The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25
LEGISLATURE ON
HOME STRETCH
ONLY ONE MORE WEEK REMAINS
. FOR THE SOUTH DAKOTA
LAWMAKERS
MUNICIPAL SUFFRAGE IS DEFEATED
Bill Goes Down in Senate After a Fav-
orable Vote in House-A Normal
School for Rosebud Defeated
Pierre, S. D., Feb. 81.

Pierre, S. D., Feb. 81.
The South Dakota legislature is
rounding the home stretch. Most of
the more important bills have been
passed upon by one house and are
either defeated, or before the second
house for final determination.
Municipal suffrage after passing the
house, lost in the senate, 1874. %
votes are necessary to enact any meas
ure. The ladies had had introduced
previously a statewide suffrage amend
ment, which they are now pushing
and say they have a sufficient majority
in either house to submit it to the
people.
The Observation-Disclosures bank
guaranty bill passed the senate during
the week by a big majority, and is
said to be in a favorable light before
the house.
The anti-saloon league statewide pro-
hibition constitutional amendment is
now before the senate without recon-
mendations. Whether or not the leg
i~slature will submit it is the question,
but the people will vote on prohibition
two years hence, for the league has in
itiated a bill to that effect, which will
be referred if an amendment is re-
fused. Test votes on the liquor ques-
ton in the house have indicated a
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 a
beverage.
The joint state affairs committees
have introduced a cid" law, reducing
the poss' Bile maximum levy in the diff
ferent municipal divisions, due to the
1913 increase of assessment from part
to whole value. Under the old cid"
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 de-
feated the Rosebud Normal PROPOSE
ton 1918.
The house turned down the Grace
bill, licensing Chiropractors, but after
a witty speech by Rinehart of Pen
nington, reversed itself on reconsider
alton. The bill is now before the
senate.
Labrie's three fourth's jury bill,
passed the house, amended to five
sixths so that ten men could bring in
a verdict, but the senate judiciary
committee has reported it out adverse
ly and final determination in uncer-
tain.
grafton department was killed in the
house by adoption of adverse commit
tee report.
The present absolute prohibitory
a~nti-cigarette law remains unamended
on the statute books, attempts by
Lundly to have the food and drug de,
partment enforce it, and by McKin-
non to limit it's application to minors
only having failed in the senate.
The legislative investigating COM
mittee has, about completed it's find
ings which include the s%houldering of
all responsibility for any irregulari-
ties in the secretary of states Office
by Deputy John T. Nelson, who says
that Secretary of State Glasner had
little to do with the Office, and further
testiies that a large sum, possibly as
much as $4,000 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 a bluff above the
state house, and seek $4,000 appro-
priation for this purpose.
The 1913 law permitting education
of Indian children in white schools
without payment of additional tuition,
was repealed this week, on the theory
that the wards of the government
were small taxpayers, were very sub
ject to tuberculosis and trachoma, and
the government might pay their tut
ton in state schools. II the state did
not volunteer to educate them gratis.
The Malm bill requiring daily re8d-
ing of the bible without s~ectarian COM