The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-02-10
WITH IDAHO'S kW-MAKERS
What is Happening 10 Both Branches
of the State Legislature.

Gooding and Brady Administrations
and Johnston included the Fremont
county leases.
Rearn's liability bill was indefinite
ly postponed by the senate on Friday
by a vote Of II to 8. When it was
disposed of Kearns inquired if the
Republicans were going to report for
consideration during the session a
railway commission bill, to which
Senator Gooding responded affrma-
lively.
Senator Williams of Boise county
on Friday introduced bill to allow
Ada and Boise counties to use the
convict labor of the state in road
building.
The Power county bill passed the
house on Friday by substantial ma
jCrity.
Both branches of the legislature
took a holiday on Saturday, adjourn
ing on Friday until Monday.
The senate on Thursday passed
bill to prevent foreign corporations
from taking water and power from
the state. This is aimed at the Wash
ington Water Power company which
damned the Spokane river at Post
Falls in Idaho to generate power for
the city Of Spokane. By doing this
it flooded 10000 acres OF good mead
ow land, and owners can get no re-
lief in the courts.
The senate on Thursday passed the
bill modifying the Sunday rest law
so as to permit the keeping open OF
places of amusement on Sunday when
a majority of the legal voters OF
community petition Tor this privilege.
Senator Kerns and Macbeth, the
Democratic leaders, filed charges
against former Governor Frank R.
Gooding, on Thursday, alleging that
he sold state land to the Washington
Water Power company in violation of
| law.
The house on THURSDAY passed bills
creating Bonneville and Clearwater
counties. These will become laws.
The senate killed the bill creating
Randall county.
| Senator Whitcomb's bill to author
i7.k the commissioners of Lemhi t.
sumbit a bonding proposition to the
! voters in that county 20 raise funds
with which to pay Winters, Parsons.
| and Boomer SIS s4445, due since 1894,
passed the senate without opposition.
The newspaper men of the state re-
ceived a knockout in the senate when
/ their pet measure, senate bill No. 49,
| providing for the compulsory publica-
ton of legal notices, came from the
| judiciary committee with the recon-
mendation that it be Indefinitely post
poned.
The Idaho county division bill wac
reported Adversely by the senate COM
mittee on Wednesday. The Bon=C-
Vile county bill was favorably report
ed to the house.
Kearns and Macbeth have intlU-
duced a bill requiring the mil lies
of the state land board to be publish
ed for review of the boards acts and
appeal therefrom.
The committee appointed by the
legislature will begin it's open SEES
sions on February with an inquiry
into the Mackay dam. To this end
the committee has subpoenaed form
er Governor Brady, Secretary of State
Landson, Attorney General McDou-
gal, State Superintendent Chamber
lain and former State Engineer James
Stephenson, Jr.
Senators Whitcomb of Lemhi and
Harris of Owyhee, Republicans, and
Kearns of Shoshone and Macbeth Of
Custer, Democrats, were the sole op-
ponents in the senate of the senate
Republican caucus movement to
strengthen the terms of the present
local option law according to the
party's platform pledge. Among other
things, the supplemental bill gives
district courts, instead of justice
courts, original jurisdiction in boot
Logging" cases.
In the house on Tuesday Edginton's
bill appropriating $4,000 for the ma
Fork and Blackfoot was cut by tbs
committee on roads and highways tt
$4,000 and recommended for passage
The senat on Tuesday passed the
most drastic liquor measure, ever
presented in the Idaho legislature
by vote of IS to 4. 1t provides fol
search and seizure; declares places
where liquor is kept in dry territory
common nuisances; pnyides for des
truction of such liquor; provides fol-
taking persons suspected of having
knowledge of liquor selling before {
magistrate to give testimony undel
oath, and provides that possession o.
liquor or a revenue stamp is primS
facie evidence OF sCi!t A justice
OF the peace has no jurisdiction i
such cases. They go direct to the dis
trict court.
The newspaper men of Boise have
dubbed the present legislature ''tlt
elusive Eleventh"
: 1t is probable LII will be intro
duced to make into law in Idaho s
policy embodied in a certG, L bill nov
pending in congress which requires al
druggists to keep an exact and de.ail
ed record Of all Drugs sold, whici
shall be made public, This would E(
long stem toward SrOuTir.r ~ drrs