The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-10

done without danger to the acts passed
by the legislature during the session.
While 1t would seem upon the surface
that Anderson was made resident Of
Nez Perce county by the annexation
and would therefore be ineligible to sit
as member of the house from Sho-
shone or any other county. it is believed
some method can be evolved to circum-
vent the technicality and permit An
derson to continue as representative.
All indications point to food Of
bills in both branches Of the legislature
during the next few weeks. Practical
ly all the solons are prepared with at
least the rough draft of some measure
they or their constituents desire to
have passed. and there seems general
idea that the sooner bill is introduced
the better its chances of securing rec
ognition from "the powers that be-
Either this week or next will, it is be-
lieved, prove the banner week Of the
session as regards the number of bills
to be introduced.
Wright of Idaho county has, it is
said, bill in his inside pocket which
will be sprung. probably this week. 1t
provides for a $4,000 appropriation for
a trail up the north fork of the Salmon
river from Goff to Thunder mountain,
and is practically the same bill as that
introduced two years ago by Senator
Eckert and which was defeated by the
small margin Of one vote, The measure
had passed the senate and lacked but
a single representative Of getting safely
through the house.
Another bill which promises to bob
up 10 one for the creation Of Clearwater
county. Aulbach seems to be father
ing the measure. Representative An
derson. who lives in the territory in
question. taking but little interest in
the subject. Aulbach's plan, 80 he
states, Is to create a new county out Of
that portion Of territory which was cut
OFF from Shoshone and annexed to Neg
Perce at the November election. He
says that it was the desire to include
a portion of Nez Perce county itself,
around Nez Perce city. which killed
the measure two years ago. and he does
not propose to take a single inch OF
Nez Perce county to put into his pro-
posed new county. He claims to have
arranged matters SO that the proposi.
ton. as he will submit 1t. will receive
the unanimous support of the North
Idaho delegations. A suggestion has
been made in connection with his idea,
to call the new county Shoup instead
Of Clearwater, in honor Of the late SEN
SO much for Idaho. This is the fourth
time an effort has been made to Gre
ate a new county out of the territory
in question. The first was under Gov
ernor Steunenberg who vetoed the
measure after 1t had passed both
houses. Four years ago the bill was
passed and approved by Governor
Hunt but was set aside by the supreme
court because of technical defects. Two
years ago the bill failed to pass.
A well defined impression seems
abroad in the capital that North Idaho
is destined TO secure TWO OF tne DeSI
plums on the state appointment tree
two which will in all probability first
become ripe. These are the warden
ship of the penitentiary and the immi-
grafton commissionership Sheriff f..
L. Whitney of Kootenai county is re-
garded here as practically assured of
the first place, although r. c. Bingham
of Oneida, the present deputy warden,
Sheriff Griffith of Bannock, Sheriff
Agney of Ada and NJ Fl. Sebern of
Ada have all been aspirants for the
honor with greater or less degree of
intensity. OF all the candidates for the
immigration commissionership. present
Indications point to the appointment of
either Ex-Governor w. J. Mcconnell OF
Moscow or Colonel Allen Miller of
Grangeville, with the chances favoring
the latter. No intimation as to either
appointment or any other has been
given out by the chief executive.