Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-02-20

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Appropriation Bill for Beginning
Work on New Insane Asylum
Has an Uphill Grade.
DR.. MEAD FAVORS THE BILL
Biggest Petition Ever Filed is fol
Reference of the License
Question.

Question.
Pierre, S. D., Feb 2O.-The appro-
priation bill for the beginning of the
work and planning of the grounds for
the Watertown insane hospital is
making slow progress, in spite of the
fact that DR.. Mead, Governor Byrne
and the board of charities have recon-
mended that a small initiative appro-
priation be made at the present ses-
sion to carry out this work. The bill
passed the senate, but was bumped
by the committee on state affairs in
the house, which recommended that
the bill do not pass. The opposition
to the measure is not on the merits of
the bill but has something tc do with
other legislation. DR.. Mead, in sup
port CT the bill, says that the expendi-
ture of five thousand dollars during
the next year in forming compra-
hensible line of action to pursue Ia
the construction of the new institu-
ton will mean an eventual saving and
economy of over five hundred thou
sand dollars, and declares that the
attempt to defeat the bill is false
economy.
Governor Byrne has signed the bill
instituting complete courses at the
Aberdeen normal. This measure has
met with a great deal of opposition,
and some of the newspapers of the
state have demanded that the COVER.
nor veto the bill. The measure is out
of the way of harm now, having been
deposited as law with the secretary
of state.
The joint railroad committee in
troduced bill today striking at the
restraining order issued by the fed
eral court preventing the effect Of the
two cent passenger rate law. The bill
provides that bonds be filed by rail
"sAy SohA pt1bASS W pl oFAoS lOl IuO lS
fund of excess fares collected in case
injunctions or restraining orders are
issued deferring the operation of q
law and make the filing of bonds q
condition precedent in such cases.
Norbeck has amendments to the
Curtiss law, for the publicity of refer
red laws and constitutional amend
ments, which he has submitted in sen
ate bill 299 introduced today. The
bill provides regulations for the let
ting of contracts for the printing oi
the publicity pamphlet and cuts the
number of pamphlets to be ISSUED
down to one hundred and ten for eacf
one hundred voters, and also set.
aside certain space for arguments
in favor of or against the passage O.
any SUCH referred laws.
| The liquor interests have filed De
titions for the referring of amend
ments to the present local option Law
The petitions are signed by seventee'
thousand voters, and are the larges
lists ever filed in the office of secre
tary of state, The changes whicl
they ask for are that the license ques
ton, settled in cummunity shall b.
considered settled permanently excep
upon petition asking for another vot
on the proposition, also requiring tha
DO votes shall be counted against Ii
cense unless actually voted that way
The senate put stop to victimi2
ing the state for the pleasure of stat
officials by passing two bills, pre-
venting the state auditor from issuin
warrants in payment of vouchers TO
travel and expense of state official
outside of the boundaries of Sout
Dakota unless the trip was made wit
the written authority of the govel
nor, and putting ban on state O.
ficials' attendance at state fairs, cor
palaces and political gatherings a
state expense.
Bills which passed the senate were
247-Requiring railroad companie
to properly light street crossings an
install alarms
24S-Authorizing railroad commits
, sion to make physical valuation {
telephone systems.
, 177-Relating to reassessments
: case of errors in cities and incorpora
ed towns.