Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-04

in his opinion might warrant a de.
fnand for an investigation OF the lease.
The vote on the resolution was strict.
ly on party lines.
President Pierce OF the Boise &
Interurban railway extended the leg
islature an invitation to take trip
over his line to Caldwell and return
Tree, and it was accepted, after which
adjournment was taken until Monday
In the senate a resolution was In
troduced by Senator Davis to the eff
feet that the committee on state af-
fairs be authorized to examine wit
nesses and incur expense relative to
an investigation of the state capitol
affairs. This provoked another clash
between Democrats and Republicans,
and resulted in the defeat of the reso-
luton.
The Republican finance committee
offered a substitute for the house res
olu.ion protesting to congress against
the reduction of the tariffs on hides,
lead, wool and lumber. This resolu-
ton is more comprehensive than the
one offered in the house, and includes
all products affected by the tariff The
minority offered substitute claiming
protection on all Idaho products. The
Republican memorial was adopted.
A bill OF great Importance to the
commonwealth is the one introduced
by McCutcheon on Thursday, January
%. If 1t becomes a law Idaho will
not be Mecca for those seeking sep
aration. 1t proposes to increase the
divorce period from six to eighteen
months, and provides that where
there are children under IA years OF
age, the county attorney shall appear
in behalf of them. The bill appro-
rriating $4,000 for the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition was practically
shelyed by action of the house in re-
ferring 1t to a committee.
The house, after refusing to table a
resolution calling for an investigation
Of the lease of the alleged iron land
to G. w. Thompson of Lewiston by
the state land board, defeated the res
olution itself by vote of 81 to %,
all the Democrats and a number of
Republicans voting for 1t. Bangs,
Democrat, was the author of the res
olution, and it provoked an intensely
partisan discussion. the majority go
ing to the rescue of the state board,
while the Democrats sought to turn
on the searchlight.
A bill was presented asking for an
appropriation of $4,000 for the indus
trial school at st. Anthony, by the
Fremont delegation; one by Johnson,
providing a penalty Of from ten to
twenty years Imprisonment for bur
glary of explosives, and by Shaw. reg
nlating the sale of narcotic drugs
The BIZ providing for the elimina-
ton OF the party emblem from official
ballots was reported on adversely by
the majority of the senate committee
having it in charge, on Tuesday,
February 2, while the minority re
ported favcrably.
The vote of the senate on the mi
nority report was a tie, the report OF
the majority having been rejected by
the vote Of Lieutenant Governor
Sweetser, who voted with the mi
nority. The lieutenant governor did
not vote on the minority report, and
was given twenty-four hours in which
to decide which way to vote. Over
this bill the senate got into a heated
discussion
The bill providing who shall quail
~ Of o1A
the senate.
Senator Macbeth, pursuant to the
request of the senate few days pre-
rious, made a report to that body in
support of his charges against the
capitol building commission. in which
he claimed that gross etravagance
was practiced in the expenditure OF
the money set aside for the erection
of the capitol, and that deceit was
resorted to by those having charge
OF the bill providing for the new
building before the legislature four
years ago.
Macbeth charges that the building
will cost about s2.0O0,OO0, while at
first 1t was represented that 1t would
not cost to exceed 100000
In the house the memorial to con
gress asking relief for the Minidoka
settlers was adopted unanimously,
and 1t is believed the senate will also
take favorable action on the resolu-
ton. Shaw introduced a resolution
requiring two-thirds vote of the peo-
pie to amend the state constitution
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