American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
WITH IDAHOS LAW MAKERS
What is Happening in Both Branches
of the State Legislature.

Tuesday. the best the friends of the
railway commission could do was TO
rally ten votes. There will be no rail
way commission in Idaho, for We
years at least. The ina vote on the
measure was nine for II twelve
against. with two senators paired. The
bill came into the senate Tuesday
from the committee IN corporations
with an adverse report. Lieutenant
Governor Sweetzer, who presided over
the senate, is a strong advocate OF
the commission.
In the lower house on Tuesday the
Democrats, aided by a few insurgent
Republicans, made a determined eff
fort to pass a reoolution calling upon
President Taft to call a special SEES
sion of Congress to revise the tariff
and reduce the cost of living. The at
tempt failed by a vote OF 80 to 26.
Representative morgan, Democratic
leader. has unearthed a resolution in
the constitutional convention which
was enacted into a law providing that
twenty year from the date the con
stitution went into effect the Ques-
tion of the permanent location oil the
capital should be submitted to a vote
of the people. In the meantime, and
temporarily for the two decades, Boise
was designated as the seat OF govern
ment. The twenty years expires this
wear. and it is believed by a number
of people that a fight will be made
TO transfer the capital from Boise to
some other town.
Up to this time. Governor Hawley
has vetoed two bills, one intended 10
keep minors under nineteen out OF
pool halls and to close pool halls at
midnight; the other to make a year 5
residence in the state and three
months in the county necessary 10
the securing of a divorce.
Republican leaders profess to be
pretty we'll pleased with the work OF
the legislature to date. The ho'd tha'
the pledges of the last state plat
form have been We'll redeemed. 1t Is
true. they admit. that h submission
of the prohibition amendment TO the
constitution was defeated, but against
his they place the passage through
the senate of the measures providing
for the initiative and the referendum
with the assurance ina these meas
ures will pass the house. By means
of these, it is urged, the people VII
have the power not only to secure d
prohibition amendment to the consul
tuition. but any other measure III
which they are deeply concerned.
Governor Hawley on Saturda!
signed the search and seizure amend
ment to the state local option law,
party pledge of the Republican state
platform.
The main capitol building will BE-
completed with n the next two years
The Joint committee of finance o
the senate and the appropriation com
mite of the house decided on Satur
day to report favorably for the appro
priation of $3.50, 600. A bill asking TO
$1,000. 900 to complete the main sec
ton and the west wing was introduced
early in the session. 1t was the sens
of the Joint committee that it woult
be better to complete and furnish tn
main section than to start any OF IN
additions. This appropriation mean
that Idaho will have enc of the hnes
state capitols in the country.
The committee also recommends
he placing of all state e~ducauona
institutions under the tax levy systel
instead of the appropriation system
One of the most bitter fights OF tn
entire session ended in the defeat j
!, the senate of the bill creating Powe
l county. 1t had passed the house D
a large majority. The bill was intenf
ed to create a new county out OF pc
t tons of Blaine, Bingham, Oneida an
Cassia. with American Falls as IN
+ county seat.
a Governor Hawley, has signed IN
search and seizure" liquor law, a
though in a message to
his announcement OF approv1i ne III
nounces the law as unconstltulous
in some of its provisions, contrar
TO the well settled policy OF tn
state. and the most drastic piece
legislature even enacted in Idaho.
One of the strange reaks OF pol
tics developed last week in relatlo
TO the antitrust bill. Senator Raveni
Macbeth, the Democratic leader IN IN
senate took up the cudgel and lie
the fight against it, while the harde'
fight made for it was by Republics
- senators.
= Governor Hawley has vetoed hous
BIZ No. 81. by Hammer, designed
!, remedy defects in the divorce laws
C this state. on the ground that
would be disastrous as far as pendlr
II suits are concerned.
: President Taft has come 10 the a
of the state of Idaho and has give
a assurance to Messrs. Peterson, Kerr
b. and Glennon, the legislative commi
tee, that he would personally see
, it hat no injustice was done ldai
n on account OF the inclusion in fore
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