The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-25
SHOULD GET WINGS.
The Idaho Solons Moving Very
Slowly.
DEMOCRATS MAKE GOOD RECORDS.

DEMOCRATS MAKE GOOD RECORDS.
The Session is Half Over, Yet Little Has
Been Done-There are Many Inn
portant Measures Yet.
BOISE CITY, Idaho, Jan. %, 1891
Especial correspondence of THE HERALD
When it was learned in the house last
Monday that the senate had passed a reso-
luton that no county division or county
boundary bills would be entertained in
that body until after all other business of
the session was disposed of, many MEM
bers who had pet division schemes, were
somewhat wrathy and threaten to make
things pretty lively from this time on.
There is now strong talk in the house IN
favor of tabling all senate bills until that
august and dignifed body considers and
passes house bills, and also takes under
division bills. Heretofore
house bills have been either defeated by
motions to Indefinitely postpone or by
amending them until they are unrecogniz-
able, which has also created considerable
among the members Of the
popular body.
The bill by Munro, of Bingham, prohib-
1tlng the employment at any kend of labor
persons under fifteen years of age, was
tabled. 1t was a Knight of Labor move,
but went altogether too far. Ali through
the session the members of both branches,
in presenting bills for the protection of
labor,
HAVE GONE ENTIRELY TOO FAR.
In fact they have gone to such extremes
that all other measures coming from the
same source will meet with very decided
oppositions. Had they proceeded with
reasonable moderation there would have
been good deal of much needed legisla-
ton in favor of those who earn their
bread by the sweat of their brows. 1t is
bad feature of most labor organizations
to send
EXTREMISTS AND HOT HEADED MEN
to represent them in all legislative bodies.
Had they the cool judgment that capital
lists have many wrongs would have been
righted that are now endured with much
distress.
Tuesday was consumed in committee of
the whole in the house in a heated discus
sion of sections of the penitentiary bill.
The clause as amended by the senate re-
duces the warden's salary from 81, 500 per
year as passed by the house month ago
to 81, 200. Price, of Alturas, and Green, of
kootenai. championed the high salary,
while Ballantyne, of Ada, and Smith and
Jones, OF Boise, Democrats, carried on tn
debate in favor of $1,000 year They
contended that 500 per month, when it
was considered that the state furnished a
residence, light, fuel and food, is sufficient
to induce competent, honorable men to
apply for the position, ana further that
to raise the salary of an Office for which
tWenty-three competent men have already
applied, and for which they are using
every exertion to obtain, is poor legisla-
ton, when the interests of taxpayers are
considered. When the motion was put the
amendment to raise the salary to 81 ,500,
which the extravaganza faction agreed upon
as compromise measure, was lost twelve
Republicans voting for and eight Republi :
cans and six Democrats against. So far
the Democrats in both the senate and
house
HAVE MADE FINE RECORDS
to place before the people in the political
contest in 1892. In fact, many prominent
Republicans already concede the state to
the old Jefersonian party at the next cleo
ton, and well they may as their party is
divided into several factions, and many are
striving for positions that can accommo-
date but few. The party has become a po-
htcal gang bowling Tor spoils, and with
good chances OF those getting left boiling
and putting the pat in good condition to boil
over on the near approach of the next cleo
ton. During the senatorial contest some
members OF the legislature and many
lobbyists were promised positions it was
never the intention they should fill Very
naturally they are sore on being the recip-
tents of only broken promises and propose
to be heard N the next campaign. They
will be heard and to the discontinue of the
e. o. p. The political arena will be an in
teresting and exciting one.
A bill has been introduced into the sen
ate appropriating $50, 600 for the Idaho de-
partment of the Columbian exhibition. but
should it pass the senate, it is not expected
that it will pass the house, for two reasons
One is not over $4,000, at most, will be
needed until 1893, which can be provided
Tor by the next legislature, which after two
years experience as statesmen will be more
capable of knowing how much we can af-
ford. Another is that the members of the
house desire to know before the appropria-
ton is made,
WHO WILL HANDLE THE MONEY
Both reasons are good ones, and held by
the Democrats and many Republicans For
internal improvements, however, the Dem
ocrats heartily favor, and are doing all in
their power for the passage of bills tending
in that direction.
The session of sixty days is now over halt
gone, and but one or two of the important
bills have become laws. There is senti
ment among many of the members to in
duce the governor to postpone the extra
session until next winter. AS that course
will leave the state in bad shape, your cor
respondent believes that it will not be ap-
proved by the people. There is the water
question, which is the most important we
have, that cannot be legislated on intelli-
gently i'll so short a time, and farmers all
over the state are anxiously waiting to have
1t adjusted. Delays only keep litigation 60
ing on, from which none are benefited ex
cept the lawyers, who are fleeing their
clients out of hard earned money. OF
course these
SHYLoCKS WILL PREVENT LEGISLATION
as long as it is possible to do so, In order tc
fill their pockets at the expense of hard
working men. most of whom have families
to support. For all these delays the Re
publican party alone must be held RESPONSE
BILE, and the people, L think, viii do So There
is no reason for believing that they are sc
blinded by partisanship that they will con
tinue voting against their own interests, OF
continue to elect men who are not eve,
ready to attend to Or protect them. When
the members of the present Legislature
were elected it was to enact MANY much
needed laws and stop litigation, and if they
are compelled to go home without accom-
plishing at least some of the objects they
were sent to attend to, the Republican
party will be held responsible, as the Re
publican governor is, of course, ready tx
obey the bidding of that party.
Several members of the house are a.
work on a lengthy revenue bill, which they
hope to have finished and ready for presen