The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-06

LARGE SUM NEEDED TO
PAY DEFICIENCY WARRANTS
Legislature Has Been EXtrava-
CANT in Its Expenditure of
Taxpayers Money.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
BOISE, Ida, March 5.-This has been
a great day for appropriation bills In
the House The Appropriations Commit
tee introduced the General Appropriation
bill calling for s1.194, ,539.73. The Bonds
already agreed upon call for s311 900 more.
making aggregate appropriations already
made and prospective amount to 1883,
5a9.72 for the ensuing two yers, of which
s72.t37.7s js TO pay deficiency warrants
issued by the GoodinG administration dur
ing the past two years, IN addition 10
the s5n,o00 In deficiency warrants issued
on account OF the Steunenberg murder
case. The bill also calls for an appro-
priation OF ss2, Ono to pay interest on
general fund warrants and $4,000 is
set aside to pay for Government surveys,
which Will he refunded by the Govern
ment. This is far the heaviest tax bur
den the people of Idaho have ever been
called upon to bear. The Legislature
has made extravagant appropriations for
various purposes. and there has been
hagrant disregard OF the peoples inter
ests.
Work In the House.
The House passed the following Sem
ate bills;
Creating a free text book commission:
Providing for eighth grade examinations
and admission to high schools; changing
date Of school elections from the first
Monday 10 the first Tuesday In Septem-
Der; increasing the powers Of Judges at
Chambers; dentistry bill. providing for
a State grain commission; also house bills
as follows
The State Board of Health measure,
appropriating s12,431.1S to pay the de-
ficlency warrants issued during the past
two years, The Estray bill approprlat-
ing $1,000. 900 for the general expenses Of
the next two years; relating to organiza-
ton of cities and villages, permitting the
town Of Twn-Falls 10 organize.
The Senate concurrent resolution ask
Ing the Idaho delegation I'm Congress 10
work for the creation of a Department
OF Mining was adopted.
Unable to Reach Agreement.
In the Senate the conference commit
tee on the, Test Oath bill, reported that
II had been unable TO reach an agreement
on the measure with the committee from
the House. This Is a strong indication
that there will be no Test Oath bill en-
acted al this session of the Legislature,
The Mormon bishops and their playmates
In the upper branch have had their way,
that is, the ywould not accept the Test
Oath bin as II passed the House The
bill Will die In the Senate because the
of the Mormon representatives.
The Senate resolution providing for the
initiative and referendum was killed In
that body. The Senate passed the fol-
lowing House bills: Appopriating 5000
for the Soldiers Home: TO preserve C. A.
r. monuments and records; providing
for sealer of weights and measures; ap-
propriatinG $500 for new capitol build
Ing, allowing county superintendents to
grant teachers certificates TO graduates
OF Normal schools and colleges; raising
limit OF school lax from Is 10 20 mills
making dairy and food commissioner eX-
officio inspector OF weights and meas
ures :eNempting soldiers and sailors from
property taxation to the amount of 81. 900
The House bill for the destruction OF
Canada thistles and other noxlous weeds
was killed by the Senate. and the House
Direct Primary bill met adverse action.
John F. Nugept, one OF the attorneys
for Moyer Haywood and Pettlbone, this
morning al Caldwell filed a motion TO
dismiss these prisoners because they were
no tried AT the last term of court. The
action was argued. but the result will
not be announced till Thursday when
the other attorneys for the defense will
have arrived from Wallace,