Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-11

The bill TO eliminate the party EN-.
blem from the official ballot came up
in the senate, and after a vigorous
fight between the Democrats on one
side and the Republicans on the
other. It was indefinitely postponed.
Senator Jordan introduced a bill
providing for the control and organi-
cation of the national guard OF the
state and appropriating $4,000 for its
support
warm discussion was INDUCED In
regarding the G. w. Thompson Iron
land" lease, the discussion coming up
as a result of consideration of the
Sweeley bill, providing for a state
park site at Shoshone Falls.
A resolution introduced by Dunning
in the house on Wednesday, February
g. providing for the initiative and ref.
erendum. was indefinitely postponed
without being granted the usual cour-
tesy of being printed Seven Repub-
leans voted with the Democrats to
have the bill printed, but TO no avaH.
resolution was adopted providing
for a joint committee of five members
of the house and three of the senate
to make new apportionment Of the
iC6ioidtlNt ulStIiClS Oh the SLdle, dnO
another providing for three house
members and two senators to investi.
gate the expenses OF the present ses-
sion of the legislature with a view to
keeping down expenses.
Bills were presented providing pen
alties for wife and child desertion,
killing of stock by railways creating
Nampa county from parts of Ada and
Canyon counties
A bin giving mayors of cities the
right to vote on all questions coming
before the councils was killed. The
house passed the bill including con-
centrators and stamp mills In the
eight-hour law and one requiring the
publication of lists of taxpayers, with
amount of assessed valuation thirty
days prior to the meeting of the coun.
ty board of equalization, a copy to ba
sent each taxpayer. The bill provid-
ing for the preservation of G. A. r.
records, appropriating $1,000 to pay
one-half the expense thus incurred
was passed, also the state school law
commission measure
j The following new bills were pre-.
scented: BY Evans, preventing range
bulls from running at large and to i'm.
rove range stock; by McCracken, in.
surance of employees against loss by
accidents; by Johnson, fixing the sal
airy of the register of state land
board at 900 per year. state land
commissioner at $4,000.
The senate went on record In favor
OF future membership in that body
not to exceed forty and a house memt
bership not to exceed sixty. The mat
ter came up in the way of resolur
ton by Sweeley relative to a reap
portionment of the state into legisla1
tive districts. Frehafe introduced an
Initiative and referendum resolution,
as well as a bill creating rural high
school districts Davis presented
: measure providing for the use Of con-
vict labor outside the penitentiai'y.
The public utilities commission bill
: came up In the senate, over which
that body engaged in long argu-
! ment, the bill finally being referred
I back to committee.
r The name of Holzheimer. the miss
ing Bannock county representative.
was stricken from the labor and immi'
grafton committee of the house ON
Friday, February g.
A resolution was introduced provid.
ing for a constitutional amendment
changing the limit OF the sessions OF
Inc icSiSldluit HUH SiAiy W HiHtl1
, days, with no bills presented after tho
sixtieth day. The following bills were
introduced: Making race horse gam
bling felony; repeating the Sunday
= rest law; raising the license of saloon
keepers and creating the office OF state
botanist; joint memorial asking
. congress to amend the reclamation
act, providing for Communication of res
: idence on reclamation homesteads
and providing for deed after five years
Speaker Clagstone appointed An
derson, Broomhead and Jones as mem
e bers OF joint committee OF senators
$ and representatives to investigate the
y expenses of the present legislative ses
Y sion.
S The senate passed a joint memorial
e asking Congress to pass bill Great
e ing bureau of mines and mining, also
two other memorials one asking con
Q gress to pass an appropriation bill fol
Y the clearing of distractions In the
q Pend D'Oreille river, near Albany
!. Falls, and another granting a right OF
. way to the Panhandle Electric Rail-
7 way e. Power company over the Kan
ski national forest 1t also passed a
e bill providing for more uniform teach.
s ers examinations in the state.
J. The senate, in committee of the
d whole. on Tuesday, February 9. took
% favorable action on the senate local
}. option bill. The Democrats presented
5 a number of amendments, but all but
e few unimportant ones were turned
s down. Davis. floor leader of the mi
y nority. scored the Republicans, charg
= ing them with perpetuating subter
= fuge by passing an imperfect bill in
II order to present the fiction of carry
ing out party pledge. Vigorous Oh
a iections were made, but to no pur,
n pose, to parts of the measure making
q it a crime to give away liquor even
. in ones own home, and permitting an