Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-03-09

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tuition of the initiated for the original
bill, which motion prevailed. Browne
called on Tscharner TO describe the bill,
calling Richards "a parasite on South
Dakota politics, and said Richards had
forced the original primary on the peo-
pie against their will and now was try
ing to rape the primary. Tscharner
was surprised and Inundated that one
with Brownies gray hairs could use
such words" and characterized them
as 'dastardly. :" Morris, ofSpink called
the measure an attempt to double
cross" the people and urged all to 90
on record for its defeat. Old timers
say it was the shaipest personal fight
since statehood.
The fights in the house Friday were
numerous over the general approDria-
ton bill and immigration department,
with the Richards primary election bill
thrown in as extra trouble. On the
general appropriation bill the question
of a stenographer for the treasurer's
office was fought over again as it was
two years ago, but this time it went
into the bill. The state engineers
department was the grounds for Bit
ter attack upon the bill and one clerk
was cut out with $500 reduction in the
amount allowed that department, but
the effort 10 cut off all but the salary
of the commissioner was voted down..
and the department yet retains work
ing force and little more for expense
account. The effort to put about ten
thousand dollars more in the appropria-
tion for the agricultural college to
carry on experiment and demonstration
work failed. The bill was then passed
and sent to the senate.
Since early in the session the house
has been constitutionally against the
government, giving not only heed to-
any recommendation of the executive,
but generally showing Discrimination
to carry out recommendation. After
many days it comes out that their.
crouch has been largely over veto of
the bill which sought to change the.
manner of organization of counties,
taking the appointment of supervisors,
of election out of the hands of the gov
ernor, and putting such selection in the
hands of the clerk of courts of the
county to which the new territory was,
attached for judicial purposes. The
veto was on the ground that the bill
was too indefinite, and by its repeals
left no ST arting point for beginning the
organization of a new county. An
attempt was made to carry it over the
veto, and in his plea for vote to sus-
took up, the expense account for the
organization of Perkins and Harding
counties two years ago, showing that
supervisors were selected in the far
eastern part of she state and secured
mileage which was not at all necessary.
He did not say that these supervisors
were selected by Gov Wesley, neither
4 did he take the trouble 10, say that the.
u selections We're made by Gov. Crawford
before be went out of office, which was
the fact. Gov. Vessey did appoint two.
! or three to Gil vacancies, where the.
appointees by Gov. Crawford could not
act, but they were practically Craw-
ford's selections, and while taken from
the eastern part of the state, the mile
, age also mounted for the reason that
i they had to go to Belle Fourche TO get
, supplies, then back by way of Huron
! and Aberdeen to get to the northern
, precincts of the counties, and back to-
Belle Fourche with their returns. This
, was largely the cause of the heavy
expense of over 81, 500 for the organic
otion of these counties F'urtherit was
explained that since that time three
counties: Trip, Corson and Dewey have
been organised at an expense of $3.50
! for the three, with men selected in
adjoining counties for supervisors. The
veto was taken as desire to continue
such conditions as existed in the Perk-
ms county county proposition. and that
, started the Crouch which has stayed up
to the end of the session.
South Dakota is in line with other
northwestern states to begin an adver-
Using campaign for the development of
the state-with possible "if' attached.
This possibility is the intent of the
members who We're opposing any such
action, to carry the matter to the ref
erendum. After they get away from
the excitement of the occasion they naay
change their minds in regard to such
action, or they may not. Their plea
was that the state could not stand such
expense, and they would carry the ques-
: ton up to the people to save it. The
appropriation for that department, as
finally left, carried $l7.5O0 for two
, years. an amount so small when COM
pared with what other northwestern
states are doing in that direction thatit
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