The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-23
LEGISLATIVE DOlNGS

some time in this state, and the on
which the farmers Of the state are tn
ones who have the real active interest
state hail insurance is getting a 10
of discussion these days. The pro
posed bill made such insurance com
pulsory, and that started a lot of tall
among the many farmer members o
the session, along lines OF such need
Apparently that part will be modified
before the bill gets out of committee
and on the floor for discussion. The
rate, of thirty-fve cents for east river
counties, and from that up to forty-hVt
cents for counties west OF the river
is not a satisfactory proposition, ap
~parently being considered as toe
high. But this is a practical farm
ers bill, and the practical farmers will
no doubt have 1t shaped up in the
manner they feel is to he best inter
ests of all of them before it gets to a
vote.
Two years ago, the apparent desire
of the members was to feyerishly rush
in bills covering everything they could
think of an piling up a long record.
Either they ran out Of ideas since that
time, or are waiting until after the re-
cess to unload their views in the shape
of bills, as up to the present there are
less than half the number Of new bills
in the senate, and less than a third
the number in the house which there
was the same day of the session two
years ago. AT the II session any
proposition which was considered of
general public Importance called out
numerous long bills from different
members or group of members, but
this year they are evidently letting the
different committees work out the
ideas and shape them into bills which
will get a complete committee discus
sion before introduction instead OF af-
ter such procedure, which will mean
fewer bills and less record.
The highway issue is becoming more
and more acute and the joint commit
tees of the two houses are working
out a plan which will meet as many
conflicting views as possible. The gen.
eral line up of the bill which will come
out of the discussions appears to be
one which will start work upon and
push main highway constructions, car
rying bonds up to the limit of seven
or more million dollars II necessary
to carry on the work. The represen-
tatives of the state county commission
ers' association are on the ground
making a fight to retain control of the
construction of highways in their
hands, but the sentiment Of the high
ways committees does not apparently
stand with them, and the most prob
able guess is that the widest possible
control of the work will be the plan
which will be adopted If the legisla-
ture stands back of the committees
in their views, al to the best and most
practical way of handling the highway
work of the state.
III Nlt1 tuSiCih PoAl vi AAiC
state will be interested in the bill by
Lyon of Minnehaha which gives the
state authority to secure and hold
in the name OF the people duck passes
lately taken up by lease or purchased
by wealthy hunters. If this plan would
be carried out the boy with his cheap
shot gun would have the same rights
on any hunting ground as The wealthy
hunter who now gets possession and
puts up his no trespass sign against
the general public.
Up to the present there has been no
great attempts at flights Of oratory.
but there appeared to be a general
start in the house a few days ago,
when Il looked like a field day for a
time, with Ruben and D%althorp among
those who got into the game.
The resolution by Dalthorp in re-
gard TO landing of soldiers at some
other port than New York on
of w. r. Hearst being at the head of
the reception committee Of that city,
appears to be getting into the nation
al headline class. At a meeting in
New York City a few days ago the
discussion over Hearst became a warm
n and resulted in several mix ups
in the crowd. The South Dakota res.
olution was a part OF the program and
it was pointed out as the positive ev-
idence of the feeling of the country,
not only expressed by South Dakota,
but under consideration in other states
who are inclined to follow the steps
of the Brookings man.
Over in the section Of the state
where cooperative farmers organiza-
tions are numerous, there will be in
terest in the bills by Belk of Coding.
ton, n of which provides the methods
of organization of Farmers Co-opera-
tive Insurance companies to include
all such organizations as cooperative
elevators. lumber yards, creameries,
store and other activities, and another
to limit the use of the name farmers
cooperative to actual farmers organ
izations. and proyidinp q method ~