Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-02-16

BOISE, Feb. Is.
To THE EDITOR OF THE TINES:
The mandamus case has been post
poned until Monday at 10 o'clock.
"Old Alturas" is represented BY
Messrs. Lyttleton Price, Arthur
brown, S. B. Kiugsbury and Texas
Angel, while Attorney General R. z.
johnson, U. S. Attorney James II.
iiawley and John H. Gray appear for
the defendants, Charles H. Reed,
Chief Clerk of the House of Repre-.
sehtat'ves, and E. j. Curtis, Terri.
torial Secretary.
Yesterday President Clouyh and
Speaker Burkhart each offered r.
secretary Curtis correct reports of the
proceedings OF their respective Houses
at the time of adjournment and de-
randed that they be entered in the
journals. Also, demanded that all
proceedings Of the bogus Legislature
De expunged therefrom-all of which
was refused.
While waiting for Monday to come
the writer spent an hour or so in tho
Secretary's office examining records
laws, etc. In the former was found
the following remarkable document
from the pen of Attorney General
johnson. upon which the friends of
DIVISION have SO confidently relied as
an opinion which settled the case at
once and without doubt. Your read.
ers will note that it does not bear up.
on the question at issue. Nobody
denies its statements. The friends of
Alturas county expect to have the
truth inserted in the journal of the
last days proceedings. They are will.
ing to rest their case upon the facts as
they actually occurred. If this be
granted and then the bill can stand
they will "take their medicine" like
"llttle men," Here is the much
talked-of opinion:
FEBRUARY 7, 1889.
Hon Geo. P. Wheeler, Speaker of the House of
Representatives;
S1Ri-The session of the Legisla
ture does not expire until the end of
the sixtieth Legislative day. When
the House adjourns at the end of the
present legislative day the present
session will end.
No court or other branch of govern
ment can or will inquire as to the hour
of your adjournment.
Very Respectfully,
RICHARD Z. JOHNSON.
Your reporter also found supple
mentary apportionment bill passed by
the "ltump" Legislature. 1t is given
here to illustrate the utter folly of at
tempting to make laws BY revolution.
airy procedure. The pretended es.
Enlistment of Gilmore and Logan
made it necessary to have
new apportionment of the members of
The Legislature. So bill was rushed
trough in the dim hours of the morn
ng OF February Sth, making the fol-
owing division of the members:
Council-Ada, l; Alturas, l; Ell
more, and Logan, l; Bingham, l; Bear
Lake, Cassia and Oneida, l; Latah, 1
IDAHO and Nez Perez, l; Owyhee and
Washington, l; Custer and Lemhi, l;
shoshone, l; kootenai aud Shoshone,
|; total, II.
House Ada, 8; Alturas, .; Ell
more, l; Logan, l; Bingham, 2; Bing.
lam and Custer, L; Boise, l; Custer,
!; Idaho, l; Latah, 2; Lemhi, l; Nez
'erce, l; Owyhee, L; Shoshone, 2;
Washington, !; Bear Lake and Cas-
la, l; Kootenai, l; Oneida and Cas-
la, 2; total, IS.
The funny part of this bill and its
'assage is IN the fact that Boise
osnty has been ignored in the Coun-
IL and that, too, when Hon. Fred
'ampbell, member of the Council
rom Boise and Ada, was present and
oted for the bill sitter having left II .
,ouncil chamber with the anti divis
onists. That he should stand by the
Iiends of "Old Alturas," adjourn with
hem and then go back and vote
galnst his own county's representa-
ION in the Council, is one Of the un.
ccouritable freaks OF human nature.
hat bill apportioning II members