The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-10
THE IDAHO SOLONS
A Bill to Tax the Product of
Mines.
CREATING A NEW COUNTY
Munroe's Bill and the Chinese-Freddy and
His Broken Promises-The People
Like Neither.

BOISE CRY, Idaho, Feb. 5, 1S91.-lSpecial
correspondence of THE HERALD. Last
Monday, the discussion on the bill exempt
ing mortgages, credits and money, whether
IN circulation or on deposit, from taxation.
caused considerable discussion. Green,
Price and others supported motion to
strike out credits and money, while Cam
eron, Jones and Emery supported the bill.
After the discussion had gone on for an
hour or two, the bill was referred to the
committee on ways and means, which has
not yet reported it back.
Although no meetings have yet been held
for the consideration Of the new revenue
bin by the ways and means committee,
some of its provisions are receiving the
attention of the senators and representa-
tives. One section, providing for the taxing
OF mines, is freely discussed. The section
provides that the net product OF mines shall
be taxed, and patented mines not worked
TO pay tax on $500. All mines not pro-
ducing $1,000 per year are exempt from
taxation While some from the counties
supported entirely or almost by mines OPP
pose the clause, many believe 1t just and
right. While it is true that under the
present law all improvements are assessed,
tits also true that many very wealthy COM
panies extract annually millions Of
THE WEALTH OF THE STATE
without contributing but very little to her
support. That they should pay taxes your
correspondent believes to be right, AMI
should the clause so providing be enacted
into law viii be sustained by the mass
Of the people.
l. Al. Al,
business will never end. A bill will be
presented in the house in day or two for
the formation of new county out of por-
tionS OF Ada, Washington and Boise.
The scheme has been going on quietly for
several weeks and petitions from Horse
shoe Bend and Upper and Lower Squaw
Greeks asking to be taken into the proposed
new county have been received here. 1t is
proposed TO christen the name Butte. The
senators and representatives from Boise
county will oppose the scheme by which
they may lose portions of their county, but
say they would not if the lines were so
drawn as to include Long and Round val
leys. Whether they mean what they say is
uncertain, as they have no fears that such
q scheme will pass either branch of the
legislature X. H. Robb, of Horseshoe
Bend, who is an member of the Idaho
legislature, was here yesterday lobbying in
the interests of the bill.
The bill locating the agricultural college
at Lewiston. Nez Perez county, was re-
ported to the house and re-referred to the
committee of the whole. 1t goes on the
bottom of the list, and will not be reached
for several days yet 1t will, when it
comes up again, be the subject of
A LONG AND HEATED DEBATE.
1t is said, and on pretty good authority,
that Fred L. Dubois promised the Lewiston
people, when the combination to which
he owes his election was formed,
that they should have the COL
lege. This is not the only broken promise
made for self interest by Mr.. Dubois, and
the Republicans who have been disap-
pointed by him are wrathy, and will help
the Democrats to carry the state two years
hence
The lengthy penitentiary bill, which has
occupied the attention Of the legislature
for several weeks, has been signed by the
governor and the state prison will be under
full control of the state in few days. I'm
der the law it will cost the state about
$4,000 year TO keep up the Institution.
After spending almost all Of Tuesday IN
debating bill providing what was to be
lawful fence the house wound up by in
definitely postponing the bill.
The governor has signed bill granting
railroad companies the privilege OF bridg.
structed SO that navigation shall not be in
terrupted. The law was enacted so that q
bridge could be constructed across the
Clearwater river at Lewiston.
MUNRo's BILL,
which prohibits any man from being EN-
ployed on any public works or by any cor
poration unless he has declared his inten
lion of becoming citizen if
foreigner, passed the house to-day. l
is recognized as a good bill, but whether i
will pass the Senate is doubtful The Law
is directed at the Chinese, who cannot be
come citizens, and who are crowding GU
the railroad section men and miners il
placer claims.
The Dubois Republicans were in session
last night until II o'clock TO consider a pro
position to offer resolution calling for
Joint session Tor the purpose of electing
United States Senator. After the introduc
ton of the resolution a motion was to hav
been made Indefinitely postpOning it.
argument favOring such a course it would
had a definite rule of action been arrive
at, have been the programme to drop tn
Senatorial fight in order to keep on wit
much needed legislation. Some of tn
Democrats are opposed to going into
ANOTHER SENATORIAL FIGHT,
but could not vote for the indefinite post
pOnemeut OF resolution coming from tn
Dubois faction for the reason that the
would be sustaining fraud against whic
they protested IN a document now befor
tie United States Senate. For Democrat
to 90 into such disgraceful affair as th
fight turned out TO be after keeping clea
of u for months would not only compromis
the party, but subject every one of them |
severe ridicule and criticism. Such cours
may, and probably is agreed to by some
the party leaders, but the party throughou
the state would certainly condemn such a;
ton. II the Democratic party expects
regain ascendency in this state the leader
will have to learn. in order TO succeed, tia
personal attacks must be discontinued an
party principles advocated instead. 1t
known, OF course. that the double an
treble promises made by Freddy are yer
numerous and badly broken, and re act VI
on him to such an extent that he will,
the course of year or two more, have bl
very few friends in the Republican rank
lie is badly mixed up in the Agriculture
college, Alturas and Logan county re-orgal
iZation, and the bill organizing a ne
county out of Bingham. While man
Democrats think otherwise, the opinion
your correspondent is that Mr.. Dubois
doing more to-day than any other man t
wards disrupting the Republican part
Let him go on with the good work
DEAN.
THROUGH THE WEARY HOITRS