Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-01-14
WITH IOAHO'S LAWMAKERS
What is Happening in Both Branches
of the State Legislature.


ley's appointments, excepting Rich oi
Bingham for immigration commits
sioner and Hattabaugh of Idaho rails
for insurance commissioner.
Senator Macbeth, lone minority
member of the committee of state at
fairs, resigned, leaving the commit
tee four Republicans. Debate on this
subject was acrimonious and cen
tered about the state land board
schedules.
Strobe of Shoshone county intro
duced bill to increase the supreme
court membership from three to five
members.
Ex-Governor Gooding threatened 20
become candidate for governor
again two years hence unless the leg.
islature redeemed the party pledge by
creating railway commission, max
ing the issue his campaign battlecry.
The speaker of the house on the
9th named the list of committees fol
the session. p G. Johnston of Bing
ham drew the craftsmanship OF the
state affairs and the county lines ant
boundaries committee. j. X. Bell o
Latah was rewarded with the chair
manship of the appropriations Othe.
appointments are: Charles Friend
Blaine, mines and mining; A. H. Feth
erstone Of Shoshone, judiciary; Davit
Burrell of Oneida, revenue and taxa
ton and educational institutions; f
G.. Davis of Oneida, railroads ant
rules; G. w, Edginton of Bingham
ways and mean.
In the senate F. w. Gooding of Lin
coin was made the chairman of tnt
committee on state affairs; Clancy
st. Clair of Bingham of the committe
on judiciary; T. Preston of Oneida
of the committee on county lines ant
boundaries H. Haight of Cassia, com
mittee on finance; E. Whitcomb o
Lemhi, corporations, and R. Macbeth
of Custer, chairman of the committee
on mines and mining,
The Republican senate and house
meet together Monday night with
half dozen prominent Republicans rep
resenting the leading thought in the
party of the state to decide on leg
islative programme from a practica
Republican political standpoint
The first weeks session of the legis
lature was rather short one, and but
little was accomplished. Adjourni
ment was taken on Thursday unit
Monday This adjournment was
taken after house bill No. |, appro
priating $45 900 to delray the expenses
Of the legislature, had been rushed
through both branches AS this biz
provides for the pay of the members
1t took precedence OF everything else
A Leiston dispatch says: Members
of the legislature from Nez Perez
county will urge the passage of ar
amendment to the statutes making
possible the construction of dams
without locks in the Clearwater rivel
and its tributaries. This will make
1t possible for the large timber com
panies that operate on these streams
and the state and private individuals
to float millions of feet of burned
over timber to the lower river saw
mills, which, If left as 1t Is, will be
useless within three years.
Representative Samuel Eriend OF
Blaine county makes no secret of his
opposition to the division of Blaine
county.
An effort will be made to have the
present legislature divide Fremont
county into three or possibly foul
counties. Under the new arrangement
Rexburg would be the county seat oil
what would be called Jefferson coun
ty; Rigby would be the county seat OF
the new Lewis and Clark county
(named after the famous explorers)
while st. Anthony would remain the
county seat of Fremont county prop
er. The assessed valuation of Ere
mont county today Is nearly $4,000,
900, and its population Is about $4,000
The house has adopted rule tc
the effect that no bill shall be In
troduced in that body after the 45tf
day of the session, unless by common
consent. The senate is considering
the adoption Of rule fixing the 4Otf
day as the last upon which bill may
be properly introduced.
Matters which are expected to
arouse the deepest interest at the elev
enth state assembly are the railway
commission, prohibition, the direct pri
mary, county division, direct legisla
ton, good roads, Carey Act land mat
ters and the investigation of the state
institutions.
A bill Is to be introduced relating
to hotels, inns and lodging houses
which will require fire escapes anc
other means of protection from fire;
provide for the ventilation and SAM
tation of hotels, and requiring the
furnishing of clean linen and bedding
for the use of guests; establishing
minimum size of sheets for beds, the
sheets to be eight feet in length; con
fer upon the state sanitary inspector
the power to enforce the provisions OF
the act; provide for an annual inspec
tion fee and fix drastic DenaltieS for