The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-02-20
LEGISLATURE OF IDAHO
POINTS IN THE DISCUSSION or THE
RANDOLPH RAILROAD bill.
4 ntII for the CloainE Of barber
shops ON sunday Gives Rise to
Theological Observations.

iattNo week OF the legislature began Win
vigorous discussion OF the Randolph
railroad bill in the house. The commit
tee had recommended the indefinite post
ponement of the measure. but the house
decided In favor OF its recommitment.
During the discussion which consumed
the larger part of the day. Randolph de-
claEed there were 1900 people In northern
Idaho who demanded legislation which
should afford them more favorable rates
on the part OF the railroads. The repre-
sentatives from that part Of the state had
pledged themselves to support bill OF
the character introduced by him, and the
change In their attitude as a whole was
what seemed queer to him. He could
not understand why the roads charged
the shippers in Idaho more than those In
Utah for transportation to the coast; that
the wheat growers In the Palouse coun-
try had to pay Illl cents q bushel for ship
ping their wheat to the coast, while they
have received only an average OF % cents
per bushel for the past three years. In
answer to the argument that the roads
were bankrupt. he quoted from the re-
port OF the interstate commerce commits
sion, giving $1s.0o0.Oo0 as the net earnings
for the roads in the northwest.
Elder did not hope for much relief
should the bill under discussion become
q law. He believed that the national gov
eminent should take hold OF the question
and straighten 1t out
Seat understood similar bill was be-
fore the legislature in Washington. and he
believed that the two states working to-
gether could obtain the relief desired.
Wright claimed that a train OF freight
cars could be run from Chicago to this
state at the cost of $40 per car. excluding
interest on the capital invested and wear
and tear of the rolling stock. while he
had seen many bills wherein the railroad
companies had charged from 500 upward
per car for that distance
Mccarthy believed in discrimination,
saying that while the railroads In the
northern part Of the state were treating
the people unfairly those in southern
Idaho were doing all in their power to
develop the country. The Union Pacific
with the telegraph lines in connection
with it, pays one-third Of all the taxes
levied in the II counties through which 1t
passes The total revenue on freight and
passenger traffic having origin and des-
tination within the state during 1895
averaged $302.62 per day, while the ex-
penditures were $3.50 per day. In eight
of the school districts through which the
Short Line runs in Bannock county II
paid school taxes to the amount of g.
So2S last year, to $n7.24 paid by all otner
parties or 81 per cent of the whole
JONES did not hesitate to denounce the
railroads. saying that II reasonable rate
were established the traffc would be many
tons increased.
The vote on recommittal was as follows:
Ayes-AIIen, Andrews. Beary. Black.
Brim, Bryan, Briggs, Clagett, Elan
nigan. Fuller, Goldsmith. Gray. Hadley.
Hampton. JONES. Mccarthy. Mitchell.
Morgan. Orr. Perkins, Randolph. Seat,
Stsson. Sperry. Waite, Workman and
Wright.
. Nays-Brown, Carter, Clawson. Elder.
Fem. Fulton, Hamer, Harris. Hays. Holt,
johnson. Keat. McMurrfn. Pugmire. Rice.
Rigby. Rogers. Thomas. WaIlantine. Wat
ers and Nelson-H-
Not voting-Alford-
Other Measures in the House.
The following bulls were passed by the
house:
No. LII. by Fem. regulating houses of
prostitution. was passed by a vote of 80
to 5, the following voting nay: Allan.
Clawson, Orr, JONES and Berry.
No s., by Rice, abolishing the city and
county license Of theaters. passed by
vote Of 81 to Q.
No. IL. by Flanagan, relating to the
guardianship OF minors. was passed by
vote of q to 0.
No. 1sl. by Workman. fixing the legal
status OF the county surveyors and pro-
viding for the keeping Of records of coun-
~ surveys and regulating the surveyors
fees, was passed by a vote OF 81 to I.
The Davis fee bill was again up in the
senate this week. Three dollars a day in
stead of "a was fixed as the per diem Of
probate judges sitting as committing mag
istrates, and the per diem Of commission
ers was reduced from IS to 81 and the
mileage was Increased from 10 cents to
Is cents. the bill then being committed to
a special committee.
Theology crept into the debate which
ended in the killing Of the bill to close
barber shops on Sunday. Nelson earnestly
taking the ground that the state should
not legislate ON matters Of conscience.
Though a minister Of the gospel, he had
always been opposed to legislation with
respect to religious subjects. Bennett was
glad to find himself in accord with the
senator from Latah on one subject.
During the talk on the bill to abolish the
ONCE of deputy state treasurer, Ballentfle
Of Ada, said that the First National bank
here was the real state treasurer for a
number of years. All the trueasurer had
to do was to come here quarterly and
draw his salary and the compensation
paid by the bank The speaker had been
told that the bank had paid him 5000. and
alleged thar the law had been passed for
the purpose OF that scheme
In taking favorable action on the bill to
prohibit entry Of deficiency judgment
measure became a law there would be no
more money loaned. adding that the bill
was an effort to repudlate honest debts.
On the other hand Nelson said he did not
propose to be bugabooed by capital; that
capital had thrust itself under the noses
OF unsuspecting men who had made loans
not knowing that II the property given as
security did not sell for enough, the
lender could reach out and take any other
piece Of property that the borrower might
possess.
New House Bills.
The following additional bills have been
introduced In the house:
No. 166, by the ways and means COM
mittee. as a substitute for No. IS, requlr-
ing a poll tax Of all over q and under 60
years Of age, amounting to no.
No. 167. by Bryan. to provide a chap
lain for the state penitentiary.
No. 16S. by Goldsmith, for supplying free
libraries with state publications.
No. 1853. by Fem. amending the charter
Of tine city Of Boise.
No. 40. by Gray, to issue 5000 bonds
for state wagon roads.
No. III. by johnson. regarding the cleo
ton Of justices Of the peace and con-
stables.
No. 172. by Waters, concerning the dis
tribution OF waters of streams
No. l73. by Keat. amending the statute
regarding the appointment Of viewers of
public highways.
No. ia. by Waters, amending the
statutes relating to trial by the court
No. 1I5. by Waters, providing for Idaho's
exhibit at the Trans Mississippi EXPOSE
ton.
No. 17e. by Keat. appropriatIng S4s75 for
labor done upon the state wagon road