The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-30
THE LEGISLATURE
ELECTIONS COMMITTEES OF
BOTH HOUSES FAVOR RE
STORING CRAWFORD
LAW.

Pierre, Jan. 30.-South Dakota is
to have the old Crawford primary
law restored, if the unanimous action
of the elections committees OF both
houses is sustained by the legislature.
AT a joint meeting, i'm which the
primary committee" OF the republic
an state central committee partici-
pated. the movement led by Senator
McMasters of Yankton county to re-
store the Crawford law was approved
The bill will 30 before the legisla-
ture with the strong Endorsement of
the committees of both houses and il
is hoped to get a two-thirds favorable
vote in order that the emergency
clause may be taken advantage of.
The Crawford law will carry
amendments providing for new par
ties on the ballot, should they be or
ganized, and providing for a registra-
ton feature, but not in advance. 1t
will also make the necessary pro
visions for United States senator.
The legislature will sustain the ac-
ton OF the election committees. This
is the confident belief of every legis-
lator and every observer OF the
events of the present session. The
Richards primary" Is doomed.
Enactment of the bill restoring the
old Crawford law. superseded in the
1912 election by the Richards law,
will automatically repeal the Rich
ards primary" which has been
tried and proved a complete failure.
A proposal by Senator Lutte Stew
ems of Hughes county that the circle
at the top of the ballot be restored
will meet with strong opposition.
The citizens of Bonesteel are in
dead earnest about that Rosebud nor
NAL school, and those who were in
clined to seoff at the idea of another
normal school in the state find that
the Rosebud people are determined
TO bring their need before the Iegis-
lature in emphatic form. They have
sent a regular delegation here to lob
by for the proposition. There is DR..
III. X. Kenaston, p. ]. Donahoe and
S. NJ. Lindley of Bonesteel and Peter
Heggestad of Carter. all hustlers,
who are on the ground and are car
rying their propaganda TO the mem
bNA@ VI Aht Atb A1AdAhi Z lIthG iDDDA
lists are not registered and say they
have the word of the attorney gen
eral for it that 1t is not necessary for
them to register as there is no fnan-
cial advantage in their proposition
for themselves or the interests they
represent.
The corporation tax laws of the
state are rewritten in a bill passed
by the senate giving the tax commits
sion greater powers In the matter of
examining into the business of cor
porations for the purpose of fixing
basis of taxation. IT provides for much
more complete reports than have
heretofore been required of corpora
lions and permits fixing different
times for these reports to be filed so
they will not come into the commits
sion all at once. Senator McMasters
of Yankton, author of this senate
bill 55 declared that $780, 600 in
taxes was covered by the provisions
of the bill. 1t permits the assess
ment of private car lines, oil and re-
frigerator cars. The bill was passed
with but one dissenting vote.
It laws vi tue state governing
the selection of United States sena-
tors are made to conform to the di-
rect election amendment to the fed
eral constitution in senate bill No. 80
by Browne, passed by the senate by
unanimous vote. The bill repeats
useless provisions that do not apply
to direct election and gives the gov
ernor power in case of a vacancy to
make a temporary appointment to
fill such a vacancy until the first day
of December following the next gen
eral election at which election a
United States senator shall be elect
ed to fill such vaeanacy for the unex-
pired term.
A bill will be introduced in the
house to absolutely prohibit any pic
ture show, theater or other enter
tainment on Sundays.
Two other bills will be presented
today. n to fix the compensation OF
county commissioners at SIS a day,
and another recurring counties to
turn over to cities the road taxes col
lected in the cities.
Three bills, all having to do with
the depositing of state funds and in
terest on the same. have been pre-
pared by Senator Stoner of Perkins
county. One will change the mini
mum rate of interest on state funds
from 2 to 3 per cent. Another re-
auires that bids be called for from
banks desiring to become demonstrates
for state funds and that the funds
be deposited with the responsible
banks Offering the highest rate OF