Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-18
Sham Reforms and 9th
er Blunders.


slowly along, three or four unim-
portaut measures having been disposed
of by the legislature during the past
week. The bill, which passed the
house and was Intended to prohibit
deficiency judgments, was killed in
the senate. In this instance the Dem
o-pOp combine displayed the love its
members have for the oppressed
debtors of the state. Probably no
measure presented has been fraught
with greater interest to the people
The farmers of the state, and they con-
stitute by far the greater portion of
the debtor class in Idaho, demanded
the l,,-sa4c Of the deficiency judgment
repeal bI,I, tUt their Just demands
wera d.sregarded, their appeals for re-
lief unheeded; the grave and reverend
senators bowed to the will Of the in
terest gathercr and he who is so unfor-
tunate ns to be compelled to mortgage
his home for II fourth part Of its value
and then suffer foreclosure must
struggle along the path of life weighted
down by the the merciless burden of ii
deficiency Judgment. But, then, it
is right, it must he right, tor certainly
democrats and populists, friends, all
friends of the poor and oppressed re-
fuse to change the existing order of
things. Another evidence of populist
,noortoiutv ,uou f,,r., ;shad tD thu ,,an
pie in the action Of the refOrmers of
the house, when that body jumped on
RandOlph's railroad bill with both
feet. The bill was calculated to reduce
fares and freights, but the honest ren-
resentatives of the peoples party con-
WINGED that their constituents were Il
set of anarchists who knew nothing of
railroad matters, took for their adyis-
RS the railroad l"byis,s who thronged
e. corridors. The result was what
u,l.'n have been expected; reason pre-
vailed \ it'll some and others were con-
elnccu ~ arguments that probably
were rot entirely reasc nable, vet they
must have con logically Conducive to
the defeat 81 the measure. We know
the Iii wa, Lar.>u past resurrection.
RetrcEchm mt y applied to the sal
aries Of state ollcr,, first found eX-
preston in the senate OIL cutting com
pensMtiOn all aion, l,tt ui,c II passed
the senate but the hou-, committee to
which the bill was irie.led ali not
view matters through setatoriai spec.
tacles, for the report OF til, committee
restored judicial salaries t. PRESENT
figures, increased the state treasurer'e
compensation to u sum $500 in excess
Of what he now receives; left the attor
new general where he Is, and cut tn9
governors remuneration $500. A SIN
gular feature of the report is that while
1t decreases the pay of every state Off
Ger who Is now II populist there is but
one democrat, the governor, reduced,
aud the democratic treasurer Increased
In this connection it may be observed
that there Is not II populist on the com.
mittee on State affairs OF the house and
that this committee made the repor,
yierred to.
MA. DEFEAT COUNTY DIVISION.
Early l.. tue session 1t was thought
that the changing of county lines AMI
the creation Of new counties would be
u disturbing factor in all legislative
calculations but 1t would now appear
quite settled that 10 couaty iii will
b. allowed to become lnp Neg
Pln county should rejoice - ,..i-
Fall,r's - eme to carve out new
c.nnty from rurts Of Nez Perez, Idaho
AMI sShnshole wOnld he a cincher to
Npz Perez Nh Idaho, but would be ad.
van,ug-"vs to Shoshone by enabling
her ,hr ugh: the loss of poor section
ot her territory to saddle large part
u hel L,tt upon the new county.
: AM ATOl.D SOLDIERS.
The old soldiers of the state must
feel very grateful to the present legisIa-
true Tor the new law enacted relative
% the Soldiers Home. Formerly the
veterans were guaranteed voice IN
the management of the Home, by the
provision Of law making the Depart
ment Commander member of the
board Of trustees. Then too, In prac-
tice, meml ers Of the q. A. II. were an
pointed trustees so that the occupants
Of the home were ut all times under
the care and control Of their comrades
Now al this IL changed. Certain
state officers are made ex-officio to COLI
stitute the board Of trustees. At
present there IL not an ex-soldier on
the board. From this time on, the
Soldiers Home will I've treated rs poor
farm or poor house, in which INDECENT
and decripit men who are so unfortu-
nate NJ to have been engaged in the