The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY rs
AGAINST TENT BOOK BILL.

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY rs
AGAINST TENT BOOK BILL.
Pierre, S. D.-The house engross-
ing chief came to the house yesterday
with Il query to know In what man
ner to engross the bill which seeks
compulsory Bible reading in the
schools of the state. The question
up to the chief of the e%ngrossing
force is what to follow in the
amendments. The printed bill
reads: but the bible without sectar-
ian comment-shall be read therein;
and it shall be the duty of every
teacher employed 81 " 50 to read one
chapter or part OF chapter once dur
ing every daily session. Line thir-
teen includes the words between the
dashes in the above language. The
senate amended the bill to change
the words shall to may" in line
thirteen OF the printed bill, and the
issue for the engrossing force is
whether the first or the second
"shall' is intended or whether it
means both of them. The house took
a recess without any Instructions.
The house judiciary committee re-
ported the workmens compensation
act with a report that it do not
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ton for a constitutional amendment
for state wide prohibition came in
with a favorable report.
The bridge bill which completely
changes the system of bridge lettings
in South Dakota, which has brought
II one of the strongest opposition
Hobbies of the session here this Win
ter, is now ready to go to the gov
ernor for approval. the house taking
DIP the senate bill this morning and
pushing it through with very little
open opposition.
Representative Knight of Dewey
has been excused, called home by at
fairs which required his immediate
attention, and will not be back again
for the session. Representative Day
of Harding county who has been in
the hospital at this city since early
in the session is seriously i'll.
The text book bill which passed the
house some time ago, is i'll the lime
light again, by the action of X. S.
Gleason, state representative OF the
American Book company registering
as a lobbyist in the office of the sec-
rotary OF state. He puts up the ar
gument that the expense of looking
after the book business in each dis
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cares to stand, and has eN-
pressed his wish that the senate put
an end to the measure which was sent
over by the house. and which a lot
of the house members wish they had
another opportunity to act upon.
The bill has been fought by the small
book concerns ON the ground OF eN-
pense, and the big companies are
now apparently after it on the same
grounds, and ii :.ew looks like a gen
.eral onslaught on the measure by all
the book combined. with
IKE representative of the American
Book company opposing senate act
ion, it is somewhat of a problem just
what action the senate Will take on
the bill. and there is a lot of buzzing
over the position of Gleason in
showing his hand in the matter. 81
Thompson of Minnehaha rose to a
question OF personal privilege yester,,
day on the allegation that he mad
misrepresented the printing cost in
the matter of the printing OF the re
port of the investigating committee
provided or by the 1913 session. He
made the declaration that he had
figures from the state printer that it
would cost over eight thousand dol
lars TO print the report in the jour
nails, and the actual printing done
cost Just over $500. He explained
that these figures were secured ON
the findings and testimony, covering
over twelve hundred pages, in the
of each house, the contract price be-
temporary and permanent journals
ing 1925 per page. The actual
printing done was only of the find
ings of the committee alone a little
over a hundred pages, in II journal
of the house, and cutting it from
all the rest, which he puts forward
as the reason for the difference in
figures, and to back his statement
that he made no mls-representallon.
He followed his statement with a
motion to strike the word not
from the adverse committee report
on the bill he introduced, requiring
all county printing and supply con-
tracts to be let on bids at a set time
or the same lines as the state work
now let. After a little discussion
the report was amended and adopt
ed, putting the bill on the calendar
for action.
The house took up third readings
of house bills, and passed II. B. 800,
requiring that students at the state
agricultural college be taught the
tuberculosis test; 2S2, the general
bridge bill, for which senate bilF $50
was substituted and passed. Berdahl
and Thompson supporting n Hursh
opposing; II. B. 1926, the peddler Ii
cense act was killed by indefinite
pcstponement; H. B. 1872, appropriat-
ing money for placing live stock on
the state experiment farm at Cotton
wood passed, as did 1875, appropriat-
ing $1,000 to build a machinery shed
at the Vivian experiment farm; and
29O, providing more definite regula-
tions for the state live stock commits
sion.
II. b. 116, providing for uniform
bills of lading, went up with a pun
on indefinite postponement; and FL.
b. 37S, fixing the salaries OF states
attorneys met the same fate. but a
like bill from the senate is on the
calendar. H. B. 267, providing opt
ional employment of a city manager
by cities, was explained by Swanson
and supported by Tscharner, but it
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