The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
IDAHO LEGISLATURE QUIET.
NO OUTBREAKS OCCURRED DUR
ING YESTERDAYS SESSION.
Appropriation Bill Picked to Pieces
In the House-No Investigation
of the stabbing Affair.
Special to The Heraldl

Boise. Ida. Feb. 2S-The minority in
the house that has been fighting the ma
jority cOdifcation road bills combination
in the interest of the general appropria-
tions bill is. to use a western expression,
properly buffaloed." After the majority
had completed its programme it permitted
the appropriations bill to be taken up and
tnen tnat Dill was twiSt ed all out of shape
The appropriation committee items were
torn to pieces until the bill looked a
warm-up. The bill originally carried about
S3SVUVV Inc majority today tackled $4,000
onto 1t. The big increase was on the
state university, which raised for
general expenses during the coming two
years from 81, 600 to $4,000.
There were rumOrS early in the day that
Speaker Evans would resign but he did
not. Instead he permitted himself to be
merely figurehead putting the motions
nechanlcal!y as they came and frequently
referring with bitter sarcasm to the action
OF the majority in turning him down.
During the day a resolution was intro
dueed, providing for the appointment by
tne speaker OF q committee of five to in
vestigate the Averitt-Hess affair The
house tabled the resolution by a decisive
vote.
The Atlanta road bill was forced before
the house again but the motion to re-
for good.
A concurrent resolution was introduced
for final adjournment next Friday at
noon but the senate refused to concur.
The session of the house was quiet as
Sunday school convention. Averitt was
not present during the day. He is still
in the hospital but his slight wound is
mending rapidly.
Among the prominent items agreed on
on the appropriation bill were the fol-
lowing:
For salaries of five district court stem
ographers. $1,000; for insane asylum,
$4,000; for .penitentiary. $1,000; land de-
partment, $4,000; Albion normal school,
$4,000; Lewiston normal, S16.2J0; deaf
dumb and blind $4,000.
An appropriation was made for an es-
cort to accompany the remains of Major
McConville from San Francisco, Cal. to
Lewiston.
The senate today passed bill prohibit
ing the sale of liquor within radius of
three miles of the state university or the
likely pass the house. it will operate to
close very saloon in Lewiston and Albion
Senator Budge's memorial asking con-
gress to authorize the sale of school lands
at less than SO an acre, was passed by
the senate, 10 to 9. The bill to annex a
portion of Blaine county to EImore was
paSser. to s.
The house bill requiring publication of
estray notices was passed; also the house
bill reducing justices fees for taking tes-
| timony from 80 cents to 20 cents a folio
The senate bill to dispense with new
registration at general elections was
passed also the senate resolution to
! amend the constitution with reference
/ McDonald's anti-cigarette bill was in
| definitely postponed. II to Z.
| Under suspension Senator Brigham 8
| bill to prohibit the sale of liquor in the
vicinity of the state university was
passed.
The senate bill providing for two sets of
election officers was also passed under
| suspension.