The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-09-11
Some Questions


Questions to be Voted Upon Be-
sides State, Legislative
and County Officers
The voters in the Novem ber
election this fall will have five
separate ballots to handle and
mark. One Of these ballots will
contain the eight cons titutional
amendments, first of which will
be the female suffrage question
followed by an amendment in
relation to the appraisal and sale
and terms of sale of school and
public lands. No. 3 will be in
relation to the election and term
of office of county officers and
abolishing the limitation upon the
term of office of county super
intendent.
The fourth amendment is in
relation to the initiative and
referendum as applied to NUM-
cipalities and requiring the leg
islature to fix the necessary
percentage of the qualified elec.
tors to initiative or referendum
The fifth amendment to be
voted upon is in relation to the
governing boards of the state
institutions and providing a
board of regents of three mem
bers to have control and make all
purchasers for these Institutions
The sixth amendment provides
that one-half of the members
of each house of the legislature
shall be elected biennially.
The seventh is in relation to
the supreme court and authoriz
ing the legislature to provide for
the election of any person or
persons to- act in place of a Judge
when disqualified.
The eighth is in relation to irri
cation of agricultural lands, and
authorizing counties, townships
and municipal corporations to
maintain and operate by special
assessments upon property
benefited.
INITIATED AND REFERRED
The first question to be voted
upon OH the above ~uallot.
is one of supreme Importance to
the friends of temperance. 1t is
headed "Relating to the manu-
facture and sale Of spirituous
liquors. An act to amend
section 1856 of the revised
political code of 1903 as amen
ded by chapter l66 Of the
session laws Of the state Of
of South Dakota for the year
1908, providing for the licensing,
restricting ana regulating of the
business of the manufacture and
sale of spirltuous and intoxicat-
ing liquors, especially relating
to the issuance Of permits for
the sale Of intoxicating liquors
and providing for the signing
and filing Of petitious for the
submission of the question Of
the sale of intoxicating liquors
at retail and holding of an cleo
ton thereon. "The liquor inter
ests OF the state have secured
submission of this question on
the ballot in order to make it
more difficult for the temperance
people to secure, dry majority
at town elections, and to make it
easier to hold it wet after it has
once gone wet. If the law is
enacted it will throw all the in
itiatory measure for a vote of
the saloon question upon the
dry workers rather than upon
the saloon and it's friends where
it now rests. The friends of
temperance should be awake to
this question and vote "No."
The second question on this
ballot is in regard to holding
primary elections, and the third
is in relation to education.
On seperate ballot and by
itself will be submitted the
question of having a constitu-
tional convention called as rec
omended by the legislature.
There will also be the county
bond question on a ballot by
itself, and separate ballot for
the legislature and county. The
intelligent voter will have all
he can do this fall-and may
heaven help the other kind.
To Poultry Raisers
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