Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-28
DisgracefuI Scenes Brought On by
Partizan Deadlock.
BILLS PASSED LAST WEEK.
'ray Perhaps he Biock-
AIDED.
spcelal correspondcncc.

Boise. Idaho. Fob. se--the eighth
week Of the Idaho Legislature closed
yesterday. attended by the most cX-
citing and diagraccful scenes ever wit
messed In the iaw.making body OF this
state. For four hours the
lower house was doadiockod. II COM
menccd by Adams moving TO recon
slider the vote BY which the kotchum-
ChalliH toll road bill had been indeh-
uitcly postponed. \ point OF order was
raised against the motion. under tho
rule that during the last six days ~
the session the motion 10 reconsider
can only be made On the same DAY
that the vote 10 reconsider ~ taken.
The speaker. T.. l.. Evans ~ Maiad
0verruled the point. \ call OF the
house was ordered and the enemies OF
the bill refused vote to raise the call
which required two-ihirdH vote. until
o'clock. the hour Tot the special order
90 consider the general appropriation
bill When o'clock came however
the conditions We're reversed. and this
time II wa1 the friends of the bill who
refused TO vote To- raise the rnll. This
prccipitated tho deadlock The oniy
absentee was Johnessc. who was paired.
but his presence was desired BY friends
of the bill. Notwithstanding the pair
Under the rules the pending motion
must be- put after nii absenteca arr
brought In. the report of tho sergeant
nt-armeH to that effect operating 10
.nise the call In this case ths pend
inF motion was to reconsider the vote
on the road bin. N. however. the house
raisd IN. call. without the nbsontcvs
being brought In. the pending question
would be- decided by the speaker, who
would hold IN" appropriation hili was
the order. Notwithstanding the hour Tor
the special order had long since passed
1ohncfse the missing member. had lett
on the afternoon train Tor puCutello.
and motion after motion TO dispense
with the roll call was voted down. Then
"a roll call ON the pending motion wns
demanded by the friends ~ the road
bill, who were m the majority, hut
speaker Evans twho desires 60 be- tho
Democratic nominee Tor governor next
year denied n, aud followed " up by
refusing to put an appeal. To allow any
discussion, 10 allow the reading ~ nny
rule or To entertain any motion what
ever, except to dispense with the cali
lie refused 10 recognize quorum.
Aycrctt challenged the chair 60 quote
one authority To support his ruling.
but the lightning rap-rap-rup ~ the
gavcl. pounded on the desk. mingled
with the applause N the minority
drowned his voice. and he sat down.
The majority then Hworc vengeance. ANA
determined to ~ Il out. The speaker
getting tired OF the deadlock, Iicas 81
Fremont was called 10 tho chair. The
majority then tried him. but All TO no
purpose. lie. too. ruled u roll call out
Of order, NJ also every other motion
put by the majority. Finally an .ffort
was made TO appeal. but the temporary
SPEAKER would not entertain u one
81 the members then determined 10 Put
IL himself hut hin voice could not be-
heard above the noise created by the
speakers gavcl. and he sat down after
A.
then pandcmonium rcign"d supreme.
The speaker rnincd blows On the desk
until they We're heard all over the
building. The senators lott their
chamber In u body. Attaches. state
officials ana visitors rushed for the
hall Of representative. Reynolds was
trying To speak. hut the only sentence
that could be- heard was something Co
the cffcct that the house should put the
speaker out Every member MaH on
HE feet. Some had books. some walk
Ing sticks, some ink bottles In their
hands ready for amy emergency. Aver
TT. the leader 81 the majority nu the
floor. who had been absent FOR some
time, cnmc In ana managed to drown
the gaNel for "A moment. He yelled
that he had appealed 10 the supreme
court, and writ Of mandate had been
ordered Issued ana would be served
shortly. ''rhc house will not longer
"HNNNNN ~ WV ~ NANNMAN NNNfA WAAAAANANNH
outrageous rulings Of an unfair speak
cr." Numbered AVorltt Hess then
pounded the speakers desk like a mad
man. The rerFennt-at.nrma sat ltyii
near the chief clerks desk. afraid np.
parcntly Of the storm that was now
breaking In an ~ fury. Speaker
Evans then bounded Into tho hall ana
assumed his position In the chairs ana
cnpitulated 10 the majority. The can of
the house was raised. motion after mo-
tion TO adjourn were defeated. and nm
ally the majority got their road bill
through. and with ''whoop-ln" ~
qualification adjourned the house until
Monday morning, having Hlde-trackcd
the Appropriation hill.
Now II II hard telling what VIII be-
tho outcome. Notwithstanding the
state administration forces are In tho
majority In the house, yet II now looks
~ though, frenzicd by the arbitrary
manner In which they have been treat
ed, that a combination win be- formed
to net ON what measures happen 20 suit
them, and defeat everything else. There
are only six more days left before the
session expires, and u II now ques-
tion whether the appropriation bin will
set through at all. The senate has
all Its work up 10 date. ana Its desks
are practically all cleared 80 that they
could adjourn almost any time.
Among the more Important measures
passed this week have been the follow
Ing;
Creating a btireau NJ iunp,tsr.tto,, a..