Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-12
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE.
Eight-HOur Bill Defeated by a Vote
of Twelve to Seven.


the committee of the whole of the sem
ate 1t provides for the creation of the
office of county superintendent Of public
instruction, and was prepared by the
state superintendent
When the eight-hour bill was reached
on Tuesday a letter was read from Man
ager Huntley of DeLamar company, In
which he said he had been misunderstood
when he had been quoted as saying that
an eight hour law would not injure his
company, and declaring that the increase
that would result in the pay roll would
shut the DeLamar down indefinitely.
Nelson said he had changed his mind
He was now convinced that the bill
should not pass. He believed that the
measure would not accomplish anything
and would tend to unsettle the labor
question In the state
Young said he favored the bin because
he thought nine-tenths Of the mines in
the state were asking for it. Mr.. Hunt
ley, while running the Morning mine In
the Occur d'Alenes on the cooperative
plan, refused to show the men the smelt-
err returns and the men then refused to
continue the arrangement.
Coughanour's motion to indefinitely
postpone was carried by the following
vote:
Ayes-Ballentine (Ada), Barnum, Bas-
sett, Coughanour, Davis (Boise) Donnel-
ly, Harris, Keller, Nelson, Rich, Turner
(Bingham), Turner Qdaho); total, IL.
Noes-Bennett, Coryel, Davis (Oneida),
Heitfeld, Rees, Urdohl, Young; total, Z.
Absent, 2.
The Fee Bill.
Stubborn opposition was manifested in
the senate against the Davis fee bill
Young moved that the section relating
to sheriffs' fees be stricken from the bill,
declaring that the sheriffs of Shoshone
county had not accumulated fortunes. He
had a letter from the present sheriff re-
citing a case in which he had made a
trip to the southern end of the county.
His expenses were $S7 and he would re-
ceive for his services $125 in deprecated
county warrant
Ballantine of Blaine said the county
officials, through the fees, were robbine
the people. The fees should be cut down
Bassett said he had received his NOM
nation on this issue and he intended to
stand by 1t. The sheriff of Fremont coun-
ty drew $443S in 1893, $7995 in 1894 and up
wards of $4,000 In 1895.
After more talk and more amendments
the further consideration of the bill was
postponed.
Four Bills Passed.
The senate passed four bills on Wed
| nesday-senate bill No. II, by Bassett
exempting farmers bitches from taxa
ton; senate bill No. 4, to prohibit en-
| ployment of aliens by county or munich
pal governments or corporations; senate
| bill No. &c. providing for the sale o
| timber from state lands, and senate bill
| No. 7, reducing salaries of state Officers
and judges. The senate also passed tn
joint resolution directing the land boart
to withdraw the application of $500
acres of land in the Blackfoot land dis
| trict.
The bill providing for the sale of tim
| Der lands was earnestly discussed befor
its passage.
Ballentine of Ada opposed the policy o
selecting pine lands. He was willing t
appropriate 5000 or $500 to enter the
sections, but he was opposed to appropri
ating another dollar for selecting an
estimating the timber.
| Rich, in the course of speech on tn
subject, said there had undoubtedly bee
neglect of the states interests on tn
part of the land department and 1t seem
ed likely that frauds had been perpetrat
ed. But he did not believe the legislator
should sit down and let everything laps
just because there had been recklessnes
and mismanagement.
There was an interesting fight in tn
senate over the bill to appropriate $S15 TO
entry of certain timber lands. The meas
ure was finally passed under suspensio
of the rules, after the senate had bee
more or less confused over the status u
the bill.