The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-15
DIFFER OVER JUNKET
Idaho House Discusses a Trip to
Olympia.
DEBATE is HEATED
DIVORCE BILL AND OTHER
MEASURES PASS SENATE.
fsnecial 10 The Herald.


Boise, Ida. Feb. 14.-Shall the Idaho leg
islature go to Olympia? This question was
debated in the house today. Practically
day was wasted in it-as much as would
have been consumed in making the trip,
so far as it would be possible for the leg
islature to transact business, as a legal
holiday and a Sunday viii intervene during
the time it is proposed to be away-from
Thursday evening, the 21st, until Mon
! day morning. After a heated discussion
the house adjourned without taking
action
During the day the senate sent over a
/ resolution providing for aC9ournmenI as
stated for the purpose of taxing the Trip.
| The resolution provided that IOr every
business day lost thereby two De WORKED
over time after the sixty days snail nave
expired. A trip to Salem was at nrsL
discussed. but as no invitation had Oeen
received from that state, a visit 10 Inc
capital of Washington, from which q
telegraph message had been received, was
considered. The motives of the railroads
in extending free transportation was
Ingling, in favoring the resolution. said
he considered hypOcriucal that man VINO
would accept and ride on a pass from a
railroad company and decline to extend a
courtesy such as that provided by the
railroads. He intimated the opposition
might come from desire to prevent the
dear constituency finding out about the
pass.
New Bill For Judicial Districts.
The routine business of the house was
inconseq uential- Two bills were intro
duced One divides the state into the fol-
lowing judicial districts
First ShOshOne and KOOtenai.
SecOnd-Latah
Third Washington. Canyon. Ada and
Boise.
Fourth-owyhee. Gilmore, Lincoln and
Fifth-BannOck, Bingham, Oneida and
s:SthNBIaine, Custer, Lemhi and Ere
mOLt-
Seventh-Nez Perez and Idaho.
Provision is made for the appointment
of judges for the two extra, districts, Six
and Seven, within tel days after ag-
The other bill gives miners the right to
place liens on properties in which they
work.
A bill was passed prohibiting officers
contracting fees In habeaS corpus cases,
in cases TO which d state officer or the
state may be party.
The senate amended its rules so as to
prevent the amendment of a bill without
recommitment after it has been cOnsid-
cred in committee of the whole
Divorce Bill Passed.
The bill providing for rebuilding of the
soldiers home at Boise, the memorial
asking the national senate 10 pass the
WadswOrth substitute for the GrOut anti
oleomargarine bill, the memorial for the
election of president vice president and
United states senators by direct vote, and
Senator MOore's bill amending the di-
Vorce laws so as to prevent divorce an6
marrying within a year after issuance OF
the decree. etc, were passed
The house bill apprOpriating S12.0 900 for
the construction of the Little Salmon
state wagon road. so as to connect the
north and south, was considered in COM
mittee Of the whole. TIE only opposition
developing to such appropriation was of
general character on account of al
legged misrepresentation of former state
road funds. No one spoke directly
against the bill A safe majority was de
veloPed for IL. but final action was not
taken, the committee reporting progress
the senate at once adjOuTnlng for the
day.
ne resolution to take a trip to Olympia
WIS adopted by q standing vote of y to Z
Two bills similar to those presented in
the house were introduced