The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-03-25

run SUO uOI 6cpldy TelIeVcu tuo t014e
sion on the movie censorship bill
when . fake fight was staged between
Representatives Parker and Swanson.
Speaker Berdahl was presented with
a watch by the members following the
scrap. Parker jumped to his feet and
made = motion that the eugenics bill
Re reconsidered Swanson ran towards
Parker and zig scramble resulted.
Half the MEMBERS III the house were
mixed III, in th fight After it WAS
iisvcovered that the whole thing was
steged ~ JOKE Representative Puff
ingon n,sde The speech OF presenta-
TO-. Speaker Berdani also gale
short talk
The ss.sersa attitude Of the mem
,srs VI. 10 defer until 1928 session
III Matte,e w..i.>h were not of immsd-
ate necsssils Ter the welfare of the
sta.e Wttt->lt exception. those things
promised by TIA republican party dur
inf the sars er.'xh last fall, were adopt
sd tbs o'sl, bitch in this program
JAZZ ws.a Ia senate. after q two
iu.- dssn, sii'eo the home building
bi'. ous .aon consideration the mea.
-ure WAS passco and sent to the gov
.rnor ',w ~. signature
Of IT 'snp,rtant measures to come
betois the ssssion the most prominent
se.e 'h- Nome building and soldiers
~anus biile, n. former providing a
means t,r cttv jewellers OF small
mans . sntnin long time loans at
law intsra a, f.,r ',s erection of homes
nrcer III; pl,u employed by the state
rural .rs1its department. and the
latter ar.~idns Tor the payment Of
ex-servioe men honus Of SIS a month
for >Avs es~.tA agent in the service.
is--h;'.-s iAv, for which petitions
we're fs:s1 earlier in the session were
taken W In the house. The attorney
gensr.! had hsld there was no con-
. itn.ia.'si requirement that they sub.
nil t*s Richesds constitutional amend
rnsNl aad they killed IT, They deferred
tis moral cit'senahip bill till they ket
NOR. Nsht on II. constitutionality and
passed the rest OF the referred laws
Hydro slecrte Sunday repeal and alb
clifton If .he state sheriff.
The senate passed the house moth.
er's pension bin with a $40 reduction.
The house tat maximum of $50 on
pension that could be paid for care
~ first child and the senate cut it
down to $40. This is still raise of
s. from the old law and pension for
following children Is raised from 81
to SO. Aid for expectant mothers
10 also included in the bill which was
not in tho old law.
rhe first bill to he enacted and
signed ny Gov. McMaster, was senate
bill No. 3. relating to the issuance Of
state revenue 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
ecnti.e signature on January IL
eight days after the opening Of the
! session.
During tbs early part Of the session
and week or more after the recess
thsre was an effort on foot to put
through q measure calling a consti
tuttoDal convention. something South
Dakota has never had since the orig
inal constitutional convention in July
1887 The matter. however died {
natural death after 1t had been
thoroughly Investigated.
The senate passed the bill authoriz
ing tenth Of Z mill state tax for TO,
bridges across the Missouri. Il 1,
expected that this will furnish enough
funds to build a bridge about ever,
five years and the present propose
is to build first to connect the Rose
bud country with the rest Of South
Dakota. second in the middle Of thu
state and third to the north.
Possibilities for the development Of
rich but unsettled lands 10 the Rose
bud country and northwest south D.
k0ta opsnsd when the senate adopted
house bill authorizing local bondinl
for the huildinsos railroads. The bill
authorizes counties. sswns and town
ships e tssus bonds &c build roads ant
then 70 take atocx n the roads In 70
turn Tor the ponds
Aversioa - gag rule and deter
minssior u "ghs 7. ont to the bite
md Aefsrsed -, kers OF the movi.
csassrshts n The house again whe,
n~safers efused to adopt the con
e, ssoe committees report ~ vot,
:of q Tor md q against. Fifty.twl
,stss ~ aecessary 70 adopt the 4
;Asst.
Excspf for the flight which d.
vaiopsd chs last week Of the sessio,
over the moving picture eensorshir
Sunday movies and baseball bills, tn
sixty-lay period might be c0nsidsre,
N lluAusually tranquil one
nuch y the work done during Ii,