Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-01

was S2.373,SS3 and that We took into
the state treasury (includinK cash on
hand s5s9,,97s more than We paid
out.
The poor old constitution Ii In for
1t good and plenty.The people re-
fused to- call q constitutional conven-
ton at the last election and in conse.
quence the fundamental law is being
attacked piece meal. Already there
are amendments pending: Cutting
out the limitation upon internal inn
provements; permitting the state to
develop power plants on rivers and
at coal mines; permitting the state to
manufacture cement; for equal suf-
frage; increasing the compensation
of public officers; increasing the com
pensation of legislators; to abolish
the state senate; to compel free text
books; to empower the governor to
appoint all state officers; and a lot
OF others are incubating. Indeed the
proposition to provide a complete
new constitution is being seriously
considered and has the support Of
many conservative and influential
members. The plan Of submission is
to SO provide that each voter may
vote for the new constitution as a
whole if he desires to do SO by check
Ing a ring placed at the top of the
constitutional ballot, or he may vote
upon each section separately by
checking rings placed opposite each
such section.
Mr.. Trips amendment fixing the
compensation of public officers is
based upon the recommendation of a
convention of the Farmers Equity
Union held at Mitchell In December
In which the following salaries were
advocated: Governor $4,000, supreme
court judges $500, circuit judges
$4,000, secretary of state, auditor,
treasurer, land commissioner, superin-
tendent of schools $4,000, attorney
general $4,000. members Of the legis-
lature 81 per day.
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The contest between the advocates
of bone dry" and slightly wei" is
becoming tense. That the sentiment
for bone dry is growing seems mani
fest. The transportation OF liquors
by common carriers is SO guarded that
there is little apprehension that the
privilege can be much abused in that
wey, but the development of the quick
acting automobile opens a new prob
lem In liquor control and every one
recognizes the difficulty OF regulating
the booze carrying fiivver. In view OF
this new problem it is more and more
urged that the only safety lies in ut
ter exclusion, and In making the pos
session of liquors prfma facie criminal
The managers Of the Anti-Saloon
league are said to find themselves
somewhat embarrassed by pre-elec
ton pledges to gentlemen who like
their little nip" but who voted dry u
get rid OF the saloons.
4. 4
With fifty thousand automobiles Ii
South Dakota we are operating then
with practically no change In the Law
of the road from the days when oil
Dobbin, running on low, was the mos
dangerous machine in the thorough
fare. Mr.. Evander Of Roberts ha.
heard the call of the glad cart and Ii
endeavoring to produce q statute tina
will carefully guard the public safet.
without burdening the motor driver,
l IVY ACnccor 31yr GMa mi, 1~-v - 49, -.
Is told in short and simple sentence
and covers some seventeen points an,
tells how an approaching, or precedin,
vehicle shall be passed, right of wa.
at Intersections, where to sound war;
ings, where to slow down, where t
stop, how to turn corners, how t
cross railroads, how to pass animals
how to treat pedestrians, how tense
of headlights must difuse the ligh1
that drivers of auto Hyertes must b
licensed by the county court an
wear a license badge and, finally, tina
the secretary of state shall publis
the law OF the road in substantial an
compact form and accompany ever
license plate sent out with q copy {
the law.
/ The Joint game committees are Ell
deayoring to bring the South Dakot
J game law more in harmony with tn
Minnesota law on the subject, esp
/ cially as to dates. Consequently it
being arranged that the open seaso
!. for all game birds begin ON the NOR