Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-16

sutS WOlhs IL dppSdTeu LndC Mr.. Onam-
berlain had about $4, 900 of his last year
$4,000 appropriation on hand the first
OF February, and the committee felt
that 1T was enough.
Senate bill 81, requiring $500 license
from itinerant physicians, after con-
siderable debate was sent back to the
committee. The discussion brought
forth that some of the representatives
considered the Quaker" or United"
doctors to be great boon to mankind,
and should be fostered to the exclusion
of the regular practitioner.
Wyman's defining the amount of air
and floor space which shall be allotted
to each patient at the Yankton asylum
passed after discussion IN which it
was brought out that it's provisions
were not considered ample enough and
that it should be extended TO all state
charitable institutions Mr.. Wymans
other bill, requiring insane hospital
buildings to be fire proof was laid over
to Tuesday in order to amend to include
all the philanthropic institutions.
One of the arguments presented in
the senate with regard to the bill to
extend the time of muskrat trapping
from November lst to 18th of that
month was that the trapping called
away the hired men from the farm
before the fall work was cleared
up, and that to give the farmer
two weeks more chance would
be of great benefit. The argument
was irresistible and the bill passed by a
large majority.
The newspapers of the state are pay
ing their respects to Senator Curtiss.
The trouble with the senator is not
that his bill has stirred the newspaper
boys up as much as his language used
when arguing for the passage. His
statement ''that the people had been
,fleeced long enough by the newspaper
publishers, and the further statement
that the law sought to be repealed by
his bill was characterized as news
paper graft" is what has worked up
the boys.
Chairman Whiting. of the house jude.
larry committee, was forced to wrestle
with peculiar dilemma. In his official
capacity he must report his bill enabl-
ing the county attorney to comment on
the non-appearance of the accused do
not pass" In his own position he must
fight his official self to rescue his bill
from the bone heap and secure its con-
'sideration in committee of the whole.
His private personality conquered in
the struggle.
Pennington county members are max
ing sure that the tuberculosis sanatar-
ium at Custer will come in for a good
slice of the appropriation melon, and
hardly day passes without some enter
prising member from that county pro-
posing new appropriation for the
institution. Everyone recognizes the
Importance of the sanatarium, but it is
extremely doubtful if Pennington
county can prevail upon the legislature
to expend all the state funds upon it.
The judiciary committee started
house bill 259, which will give the farm
ers chance at the lawyers when it
comes out for discussion. The bill pro-
hibits county Judge from giving coun-
sci or drawing papers for any applicant
who comes into their court on probate
business. This will open the way for
plenty of talk when it is up for final
action, and the opportunities for talk
are never passed up by the house.
Without attempting to discuss the
merits of the Curtiss bill we believe
Senator Curtiss has been very unfor-
tunate in his efforts to secure its pass
age. He went out of his way to attack
the newspaper men of this state, than
whom no more honorable or loyal body
of men are known. That they were as
much surprised as any one when they
discovered that they were to publish
the proposed amendment submitted at
the last election is unquestioned. They
were in no way responsible for the law
did not know Of Its existence, To
charge them with being grafters is
both silly and reprehensible. Had they
declined the publication of these pro-
posed measures there could have been
no valid election.
If the people Of the state do not
know what the state capitol looks like,
it will not be the fault of the hustlers
of Pierre. Thousands of people from
all over the commonwealth have gone
to the capital city this winter to attend
one convention or another, no less than
four large gatherings, calling repre-
sentative men from several trades and
professions, having been held there in
one week. Now that the capital ques-
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