The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1921-02-03
News
(By our Special Correspondent

Pierre, South Dakota, January 81
The right to drink the right to
vote are coupled together in the
bill introduced by Gilman in the
house, which Is the r. @. Rich
ards moral citizenship bill. IL
the legislature should enact this
measure, the citizen who wants to
drink and vote would be required
to secure a permit from the local
governing bodies, and with this he
is permitted to purchase beer or
wine, but not hard "likker," and
il, after he secures this permit he
is found guilty on charge of being
deadbeat, liar, a drunkard, a
loafer, of failing to support his
fimaly or Of immortality in gener-
al, or of failing to obey the laws,
or holding ''ill-will'' his certificate
will be revoked, and without it he
is debarred from the right of vot-
ing in this state. The bill states
that it's intent is to allow the cit
izen his rights as granted by the
constitution, but is intended to do
away with the saloon linea of Sc
curing those rights. The bill is a
long one but takes the time to de-
fine all its features as nearly as
mortal mind can define such pro-
visions, and among the things
which are absolutely taboo are
moonshine and home brew. and
immature wine, this is followed by
what is fit to drink in the view
of the Trainer of the bill, and only
such drinks as he cares to include
are allowable. The chances are not
strong for the enactment Of this
measure by the present session,
and if Mr., Richards makes good
on his past record, it will no doubt
be one Of the issues In the COM
ing campaign os an initiated law.
The members have come back
from their vacation visit at home
with the fact apparently Impress
ed upon them that they are not
to make any appropriations which
cannot be shown to be necessary
| for the maintenance of the state
and its institutions and depart
ments. They have had that view
all along but had is we'll poured
into them while at home If the
expressions being made are any
indication of what their people
said to them. One of the results
of this is that any action looking
toward starting hydro-electric de-
velopment on the Missouri river
by this session does not have any
show or at least very small one.
Both the boosters from Mobridge
and Mulehead are on the ground,
and the Mobridge people have pre-
sented their bill which simply calls
for an acceptance of the findings
and report of the engineers and
the hydro-electric commission. If
anything whatever is enacted it
will be along this line, but that
does not mean that the Mobridge
bill, will so through. 1t may or it
may not, but if anything os pass
ed it will not go farther than that
bill.
The enactement of the bill au-
thorizing the erection Of the stahe
cement plant at Rapid City which
action was rushed through before
recess, has not met with unguali-
fed approval by the residents of
the eastern part Of the state from
the discussion putuD to them at
recess time. But this has gone
through and will stand as one
step toward carrying out the plans
voted for by the people even tho
they now object to carving out
these very plans which they were
SO enthusiastic for when they vot-
ed for them.
Organization of the counties not
vet with local organization perfec-
Ted will be "a little harder from
his on than new organizations
have been In the past. Under the
bill by Rearick Of Lyman which
has passed both houses it will re-
auire a petition Of four hundred
for organization in the future in
stead Of the old limitation of $50.
His bill also gives residents of the
unorganized counties the right to
vote on state and national officers
and with that provision along with
their right under existing laws to
organize school districts some of
them will not be in any immediate
hurry to get into the list Of or
ganized counties.
The members are slowly getting
back to routine Of Legislation and
while several bills were disposed
II for the past few days, On ac-
eount Of the fact that the number
III members have not vet returned