Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-02-28

more privileges, and this element is
really the one which is causing the
more stringent bills to come to the
surface.
A Day Of Grind.
Pierre.-Friday was a day of grind
in both houses, with long calendars to
clear before the holiday recess over
Saturday. The house took up several
railroad matters, passing a bill requlr-
ing common carriers to make Office
reports of the volume and character OF
business to the railway commission;
another to require railway companies
to construct unloading platforms for
| heavy machinery, intended to cover
unloading of automobile and threshing
outfits, and senate bill requiring rail-
roads to properly light and protect
street crossings over tracks. The SEN
ate bill to fix penalties for making
false reports in regard to railway en-
ployes, intended to cover the spot
ting" system, was killed. y
The speaker announced the house
members Of the Anderson committee
for investigation of state officers and
boards as Anderson, Christopherson
and Patterson, of Corson.
The house members of the commit
tee to investigate charges of alleged
use of money to secure the enactment
of an insurance bill are Bush, Black
we'll and Zoske. The senate members
have not yet been selected.
The senate committee on judiciary
has started a new blue sky" bill to
take the place of the many bills on
hat subject which have been offered
at different times through the session.
The house passed an appropriation
for 100000 for improvements at the
Yankton insane hospital, and small APP
preparations for the normal school at
Springfield and for the deaf school at
Sioux Falls.
The general appropriation bill was
introduced in both houses Friday. The
total amount carried in the bill for
the two years is S2,3O5. 2O9; for 1913,
S1,196, SAP, and for 1914, 81 ,667.
This is $205,51 in excess of the gener-
al bill passed two years ago.
The appropriation committees of the
two houses are turning all their ner-
gies to holding the total of a%ppropria-
tions, special and general, below the
figures of two years 60, when they
went to a shade over $2.00O,000.
A bill is being framed for the crea-
ton of a state game preserve on the
forest reserve in the Black Hills. and
will ask for $4,000 for fencing and
stocking, this money to come out of
the surplus in the game fund in the
state treasury.
Prohibits Paving Petition Passers.
Pierre.-There is a doubt about the
final fate of the Kerr bill to prohibit
payment to persons for securing sig
natures to initiated or ~referended pc
titionS. This measure passed the
house by a comfortable vote, but fail
ed to secure a majority in the senate,
apparently because of a number of alb
sentees when the senate vote was
taken. The bill is held alive on a mo
ton to reconsider. which will be taken
up as a special order in the senate
next Tuesday afternoon.
The reason assigned for holding up
action on the Kerr bill is to await the
decision of the house on he Murphy
bill. which requires individual affida-
Wits with each signature to such petit
tons. 1t is contended that if the Muir
ply bill becomes a law there will be
no pressing necessity for such restric-
tons as are imposed in the Kerr bill.
Increase Their Lobby.
Pierre.-Many of the private cor
porations of the state concerned in
the operation of public utilities have
sent representatives to Pierre within
the past couple of days on ccoun
of a Joint committee bill introduced
in the senate Tuesday, placing the
regulating of such concerns under the
state railroad commission. Not all
of these concerns are opposed to the
idea, either, as many of these Instl-
tutions would rather take chances
with the railroad commissioners thar
to be under the continual necessity of
fighting for their rights, as well as
| special privileges, with the local mu-
nicipality.
Goes Into Discard. &
Pierre.-The house appropriations
committee made its first big killing"
of special measures in a report adopt
ed Wednesday. About Is bills were
sent to the discard, including he
measure presented by Senator Dalton.
asking for an appropriation of $4,000
to purchase land and build a man
sion for the governor.
Bancroft Leaves Pierre.
Pierre.-State Game Warden Ban
| croft has pnpo RI NToChip ytnr. IN e
sumo the duties of his position in the
office of the bureau of game preserva-
ton. Gov. Byrne has not yet APP
pointed his successor in South Da-
kota.
ernor and now listed as completed leg
islation:
S. B. "a, by Finnerud, requiring as