The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-12
The STATE OF IDAHO
The Legislature Considers Minor
Matters So Far.
CLAGGETTs ELECTION CERTAIN
1t is acknowledgements Shoup Criticised
for Failing to Mention the Mining
Industry in His Message.

BOISE CITY, Ida, Dec. 1L.-[Special
telegram to Tue HERALD After the
usual opening exercises the clerk read the
appointments made by the speaker of the
members to serve on the following commit
tees: Rules and joint rules, judiciary,
privileges and elections, ways and means,
public debt, mines and mining corporations,
railroads, education, agriculture, live
stock, labor and immigration, county af-
fairs public health, public lands, irrigation
and water rights, roads, bridges and fer
ries. military and Indian affairs, public
printing, state affairs and federal relations.
public buildings, engrossment, enrolment,
mileage
The members o. the judiciary commit
tee are Price, Ramsay and Steunenburg.
Mines and Mining-Porter, Hawkins,
Snydam, Mills and Dryd en-.
Irrigation and Water Rights Monroe,
Emery Briggs, Ethel, Schofeld, Stanley,
Ramsay, Bailentine and Dryden.
On a concurrent motion by the senate, a
Joint committee of six, three from each
house, was appointed to devise a:.great seal
for the state of Idaho.
The senate bill No. l, on clerks
for district courts, was received by the
house.
The committee on rules made their re-
port and the same was read to the members
by the clerk. Several of the rules adopted
caused some argument, especially the one
adopting Tom Reeds United States rules
but on explanation it was adopted.
House Dill No. 6 was introduced by Mon
roe. 1t is an act to provide for the regis.
tration of the names of electors and to pre-
vent fraud at and govern elections. 1t EN-
bodied, of course, the Idaho test oath an(
the full restrictions on the Mormons. AlsC
house bill No. 3, by Monroe. 1t is an &C
TO provide for printing and distributing
ballots at the public expense and to regulate
voting at elections. Both haa their frs
reading.
in the senate bill was introduced b,
Mr.. Gum, of Alturas. land had its frs
reading) empowering the governor to APP
point minor county officers.
a bill authorizing the judges of the su
preme court to appoint the necessary stem
ographers, etc, and also to fix the time o
holding o. sessions. The bill itself 1ixeC
the salaries to be paid these clerks. Boil
bills had their first reading and were or
dered printed.
1t is the general opinion of all parties
thas Governor Shoup made serious mis-
take in emitting mining, Idaho's most i'm
portant industry, from his message, and i
is pretty sure that by so doing he helpe
TO increase the feeling among the miner
that the only time they were wanted wa
when their votes count in an election. TIL
people are beginning to realize the weak
ness of the Republican silver bill, and ar
only too anxious to try the Democrat
free coinage.
The following are the opinions as eS
pressed by the two papers on the omissio
by the governor of the mining questio
from his message:
The Statesman, December IL: "a singl
omission IN the message having caus
some comment, namely, that relating to tn
mining interests of the state, it is due to tn
governor TO say that the omission is unim
portant since there is no urgent need c
legislation on this subject at present.
This comes from Republican paper at
time when silver is 1929 and shows tn
idea they have of the Importance of Ell
couraging the miners.
The sun, December IL: 1--WE observ
with regret that the governor said nothin
about the mining interests of the state
would then have been sent broadcast owe
the country that Idaho is one of the grea
est mining states in the union and this fac
cannot be too often reiterated and set be
fore the world.n
There is nothing further of importanC
on the senatorial question. a rumor
current that the Claggett and Dubois ia,
lions will combine but as yet there is L
conclusive proof of their doing so.