The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
MOUNTAIN STATES
'KINLAY OVERRULED
Idaho House Fails to Sustain
Speaker,
BILLS FOR POCATELLO
ONE IN FOR ROAD AND AN
OTHER FOR ACADEMY.
BILLS FOR P0CATELL0
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Boise. Ida, Feb. 13.-There were two
incidents in the house that may be
echoed in various complications and
bitterness. The house overruled Speaker
MeKinlay on the reference OF a bill. and
Representative Camp (Rep.), who
caused it, later denounced the speaker
and was applauded.
Camp has a bill that requires a Pc
tition of two-thirds of the electors Of
a precinct before a liquor license can
be issued. He had. forced It out of one
committee and into the hands of the
printer. Yesterday the speaker referred
If 10 the committee on county affairs.
Camp demurred, insisting his bill was
not being treated properly He asked
to have the bill go to the educational
committee. This the speaker declined
to do. whereupon Camp presented a
resolution referring the Dill as he de-
sired, and it was adopted by a vote OF
"a to 10.
The other incident occurred when
Camps bill for the preservation of the
flag the Idaho volunteers used in Ma
Mia was up for final action.
The speaker said:
1.-The chair feels the flags would he
memory of lasting honor to the state,
but of lasting disgrace to the United
States.
Camp called him down, vigorously for
speaking on a bill from the chair, and
his remarks were greeted with ap-
plause.
The bill passed unanimously.
The gambling, bill, which was made
special order for this afternoon, went
over until Monday, when, it is said, 1t
will be definitely acted on.
Bill to Improve Road.
Among the new bills introduced
were the following:
ApUropriating IS 600 for a bridge
across the Snake river between Lincoln
and Cassia counties.
ApprOpriating $4,000 for road from
Pocatell0 to Chesterfield.
Appropriating $4,000 to cover def
ciencieS of tne Lewiston and Albion
Normal schools.
For pure food law.
Providing that the registrar may re-
gister persons in precinct casting not
over 200 votes without their personal
appearance.
Fellow Servant Law Abolished.
Among the bills passed were the fol-
lowing:
A'Dolishing the fellow servant law.
Providing an issue of $4,000 Of bonds
for improvements at the state univer-
sity at Moscow.
Fixing a scale of fees for filing arti-
cles of Incorporation in accordance with
the amount of capital stock.
In the senate there was another ex-
blended debate over MoOdy's pharmacy
bill. 1t was recommended for passage,
with amendments excluding prOpr1e-
tary medicines from its provisions and
exempting druggists now in business in
that state from examinations to secure
licenses.
The bill to reduce the state university
regents from nine TO five was passed to
third reading.
Fox introduced a bill to repeal the
law authorizing the improvement of
streams. Moody moved its passage IN
der suspension. He said the law had
made certain kinds of thefts in this
state legal. He referred to alleged tim
Der steals that had been made possible
by the act in question. His motion was
defeated by a vote of II to 6.
Turner. presented a bill for the estab-
lishment of the Academy of Idaho in
Pocatello.
GoOding introduced a bill providing a
bounty for wild animals and assessing
every sheep in the state 1 cent apiece a
year to pay the bill.