Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-03-19
Record Shows McFar-
land Was Not a Rail
road Manin Legislature

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not seem to have any regard for the
record or for the facts, have made
the statement that the Hon. j G. Nc
Farland, representative from this
county at the last session of the leg
islature, was railroad man and in
favor OF all railroad measures and
was decidedly against any so-called
anttrailway legislation,
The record speaks for itself and we
have taken the pains to ascertain
what McFarland'ss record was on all
and every anti-railroad measure that
was called up for final passage in the
lower house of the legislature at the
last session and it is as follows:
House Bill No. 80, being an act
giving permission to make a rate of
one cent per mile. to members of vol
unteer fire departments, Mcfarland
voted aye, on page 272. House Jour.
nal
House Bill No. 103, being an act
relating to the construction of rail
road lines and repeating statutes in
relation thereto, Mcfarland voted aye
page 635, House Journal.
House Bill No 215, providing for
the condemnation of property for the
right of way for spur tracks designed
to reach and serve industrial enter
prises, Mr. Farland voted aye, page
754, House Journal.
House Bill No, 245, requiring Gus
pidors to be kept in the smoking cars
on passenger tarins Mcfarland voted
aye, page $50, House Journal
House Bill No. 266, being the
! doubles dania ge aei res,,iringa the rail
road companies to pay double dam
ages for loss of property injured Of
destroyed by fire, communicated b.
their engines or burning of rubbish
& on the right of way, Mcfarland voted
aye, on page S72 of House Journal.
House Bill No. 267, which was {
double-damage act, requiring the rail
road companies to pay double th'
amount Of damages incurred from thu
loss of killing stock, Mcfarland votet
aye, as found on page S62 of record.
House Bill No. 297, which was al
act compelling common carriers, rail-
road companies, to build and equil
platforms, approaches or inclines To-
unloading heavy machinery and pro
viding a penalty for violation, Nc
Farland voted aye, on page 11S0 o
House Journal.
House Bill No. 3O2, being an act t.
insure greater safety to the lives o
the travelling public and prescribing
the number of employees used in thu
operation of passenger and freigh
trains and yard crews in the stat'
of South Dakota and providing a pen
& atty for the violation of the act which
is commonly known as the Full Grew
bill,s Mcfarland voted aye, as shoWr
on page Sl9, OF the record, while Mr.
Sasse of this county voted no. az
found on page $50, of House Journal
House Bill No 311 empowering she
Board Of Railway Commissioners t.
require railway companies to proper,
ly light crossings and install crossing
alarms. Mcfarland voted aye, page
97S, House Journal.
Senate Bill No. 26. being bill fol
an act to regulate, restrain and pro
hibit the soliciting, giving, fissnirlg
and accepting of free passes, tickets
ETC., being an anti-pass act to correct
mistakes in the former anti-pass act,
the bill was lost in the house by q
vote of forty to thirty-six, which was
4 close vote. Mcfarland voted aye,
as found on page 2Os7 Of House Jour.
nal. l8s.s
From the foregoing absolute rec
ord IT will be seen that Mcfarland
was not a railroad man, nor did he
vote against a single antirailroad
measure nor in favor Of the railroads
at any stage Of the legislative session
last year.
Such reports and such arguments
as have been used to attempt 70 de
feat Mcfarland Tor the legislature
are characteristic OF the exposition
and the voters should resent them BY
voting for the senator and represens
tatiyes In the middle column On March
24th.