The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-06
PATH A THORNY ONE
Idaho Legislators After Speaker
McKiniay'S Scalp.
MORE TROUBLE In HOUSE
HE MAKES A SERIOUS CHARGE
AND THEN BACKS DOWN.
cspecial 10 The HeraldN

Boise, Ida, March 5.-There was an
other outbreak in the house today 1t
was over the journal 1t was desired to
expunge the motion to depose Speaker
Mckinlay- After an exchange it was
stricken out by vote of a to %. the
speaker being forced to vote for it in or
der to secure the change
During discussion OF the question the
speaker charged Representative French
with having dictated portions OF the
journal to the stenOgrapher. Sweetser
charged that the speaker had done so
himself French denied the accus4.Ion
respecting himself and challenged the
speaker to prove his assertion. Il pro-
nOunce the speakers charge a false
hood he said
The speaker was at once put on the de-
fensive. He finally admitted that he had
no knowledge on which to base the state
The arbitration bill as amended by the
senate was returned. Its author. Moore
of Idaho, true to his promise, moved that
it be indefinitely postponed, which pre-
vailed.
The bill appropriating $1,000 to improve
the state road in Custer county was
passed. 1t goes to the governor tOmor-
row.
was brought in. 1t provides an ad vaiorem
tax of $4,000 to be paid by the counties
The appropriation committee reported Il
bill carrying 50, 30 to pay deficiencies for
the past four years with the exception
of those created by the suppression OF the
Occur a Alene riots There Will be
stubborn fight over the deficiencies ques-
tons Opposed to the house bill is a SEN
ate measure for bond issue of S104, 90
to pay all deficiencies from 1895, including
two years of Republican administration,
and the Occur d Alene claims.
The governor today signed the bill APP
propriating $1,000 TO build the Little
Salmon road and the bill allowing COM
missioners to levy a special road tax
of not to exceed 10 mills
Macbeth (DemOcrat) by a strict party
vote, the Republicans voting solldly for
it and Macbeth voting against it.
Pops Are Independent.
Ballantine. the Populist leader. said he
did not care whether the Democrats
Jured the PoPUlist organization and there
was strong middle-of-the-road feeling
added. could get along without the Dem
ocratS as well as the Democrats could
get along without the Populists. When
Macbeth voted against his own bill ne
explained that after he had ascertained
by the remarks of Democratic senator's
that the party as represented by them
did not desire such a measure, he de-
termined to subside.
The senate passed the following house
measures: For an eight-hour law in
mines and ore reduction works. generally
conceded, however. to be uncCnSJitu-
IIon"A' req ula CllS IorelSn. corpoIatlonS,
with an amendment requiring them to
post their financial status; for a Pan
American exhibit, appropriating $4,000;
$500 bonds for Improvement of Lewiston
normal school.
The following senate bills were passed:
Five hundred dollars to stock Bear lake
with Utah trout; repeating the law re-
curing water companies to furnish water
to cities for fire and other purposes free
of charge: g GOO for a bridge across the
Salmon in Lenhi county. and S5,OC0 fer
two bridges across the north fork of the
Snake in Fremont
The house refused to suspend the rules
TO pass the new boiler inspection bill
which is equivalent. as believed, 10 kill
ing 1T. The governors veto of the bill re-
heving women from jury duty was sus-
tanned.
The house sustained Governor Hunts
veto of Representative TTiesch's ferry
bill.
The senate today passed the bill making
eight hours a days work in mines and
ore reduction works. 1t now goes to the
governor 1t is claimed it is unconstitu-
tiOnal. 1t will be taken to the supreme
court the first opportunity.