Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-05
ga Ed A. hurry of Miibank, late
heriff of Grant county.

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derstands and consequently has well
fixed views and he is Lever backward
In expressing them, SO that when the
bill giving to the owners of isolated
tracts OF land, remote from public
highways, a way for securing a right
Of way over public land, came up on
Thursday most every one was ready
to take a fall out of 1t. The lawyers
as a rule opposed ii for various rea-
sons. but the farmers wanted it. Tay-
lor and Morris, however, favored the
bill and they are leading lawyers. 1t
was a merry half hour, but the bill
went through, so to 15, and when at
the close Whiting discovered a con
stitutional objection which seemed
vital the majority still refused to re
consider but cinched it fast.
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Among the bills which have passed
the house are Van Ruschen's two
measures plugging up holes in the
printed revised codes. 1t takes pretty
close scrutiny to proofread a volume
like the compiled laws of the state
and catch every error, but IN our code
ome pretty serious errors were made.
Mr.. Van Ruschen has gone over the
compilation rather critically and has
~endeavored to cure its faults.
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McDonnelrs joint resolution memo
rializing congress to call a constitu-
ticnal convention to amend the Con-
stitution of the United States to pro.
vide for electing United States sen
ators by popular vote passed without
objection. Four years ago a similar
resolution caused much debate and
was killed. This resolution recites the
fact that four times the house of rep
r~esentatives has passed the necessary
resolution to submit the amendment
to the states and the senate has re-
fused to do so, therefore the states
are compelled by the constitutional
method to proceed to compel the sub
mission.
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Hale's resolution praying for the
creation of a brigade post at Fort
Meade received the unanimous sup
port of the house. State pride in such
a post, as well as the prospective mar
ket created by 1t, both contributed to
the popularity of the measure. In
fact anything that looks to getting a
bit of Uncle Sans money invested in
the state is ordinarily unanimously
popular.
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Some thirty-four bills directed at
railroad management are nov before
the two houses and cover as many
different points. Aside from the 2
cent rate bill hone are especially i'm
portant, but the one which the rail-
roads most oppose requires that track
scales for Weighing cars shall be
maintained at all stations. This, they
declare, will cost millions of dollars.
with a prospect for but small returns
from the weigh fees provided in the
bill.
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Mr.. Cable has a new bill since the
recess which requires the hotel in
spector to inspect all halls, theaters
and other public buildings for the ac-
c~ommodation of more than one hun
dred persons and requiring such build
ings to be licensed and to conform to
certain specifications for safety against
fire. The license fee is fixed at SIS
annually, which is to be paid into
the general fund of the state. The
building inspector is given pretty
drastic power to compel compliance.
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The fight which has been the warm
est proposition throughout the ses-
sion has been between the board OF
pharmacists and the food and dairy
commissioners for the administration
of the pure drug law. 1t eliminated
during the big storm on Friday in a
pronounced victory for the pharma-
cists, although they gave up the big
appropriation feature of the bill. The
food commissioner wanted to admin
lister this law with a provision that
every bottle of patent medicine should
carry a qualitative label. The drug
StStS are pEetiy well sdtloHcu with
conditions as they have been in the
past, but II any change Is to be made.
| they wanted to have direction of 1t.
The house stayed with them. So to 15.
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The house has passed the bill per-
hitting the circuit judge to order
court to be held in any railroad town
in Hutchinson county rather than in
| Olivet, the county seat. provided the
county is put to no additional cost.
The bill does not declare these things
IN express words. but that Is the i'll
tention of the bill and 1t had the sup
port of the entire Hutchinson county
delegation. 1t will be recalled that
Hutchinson voted this fall upon re-
moving the county seat from Olivet to
Parkston, but failed. because though
Parkston got a majority OF the votes
1t did not get the required two-thirds.
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The limited equal suffrage bill has
passed the senate and been favorably
reported to the house and everything
points to its passage. There is a very