Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-01-21

strength rather than weakness. 1t
proposes tax Of $500 yearly on sa.
looms in towns, and $500 yearly on
chose three miles from towns.
ThE NORTH AFTER THE SCHOOL OF
MINES.
Hanley, Of Snoshone, has intro.
duced bill for the establishment Of a
scientific school ut Osborn, whose chief
feature is to be school of mines. 1t
will probably be antagonized by mem.
bers who are disposed to call halt in
the expenditure OF public money, as
they believe the State is being too
heavily taxed.
TO REPEAL THE MORTGAGE TAX LAW.
An important measure to come up
in few days is bill by Cameron t.
repeal the "mortgage tax law" 1t
provides, briefly, that "all mortgages,
credits, and all moneys, or their rep
resentatives or substitutes, acting as
mediums of exchange or otherwise,
whether circulating or on deposit,
shall be exempt from taxation" The
unwisdom of taxing mortgag 8 has
been SO amply demonstrated that this
bill will undoubtedly pass, though it
may be so amended as not to exempt
money.
OUR PUBLIC LANDS.
Senator Wells has introduced a
lengthy measure providing for the
disposition of public lands OF the
State. 1t authorizes the appointment ~,
OF commission of three members.
and establishes a vast machinery for
appraisement, sale or rental of the
States lands, but will undoubte j "
be freely amended. The Senator has
undertaken most important work
, . work beset with diificulties-and
instead Of cri.icizing his measure, his
fellow>legislators will do we'll to give
their best efforts to make it accomplish
what he desires, viz: a satisfactory
and profitable disposal of the lands.
1t provides for seleci ion and appraise.
ment Of the lands, and that none shall
be sold for less than the appraised
value; that no person or corporation
shall be allowed to purchase mere
than 16O acr.s, and that not more. than
70 sections in any county shall be
sold in any one year.
IS SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE, SAUCE FOR
THE GANDER?
A lively debate was occasioned in
the House to>day over Senator
Weiler's concurrent resolution de-
nouncing outrages on Jews IN Russia
Emery, OF Custer, and some Northern
members objected to it because i, ex.
pressed sympathy with the oppressed
people Of but one country, and held
it bit Of impert,nence to attempt to
interfere with the internal affairs Of
Russia. The resolution, however,
was championed by number of
speakers, and Democratic members in
particular gave Voice to their SYM
pa'hy for the down trodden of the
earth. II now transpirrs that Emery's
purpose in ohjec,ing was to get Dem.
ocrats to express themselves, and he
will on Monday offer a resolution Of
sympathy with Southern negroes, es.
pecially those Of Mississippi, and call
on the Democrats to support it. He
says he wants to know whether "s,m-
pathy for the down trodden is for ex
port only, or whether there is a stock
on hand for home consumption.
Munro, tho labor champion, during
the debate on the resolution, ex
pressed himself in favor { f boiling up
the people who live under tyrannical
rulers in the Old World, and said that
II they could not escape to America
not ten years would elapse until there
would not be crowned head in Eu
rope; that the people would be com,
PEELED to fight and overthrow mon,
archs, etc.
Ballentine, the conservative Demo
crat OF Ada, Immediately remarked
that the proposition came too late, and
said that he wished the "bo,tiing up"