Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1915-02-27
PIERRE NEWS
Weekly Resume of Doings by the Legis
lature-Written for Chronicle
by H. A! Robinson.

house and are either defeated, or before
the second house for final determination.
Municipal suffrage after passing the
house, lost in the senate, IS "a. 20 ' Notes
are necessary to enact any measure. The
ladies had introduced previously state.
wide suffrage amendment. which they
are now pushing and say they have a
sufficient majority in either house to
submit tito the peopfe. s-'
The McMaster-Administr Bank
guaranty bill passed the senate during
the week BY big majority. and is said
to be in a fayorable light before the
house.
The Anti-Saloon league statewide pro-
hibition constitutional amendment is
now before the senate without recon-
mendatious. Whether or not the legis-
lature will submit it is the question, but
the people will vote on prohibition two
years hence, for the league has initiated
a bill to that effect, which will be re-
ferred if an amendment is refused. Test
votes on the liquor question in the house
haye indicated temperance majority,
but the senate is as yet a question, and
admittedly closer. The house passed
the Leagues bill prohibiting the sale of
liquor in drug stores except on affidavit
that the same is to be used other than
as beverage.
The joint.State Affairs committees
have introduced did" law, reducing
the possible maximum levy in the diff
ferent municipal divisions, due to the
1918 increase of assessment from part to
whole value. Under the old lid" and
new assessment plans a city might raise
its debt sky high without legal objection.
By two votes the house refused to
abolish Springfield Normal early in the
week, and Saturday the senate defeated
the Rosebud Normal proposition 1918.
The house turned down the Groce
bill, licensing Chiropractors, but after a
witty speech Rinehard of Pennington,
reversed itself on reconsideration. The
| bill is now before the Senate.
Labries three fourth's jury bill, pass.
ed the house, amended to five sixths so
that ten men could bring verdict, but
the senate Judiciary committee has re-
ported it out adversely and final deter
mination is uncertain.
The measure oboishing the Immigra-
ton Department was killed in house by
adoption of adverse committee report.
The present absolute prohibitory anti
cigarette law remains unamended on
the statute books, attempts by Lundly
to have the Food and Drug Department
enforce it, and by McKinnon to limit
failed in the senate.
The Legislative investigating commit
tee has about completed its findings
which include the shouldering of all re-
sponsibilty for any irregularities in the
secretary of States Office by Deputy
John L. Nelson, who says that Secretary
of State Glasner had little to do with
the Office, and further testifes that a
large sum, possibly as much as $1,000
was stolen from a drawer in the office
some time last year, most of which has
been made up.
The Governors residence Committee
has reported in favor of purchasing State
Treasurer A. W. Ewert's native rock
residence on bluff above the state
house, and seek $4,000 appropriation
for this purpose.
The 1913 law permitting education of
Indian children in white schools with
out payment of additional tuition, was
repealed this week, on the theory that
the wards of the government were small
tax payers, were very subject to tuber-
cuosis and trachoma, and the govern
ment might pay their tuition in state
schools. if the state did not volunteer to
educate them gratis.
The Malm bill requiring daily reading
of the bible without sectarian comment
in the public schools, passed the house
with ''shall read" but the senate enacted
it may read" leaving the condition as
it is now. Before it becomes a law the
house will have to concur.
The Birch bill requiring inspection of
private hospitals, converts, etc., by the
Board of Comfy Commissioners, which
was defeated early in the session. by its
friends unwittingly tabling an adverse
amendment, which carried the main
bill with it, and was reintroduced is now
before the house without recommends
ticns of the committee.
The plan to conserve artesian waters
was defeated in the house, its opponents
arguing that it was an unnecessary at
tempt to interfere with private property.
The house defeated plan to proyide all
constitutional officers with $50 monthly
contingent fund to pay special expenses
occasioned by living in Pierre. The
Governor and Supreme Court haye been
receiving such an expense account for
years. State Auditor Handlin now says
that since the house declared the $50 for
all officers unconstitutional, that he will
not honor the Governors and Supreme
Court vouchers.
Senator G. 5. Bobb of Dawson has a
plan to permit any county on majority