Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-01-13
STATE LAW MAKERS ARE BUSY
Al BOISE.

gay session of he state legislature
: aaS passed into history and the time
/ has been Speut for the most part in
: sparrine and getting ready for
! action. While nothing definite can
I he forecaSted a. to what VIII be
cone it Is safe to say that at least
ten days more wIn be consumed in
getting warmed up.
4 Much Of the time Of the first
week of hte session was spent in the
SECRETION of committees. and during
tbs time the members were busy
trying TO get upon good committees.
I some of them went so far a. to
wire The vheel-horses of their par
ties and their Influential friends to
eome to Boise. and great deal of
active lobbying and wire-pulling
was done by these members and
their friends.
I From present indications the tim
of the second week will be largely
spent IN complaining about the
committee assignments by those
who were not satisfied and by those
who We're, in mentioning that I'll
am on the - Committee. Ii isl
very amusing to SEE the faces of
the men who had expectantly await |
ed the results.
After the scramble for appoint
ments was over. and the Senators I
and representative had settled
down to listen to the reading of
ihr lists.
Faces of the members became a
study and might be easily read by
the spectators.
In the House. a large self sails
fled smile on the face Of every
member, usually meant Il have got .
oho he Appropriation Committee
When accompanied by consider
able initiation of the chest, it
meani. Il have got on two impor- I
tant COMMITTEES. IT, however 4
the statesman wore a sour Nobody y
lows me- expression. it meant Il |
Dieat.
81 the Senate, the president de-
- 10 Recognize the custom Of
giving ali chairmanships to the pre-
vailing side He also deviated from Z
.he usual custom in that he gave /
he minority side the majority of
several committees. The result
Mas that some very hide-bouud re-
)ublicMs ON the outside felt that
al chairmanships should be given
o the republican party. and like d
wise all the committees should be :
controlled by the majority party. L
IN the other hand the democrats {,
we're not satisfied in every case and y
N one committee there was d very il
lively complaint because there was II
lot another Democrat named. This W
vas on the state affairs committee "
n which case Senator McBeth, the G
leader in the senate. wa q
he only democrat named. he re c,
igned from the committee and re- d
used to act unless there were other NJ
named to act with him. al
The appointments made by the h
ews governor were received several W
avs ago and action delayed until Ii
he return of the chairman of the II
omnrittee on affairs Of state. fl
5as generally expected that the Vi
rnaie would thereupon refuse to W
onfirm these appointments. but II
nose who had been looking FOR fo
gli over this were disappointed. al
)r when the committee got togeth- Q,
+ ihey promptly confirmed the ap 50
and showed no DISPOSE
on to hold ont against such con- =,
rmation.
The row of faces in the rear of
le senate and in the @allery was
cry much in evidence when these
ppointments We're being confirm :.
/ and here again il was easy to :,
lad the difference of opinions be- -
veen those who were holding Of :. -
&c until the combinations should -
: made and those who were anxi- -, ~
isly waiting to serve the people >.
There is an undercurrent of keen -
teresi in the pending investiga- =,
on of land board matters. The re 10
ibIican members declare that the
liltv if guilty there be. shall suf- ~
r regardless Of party and the dem
rails are watching to see that there II,
tal be no whiiewash Of the guilty
wiieS h..
'artv politics can be seen at every ma
age of the game and the speeta- isl
? can not lose sight Of the fact ch
at there is big political game ne
ing PLAYED in this state and that 60
e stakes of the game are nolnins no
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