Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1885-02-19

Ask az TINS time. IkaL IL III y " AtiAttt u .
for some Of our wise solons to answer ia
,elliaontly We propose to give a lttle
law and d litle history nlixe,l upon TIA,
QUESTION. anil ask some Of our astute men
Of Idaho to unravel the question Of the
eapital Of the territory.
The late act Of onr legislature la, up
propriated $4,000 Of the peoples moosy
to build capitol buill.ag, as thoy say,
at Boise Cts, tia capital Of Idaho Terri
tory (?). The last part Of the l1th see
tim Of the organic aet Of Idaho, read
as follows: "Anl 10 cxpeditare shall
be made bg via leztlative assembly for
objects not specially authorized By the
acts Of congress making the aprtorria,
lions, nor bfyoad tie sans thus dppso.
printed for such objects The whole
Of said section makes the provision lor
the expenses Of cur territorial govern.
ment, including the gogoraar secretary,
judges, legislative mambers, clerks and
other officers, aad al contingent expenses
ineluning rents q buildings for the meet.
ing If the legislature, and Offices for other
officers Of the Uuitod Statos, and those
appropriations are made upon estimates
made b. the secretary Of the treasury an
nually, and the legislative assembly cam
rot in the language OF thu act, egpend
money for objocts not specially author
ixcd By acts Il congress, nor can that
body so beyond the sums thus approFria.
ted for such obieets. We lai! to see
where or when any act Of congress has
authorized the Legislature to appropriate
and expenl SSa,0l0 for building eapi-
tol building at Boise City, or who're OF
when congress has ever authorized the
legislature to tax tho people Of Idaho for
capitol buildings in any place. We might
be taxed BY our legislature for erecting n
territorial capitol building III Wyoming
or in Utah us we could for QUO in Ida
no. We have not vet any Of the powers
Of state to do as We please BY an act
IF our legislature, and much less haze we
power to tax the people of Idaho to pay
Uncle Sans part Of The government Of
the Territory Of idaho, Or any other ter
ritory. We have made several attempts
to pay the governor, secretary, ialges,
per diem Of members Of The assembly, an
additional compensation 10 tint provided
by the government; but such acts couhI
not 20 into effect in the shape Of laws
'. The departments saw congress makes pro
visions for her own officers. and We hav,
no legal right to enlarge o.. diminish then
compensation aa a matter or law. We
must b content with What congress pro-
vides tin such tiao congress sees ft
to ehanga aaltaia and eonspcnsa
ton. Wa might iuss as well try ia
change Tie fea lin of d United States
marshal Dr. d Il. s. district attorney and
make The ice bill larger or smaller. be.
cause our wise solons Of the Idaho leais.
latuvo thought the Go bill was too large
or too small. IL ia lust 81 with The carl,
tol building, If congress does not furnish
good quarters enough whore cur legisla.
tire can meet, we can petition for better
but ,ee CANNOT ter tie people Of Idaht
10 buiis such a tailsi, o. The orgini,
act says that ''the legislative assembly d
the territory shall hold ia FIRST session q
sae yfiale and place IN said territory, a
w governor shall appoint aud tiireat.
iuverner Wallace BY Proclamation, dal,
i.suei ordered the firat Legislature t.
convene ut Lewiston, on the It'll day Of
December, 1865. T'hey % convened AM
held their session 60 days, ana passed n
act msking their next legislature TO car
reno on the 2nd Monday in Noyembei
1861. The organic act further says ''and
at said Asst session or rs soon thersa5ta,