Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-02-15
IDAHO LEGISLATURE
Both Houses TransactIng Busl-
ness of State.
NO BREAK IN THE VOTING
The Deadlock Continues the Same and
No Immediate Change Is Ex-
pecued by Leaders.
NO BREAK IN THE VOTING

Boise City, Feb. But one ballot, the
tor today and it resulted as follows:
Shoup IS. Sweet 16. Clagett A. Hunt
and Rees were absent. The following
pairs were announced: Glenn and Gold
en-, Wyman and Thomas The ballot
tells the story. There is no real change
/ TO the situation, but there seems to be
a feeling that the matter will be settled
early next week. While there were some
! Shoup men early in the week who pri-
! vateiy expressed the opinion that he
could not be elected. no such expressions
are now heard. on the other hand. Mr..
Sweets leaders maintain as bold front
as ever, Some of them say positively
I that Sweet will be elected before Tues
| day one said the election would be by
| votes of men now voting for Shoup. A
story is in circulation that Senator Du-
bois wired to hold on till the first of the
week, when means could be found to
| throw the populist vote to Sweet. No
responsible authority for the story has
been found. Another story is that the
populists Will divide their vote, Shoup
getting about half, but no one pretends
to say exactly what the figures of di-
vision would be. In the meantime there
is manifest feeling that settlement
is near at hand
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
The action of President Mills on Fri
day in excluding from the senate cham
Der reporter of the Boise Sentinel has
caused much unfavorable comment
among the populist members of the
house Mr.. Boyce presented the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved. That the senate alone has
the power to exclude reporters from the
floor Of this chamber
Resolved, That the act of the presid-
ing officer in excluding reporters of the
Boise Sentinel from this body was an
unwarranted assumption of authority.
Resolved, That reporters of the Boise
Sentinel be admitted to the bar of the
senate"
The president held that it could only
be offered as an amendment to the SEN
ate rules and would have to lay over
one day. The resolution will come up
regularly for consideration on Monday,
when hot debate may be looked for
In the house the following concurrent
resolution passed:
Whereas, There is bill now pending
before the senate of the United States,
commonly known as the pooling bill.
the object of which is to enable all the
railroad companies in the United States
to form themselves into a gigantic trust,
controlling the transportation business
of the whole country and thus placing
the commerce of the nation and the EN-
ployment and wages of nearly a million
laboring men at the mercy of n vast
corporate monopoly controlling more
than 81 900, 100000 of capital and,
Whereas, We believe that the effect
of the passage of said pooling bill can
not be otherwise than disastrous to the
people and tend to still further PROSTATE
them beneath the iron heel of corporate
greed and rapacity therefore be it
Resolved, That our senators be in
structed and earnestly requested to
vote against and use every effort pos
sible to prevent the passage of the said
pooling bill
The other proceedings We're of
routine character and both houses adj
journed at noon.