Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1915-02-04

Pierre, Feb. l-M 6 80 Saturday
evening. following three hours and
d half OF feryent debate, led by
Beebe and stephens on the affir
native and Van Denmark. DALEY ON
the negat va. the south Dakota sen
ate enacted the Beebe bin ABOLISH
ing cap tai punishment. 24-lS-by
cne vote more than the necessary
majority CT all senator's elect. The
house earlier in the week passed the
Identical steele b N by a big mai
ority. Ii lis bikaly that the Beebe
bill will be showed through the
house " thoUt difficulty. and as 1T
is a pet administrat on measure.
the Governor Will sigu il. and South
Dakota viii become the eigth state
to have abbished the death penalty.
Thursday the house turned down
y large MAJOR " SWa ntscn's pro
position to prohibit employment of
relatives in Their offices by state
officials Within twenty four hours
The senate passed, almost without
dissent. urdahl's Identical bll which
Win now go through the house
gaumtlet.
The MeLana- Hhnch h joint resoI-
rtion for the appointment of an n
veat,igating committee to probe in
to eX-Auditor Auderson's oh arge
that the state could save $500, 900
annualy by BUSINESS methods pass
cd both houses The Senate repre-
sertaclvcs appointed are stiles. Van
Denmark and Anderson, -Goyernol
rotdr NorEeok Offered place on
the commolee to several demorat Is
including Ziebaeh, Stutenroth and
Dafley Ziebaoh stated that as the
recent inVest.ga ing committee fount
no graft, there Was no need for an
immediate succ easor. 1t is under
stood that the four house members
! win be largely democrats and stall
warts. so that the n'ti-administra
tion forces VIII have the majority.
The Berndt measure, abofshing
the r9l3 voluntary III ehway Com
mission has attracted much atrent-
ion in the senate, and was carried
to final cons deration over an ad-
verse committee report; but final
passage Was postponed until the
Commiss on could be given a
thorough hearing.
The anti-l quor forces have
sprung some OF their measures dur
ing the week. These include state
| wide prohibit on by constitutional
amendment; day light or Z O'Clock
closing instead of 800, a law en-
abA!ng the league to get Equor
selling pharmacist; and a law pro
hi.bi,ing the sale OF intoM calnts with
III five miles Of the Sold ers' Home
The McClinock and Hagen bills
| fixing maXium interest rates at 10
per cent were both defeated IN the
senate. after vigorous and prolonge'
debate.
| great fight occurred in the
house over Roberts bin appropriat
ing $4,000 to cover def ciency fol
| Farmers institute work, for the re
i mainder Of this year. 1t was de
| feated once, and again reGon5 der
ed, again faiEng to get the neces.
sary two thirds vote for special ap
propriat on.
Senator Isaac I.incolns anti-cigar
| stte measure, repeat ng the
present statute. sringently for
bidding the smoking, sale or Civ
.ng Of q dgarettes to minors; bu'
legalizing sale to grownnps is at
tracing much attention.
+. w Anderson's Free Tex
Book bT, endorsed by the State
Educational Association, has beer
reported favorably out Of the Houst
Edu ational Committee.
The Richards 1919 Informal OF
Bureau law has been repeated il
both houses.
Senator L. l.. stephens woule
place the circle back at the head
of the party ticket On the genera
;, elections ballot, The Australian bal
lot was adopted N 1891, with the
names placed in alph abetical order
the names arranged in party col
umnrs in 1893: IN 1901 the circle
was placed at the head of the tick
at on the general election ballot
ct, and in 1913 ii was removed.
The Bigger b II requiring ole
! soldiers to establish a three year.
residence in South Dakota for ad
In sssion to the state soldiers home
which h has passed the house, was
occaGsioned by the fact that man!
patients at the Battle Mountain Ma
t.Onal SanitaIiilm, reSi identS o