The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10
SOME GOOD WORK BY
|DAH0'S LEGISLATURE
But Many MeritOriOus Measures
Were Allowed to Die; Ma
jority Party Criticised.
Special 10 Tie Tribune.


BOISE, Idaho, March o.-Most of the
Legislators and out-oftown attaches
have departed for their respective
homes. while others remained to look
after business matters or 10 rest for a
time. Those connected with the Legis-
lature are a Jolly lot of people, and
while the results of the session are dis
appointing to those who believe in good
government and were hoping for the en-
actmept of needed legislation, Boise will
miss the members, Surely in the part
ing Mt the close Of the session there
were mutual expressions of good will
and we'll wishes. Boise left nothing un-
done to- properly entertain the mem
bers while here, and she fully main
tanned her reputation In this respect: as
evidenced by the several resolutions of
thanks by the recipients of our city 5
hospitality.
To date Governor Gooding has signed
81 bills and he still has 1874 measures
under consideration, About 400 bills
were introduced and 19l were passed
Several resolutions were introduced
less than half of which were passed,
most of them of minor nature.
Good Measures Killed.
Many meritorious bills were killed.
among them being the antitrust; en-,
ployer's liability, test oath, direct pri-
mary (Borah IS bill), railroad RECIPROCAL
demurrage, change Of venue, auti-pass,
regulating surety companies, regulating
manufacture and sale of patent and
proprietary medicines, preventing desc
Grafton of Memorial Day, Alaska Yu
kon,Pacifc eXpositions bills.
Those bills passed that have special
merit are the anti-wildcat, anti-iobby,
eight hour, disfranchising lewd women,
preserving Il, A, II, monuments and rec
ords, prohibiting Legislators from ac.
cepting positions which they have
helped to create, ''Suuday Rest de-
hnquent children bills, two of which
most OF which were passed through the
untIring efforts of the "alliance' of
lnsurgent Republicans and the minority
members
One Pledge Kept.
Only one platform pledge was lived
up to by the Republicans In their
State convention they declared for nm
elght-hour law and such a one was en-
acted, However, it is not what the In
boring people wanted. Tho statesman
OF this city severely criticises the ma
lority party in the Legislature for not
having kept faith with the people, and
in concluding its severe arraigumeut of
the derelict members of its party, it
says;
Because of its disregard of the
party obligations, tho session was dis
appointing. Why such record was
made cannot be understood; but it is
done and it cannot be uudone.'
Much of the disastrous work of the
Legislature is attributable to the Nor.
mons and their willing allies.
The Idaho State fair is to he held at
Boise, October 2l 10 % and the direc-
tors are planning to have the best fair
in the history of the association.
County Treasurer B. II McCrew, one
of Bosses best citizons, died at a late
hour last night. The county commits.
sioncrs have called special meeting
for March II to elect his successor.
Republican Slucascs are being held
tonight TO elect candidates for the pri-
maries TO be held Monday, March IS.
The citizens mass meeting to nominate
city ticket Will he held Tuesday.
j. IL. Hawley, leading counsel for
the State in the Stcunenberg murder
case, has arrived home from Wallace
and he says the trial of Meyer, Hay
wood and Pettibone will start soon,