Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Legislative Notes.

Legislative Notes.
Gov. Vessey used the veto for the
first time at this session on the Hursh
bill permitting circuit courts to wind up
the affairs of the defunct mining COM
panies. The governor finds that the
proposed law is unconstitutional.
The North Carolina bond money was
again on in the senate last Thursday,
with Curtiss urging the adoption of a
favorable report on his bill to place the
twenty-three thousand dollars involved
in the general fund. After lot of talk
of tainted money" the report was
accepted, and the present session will
probably make that fund a closed issue.
The most important bill started on
its road last week was that to require
railroad companies operating in the
state to put in farm side tracks where
petitioned for in case towns are eight
miles or more apart. The tracks so
put in must be paid by the petitioners
for the track.
Bernard Wesley is in receipt of let
ter from a cousin, who is on the battle
ship Rhode Island, in which he states
the cruiser South Dakota has just taken
second prize for Workmanship They
hit the mark at 10000 yards and are
second only to another of our ships.
being quite beyond any other nation in
this respect.
Dahl, Of Grant, would amend the
election law SO that split voting would
be fostered. He would allow the vot-
ing of the circle at the head Of the
ticket. Every name in that column
would receive vote unless invalidated
by the crossing of a name on the same
parallel line in another column. Mr.
Dahl believes this would remedy the
confusion which now exists in the
minds of the voters.
Two special appropriations are asked
by the state historical sotiety. One of
$500 will be used to purchase the
mounted speci men of the last wild buf-
falo killed. 1t was shot by former Gov.
Herried in 1902 on the Fox ridge. IL
was member of the Dupree herd, from
which the famous Scotty Phillips herd
has grown and had never been corralled.
The society asks for like appropria-
ton to purchase the files Of the Yank-
ton Press and Dakotan from 1870. For
the early years they are the only files
of Dakota paper in existence.
A good story ID being told about one
Of the stenographers hired by the legis-
lature for the present session. It seems
one Of the bills or joint resolutions pro-
posed was handed to one of these
employees to be copied. The measure
started out reading that our senators in
Washington are hereby memorialized.
The stenographer in copying the mat
struck ID" inste ad of an I'm" as
starter, and before concluding the word
made it "demoralized. A great many
people would believe that the steno-
grapher did not make an intentional
mistake, but that the wording as copied
correctly applies to our delegation to
the upper house in Washington, az thew
certainly are demoralized.
The state affairs committee Of tn.
senate has reported the resolutio,
against the Taft Canadian reciprocity
treaty. back to the sesate without rec
ommendation. A surface sEirmish -
to the sentiment Of tho two bodies h
regard to that measure shows % many
conflicting views that it would be = b.ra
matter 70 predict with any accuracy
Whatever the outcome upon ! vote
Among the house members Z number
Of the farmers say that they not orlv
believe m the doctrine a. . theory, bur
are willing to endorse 1t by their votes.
and that they are not At all afraid Of
the results 20 far e their farming oper-
ations are concerned. Others are fear
ful that i would work them seriou.
injury and are radically opposed to any
such move on the part Of this govern
ment-