Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-01-31

the senate bill No. 20, which repeats
that portion of the statutes which
makes the evidence Of a life convict
IN the penitentiary competent evidence
in court notwithstanding the legal fc-
ton that he is dead. This is evidently
intended to eliminate the right OF a
dead man" to come into court and
give his evidence, or to allow his depo-
sition to be taken after he is legally
dead.
Investigation Fever.
Starting with the investigation of
printing accounts for the state, the
investigation fever appears to have
broken out generally, or rather it is
showing strong symptoms in that d.
rection. A resolution in the house
will demand the investigation of condi-
tons, especially as to the shirt fac
tory contract at the penitentiary and
general resolution of investigation Of
all the departments of the state is be-
ing considered as one of the moves
OF the near future. Then outside of
this Senator Bowel of Lake county is
carrying around bottled up desire to
see the state land department inquired
into, or at least some of the transac-
lions of that department given rec.
ord before the close of the session,
with various rumors as to other de-
partments. Altogether the investiga-
ton fever appears to be working SO
strongly that the state printers, in the
end, instead Of being stood out on the
carpet alone to be grilled, will be only
a small part of the crowd to be asked
to get out and tell the teacher all
about what they have been doing for
year or two.
About Real Estate Dealers.
One of the bills recommended by
the State Bar association is that no
real estate dealer can collect a COM
mission on the sale of tract of land
unless he has first secured formal
written and signed contract to act as
the agent for the sale of the tract. The
real estate men say that is all right,
but that when they hold their meeting
later in the session there is no reason
why their should not go over into the
realms of the legal profession to make
recommendations, and ask that both
professions be placed upon par, and
that bill be prepared prohibiting a
depriving him of any standing in law
for his collection unless before he
takes up the duties of case he Sc
cures signed contract specifically
stating the amount he is to receive for
carrying the case in court. Their con-
tention is that any lawyer can state
just as specifically what the duties of
a case will be that he Is called upon
to look after as a real estate man
can state what will be required of him
in the way of service when he is given
the right to transfer, as an agent, any
tract of land.
BitterYess Lingers.
The outcome of the contests for leg
islative seats has left considerable bit
terness, especially the one settled BY
the unseating of Representative Bud
weiser who came with the certificate
of election from the officers of Meade
county, and charges of political favor
itism and the senatorial complication
being made in regard to the situation.
To cover the questions raised in that
contest, as to the marking OF ballots,
Representative EIDE of Beadle has pre-
scented bill which seeks to cover the
disputed point, and which provides
that when two or more candidates are
running for the same office on a party
ticket, even though the ticket is mark
ed at the top in the circle, no names
for such place where there are two
or more candidates, can be counted
unless specifically marked, for each
of any marking at the head of the
ticket.
The Contest Case.
1t was in and out for Budweiser on
the Morgan-Budweiser contest from
Meade county. On the first vote on
the minority report to retain Budwei-
ser in his seat he won by vote of so
to 40, and Morris of Sphinx changed
his vote for purposes of reconsidera-
ton. On the next vote the minority
report went down by 40 to 81, and
then the majority report to seat Nor.
gan was adopted by Sc to 43. The dis.
cussion of the case caused more or
less feeling and some warm passages
between the contending forces when it
was charged that an attempt was be-
ing made to get it over day for the
purpose of playing politics in some
back room for the night.
Sunday Laws.
The Sunday law issue came up for
the first time on the senate bill to cut
out of the provisions of the present
law that portion which prohibits NOV.
ing pictures, but with certain restric
tions added, and eliminating all that
provision of the law which attempts
to shut out Sunday baseball. The op
position to such a move will soon pre-.
sent a bill even more restrictive thar
the present law.