Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-16
AGAINST SUGAR BOUNTY
Further Details of First Legal Step in
Idaho Against Measure.

In the supreme court today the first
legal step was taken to prevent the
payment Of the beet sugar bounty,
under the law passed by the last ses-
sion OF the legislature, says the Evening
Capital News (Boise) of Monday Judge
X. y, Quarles, as attorney for Edward
Stein. a well known business man of
Boise, made ex-parte application to the
court for an alternative writ, prohibit
ing the state treasurer from paying
such bounty, should warrants for the
same be issued by the state board of
examiners. After listening TO the argu
ments of Judge Quarles, the court took
the matter under ADJUSTMENT and WIFI
decide tomorrow morning whether the
writ prayed for shall issue
Inc anldaNit and petition of Mr..
stein for the writ of prohibition
covers many closely written typewrit-
ten pages. but its salient points are
as follows:
The defendants, John 4. Morrison.
II. N. Coffin, win II. Gibson, John A.
Bagley and Theo Turner acting in
thelr Official capacities, have wrongful
~ and without authority of law, is
amount of 500 900 under ,ba W. 'nS
the lepisla trre onnrn1'ol w Ict oi
1903 and viii disnnsa Malch TO-
less restro,nnd h,, y, SAINT uh-
court. Thai se,aSt h a,t Tiuvi oI lne
act u,os %i''aht pelleVes mat said
constitution of ,ho ", uoii, ny the
That said act Y,,.e VI iuaho'
the expendituros eL'pts 10 Increase
which said session NJ ~, phpptopI Il9n
ATTEMPTED tn antborJso 'ne 'eslslalure
1903 and 1904 conf,.nr', ,o' cue years
article Z. OF tho ronstitn,ie,, ''', M,
said attempts In creata 'S'Ji' nay
added 10 he av,.,i lat 1epls' Whlch
state eyo .n eAlsting debts OF the
cent of tha assasaoS w. une- hal per
propertv in ne essvu Valual lon OF the
ton artiota seS'v, contrary 10 sec
IL provtdes -, y, ~, tne constitution
by taxation none, sap 10 proNlue
poses. nancy a. W p'lNa'e pur-
state troos,,,,. pc pau out or the
ducers of 500 =" oountles 10 the pro-
grows In 49, ~ luaho from beets
sist The n,.i,,n, ~ supsiulSe ana as
turing si pt,,"Iv enterprise OF manufac-
controrY SO VI tne state OF Idaho,
constitntio,, 'eo'on . article OF the
II nrovtdas ou o,.
money m isad h,, ,a,,i w pioNlue'
the construction taNation tor
n local road ~ W y iVcul prldBe ana
temnteA 10 oou vi Which were at
nrovad M ~ o 9s usouosahorlzea by acts APP
Gontrarv 49, s 81, i'Vo ana March II, 1903,
constit,itio,, '''''o" ~ artlcle 3, OF the
Tbat tba ,o..,
of nronert', a., ,0tai tssessed valuation
as eoroiisg III iuuho Tor the year 1903,
amounts 10 ,h Wv STATE board,
That The e SUN OF foo'S6l ,5S3,09.
state NJ ~ H., Indebtedness or the
seventb sa.s u''o VI conVeHlhg or the
was s7t9 stott r, ~ we legislature,
nronriotIo,m ,o'' mat the specific APP
The anthoritv w legislature assumed
honnt,es 49, sat- ior lhe payment of
state durine, 100 saI prouuceu IN the
certain ara Gnu an iovf ln some I'M
under the not u,i"s ', amount,
Aeiant fnr,h p,oslueu March II, 1903
and beiievaa ~. sass ne IL informed
thai bas aIraad,, ' h ule pouiFy on sugar
state and ,,,,'ioS I'LL produced IN the
INC iona ana ,oo, ov produced our
suy, not ,as, .' w aInouNt 10
nrnbahi ro, man soS S,g o16 and Will
Idaho Sugar no SSvuuoV, Ihat the
largo eussr NV,PaIlS mas erected
Fails In 1ha 80. dS near ldaho
we VI iuaho ana is now
more Than ieo eSa as the rate of