Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-14
BLAcKFoor. IDAHO. JANUARY II. ips
WORK OF LEGISLATURES.
Rules to Govern the Tive Branches
Adopted, Committees Named and APP
proved - Re-enactnent u Old Laws
Commenced.

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Commenced.
BOISE, Jan. 6.--The Idaho Legisla-
ture has decided, at least the House
has, that there shall be no new legisla-
ton until the process OF injecting life |
into the old and unconstitutional laws |
passed since statehood, shall have been
completed. The House today took |
formal action in the premises, and by |
resolution prohibited the Introduction |
of new bills unless by unanimous con- |
sent, until that momentus question is |
solved.
The Senate had adjourned when the
message of Governor Steunenberg,
transmitting, the report of the unofficial
commission appointed TO investigate
. laws passed since statehood, and de-
wise plan for their vivifcation, was
sent up by the chief executive, but
when the upper branch receives it, it
will very likely adopt resolution SIM
liar to that passed by the House, where
the Governors message was received
and read.
The House adopted the rules that
will govern its deliberations. One of
them prohibits attaches from lobbying
for pending measures.
BOISE, Jan. THE business in the
Legislature today was of formal char
acter throughout, but significant fea-
ture developed in the rules adopted by
the Senate. One of the rules provides
that the standing committees shall be
appointed by the Leutenant-Go
subject to the approval of the Senate.
This is the result of an agreement
reached between the Republicans and
the fusionists.
The former were in dilemma. They
organized the Senate with the aid of
the two Populists members, dividing
the patronage half and half. But it
was impracticable to organize the COM
mittees that way. 1t was finally agreed
to leave the appointments only after
full consultation. The Populists will
get two or three chairmanships; the
other chairmanships will be divided
between the Republicans and fusion
lists. When a committee has Repub-
lican chairman it will be given ma
iority of fusionists and vice versa.
The Senate appointed committee to
confer with like committee from the
House, with view of carrying out the
plan for vivifying the laws before pro-
ceeding with any other business.
BOISE, Jan. 9.-Today's proceedings
OF the Legislature were productive OF
practically no results. The House ap-
pointed committee to act with like
committee named in the Senate to de-
wise plan for the re-enactment OF laws
OF the statehood era.
BOISE, IDA, Jan. 1.-THE House to-
day commenced the active work OF re-
enacting the laws passed since Idaho
was admitted to the sisterhood OF states.
1t is a tedious process and will require
in the neighborhood OF two weeks in its
contamination. Each OF the laws is in
troduced and read the first and second
times by title under suspension, which
requires call Of the long roll for each
bill. This occupies q great deal of the
time, but the monotonous grind will not
have been commenced in reality until
the time comes for the third reading
when all OF these bills, and there are
about $50 Of them, will have to be read
in full. Today sixty-nine bills were in
troduced, two-thirds Of which were read
the first and second times by the title.
After an all day tie up, twenty-five
OF the twenty-four committees were ap-
proved.
BOISE, Jan. 10.-The gamblers won a
victory In the Legislature today. They
have threatened to obstruct the plan
for re-enactment of laws of previous
sessions unless the anti-gambling laws
were omitted from the list and they
have carried their point.
At the afternoon session the Joint
committee on the plan reported. The
report provided for the enactment OF
all the laws passed since statehood mot
including those declared unconstitu-
tional by the Supreme COURT excepting
the anti-gambling law. The laws were
to be presented in the shape Of bills
and passed without debate under sus-
pension.
In the Senate the report was adopted
without dissenting vote, but In the
House there was a spirited but help
less fight against exclusion Of anti
gambling law. The fight was led by
Kingsley, Republican OF Ada, Everett
OF Fremont. Democrat, took occasion
10 reaiiirm his unalterable opposition