the state has no
emblem at present this bill seems
destined to fill longfelt want, and
the design will meet with quite gen.
eral approval as very appropriate
one.
Senator Crawford was in Pierre
for couple of days the past week
and it is said by those who are next
to that gentleman that he was here
advising certain members of the |
legislature to go little slow in the
matter of railroad legislation and
also informing them that the attitude
of the present session so far was
bound to hurt the state in many
parts, especially those portions
which have crying need for more
roads.
A large number of the insurance
men of the state have been in Pierre
the past week with large number
of bills in their own interests, the
principal one being for the repeal OF
the valued policy law. 1t is to be
hoped that the legislature will not
grant their wish in this respect. The
The insurance companies should
guard the taking of risks, and if
they do take them and the property
burns that the companies should be
compelled to pay the loss seems
only fair to us.
Several members of the legislature
are feeling little sore at the lobby
ing done by certain state officers for
and against measures which have
been introduced in the present ses-
sion, and a resolution was intro
duced in the house the other day
asking for an investigation of the
state officers engaged in that line.
but after considerable argument and
a promise on the part of the officials
10 60 and sin no more the resolu-
lion was withdrawn and all mention
from the record.
The states attorney of Hughes
county is interfering with the pleas
ures of the Legislators quite mater
ially this winter. First he CON-
PEELED the saloons to stop all their
gambling games; his next move was
10 make them close promptly at
eleven o'clock and remain closed on
Sunday. His latest move is to
make them remove all distractions
from the windows SO it is impossible
now to dodge in behind a lot of
whisky signs, house plants or animal
cages and get drink without being
seen from the street. Liquor law is
being enforced to the letter for the