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

he favors the recopricity act ana now
COMES Senator Crawford with equally
az long letter stating why ne opposes
il.
The Pierre fire department gave an
exhibition test of the water pressure at
the capitol grounds last week that was
very successful in showing the hlgh
pressure obtainable Ii was estimated
that the water was thrown to a height
of about l75 feet. There is no doubt
that the capitol city has oneof the best
water systems in the state.
Under the new law for control OF the
soldiers home, Gov. Wesley Thursday
appointed. and the senate confirmed, as
members of the board, G. H. Hoffman,
Selby;J. L. Turner, Springfield; +. M.
Thomas, Huron; all old soldiers. They
will retain T. G. Orr, of Brookings, as
superintendent of the home. EH ST.
Governor Vessey denies absolutely
that his recent letter in regard to Can
adian reciprocity is in any way to be
taken as any indication that he desires
further political preferment,. and inti-
mated that he had no desires other than
to get out of the game at the end Of
his present term as governor, and look
after his private business.
After many years, the twenty odd
thousand dollars realized from the sale
of North Carolina bond, presented to
the state university has been ordered
into the state treasury, and it
will be disbursed amid the prickings of
conscience, in liquidation of public
expenses. This is a dreadful jolt, but
ii will not overturn the commonwealth.
By vote of ~ to 90 the house at
Pierre refused 10 submit a constitu-
tional amendment for woman suffrage.
The senate had previously carried the
measure. The verdict of the house
comes nearer to rejecting public opin-
ion as shown by the vote last Novem-
Der, when equal suffrage was rejected
by vote 34,289 to 57,7o9. As the vot-
ers had just passed adversely on the
question, many members thought it
improper to ask them to do so again.
For the first time since statehood
South Dakota will again begin the
advertising which was carried on in ter
ritorial days, but on a small scale. The
result was not secured until the close
of bitter fight on the floor of the
house, in which members from the
southern and eastern parts of the state
repeated the old worn out capitol cam
paign statements of the general worth
lessness of the state west of the Jim
river, and setting that up as their rea-
son. The farmers of the eastern part
were bitter i'm their denunciation OF
such useless expenditure" by the
state, and said they had all the growth
they want, but it went through by Z
scratch, getting So votes.
The house passed the bill which give:
to railways the right to grant passes
20 any attorney in their employment, II
4 whatever capacity, cutting out the pro
vision which limits such privilege =
regularly employed attorneys on sal
airy, The newspaper boys feel tina
they have pulled something out Of tn
deal finally in securing the passage o
the bill dividing the insurance state
ments equally between papers regard
less of political preference or faetions
following, which was pulled out of tn
discard and carried after having bee
& defeated. Three different bills wer
presented in the session TO ABSOLUTELY
abolish the publication, but all wer
, lost in committee or somewhere else
and the equal division proposition Wen
through.
: Believing that the newspapers ar
{ the best means of reaching and teach
ing the people, the Wisconsin legisia
S ture is providing for an initial appro
} priation of 500, 900, ard ultimately o
S an expenditure of $3.50, 900 for the pur
n chase of space in newspapers in whic
to have the University of Wisconsin
S give the people of the state the result
e of the latest investigation as well a
e general information concerning agricul
e ture, dairying, public health, municipa
J, Iproblems, sanitation, good roads, am
e similar subjects of local and state inter
0 est. And at the same time the Wis
: consin legislature was recognizing tn
3 importance of the newspapers of tn
0 state, the South Dakota legislature wa
e trying to kill them off and substitut
u pamphlets as means of publicity
e There was evidently a difference O
n character in the membership of the tw
r legislatures. & 49,
: The ways of some legislators are Ger
: tainly wonderful, There is legislato
: named Theo. ]. P. Giedt, of Eureka
who is listed in the red book as law
yer, who arose in the house when tn
Z Curtiss bill was under discussion, an,
said he was q newspaper publisher an
that he knew the newspaper he. WA