The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-26
The Legislature
SEEKERS AFTER APPROPRIA.
TIONS GATHERING AT
THE CAPITAL.

tions, and the strongest representa-
tion possible to put up is on the
ground from most of the towns ask
ing for all they expect to get and
then a little more to give them an OPP
portunity to back up at the finish.
While the talk is all for retrench-
ment, the appropriations OF the pres
ent session promise to be just a little
bit larger than for any former ses-
sion.
The investigating committee is
yet working upon its final report and
while IL was promised for today. the
probabilities are that ii will not be
completed until late this afternoon.
The issue appears to be just how far
they will go in their recommended
tons on their findings.
The house passed a resolution to
submit a constitutional amendment
for woman suffrage and the senate
voted to submit a statewide prohibit
tory amendment and passed the
Crawford primary act. The vote in
the house on the suffrage amend
ment was 81 to 40.
At the night session of the house
an attempt was made to reconsider
the vote by which the suffrage
amendment carried in the afternoon.
The motion to reconsider was lost 81
to 81. The house worked until
1880 and passed a number of minor
bills.
In the senate the vote to submit a
p%rohibitory amendment was 32 TO IL.
The registration bill to go with the
Crawford primary law was passed by
the same vote.
The senate committee oil state at
fairs will give a favorable report to
the Mclean bill which allows the
use of convict labor on the highways
OF the state. Ii is a question with
many of the members as to whether
much use will be made OF this class
OF work under the provisions OF the
bill. 1T requires county commission
ers to make application for such la
Dor, and to supply transportation
from the p~enitentiary TO the place of
work and back. There are other ex-
penses attached. and the probabilities
are that 1t will not be used to a large
extent IL enacted. at least until after
some county has broken the
ground" and shown how the plan will
work in actual practice. 1t has been
claimed that this would work well in
the Black Hills section where there
are heavy grades to provide and the
camps could be located at one point
for a considerable length of time.
but the Black Hills people say they
are not anxious for that class of
labor.
The house and senate both worked
off a large number of bills satisfying
small claims against the state which
were presented too late to be paid
before the balance in the various
funds reverted to the treasury at the
end of the last fiscal year. While the
claims were acknowledged to be valid
there was much grumbling at the
time and expense necessary to pass
these bills. Some members were in
favor of rejecting them all as a warn
, ing to claimants to put in their
! vouchers IN time.
; The senate came within one vote
of passing Peckham's 8. ]. n. 3 call
4 ing for a constitutional amendment
4 providing for quadrennial sessions OF
: ninety days. The bill received %
votes to 10 against. Stoner's bill
: providing local option on the Sun
5 day baseball question was rejected.
, Also Fl. b. 223 by bigger. giving
, county judges 500 a year extra
Y where they do work for unorganized
territory, and S. b. 213 by Miller,
! making 1t unlawful to practice heal
I ing without a license.
Prospects for finishing the large
amount OF work to be done by the
legislature in the next sever or eight
! legislative days. frightened a little
with a good days work in both
houses. The senate disposed OF
twenty-three bills in an afternoon
session and the house thirteen. The
house Is still far behind in its work,
however. and even with forenoon SEES
sions which are now being held will
have to move rapidly to avoid stop
ping the clock for an indefinite
a period on the last day. A disquiet-
I ing situation is that none of the re-
9 ally long bills have passed both
houses and the enrolling and en-
4 crossing forces are likely to be over
: whelmed with these long bills the
last few days.
The house judiciary committee has
decided to try out a two-iudge plan
in the Second judicial circuit OF the
state, a proposition which the senate
Q committee did not consider to Re
: within the constitution. II it passes
I the issue will no doubt go to the sur
J preme court.
BY a vote of 10 the house passed
the bill to provide for a codifcation
OF the laws of the state by a com
mission to be appointed by the pre-
! siding Judge OF the supreme court,
: and to make a report not later than
July 1, 1915.
The investigating committee Is
completing its report. and 1t is under
stood that their recommendations as
to the alleged loose manner OF con-
, Quoting business in the department
! Of the secretary OF state will be some
J what radical.
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