Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-01-26
IDAHO LEGISLATURE.

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the work of repassing old laws.
Speaker Evans announced the COM
mittees and the house adjourned until
today when regular work will begin.
The senate will finish re-enactment
work this morning.
Some of the principal house com
mittees are:
acknowledgements, Redwiue, McBee,
Patterson, Kinsgley. Nelson, Madden.
Railroads and Corporations-Red-
wine, Arhuckle, Johnesse, Hanlon,
Beaudette
Education-McBee, Osmond, Noble,
Smith, French llanlon, Wright.
Agriculture and Live Stock-Mul-
key, Ellsworth, Egan, Peterson, Hulse.
Appropriations-Na Thatch-
er. stephens, Peterson, Jones.
Mines and Mining g-Johnesse, Bixbe,
! Glahe, Osborn, Miller
Boise, Ida. Jan. 19.-Both houses of
the Legislature got down to regular
business yesterday. In the house
/ twenty-one bills were introduced and
in the senate seven. Among the bills
originating in the house was one pro-
! hibiting gambling. When the re-en-
actment programme under con-
sideration the friends of gambling
threatened to block proceedings unless
J that law were left ont aud they car
ried their point. Now the opponents
of gambling propose to push another
measure through The bill introduced
yesterday is copy of the one passed
| last session.
A bin was introduced in the house
to cut off the southern part of Sho-
shone county and attach it to Nez
| Perce, 1t will add 600 square miles to
the latter. The question is to be sub
mttted tc the people of the territeEy
affected at he next general election.
A hitch has arisen in connection with
] 1u,atVf mt f,lu 1 iatnt nt.at.a ant.
Governor Hutchinson has refused to
sign the bills on the ground that the
| bulls presented for the signature are
not enrolled bills, the same copy hav-
ing been used at all stages of the pro-
ceedings The matter has been left to
the iudiciay committee from the sen
ate.
Boise, Ida, Jan. eO.-In the legisla-
ture yesterday very little was done
beyond introduction and reading of
bills. The most important measure
introduced was one providing for an
inspection of mines and dividing the
state into three districts for the pur-
pose. 1t is fathered by Bixby of Owy-
hee and Stark of Shoshone. The in
spectors are to be elected at the gen
eral election, and they are to receive
salaries of 81, 200 each They are to
gather and compile information con-
cerning the mining industry in addition
with respect to their safety.
Boise, Ida, Jan. 20. The feature of
the situation in the Legislature is tie
up on the question of enrolling all the
re-enactment bills. There is much
feeling over the matter, the house
holding that the originals as put
: through are sufficient, and the senate
, insisting that they must be enrolled.
Lieutenant-Governor Hutchinson re-
fused to sign the originals, unless the
| senate should so direct.
a Both judiciary committees met in
Joint session after adjournment to con-
slider the matter, but they seem as far
3 apart as ever.
a The house adjourned until Monday,
after the senate had voted to sustain
the lieutenant governor in his refusal
to sign the re-enactment bills until
they have been enrolled.
Boise Ida, Jan. 22.-The senate was
in session yesterday but did nothing
beyond routine business except that II
determined that the re-enactment bills
a must be enrolled After this action
was taken the judiciary committees oi
, the two houses met together and de
:. termined to devise some plan for meet
ing the emergency. 1t is likely thai
: the enrolled bills will be in printed
e form, with enough extras to supply the
! members so they may have something
to work from.
> Boise, Ida, Jan. 24.-The house yes
II terday expunged from it's journal tn,
communication sent it Friday by tn,
), senate with the information that thu
p" upper house had refused to concur il
n the house resolution respecting tn
1t enrolment of the re-enacted laws
n Averitt of Fremont said the communi
cation was an insult to the house ant
= he moved that it be stricken from tn
;. journal This motion prevailed an
u Clerk Leeds drew long red lin
through the journal entry.
The house then adopted the join
report of the judiciary committees pro
viding for the enrolment of the bill
passed under the re-enactment plar
nd thus ending the strained relations o
that score that had existed for sever;
DAYS between the two houses.
C. The friends of the anti-gam bling bi
he scored n victory in the house. The bi
oh was reported back favorably from tn
committee having it in charge, an
'oo there being no amendments and I
RS. other course being indicted by IL
re house, the speaker referred it to IL
IL engrossment committee preparatory
its final reading. In that shape
W could not be amended and the enemi
wv of the bill, when they found how IL
re measure had slipped through witho
or attracting their attention, made fig
to have the action referring the b
~ for engrossment reconsidered so tn
could get it before the committee
the whole and embarrass it wi
amendments The motion to recc
slider carried, but when the motion
refer to the engrossment commits
was put it was carried by vote of
rt- to 21.
~ When the assistant clerk of the hol
appeared before the senate, with
eos message notifying the senate that
ley house had yielded on the enrollm'
$50 matter, smile of satisfaction mant
+ba the faces of the senators, and they
mediately voted to concur in the re
'aV- luton, and sent it back to the hous
wis bill was sent to third reading
not the senate giving the state and defe
each ten pre-emptory challenges
c&pital cases.
Clark on the Copper Combine.
Helena, Mont, Jan. 24.-W. A. Cl
: IN positively denies that he has anyth
to do With the proposed copper O