The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-09
MOUNTAIN STATES
RUSHING THE WORK
Legislature Of Idaho Getting
Ready to Adjourn.
TODAY MAY BE LAST
MANY BILLS ARE PASSED AMI
A NUMBER KILLED.
Especial to The Herald.N

Boise Ida, March S.-The sparring in
the house continued today. although less
vehement. The speaker ordered French
protest against the passage of the re-
apportionment bill stricken from the
journal French resented ii Indignantly
and appealed, the speaker being sus-
tanned. Later there was an exchange be-
tween French and Waters 1t is ex-
pected the session will be concluded Sat
urday night or Sunday.
one of the features of the day was the
killing OF the bill to tax the output of
the mines There has been a strong lob
by here all winter fighting this and other
anti-mining measures.
The house passed $4,000. bridge and
wagon road bills, including the Salmon
mountain road, Boise county; Payette
bridge, Boise county; BOise-Atltan1a
road; Boise county road; Snake river
bridge connecting Lincoln and Cassia.
counties; POcatellO-CheSterfiel road;
bridge over Snake on Caldwell-Silver
The following house measures passed:
Memorial against the influx of Oriental
machines; making diplomas of the state
university equivalent to state teachers
precinct OF not more than 200, who voted
at a previous election, need not reregis-
ter; TO GUST renters on twenty days no
tlce on failure TO pay rent; appropr1aung
$1,000 TO build a supreme court room at
Lewiston
Bills That Were Killed.
The house killed the following: Great
ing county courts; providing tax on the
lators nom fiiiing offices they helped to
create; providing means of direct voting
for United States senators, by placing
candidates. names at the head of the Of
fetal ballots; prohibiting deficiency Judg-
ment.
The senate, after a protracted debate,
passed. under suspension. house bill ap-
propriatinS $4,000 to pay bounty OF a
cent a pound on all sugar manufactured
in the state from Idaho beetS.
In view of the large number of bridge
and wagon road appropriations pending,
the house for a bond issue of $4,000 to
take care of them. Macbeth, in urging
for direct appropriations and unless the
bill was passed, the governor would have
to veto all road and bridge measures
The senate also passed the following
house bills: Amending the lawful fence
law so as to eliminate the requirement of
warning poles on DaToed wire FENCES; Ior
the preservation of the state flags; au-
thorizing the attorney general TO appear
in United States courts in cases where
the state is interested; prohibiting coun-
ty officers charging fees for the service
of papers in habeas corpus cases or in
cases in which the state is Interested
The senate bill placing 30 per cent of
liquor license money in the general school
also passed: The present law requires
only twO-thirdS be distributed per capita
passed. and the new boiler Inspector bill
was defeated, to II, Moody changing
his vote to give notice OF reconSlderdUlOn-
The senate recOnsidered it's action re-
lectine the appointment of Benjamin r.
Morris of Lewiston to be one of the d.
rectorS of the insane asylum at Black
foot and he was confirmed.
Held Night Session.
Both houses held night sessions. The
session reconsidered its action on the
boiler inspector bill and 1t was passed,
to s. The senate also passed all wagon
road and bridge bills passed during the
day by the house and the mouse Dill pro-
hibiting nonresident insurance agents
from writing insurance in the state until
they have taken out a license.
The house passed the ad valorehn tax
bill, providing for the raising of S245,O0o
among the counties. The Pan-American
exposition bill as amended in the senate,
reducing the appropriation to $4,000 was
defeated. Is to d a motion to reconsider
was lost on tie vote, % to g.