Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-04
DOlNCS IN THE
LEGISLATURE
Progress Of Work of the Law
Makers at the State Capitol.

Since our last issue, some bills
have been introduced in both hOu
ses that are Of more than passing
interest.
The railroad commission bill
which was one of the campaign
issues, and was considered Of sucl
Importance that it held the inter,
est of the public, was introduced
in the house by Representative
B. s. Grow.
The framing of this bill is a
work of great care and is said
to be very comprehensive. If, as
is reported, ex-governor Gooding
is interested and anxious to have
the bill pass, it is safe to bet
that nothing will be left undone
that will help it through both
houses. However, it is said that
the opposition to the bill is so
strong that there is very little
hope that it will pass. The bill
gives power Of such magnitude
to the commissioners that the
railroad company will make a
great effort to have it defeated.
A bill is introduced in the
house for creating state bank
ing board, the members of which
would be the governor, the attor-
ney general, the state bank COM
missioner and the insurance COM
missioner. The object of the bill
is to give power to such board
to supervise and install systems
in banking, that will give better
guarantee for depositors. Proba-
bly, the bill will include the guar
anty fund as is used in Oklaho-
ma at the present time.
In the senate is introduced a
bill intended to strengthen and
reinforce the present liquor laws.
The trainers of the bill are sena-
tors Eckart, Gooding, Preston,
Haight, Lee, Yates, Page, Will
liams, Coats and st. Clair. All
are Republicans, and but two Re
publican senators voted against
it, Harris of Owyhee and Whit
comb of Lemhi.
The bill is described as a very
drastic measure, and is said to
cover everything relating to vio-
lation of the liquor law, but
those familiar with the laws gov
erning the sale of liquor and the
violation of the same in dry"
states, can see nothing so very
drastic in the proposed bill, but
know that it is similar in nearly
all respects to laws that have
been in force in some other states
for years.
The scope of law is of i'm
portance, but it's enforcement lis
what gives value to it. 1t is of
very little use to enact measures
of good quality if such laws are
not strictly enforced.
The direct primary law is in
troduced by two Republicans,
Senator st. Clair and Senator
Potts. The bill will be supported
by both parties, and will pass
without much opposition. The
new measure does away with the
compulsory second choice, and
leaves it to the voter to decide
whether he wants to vote forl
more than one, regardless Of the
number Of candidates of the party
for the same office. This will
make the ballot more easy to un-
derstand by many voters and
will make the counting Of the bal
lots by the judges possible with
out disagreement as to the valid
ity of the same.
1t also prescribes the form of |
the ballot, and the order in |
which the names of the candi-
dates shall be printed. The print
ing of the ballots must be chan
ged in form as many times as
the number of candidates for the
same office, so that each candi-
date will have an equal chance
with his name in the first col
umn.
The primary election, the law
says, shall be held in July. Fif-
teen days after the election the
nominees shall meet and select
the county central committee.
The county committee shall meet
the 25th day after the primary
1ction at the county seat and
and at the same meet
ing elect one member for the
state central committee. They
shall also select delegates to at
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