Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-02-03
WITH IDAHO'S W-MAKERS
What ls Happening In Both Branches
Of the state Legislature.

governor.
The senate in committee OF the
whole on Monday passed the Potts
bill which gives to city councils ana
village boards the right to permit or
prevent moving picture shows from
on Sunday. This Sunday law
fight is non-patisan and intense on
both sides, with odds in favor OF
more liberal law.
Robert McCracken, former member
Of the legislature from Bingham and
Ada counties, was on Monday desig-
mated my Attorney General McDougall
for employment by the legislature TO
assist in the drafting of bills for the
session.
Three new counties will be formed
during the session If combination
made few days ago works out &C.
cording to plans and specifications.
These are Bonneville, to be created
from a part of Bingham in the south
east; Power county with American
Falls as the county seat, to be Great
ed of parts of Blaine, Bingham, Onei
da and Cassia; and Clearwater in the
north, to be created from Nee Perez
county with Nez Perez as the county
seat.
It is said that direct legislation
measures have been marked for the
axe. There are four measures before
the legislature of this character-one
providing for the initiative, one for
the referendum, one for the recall and
one to enable the voters to amend the
constitution independently of the leg
| islature.
| Four important measures are looked
upon as essential Republican meas
: ures. The measures referred to are
statewide prohibition through a con-
| stitutional amendment; material
strengthening of the present county
option law; improvement of the di-
rect primary law and public utilities
commission law.
The senate on Friday, in committee
Of the whole, passed the Idaho Fails
county division bill, with change oil
name of the proposed new county
from Snake River" to Bonneville,
only six votes opposing.
Senator Worth Lee of Elmore coun
ty took whack at Senator Hepburn
! when he advocated the changing Of
the name of Hepburn" park tc
Dixie"
: Senator Macbeth and Representative
Galloway on Friday asked for the ad
option of resolution requiring Sec
rotary of State Clifford to forward tt
each body the original letter of &C
acknowledgement by Senator Hepburn o
the senate and house joint resolution
asking Idaho's delegation in congress
to support all measures looking to thu
election of senators by direct vote o
the people. The house adjourned duI
Ing the mixup over the resolution, Blu
the senate adopted it unanimously
Senator Hepburn in his letter declare
against the election of senators b
: direct vote and criticised the ldah
: legislature for adopting the joint re
solution.
This is the fifth consecutive legisls
tive assembly in Idaho which has az
: opted resolution asking the Wasi
u ington representatives to support tn
2 popular election of senators.
" The supreme court on Friday SUI
tanned the new legislation providin
for two judges in one district The e
feet of this. decision will probabl
: mean an extra Judge for the Fourt
and Eight districts, and secures to Il
: newly-appointed Judge MacLane
= term of office in the Third district.
=. The house thus far in it's sessiC
:. has introduced hundred and eight
eight bills, twice as many as any pr
vious legislature since statehood,
the same length of time. OF thes
- they have passed less than a dozen
In the senate on Thursday Senate
Potts of Kootenai county and st. Cls
Of Bingham county, introduced ne
es direct primary bill. The notat
Ill changes from the existing law are t
re advance in date for holding the p
ill mary, enlarging the amount candidat
he may expend and increasing the sta
in platform committee to a numb
us equal to the mouse representatit
dy The measure is presumed TO rep
Re sent the Republican caucus.
no w. A. Coughanour of Payette b
led presented Governor Hawley with
b beautiful desk paper weight in I
B fora of a grizzly bear made Of go
It is said that the gold was TAX
from a famous mine which I
Coughanour owned and operated n,
urs to Governor Hawley's Iowa mine,
U Quartsburg, more than 40 years a
18th when the two men were pals"
by The Republican members hi
ing made good progress recently in
direction of redeeming the Pied
made in the platform last fall.
portant bills have been introduced
co. the legislature covering almost ey
go important point raised in the p
- form, and these measures are pror
.,.a ed the united party support in D
ene branches of the legislature.
Recommending that the legislat
appropriate $4,000 additional for
at provements, in addition to the
olen for maintenance, the house commit
Chi on state affairs has submitted its
lder port in regard to the state penite
GOV. airy. The report pays a high con
ment to Warden Shook.