The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-03-12

d'Alene, and the result was $50 in
money. a number of pictures, and
$50 volumes, including a set of En-
cyclopedia Britannica. The library
had recently moved into it's quarters
in the new city hall, SO that the re-
ception was In the nature of for
NAL opening of the library rooms.
Besides the proceeds from the
book reception we have, since Feb
ruary first, received $50 for maya
zines from one donor, one-half dozen
chairs from another, and a writing
table from third, striking examples
Of public spirit and enterprise Of the
citizens OF Occur d'Alene. This is
very encouraging to the club and
has served to inspire greater efforts
on our part. Next year we hope to
start campaign for a Carnegie
! library. And, besides the regular
library work, we hope to do some
| thing toward making Occur d'Alene
| the City Beautiful.
The following are the Officers
| elected:
President, Mrs. J. T. Scott; first
vice president, Mrs. M. M. Taylor
second vice president, Mrs. Fred Will
son; treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Elder;
press correspondent, Mrs. II. G..
Shaver; federation reporter the
4 writer
Board of directors, Mesdames Mar
garet Main, A. a.. Campbell, JOB
Olmstead, j. H. Harte, George
Steele.
Library committee, Mesdames j..
/ nj. Elder, Fred Wilson, H. P. Jones,
/ ]. i. McClear, G. w Murray.
Program committee, Mesdames J..
IL. McClear, J. r. Scott, George
Steele, r. f.. Mcfarland.
Advisory board, Messrs. w, A..
Thomas, George Williams, r. e. Nc
Farland, Glenn Wilkins, Ralph Ney-
ers.
Respectfully,
MRS. r. Il. MCFARLAND,
Federation Reporter.
4 i. !. i.
I5tH VNIpGAy RSpG nn(yKE IlN
4 My Dear Mrs. Trego:
/ am sure that Echoes will be in
terested in learning a little of the
inside history of our Inflated civil
service bill which your readers have
i probably learned by this time was
4 lost when it came up for it's third
reading and final passage Monday
morning. From the very first there
was strong opposition to the bill and
we are indebted to Representative
/ McCracken and Shaw of Ada county
i for rescuing the bill from an UNI
named grave three times and get
ting 1t finally to its third reading.
i The bill was introduced by Mr..
4 Foresman Of Lewiston, who is sup
i porter of civil service and when he
found that the judiciary committee
would not introduce the bill as had
i been requested of them, he very
kindly consented to introduce it for
1 the Federation and we feel that we
4 owe him much praise. Much of his
readiness and also the support OF
| Representative Alvord, from the
same county, came from the fact that
! the Lewiston club women had in
/ dorsed civil service bill three years
ago, and to them probably belongs
the distinction of having first agitat-
ed the subject. Mr.. Foresman be-
| longed to what was called the ma
| jority faction of the Republicans Of
the house and he hoped that his fac
! ton would indorse the bill This
| tuSy ItluSGu w w anu VI LIS IetSeion
the bill only had the support Of
| Speaker GLADSTONE and himself. All
of the Democrats were lined up solid
for the bill. A number of them be-
cause they really believed in the
principles of the BILL and the others
because, while they said they did not
| approve of it at ALL they would vote
for it because the women wanted 1t.
While the two Ada county repre-
sentatives of whom have spoken did
valiant work for the bill, the other,
three were opposed to it, including
the one woman member, the latter
being a great surprise to us as she
had expressed desire to learn just
what the club women wanted that
she might aid them
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