The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-02
Trouble Over the Appropriation
for the Worlds Fair.
STATE WAGON ROAD BILL.
A Rupture Occurs Between the Demo
Gratis and POpulists.
1t Grows Out of a Measure Providing for
an Increase of the Worlds Fair
Commission to Three Members
Political Notes.


senate today Stewards bill providing for
the annexation of the newly created Cam
yon county to the Third judicial district,
passed by unanimous vote. The Koote-
mai county division matter came up by
Mr.. Burgan, senator from that county,
presenting bill providing for the crea-
ton of Bonner county out of the southern
part of it, Bonner's Ferry to be the capt.
tai of the new county. The Worlds fair
commissioner did not, as expected, report
on the $50, 600 appropriation bill, but it is
given out by the chairman of that COM
mission that it will report substitute
providing for the appointment of three
commissioners by the governor, one from
each of the leading political parties of the
state, to take charge of the states exhibit.
If the substitute passes the senate it will
no doubt be killed in the house, in
which event the senate will refuse any
appropriation. Should the bill by chance
pass both houses and receive executive
approval, it means the resignation of the
present commissioner, j. M. Wells, al
though the governor would no doubt ten
der HIM one of three commissionerships
1t is feared that the matter will end in
allowing no appropriation at all, leaving
Idaho practically with no exhibit. Work
on the Idaho building at Chicago is
stopped, pending action on the matter.
In the house the workman's state Wag-
on road bill passed. The measure pro-
vides for the construction OF 300 miles of
road connecting the northern part of the
state with the southern, and carries ap-
preparations OF $135, 900 to be secured by
bonded Indebtedness. The general ap-
preparation bill was introduced, provid-
ing for 1923, 9O7 to defray the state ex-
penses for the years 1898 and 1894, appor-
toned as follows:
Governor, $3.50; treasurer, Sc, 300;
auditor, 50, 760; secretary of state, 81, $40;
superintendent of public instruction,
81, $50; attorney general, 81, 400; supreme
court, S24, 295; district court, sos 900;
capitol building, 50, OPS; insane asylum,
sos, 900; land department, $50, $50; peni-
Tertiary. S45, 600; law library, 81, 800; in
terest on bonded indebtedness, S42. 1874;
acknowledgement. 81, 900; payment OF
asylum bonds, SO, 900.
A joint resolution offered by Governor
Mcconnell urging Idaho's delegation to
Congress to take steps to have collected
from the Union Pacific and other Pacific
roads the amount of their Indebtedness to
us was adopted, Allison of Washington
alone voting against it. Governor Nc
Cornell presented message stating that
it would require at least $50, 900 Tor the
maintenance Of the insane asylum for the
next two years, and recommending the
purchase of 40 acres adjacent to the
asylum reservation, on which the state
has an option for S22. 80 an acre, includ-
ing 400 inches of water.
There is strong talk tonight of a break
in the Democrat-Populist combination in
the senate. The matter grew out of the
favorable action of the committee having
in charge the $50, 900 Worlds fair appro-
priation bill on substitute by Mr.. Ruyck
OF Alturas, Populist, providing an in
! crease of the Worlds fair commission to
three members. The rupture is likely to
carry with it the complete disruption of
the Democrat-Populist combination. The
Populists are already making overtures
to the Republicans looking to an alliance
of the two latter parties on all future
legislation. Many Republicans of the
senate are said to favor such combination
but all parties are reticent.
In the supreme court today decision
was handed down in the water cases of
Corant Bros. VS.. B. F. Jones, brought up
from Cassia county. The court holds
that appropriations of water for irri-
eating purposes after conducting water
to the point of intended use have a
reasonable time in which to apply it to
the use intended and non use of ali
waters diverted does not waive priority
right, The appropriation may add to the
acreage of the cultivation of land from
year to year and make the application of
water thereto as necessities demand or
abilities permit.
Governor Mcconnell today announced
that he would make no change in the
management of the insane asylum at
Blackfoot. The physician in charge, DR..
j. W. Owens, is a Democrat.