The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-12

adced on Tune prices.
The Gus sent the hopes OF the
equal suffrage contingent soaring into
the realms OF JOY Monday when they
cut he property qualification from the
senate resolution granting suffrage.
Oily to drop them into the slough OF
despond a few minute later when
they killed the resolution by a vote OF
"a against 81 for the submission OF the
question 70 the voters at the c gem
eral election.
While the house refused TO accept
the senate amendments 10 the 2-cent
rate bin, II did not call out the ex-
pected hot contest on the proposition.
Bartine. chairman OF the house rail-
road committee. opposed concurrence
and was backed by Taylor. OF Brown,
and the matter brought TO a vote. in
which the concurrence was refused,
and Bartine. Mcdonnell and Newell
appointed house conferees on the bill.
The senate conferess selected were
Norbeck, Byrne and McCullen.
After keeping quiet since the open
ing OF the session. the bin TO allow at
tofueys and physicians TO crawl undu
the fence So far as the anti-pass law
Is concerned was presented in the sem
ate Monday afternoon by Curtis. OF
Brown county. and will be n factor In
legislation for a few lays until IL IL
disposed OF
The s~rat passed railroad bills re-
curing railroad companies TO report
fatal wrecks to the railway commits
sion authorizing the railroad commits
sion to appear in cases in which the
state is interested: requiring railroads
TO report To the commission the mum
Der Of elevators along their lines. and
requiring railroads 10 maintain toilet
rooms at all their stations.
The house passed the appropriation
bin for the completion OF the state
capitol. and tangled up on the bill
providing for hotel licenses. which
tangle was ended by an adjournment
in the middle OF the mixup.
K O Richards. Of Huron. was be-
fore the elections committee OF the
two houses Monday with his new pri-
mary election bill. which provides for
the distribution OF state patronage
through legal procedure and a number
or features outside present political
lines.
He ALSO has a bill on bank insur-
IaiCt ana Hilotntr OF taNatloN 10 pre-
sent
The center of interest Wednesday
was in thu 2-cent rate law. with the
emergency clause attached. which
would make il a law as soon as II was
filed in the office Of the secretary Of
state. 1t was signed by the presiding
officers o fthe two Eouses and went TO
the governor at 3 80 O'Clock. and with
in ten minutes was signed.
There was a slight furry in the
house over the committee report on
the indeterminatc sentence and parole
officer bin. an adverse committee re-
port having been made, but Bartine
and Wyman insisted on getting the bin
out into the open for consideration and
secured a change IN committee report.
and II will be up for discussion
The Fitch bin in the house provid-
ing for 9 o'clock closing OF saloons was
defeated, only receiving ~ Affirmative
votes.
The house made two laws Wednes-
day by passing the senate bills To lc-
galize the incorporation Of Cotton and
requiring railways to construct woven
wire fences along their rights OF way
in certain circumstances
\ bill was introduced in the senate
b. Danforth 10 pay George Mackey
and Oscar Hunt $4,000 for damages
received by them by the premature
discharge Of a fieldpiece at the militia
encampment at Huron several years
ago.
The senate passed the bill to accent
the provisions OF the Carey irrigation
act in this state. which allows private
individuals To put In irrigation plants
and secure land for the purpose.
II thesenate follows the house ac-
ton the state Will establish a tubercu-
losis hospital at Custer. the bin for
that Institution having passed the
house with but four dissenting votes.
The state board of charities and cor
rections will ask the legislature for
sS3T.00 for the two years beginning
July l next. This will al be for main
tenance and repairs. no new buildings
being asked for In the list. Out OF
this total S21l, 600 is for maintenance
of the insane hospital and comes back
Ia the state through the counties.
The first move towards n good roads
bill started things In the senate for a
time Thursday. but after several dila-
tory movements and IN effort 10 secure
| Il reprinted blIl 10 cover the numerous
committee amendments Ii was finally
made n special order for Saturday.
The house started the afternoon ses-
sion Thursday with a triangle over the
resolution to submit to the people the
question Of leasing state school lands
for agricultural purposes.
Newell Larson. Of Union. Hebal and
Issenhuth opposed IL as unwise and
Trumbo. Peterson OF Clay. Wyman and
Roberts made a fight for the measure,
winning by a good vote.
The senate members were not
agreed on the Arenson bill to repeal
the law which restricts bank loans 10
three times the capital stock. Nor
beck and Byrne wanted to further try
for consideration OF the measure and
Ewart thought IL should be acted up
on. After discussion IL was laid over
informally until the members post
themselves on It's provisions.
The bin 10 reduce the interest OF
state warrants from ! per cent to s
per cent was amended To- fix II at 5
per cent and was passed.
The members OF the different state
boards are getting onto the ground.
resulting I'm the appropriation com
mittees geming their bills into shape