The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-11
LEGAL LIGHTS
AT A DISCOUNT
Idaho Legislature Contains Only
One Lawyer.
DEMOCRATIC FLOOR LEADER
DEMOCRATS AP>s HAVING FUN
WITH THE REPUBLICANS.
DEMOCRATIC FLOOR LEADER
Special to The Heraldl

Boise. Ida. Jan. 10.-The present Idaho
legislature is a business body and per
haps in one respect is the most unique
legislative assembly that ever gathered IN
the United States. and that is in the fact
that il contains only one lawyer This
gentleman is Perry W. Mitchell of Idaho
county. the Democratic floor leader in the
house. and Mr.. Mitchell was only elected
by the narrow majority Of two votes. 1t
was a narrow escape the Idaho people
bad Of having legislature without j
legal light in II.
The Democratic minority in the two
houses is alert and active and loses no
opportunity of placing the Republicans
on record. The latter. after six years of
absence from control. do not feel assured
Of their ground. and are frequently at a
loss as TO what to do when some member
of The minority springs proposition sud-
denly.
They All Have Passes.
Thus Representative Galloway. the
Democratic war horse of Washington
county, on Tuesday called the attention
Of the house to the fact that no member
who rode on a railroad pass was entitled
20 mileage, and all Speaker Hunt could
do in the premises TO protect the pass
holders was to arbitrarily rule him out Of
order. Not dismayed, Galloway returned
10 the charge on Tuesday and was ably
assisted by kerby. Democrat from Boise
county. kerby read the clause in the
Idaho constitution which strictly forbids
the payment or mileage 10 those members
who ride on passes, and then moved that
the state auditor administer an oath in
accordance Herewith before drawing
mileage. This was coming it pretty
strong, and when the roll was called 10
the ten Democratic votes were added the
names of the following eight Republicans:
Lowell, Riblett. Reid. Ashley. Nelson,
Thomas. Black and Greer. MeSsrS. Nc
Neal. Preston and Smith did not vote
and Flnney. Democrat, and Speaker Hunt
were absent. This vote was on motion
snerHHm fHsf~~
this action was only taken by a vote Of
twenty-five Republicans, or one less than
d majority of the total membership.
Republicans in a Hole.
This was not the only play made by the
minority. avery G Moore, the brilliant
young orator from Idaho county, on
Wednesday introduced a concurrent resO-
luton on the tariff. i'm which he embodied
the strong free trade anti-Republican
plank of the last state platform. of
resolution reads as follows:
Whereas. Many of the industries of
this country have Outgrown the need of
a protective tariff, as is made evident by
the fact that the American manufacturer
has invaded the markets of the world and
Is succe ssfullv competing with the manu-
facturers of all other countries. and.
Whereas, Many of the tariff schedules
adopted to foster infant industries have
fully served that purpose and have now
become a means of aiding and building
up powerful trusts and enabling them to
exact from American purchasers the pay
ment of higher prices than they exact for
the same class of goods sold in foreign
countries: therefore, be il
Resolved, By the house of representa-
tives, the senate concurring. That we IA
NOr a revision of the tariff without I'M
necessary delay. which will place upon the
free list every article and product con-
trOlled by any monopoly and such other
articles and products as are beyond the
need Of protection.
Notwithstanding this is a verbatim copy
OF the Republican state platform on the |
tariff issue. on motion of Werner, Bo-
rah's right hand man in the house, the |
resolution was tabled receiving only one I
Republican vote.