Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-17
The State Legislature.
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Colley, Dewey and Potter; Charitable
and Penal Institutions, Wipf, Hutch
inson; Capitol building and Grounds,
Dalton, Hughes; Counties and Towns,
Bartine OF Lyman: Cities under Com
mission, Cone, Minnehaha; Drainage,
Helgerson OF Dawson; Dairy Products,
Patterson, Kingebury; Education,
LANCE, Pennington; Elections, Law,
Deuel.; Engrodded Bills, Murphy,
Harding; Federal Relations, Harris,
Corson: Fish and Game, Brooks, Mar
shall; Food and Drugs, Helgerson,
Dawson; Irrigation, Morrison, Stan
ley: Judiciary, Patterson, Gregory:
Mines and Mining, Noodle, Butte and
Lawrence; Municipal Affairs, Cone;
Public Buildings, Bickel, Clark; Pub
lie Health, Miller, Brookings; Insti-
buttons, Carol, Hand; Printing,
Noodle; Schools and Lands, Ameden,
Grant; Telephones, Express, Amaden;
Warehouses, Brown, Trip; Ways and
Means, McMaster, Yankton.
The House has not yet introduced
bills but the Senators, having their
committees Immediately started work
with Cone OF Minnehaha introducing
a Blue Sky Law, drafted by the State
Bar Association, and the uniform
Bulk Sales Bills, the latter having ap-
peared before every legislature for
twelve years past, but it will likely
get thru this year. The Bar Associa-
ton, headed by Judge Within, have
prepared a book IN legislation con-
tanning many drafted bills which they
are urging the present legislature to
pass, all OF them being along uniform
lines. The Negotiable Instruments
bill is one OF them, and has already
been adopted in this form by forty
other states. johnson of Union in the
House has prepared a bill to do away
with conveying voters TO the polls,
barring the infirm, believing that this
means is one OF the largest factors In
corrupt practices at elections.
The Supreme Court has prepared a
constitutional amendment to give the
Governor power to appoint circuit
judges TO sit on the Supreme bench
when a majority of>the Supreme JUS
tices are affected by the cause before
them, or otherwise Ineligible to sit
npon it, this being brought about by
the situation last summer when three
Of the Judges had to sit upon the
question of the legality OF their NOM
nations.
Governor Byrne is much Interested
in the contract labor system at the
Pe%nitentlary and in his message adj
yocated It's dtsuse, and the whole
membership Of the legislature seems
TO be moved toward more humane
treatment and elevation of convicts
In placing them upon roads, even the
South Dakota only has rock road
building in the Black Hills and the
rest OF the state uses machinery for
its road building. Some legislation
along this line will certainly come
about. Senator Hale has introduced a
strong Bank guaranty act, and Bank
Examiner Wingield's figures show
that for a period OF ten years proceed
ing June 30, 1912, the total net losses
resulting from failed banks in this
state have been $245,47 6S while the
deposits were 1858, O62, 1913 90 or that
an annual tax of 3 and 1000 OF one
per cent upon deposits would have
paid the total net losses to depositors.
There is an endeayor to abolish the
office OF oil inspector and hotel In
spector and put them both under the
Food and Drug Commissioners duties,
which seems to have much facOr, in
order to save expenses in travelling
over the state by one nan instead of
three. The Presidential electors are
on hand to vote for the President to-
day. and In the Senatorial situation
on s. w. Clark OF Redfeld Is Dean
S%terling's chief lieutenant here, and
most everybody has absolute conf
dence that Sterling Will win on the
irst ballot on Tuesday the 2lst.
HARRY A. ROBINSON.