Turner County Herald

STILL INCREASING.

The Reaction Against Resubmission Continues to Show Perceptible Increase.

An Early Adjournment Talked of—Very Orderly and Quiet Proceedings.

PIERRE, Jan. 23.—The reaction 'gainst re-submission mentioned in my last letter has perceptibly increased, and the prohibitionists have become openly aggressive. There is little talk any longer of re-submission, but the question now is to what extent the law can be strengthened and made effective in this session.

In this line Senator Newby has presented a bill providing that injunctions should hold good against sellers at any point in the judicial district. At present the seller can be enjoined only in the specific building.

The daily sessions of the house have been very quiet, only two little incidents occurring to create the slightest ripple on the surface.

One transpired on Friday, when permission was asked to permit the world's fair committee to visit the exposition grounds at Chicago. The proposition was rendered ridiculous by half a dozen amendments and then indefinitely postponed.

Again on Saturday evening Mr. Ruswick's bill to include wild mustard among the noxious weeds created a diversion in which most of the farmer members took a hand. The merits of wild mustard were argued fluently and forcibly pro and con, and when a vote was taken a majority of fifteen declared the vicious weed to be a respected and welcome citizen of the commonwealth.

There has been but little done in the way of railroad legislation during the past week. Crill's bill fixing an arbitrary passenger rates was indefinitely postponed by the committee.

Mr. Crill has a new bill providing for the election of one railroad commissioner. The action of the house in refusing to sanction the junketing of the World's Fair committee is construed to mean a conservative appropriation, probably within $50,000.00.

In this connection Senator Burleigh's bill taxing lawyers, doctors, insurance agents, real estate agents, liverymen, hackmen and other occupations for the World's Fair fund is of interest.

The re-establishment of the office of commissioner of immigration is receiving some consideration, and from all that I can learn the bill is not likely to pass.

A proposition of large interest to the western section of the state has been introduced by Hon. James M. Woods, of Pennington county.

The state has several large tracts of endowment lands in the Hills. The soil of these tracts is excellent, but they are without water, and at present are valued only for range purposes.

Mr. Woods is willing to enter into bonds to take a large portion of these lands at least $10.00 per acre, provided artesian wells can be secured there. He desires the state to appropriate $10,000.00 to test the matter by sinking an experimental well.

Senator Star has also introduced a bill providing for sinking artesian wells on public lands.