Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-03-02

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Speaker Morris believes that the So
called hardness of the house IN passing
is a merit He says: There
Is 40 leader or faction. Every measure
i discussed thoroughly and passes or
sails on It's merits. We need a longer
session to 90 over all bills as completely
as has the present.
The absence of General Conklin at
this session is noted by many who nave
been here for the past twenty years
and many people will be interested IN
knowing that he is now very i'll, pro-
badly fatally so, as the last reports say
that his chances of recovery ara but
slightly in his favor.
The new law which requires the Sec
rotary of the state TO certify ali emer-
pency measures to all the courts of the
state, is making John Nelson, the assis-
tant secretary of state, no end of trou-
bic. In fact, it takes spy glass and
a Pinkerton force to find law passed
now days that has not an emergency
clause attached.
State food and drug commission is
the name under which Commissioner
Cook and his assistant, Jens Bitterness,
now labor. The name state food and
dairy commission" was misnomer,
and the legislature did well to correct
it, for the dairy inspection is sepa-
rate department and is looked after by
Mr.. Ryger.
The new woman's suffrage party fol-
lowers say that if the papers will not
treat them fairly them will have to pub
fish a paper of their own. The Henault
bill will be reported to the senate with
out recommendations The leaders of
the cause say they will bring the amend
ment to a rollcall and put each member
on record before his wife and mother.
The bear garden conditions in the
house have not been smothered any by
the proceedings Thursday infthe enact
ment of the game law, and on consid-
Grafton of that body to reconsider the
vote killing the bill providing for astate
immigration bureau. Both these started
things again when the fur was getting
smoothed down.
r. O. Richards is having copy of
his proposed primary law printed for
every voter in the state. He has pur-
chased cylinder CO. horse power auto
mobile and will start out campaigning
for the passage of his bill just as soon
as the roads and the weather permits.
The approaching campaign promises to
be bitter one.
Representatives from the institution
towns interested in the appropriation
bills are on the ground to assist their
members in getting all there's in sight.
1t is going to be hard job to keep the
appropriations down to the revenues,
but if all reports are true there Is a
combination in the house that is going
to cause lot of grief before the close
of the session.
Granville Jones, the democratic spell
binder from Chamberlain, is in Pierre.
Mr.. Jones has the satisfaction of know
ing that the charges made by him in
the late democratic campaign have been
proven by the republican legislature.
He likewise can read the record of the
senate failing to take action to better
the conditions which he charged agains,
the republican state administration OF
the Soldiers Home.
Senator Curtiss has been chatting
somewhat under the criticism which
has been directed at him by a part Of
the press of the state since the enact
ment of his measure which provides fol-
the publication of constitutional amend
ments and referred laws through pam
phlets to be distributed by the stat'
instead of through the newspapers, ant
attempts to get back at his principa
I! tormentors, j. F. Halladay, of Iroqdois
1t is safe bet that Representative
Issenhuth will not again offer motio
at night session that the clerk rea
bills for two hours and no other busi
ness be transacted. He did this tn
other night and the speaker called hir
to the chair and the members proceede
to go home, leaving the clerk and MI
Issenhuth in full possession. 1t expet
tied matters great deal, however, an
Mr.. Issenhuth is patriot enough I
discommode himself to do that
The passage of the bill reqiring cattle
men to keep their cattle under contr
all months of the year. was quite
peculiar incident in the senate when
is considered that but q few years az
the range men had the upper han
Wyman contended for the bill. but He
0 ault declared that it would ruin Il
people of Fall River and surroundir
lcounties. When the measure was Fl
It ally put up to roll call the vote sto
9 SO to 5 in favor of forcing the cattl
d man to fence his cattle instead of d