The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-03-25


Representatives Parker and Swanson.
Speaker Berdahl was presented with
a watch by the members following the
scrap. Parker Jumped to his feet ana
made q motion that the ~eugenics bill
be reconsidered. Swanson ran towards
Parker and a big scramble resulted.
Half the members OF the house we're
mixed up in the fight. After it was
discovered that the whole thing was
staged as a joke Representative Puff.
fington made the speech OF presenta-
ton. Speaker Berdahl also gave Q
short talk.
The general attitude Of the mem,
bers was to defer until 1923 session
all matters which were not Of immed.
late necessity foy the welfare of the
state Without exception, those things
promised by the republican party DUR
ing the campaign last TALL. were adopt
ed The only hitch in this program
came when the senate. after a two
hour fight, killed the home building
bill. but upon reconsideration the mea.
sure was passed and vent to the GOV.
ernor for his signature
or the important measures to come
before the session the most prominent
were the home building and soldiers
bonus bills. the former providing a
means for city dwellers of small
means to obtain long time loans at
law interest for the erection Of homes
under the plaL employed by the state
rural credits department AID the
latter providing fol the payment OF
ex-service men a bonus Ct SIS a month
for each mouth spent IL .he service.
Initiated laws FOR which petitions
were filed earlier in ,.hs session were
taken up IL the house The attorney
general had held there was no con.
stitutional requirement that they sub.
NIT the Richards constitutional amend.
men' and they killed It They deferred
his moral citizenship bill till they get
more light on its constitutjonality and
passed the rest OF the referred laws
Hydro electric, Sunday repeal and alb
clifton OF the state sheriff.
The senate passed the house moth.
er's pension bill with a SO reduction.
The house put a maximum of $40 on
pension that could be paid for care
OF first child and the senate cut Il
down to 500. This is still a raise OF
So from the old law and pension for
following children is raised from 81
to $40. Aid for expectant mothers
Is also included in the bill which was
not in the old law
The first bill to be enacted and
signed by Gov. McMaster, was senate
bill No. 2, relating to the issuance OF
state evenu warrants by the state
treasurer at an advanced rate OF in.
terest. to care for the immediate needs
Of the state. This law became effec.
tive with the attachment OF the ex.
ecutlve signature on January II.
eight days after the opening OF the
session.
1"iaAe ShS early part VI Inc 6CSS1Ons
n a week or more after the recess,
there was an effort on foot to u
through a measure calling u consti-
tutlonal convention, something South
Dakota has never had since the orig
fnal constitutional convention in July,
1887. The matter. however died .
natural death after It had been
thoroughly investigated.
The senate passed the bill authors.
ing q tenth OF a mill state tax for for
bridges across the Missouri. It Is
expected that this will furnish enough
funds to build q bridge about every
five years and the present proposal
is to build first to connect the Rose
bud country with the rest of South
Dakota. second in the middle Of the
state and third to the north.
Possibilities for the development OF
rich but unsettled lands in the Rose.
bud country and northwest South Da.
kota opened when the senate adopted
house bill authorizing local bonding
Tor the butldlngOf railroads. The bill
authorizes counties. towns and town.
ships to issue bonds to build roads and
then to take stock in the roads in re.
turn for the bonds.
Aversion to gag rule and q deter.
mination to fight II out to the bitter
end, defeated hackers OF the movie
censorship in the house again when
members refused to adopt the con-
ference committees report by q vote
Of II FOL and 48 against. Nftytwo
votes are necessary to adopt the re-
port.
Except for the flight which dc.
veloped the last week OF the session
over the moving picture censorship,
Sunday movies and baseball bills, the
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