American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-04
WITH IDAHOS LAWMAKERS
What Is Happening in Both Branches
OF the State Legislature.

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bill making Governor Hawley a com
missioner for the state to select a
site for the state. at the San Fran
cisco Panama exposition and appro-
priating $1,000 to defray the prelimi-
nary expenses incident to such duty.
Pugmire's bill appropriating $4,000
for road improvement between Paris
and Franklin passed the house on
Tuesday.
The house on Tuesday passed the
senate bill permitting Chief Justice
Stewart to resign on full pay at will,
owing TO his continued and prolonged
i'll health. This done, Governor Haw-
ley will have the opportunity of des-
ignating a third member of the SUI
preme court, over which there will be
much contention.
Senator Mitchell on Tuesday sue
ceeded in passing his Lewis county
bill through the senate, which makes
the second division of Nez Perez
county by this session of the legisla-
ture. The seat of county government
will be at Nez Perez City.
The forecast is freely made that the
Fremont county division bills are
doomed to defeat. There are, how
ever, more than fifty men lobbying for
and against the measures as we'll as
taking a hand in the judgeship fight
between Holden and Millsaps.
BY a vote of twelve to eighty the
senate on Tuesday passed a drastic
1nti-trIlcf Tnnaclrn noninl arral-
from the Nebraska law. 1t was
pressed by Senator Shawhan, a Re
publican.
In the lower house OF Tuesday bills
we're passed placing all the state
schools on a mill rate basis, and these
bills will go through the senate. This
plan gives each institution a certain
income each year, based upon the tax
able value of the property in the
state.
The friends of the railroad commits
SION bill, which met defeat in the
senate, have introduced a joint reso-
luton authorizing the submission to
the people of a constitutional amend
ment providing for a state railroad
commission Some members of the
legislature, especially in the senate,
while indorsing this solution of a
vexing problem, object to attaining it
by amending the constitution.
Representative Nihart of Twin Falls
county is being congratulated in all
quarters for the move in favor of an
institution in which the principles of
irrigation are to be taught. The reso-
luton asking congress to establish
such an institution which was adopt
ed by both branches of the legisla-
ture was made the basis of a speech
by enc OF the western congressman
before the committee on agriculture
of the house of representatives in
Washington and the resolution adopt
ed by the Idaho legislature was made
part of the speech.
Over seven hundred bills, memor-
ials and resolutions have been intro
duced since the opening session of
the eleventh legislature. At the
close of business February %, Gov
error Hawley had passed upon 50 bills.
vi lHSSC Ht "a SISutu D. anu vetoed
four.
1t is pointed out now by the party
leaders that a good roads law. a
banking law, a direct primary law. a
better local option law, a pure seed
law, a condification of the educational
laws and better revenue laws are in
a fair way of being secured.
Hope has been abandoned for the
prohibition amendment and the rail
way commission. There has been no
effort on the part of anybody in IA
vor of a Carey act commission.
II all the demands for appropria-
ton are met, the people of the state
will have TO pay s1,253.O 900 to meet
the obligations placed upon their
shoulders by this session of the leg
islature.
A caucus of the Republicans in the
senate on Sunday determined to stop
the creation of any additional coun-
ties. This result, if it goes through.
will kill off the measures for Adams,
Teton and Jefferson counties. The
bill for Lewis county has passed Doth
the house and senate. but the aim is
to kill it by reconsideration. Should
this result obtain, it will be a distinct
blow to the power of the southeast
ern counties, as it will leave them but
one new county. while the north and
west of the state will have fallen heir
to three new ones. This action also
defeats for the secon time Power
county.
The senate on Saturday passed a
resolution providing that the ballot
n the 1912 election shall contain a
slip upon which the voters of the state
may express their wishes as 10 the
creation of a railway commission The
governor is required to submit the
result to the twelfth session of the
Idaho legislature as an indication only