The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1921-02-10
News
By our Special Correspondent

Pierre, South Dakota, Feb. 7th
Just like an old time suffrage
fight with the same line of orator,
and the same result" was the com
ment of noe of the veterans il
equal suffrage work in this state
after the house action on the bil
to give women the jury right In
this state. The house devoted mos
of one afternoon to extended ora
tory on the subject, and the advo
Gates of this privilege and right
for women were decided in THEN
views, while the o780si ton DIN
not believe in placing this unplea-
SAINT duty upon the women of the
state, and when the oratorical con
test was over and the roll cali star
ted the votes in favor were so scat
tering as to hardly be worth count
ing, in fact not worth counting
to any greater extent than to give
the women a record of who was
supporting the measure and who
was opposing it.
Another fight which shows how
small on. idea can grow large re-
suits was in the resolution for a
constitutional amendment which
would allow Irene a three county
town" to decide which county it
wanted to become a part of and
wipe out the disadvantage of its
citizens going into three different
counties to vote. This had been
amended to cover a number OF
other features and after fighting
them over for a long and loudly
waged verbal contest some one
suggested that the session was try
ing to put too much legislation in
to constitutional amendment and
put the whole matter over for fur
ther consideration after it had
been pared down to real constitute
ional provisions.
r. 0. Richards, who evidently
feels that the legislature will not
enact his new measure already has
petitions out to place them upon
a referendum ballot at the next
election but apepared before the
house committee on temperance on
Friday evening in advocacy of his
view that the real test of moral
citizenship can only be rightly
shown by restoring wine, beer and
brandy in this state;" which is the
wohle sum and substance of his
moral citizenship bill'' when the
sIperAuities are pared away. He
is positive .in his statement that
he has the only real system Of
testing moral citizenship, and to
be certain that he will get his
ideas before the people he will in
itiate his law along with one abol-
ishing the state sheriff at the next
election.
The new compulsory educational
bill is provided with real teeth
as compared with any former bill
along that line. Under the old
laws certain number of weeks
schooling was required in each
year. Under the present bill which
has passed the house it is for the
full school year in the district in
which the child lives. Child means
anyone between eight and seven
teen years Of age inclusive. If
those in control of any such child
fails to provide this schooling the
penalty upon such person is fine
of not less than ten dollars and
not more than SIS for the first of
fense, and fine of not less than
S25 nor more than $50 for any sub
sequent offenses, with Jail SEN
tence for good measure If consid-
cred advisable. An attempt to am
end to allow farm children to be
out from April one to November
one to help in farm work did not
get anywhere, and was decidedly
defeated, and the schooling requir-
ed is the full term with no vari-
ations before or after the term.
Both houses have passed the bill
to give two judges to the elevnth
circuit and the attorneys in the
north part of that circuit are
pushing their claims to recognition
as appointees to the place and this
means that within a short time
Governor McMaster will be called
upon to make selections not. only
of one but two judges in that cir
cult, one of which will be in the
southern portion and the other in
the portion north of White river.
/. The hydro-electric situation has
at last settled down to bill by
the "Mulehead' people which SUBJ
mits the whole issue to the pco-
pie at the polls at the next gener-
al election. and allow them to say
whether they want to select site
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