The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-02-28

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state. Many meritorious measures
fell victims to the determination of |
the house of representatives to reduce |
taxation. For the first time in many |
days the mouse was able to point to |
clean calendar after 1t had finished |
its work.
The s750,000 bond issue for the |
completion of the wings of the hand !
some new state capitol building OF |
| this state was the first to receive the
fatal stroke of the ak. Without de-
bate and over the protests OF its au-
thors, the Ada county delegation, the
bill was indefinitely postponed. The
| $4,000 bond issue to assist in the eel
ebration of the opening of the Cel1lo
canal, giving to Idaho an open water
way to the sea, was killed. The $685.
1 900 appropriation for the Northwest
ern Livestock show of Lewiston was
the third measure to be killed on.
Many bridge bills calling for bond IS
sues also fell victims TO the indefinite
postponement route.
The third county division DILL
striking a section of the present ter
ritory from Fremont county, or the
Yellowstone county division bill, was
killed in the committee of the whole
through the efforts of Representative
Bowerman, who led the attack on IT,
The committee recommended that the
bill be postponed indefinitely and the
house adopted the report.
Governor HaiDes announced to the
legislature on Tuesday that he had
: attached his signature to the Jefferson
: and Madison county division bills,
r which passed both houses. Both bills
create new counties out of Fremont
, county. At the same time the house
went on record as in favor OF Payette
county by passing the measure. IL
: divides what is now Canyon county.
$ The bond bills providing for improve
ments for the state institutions were
not killed, but were set aside to ne
I considered in the committee of the
L whole at later date. Many of them
T will suffer from the legislative ak, II
is now freely predicted.
The state travelling library has had
, a fight for it's existence before the
, appropriations committee of the house
q of representatives. The library only
, asked for $4,000 but many of the mem
. bers of the committee thought tha'
= it was not doing any good in the STATE
and they were in favor of leaving l
off the appropriation list entirely. Thi
~ was done at first but after fight hat
= been put up the appropriations com
= mittee tackled the $4,000 back onto tn
J bill and it will probably go through
~ And again, probably it won't.
The most important action take
by the house during the week end1n
&c February Is was the adoption or tn
40 committee reports on the Ryan put
N lie utilities bill and the Koelsch MAJ
an rage bille The senate did little e.
IF cept to consider the blue sky law.
iS The state sanitation department
he giving the legislature more work tina
nd any department of the state govern
!. ment. bills having been introduce
upon almost every subject.
on Senator Haight has introduced Ii
or tie bill that is understood to be a SUI
es stitute for all the employers Eablli1
ar bills and all the workmen's compe
,ty sation acts now before the legislator
IN it is intended to provide a system
insurance for employees.
ch Senator J. Frank Hunt of Bannot
re- county introduced resolution
Use February IS, asking for an investig
en- ton of the case of Carl Machold, *
Use merIy employed on newspaper, WI
sue is now in the insane asylum at Blac
the foot, charged with insanity. the n
the olution passed unanimously. The r.
olution sets forth that Govern
Haines has been petitioned by hu
ace dreds of citizens OF southeaste
0ns Idaho to investigate this case. IL
1ns charged in the petition that Macno
is unalwfully held in the asylum tn
he is not insane. that he was railros
ute ed into the asylum, and that he is
eff ing deprived of his property.
un' Since the beginning of the leg1s
A ture the work in all of the state
ere, partments has been piling up and
nty is thought it will take about thu
era weeks after the legislature adjour
:. to be even with the boards on
more.
hip mt proo n,hlio utilities hill @
in Nc 80 Pstn;,,oro,t introduced
the legislature, and patterned after
California law, was recommended
passage out Of the house of rep
~ sentatives on Monday, February
III after a fight punctuated with bitt
81 ness. Charges of bad faith were hi
saee ed across the floor by members
'ose every effort made to kill the measu
w. While the Ryan bill was being fou:
7 ~, over in the house, the senate XII
.ne the judicial recall measure.
- BY unanimous vote the house on +
ruary Is passed a memorial to
gress asking the national body to
~ propriate funds for the protection
s;s+ Idaho forests from fire. A bond is
sif+ bill of $1,000 for factory buildings
sA the state penitentiary was also pass