The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-03-11
OF
THE LEGISLATURE

Boise, March BIN the senate TO-
day bill was passed, 23 to %, that it
was later declared repealed the local
option law. IL made provision for the
control of the liquor traffic and carried
q clause repeating all conflicting acts.
Senator Sweeney, who had voted
against it on general principles, later
discovered the joker, and through his
efforts reconsideration was had and
the bill was withdrawn from the house,
where it was being railroaded largely
through the cooperation and rulings
of Speaker GLADSTONE. 1t was then
killed by the senate, Id to nine.
The senate passed the Featherstone
house employers bill, which Senator
keyns Of Shoshone county declared had
been prepared by the Occur d'Alene
mining trust.
Boise, March 3.--A shout of approx
al that even ths presidents gavel could
not stop Went sp from the throats of
dozen or more Grand Army men when
the senate today passed the house mill
tia bill.
An effort had been made to debar
G. A. r. men from holding office in
the militia IL was amended so as to
allow any who had three years serv-
ice, either as volunteers of the Civil
or Mexican wars. or in the regular
service, to hold any position.
A G. A. r. man is candidate for the
position of adjutant general and an
effort was made, it is charged, to shut
him out.
Boise, March AFTER a fight that
approached bitterness and during which
personal references were made and ex-
plantations heard, the house today gave
resolution providing for constitu-
tional amendment against the liquor
traffic in this state, 33 votes to 10
against it, but owing to the constitu-
tional requirement that such resolu-
tions shall receive two-thirds vote,
the resolution was defeated by the mar
row margin of two votes.
The house also defeated the bill
chs ring the Sunday rest law so as to
permit theaters and such places of
public amusement to be open on Sun
day.
A resolution was adopted instructing
the state land board and the legal de-
partment of the state to take the re-
fusal of the Forestry department to
lease state lands to the Supreme court
of the United States for determination
of the states rights.
The state auditor notified the senate
that there are insufficient funds re-
naming of the $50, 900 appropriated
for the tenth session to meet the ex-
penses of the house and senate for the
past ten days.
The senate went on record as passing
community property bill giving all
community property to the husband in
case of the death of the wife and half
of the property to the wife on the
death of the husband.
Boise, March 5.-The house today
passed a flood of bills and killed one
taxing the gross receipts of express
companies. An amendment to the con-
stitution was adopted for submission
at the next election extending the ses-
sion to 80 days from so. Both houses
held night sessions in preparation for
adjournment tomorrow.
| In the senate the judiciary commit
tee reported adversely on the bill Gre
ating separate commission to handle
Carey act projects. The opinion was
expressed that it was unconstitutional,
the organic act making it the duty of
the state land board to attend to that
feature of the states business. An
effort to advance the railway commits
sion bill was blocked by the Republi-
can leader.
By a vote of IL to 10, two-thirds
majority being required, the resolution
submitting statewide prohibition
amendment to the constitution was de-
feated. The senate also passed the
bill requiring the officials to turn
over fees to the treasurer each day and
prohibiting the treasurer from main
tanning collection accounts.
Boise, March s.-The Idaho legisla-
ture adjourned a few minutes before
midnight last night, after being in al
most continuous session from Saturday
morning. Clocks in the senate and
house were stopped few minutes be-
fore midnight Saturday, and started at
the same time Sunday, when adjourn
ment was taken. Brief recesses were
taken to permit the Legislators to sleep
and eat.
During the two days session 1875
bills were passed by the house and SEN
ate. Uproarous scenes occurred in the
house yesterday, when attempts were
made to secure reconsideration of bills
already defeated. The voices of speak
ers were drowned by calls of members,
and the air was filled with papers and
other missiles hurled at members. The
members then attempted to take the
senate by storm, and, going to the gall
lery, showered them with printed bills,
but Lieutenant Governor Sweetser had
the gallery cleared. The most import
ant work of the Legislature was the en-
actment of the direct primary and local
option laws.
One of the last bills passed was one
authorizing the creation of rairload dis
tricts, as advocated by the Oregon-Idaho
Development congress.
Grangeville-Preparations are being
made to move the Denver flour mill to
the new town Of Fem, on the Northern
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