The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-05
MOUNT PIN STRTES
MAD AT THE SPEAKER
Exciting Scene i'll House Of
Idaho Legislature.
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
RULING CAUSES MOTION TO DE-
CLARE SEAT VACANT.
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
Especial to The HersId9

Boise. Ida, March 4-Glenn McKin-
Jay would not be speaker of the house
at this time if he had not acted in the
nick OF time at tOday's session. Mem
GERS of all parties in the house have
taken umbrage at the speakers ac-
tions. Today he ruled that a majority
could amend the rules. in the face of a
specific two-thirds provision
There was an uDroar at once, but
quiet was restored by the proposed
amendment to the rules being voted
down. Then the speaker refused to
announce the vote He was waiting
for more votes on his side 20 arrive.
There was another exciting scene. dur
ing which Sweetser moved to declare
the Office of speaker vacant and elect
a. new one Mc&inlay finally announced
the vote and the motion was with
drawn.
During the few exciting moments
members stood on the floor shouting
and shaking their fists at the speaker.
At no time in the history of IdahO's
legislature, which has witnessed some
very sQually days, has there been
greater pandemOnium. Later on in the
day Representative Scott silver Re
publican, scored McKinlay- 1t was
stated tonight he would resign tomor-
row, but no confirmation could be Sc
cured of the Statements.
The house passed the Pocatello acad-
envy bill, and the bill for bonds to
cover all deficiencies since 1895, and,
on reconsideration, the assistant state
engineer bill
Busy in the Senate.
The senate had a very busy session
The following bills were passed:
Creating six judicial districts; in
creasing the state treaSurer's salary to
$4,000; for a Uniform negotiable lnSUru-
ment law: for d constitutional amend
ment fixing the commissioners terms
at six years, and allowing sheriTfs and
assessors to succeed themselves.
House bounty on wild animals, paid
for by tax on sheep only; giving unin-
corpOrated towns the power to employ
policemen: to pay deficiencies of nor
NAL schools; giving railroad corpora
tons the enlarged powers in the pur-
chase, sale and lease of the property
of other railroad companies, being sim
liar to that passed in Utah for the Spe-
cial benefit of the Oregon Short Line.
The senate killed the initiative and
referendum resolution; the bill requir-
ing banks in which county funds are
deposited to pay interest on daily bal
ances, and the house cruelty to animals
bill. The effort to kill of the Pan
American exposition bill failed, and Il
continued on its reading course Ac-
ton was taken on the irrigation bill,
relating its progress. 1t looks like q
dead one.
Governor Hunt has vetoed the fol-
lowing bills: Relieving women from
jury duty, prohibiting exclusive toll
read or bridge privileges; authorizing
the establishment of ferries within any
distance. the present law requiring that
they be a mile apart
The senate today named a committee
| to investigate d report that J. J. Coax
/ ley of Weiser, who was in charge Of
! the bull pen at Wardne-, has received
from the United States $2,212.50 for
! keeping United States prisoners, which
amount he had not turned over to the
/ state. He was said the money in De
| cember. 1899. The committee cOmmuni-
! Gated with him He said he had the
/ money. having retained it because not
/ knowing TO whom to pay
/ The investigation was the result Of
! a chance remark made by United
! States Marshal Ramsay
! Governor Hunt today signed the fol-
! lowing bills: Reducing the number OF
J university regents from nine to i've;
making liquor licenses issuable yearly
Z only; giving each political party the
| right to have a representative at the
Lsecret counting of votes.