The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-03-09
WORK OF THE
LEGISLATURE

+ nonre, emAsculatIng the two-n1il
!. fim1f law Tor abe grazing OF sheep. A
the bill was finally PASSED it siupl
= cuts down the limit from two miles /
: lone. As introduced it reduced the dfs
j fance 10 half mile.
II There IL great deal Of feeling abon
the matter, and the sheeprnen are be
ing sharply criticised ior rarticipatin,
In this ISSUE while they claim the,
have been driven to ID for their owr
Protection Many OF them have saif
fney would be driven out OF business
unless she isw were changed
4 The bill annexing portion OF Owy.
hee county to Canyon was passed 5y
the huose; also the bin providing for a
sfate dsh hatchery
4 large number of minor bills were
passed
| The senate had another fussIe with
this bill establishing al inheritance tax
Tor the benefit OF the university, and
again the bill went over Without flnal
accommodation from committee OF the
whole
Boise, Feb. 27.-The hearing Of Rev
o. Il. Tufts, secretary Of the Pacific
Reform association, arrested for lobby
Ing Tor the Sunday rest bill, began this
afternoon Representative Cassell tes-
titled that Tufts came TO him In the
house and asked him to vote against the
substitute Sunday rest bill. Represen-
tatsve Conner and Bradley and Senator
Nagent testified that TUFTS told them
hs' was working on a salary and that 1T
was his duty to watch legislation and
endeavor to get measures passed which
the association desired.
Representatives CLARK, McCfacken
and Freehafer testified In Tufts favor.
showing consultations Tufts had with
them were not OF an improper charact-
ef- The caseWent over until tomorrow.
Boise, Feb, &c. l.. Hoffman and
other kootenai county men, who have
been here some days on tho matter of |
appointments for the new county of
Bonner, left for home this afternoon.
IL ~ stated that everything has been |
adjusted, but nothing Is known about
the arrangement. Friends Of Repre-
sentative Taylor. who il candidate for
auditor and whose candidacy ia opposed |
by Mr.. Hoffman and the other leaders
no have been visiting here, these be.
ing in favor of Ignatz We'll, say the
matter was not settled, but left hang
ng In the air.
There are two guesses, either OF
which may be right. One is that Tay-
or has been set aside in favor OF We'll. l.
md the other is that he agreed with his
trends from tho North to 20 into the
taiwart caucus TO strengthen the latter
or some pourpose yet not disclosed
~ any rate Taylor and Finstad went in
o that caucus this evening and 1t is un-
Ierstood they have deserted the insurs- +,
nus, who are insisting upon passage Of :
he platform measures.
Boise, March The senate TODAY '
y unanimous vote, passed the bill pro- q
lding FOR placing statue OF the late c
'eorge l.. Shoup in Statuary hall, i'm
he national capitol. The bill carried
n appropriation OF s6, DOC, the senate
aving raised the amount So 900 [
In the house the Sunday rest bin WINS
assed. Its author, Johnston of Bng-
am, introduced substitute much less n
lfingent in its provisions, but the t.
ouse liked the original and killed the Ii
Their. After making some amend r,
rents, excluding some forms OF amuse- Fl
'ent from the prohibited list, it passed |.
ne measure by vote of 35 to IA. la
Tonight the sheepmen are very active &C
| seeking help to get a bin through ii
10 senate nending the two-mile limit &c
W for grazing sheep, which was passed I'll
the house some days ago. Thew
EN- what dubious about getting X tl
rough, and many of them have appar- w,
lily given up the fight, but others are w
boring zealously to accomplish the
'rpose. 90
Boise, March 2-The sheepmen met w.
tn reverse in the senate TODAY.
elr bill to amend the two-mile limit
" SO a. 30 make the limit one mile ~ ~
ing defeated by a vote of 10 to IL. ~
got TO be known that the governor = :
'uld veto the measure if it we're sent ~
him, and that influenced some votes
. sheepmen had hoped to control for
measure. The vote was preceded by N.
ne lively debate. e''
In the house, the wyman bin for a I l,',
Get primary law was passed bv -
g OF rs to H. There were two bills e.
ore 'he mouse, one OF them this III
assure and one by White, which S Se'
apply made more elaborate provisions ~,
pecting primary elections and au- ~,
fized direct vote, in which case. if 4 no'
andidate received majority, the wy ,
egates to the conyentiou should NOM s a,'
to him. uen
roo
yivester II. Rush, of Nebraska. has
n appointed special assistant to the
'rney general. He is to have charga v
he land fraud inestigations in the viii
Invest. He has had much success mer
land thieves in Nebraska. new
lighting between Nicaragua and vsIt
'duras IL now general. The former tsl,,
as to have the advantage. though 80,
ador Is helping Honduras. mss
he Nebraska legislature has pass. d tail.
bill ted
I,i,,.a. t....t.. the
bonss,,ds s'"eie's are aying cour
TO b
al has purchased the Astoria &