Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-02-10
IDAHO LEGISLATURE.


Senator Carey of Blaine county SEN
ator Carey admits he has been APP
preached in the matter, but declares
he can not be bought.
The house passed number of meas
ures Of minor Importance, also joint
memorial for the improvement of the
Snake and Columbia rivers. A new
county salary bill also made it's appear
ance.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 2. - The anti
gambling bill will be passed today, the
opposition having agreed to final ac-
ton.
The senate yesterday passed the
memorial asking congress to pass a law
for the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver at the ratio of 16 to l, the Re-
publicans voting solidly against it.
In the house bill was presented
providing for a commission of the gov
ernor, superintendent of the insane
asylum and the president of the state
university, whose duty it shall be to
examine into the question of the care
of the states insane. 1t is the first
step in the move to take the asylum
away from Blackfoot.
Bixby, from the committee on ways
and means, reported favorably Kings
ley's bill providing that county and
state funds be deposited in the banks
offering the highest rate of interest
A bill was passed legalizing county,
school and municipal bonds. 1t vail
dates all bonds, Notwithstanding the
question raised as to the constitution
atty of the acts authorizing them.
The bill was passed by unanimous
vote. Redwine of Lemhi stated he
thought the bill was unconstitutional,
but would vote for it as showing good
faith in legislation respecting the
bonds of the state.
! Boise, Ida, Feb. 3.-The bill to pro-
hibit gambling passed the senate and
was sent to the governor yesterday
after the most stubborn fight ever
known in the Idaho legislature, with
one exception. The vote was IL to 10
as follows: Ayes-Budge, Brigham,
Church, Carey, Easton, Gooding, Heg-
stead, Mulliner, McMurrin, Price.
Stacey-1l. Nays-Ainslie, Bailey,
Foff, Hays, Hopper, Lippincott, Nc
Donald, Smith, Wright, Watts-1O.
House joint memorial No. 2, providing
for the election of United States SEN
ators by a direct vote of the people,
and senate joint resolution No. A.,
changing terms of county commission
ers to four years, and providing rota-
ton in office, were passed. A COM
mittee was appointed to investigate
the bribery charges.
The feature of the day in the house
was an animated debate over the anti
deficiency Judgment bill, which was
passed by vote of 26 to IS. Among
the bills passed were the following:
The dental bill, to appropriate SIS, $780,
fO dafr ha Of oh s1iv
volunteer troops, concerning the min
ing interests of decedents and estab-
fishing bureau Of immigration, labor
and statistics.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. Among the
bills passed by the house yesterday
was measure fixing the salaries of
the county officers; another providing
for the seizure of personal property Of
those who fail to pay their road poll
tax, the irrigation bill, and the mea-
sure fixing auctioneers' licenses at $40
a year.
In the senate, under suspension of
the rules, the house bill enforcing
judgments in criminal actions, and
H. B. No. 1876, appropriating SIS, 1888
to cover the expense of mobilizing the
Idaho volunteer troops, were forwarded
to third reading.
Among the bills introduced was one
by Hays, appropriating $1,000 for the
relief of Sol Hasbrouck, clerk of the
state supreme. court; one by Lippincott
amending thepoll tax law, and another
by Stacy, providing for a deputy clerk
OF the supreme court at Lewiston.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 5.-The bill ap-
propriating SIS, 159. SO for the costs and
expenses incurred in the enrolling and
of the Idaho volunteers into
the service of the United States passed
the senate yesterday. The house was
in session only until noon. No bills
were passed. The following appro-
prations for improvements were rec
commended by committee: Penitentiar
$25, 900; Soldiers Home, 500 Capitol
building, 5000; for new furniture in
various state offices, 81, 900.
Boise, Ida., Feb. 7.-Governor Steun-
enberg yesterday .signed the anti
gambling bill. The house and the
senate received the sad news of the
killing at Manila of Major McConville
and other Idaho volun teers, and COM
mittee was named to draft suitable
of coincidence Measures
we're passed as follows: By McBee,
asking the president to open
to settlement portions of the st. Marie
forestry reserve; by Johnesse, prohib-
ng the authorizations of candy; by
Moody, joint resolution favoring the
immediate construction by the gov
srnment Of the Nicaragua canal and
United States control of the same.
The senate knocked the house anti
deficiency judgment bill in the head
infinitely postponing it, and sent it
pack to the house, where it originated.
The house bill prohibiting special
clauses in fire insurance policies was
Ilso killed.
House joint memorial No. l, for the