The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-05
DEATH TO FUSION IN IDAHO
KILLED IN THE HOUSE OF ITS
FRIENDS.
Fusion Legislature Passes the Anti
fusion Bill, But the Governor May
Veto It-Affects Senatorship.
(special to The Herald.l

Boise, Ida, March 4.-The legislature
did not adjourn sine die tonight, as was
expected. 1t is tied up in wrangle over
the general appropriation bill. as amend
ed by the senate, and may be in session
all of next week.
The fight over the senate anti-fusion bill
was precipitated in the house. The de-
bate was very acrimonious. the Demo-
Gratis being divided about equally, the adj
ministration followers lighting the bill. {
After bitter contest the bill was passed
by vote of % TO Is. An analysis of the
vote, politically, shows the following:
For the BiIl-Republicans IL; Demo-
Gratis, s; Populists 6.
Against the Bill-Democrats, u; silver
Republicans, 6; Populist, l.
Later on the senate sent in message.
stating the bill was in its possession when
the house reconsidered it, and the house
then passed a resolution asking for it's
return and instructing the chief clerk to
make the proper endorsement. Much i'm
portance attaches to the measure, and
if the governor does not veto 1t, it will
go to the supreme court before the next
election, which will involve the election of
a United States senator to succeed Sem
ator ShouD.
During the day the house passed senate
bills as follows: Requiring the recording
of mining and prospecting contracts plac-
ing all poll taxes collected into the coun-
ty current expense fund; providing for
two sets of election officers to facilitate
the count OF the votes.
The house killed the senate bill requir-
ing a bill of sale for every animal sold;
the senate bill changing the fees paid
registrars of election from % cents to 10
cents a name; the senate bill changed the
method of serving summons in civil
actions.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The senate spent most of the day on the
general appropriations bill, which it
amended and passed. The principal
amendment cut the Albion normal school
House measures were passed as follows:
For the protection of fish and game. and
making it a misdemeanor to treSpasS on
private parks established for the propa-
bonds to improve the penitentiary, sold
ierS home and state houses: authorizing
the governor to place an embargo on dis
eased sheep outside of the state; permit
ting any city to join with the county in
the construction of a free bridge; giving
rights of way through other ground for
mining tunnels; naming the governor, at
torney general and state auditor a COM
mittee with power to make a settlement
with Bingham county, which owes the
state $4,000 as the result of the Bunting
bank failure.
The governor sent in the nomination
of c. ]. Basset, chairman of the silver
Republican state committee, to be COM
missioner of immigration, labor and sta
tistics, and the following names We're pre-
scented as trustees of the Albion state
normal school: Hugh E. McElroy of Ada;
Chester Call of Bannock and j. E. Har-
rown, H. T. Eames and c. S. Mark of
Cassia. All the nominations were con-
firmed.
At the night session the house passed
the house bill for a system of free text
books and the senate bill for bounty of
cent pound on sugar.