Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-02-21
PUBLIC UTILITIES MEASURE
RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE
stringent Measure. Patterned After
California Law, Cause % bitter
Fight In idaho Legislature.

TIE Ryan public utilities bill a
81 the most stringent introduced In
The legislature. and patterned after the
California Law. was recommended for
passage out OF the house % repre-
sentAtlvea on Monday. February IT,
after = fight punctuAted with bitter
ness Charges 81 bad faith we're hull
ed across the nopr by members and
every effort made + kill the measure.
While the Ryan bill was bctnk fought
over In the house. tho senate killed
The judicial recall
Only the amendments as offered by
the committee on railroads were
added tn the public utilities bill when
Il left the committee OF the whole, \
majority OF the housc refused to con
slider the amendments that had been
prepared hy the enemies and many OF
the friends of the bill. believing they
: might contain iokera and defeat the
/ purpose Of the public utilities act. Tho
charge OF bad faith arose over the
promise OF members OF the commit
tee and champions OF the bill that
after the amendments OF the commit
tee had been considered all ether
amendments would be taken up In
their turn, However. after the adop-
ton Of the committee amendments the
other amendments were cut on
through a motion that the committee
riAe and report tho bill bach To the
house for passage. This motion car.
ried. An attempt to secure a two
thirds vote to suspend The rules piao-
lng tho bill on ita nnAl passage failed.
Representatives Ferguson. Law and
M%endenhall OF Hammock county. Repre-,
sentative Wright OF Bear Lake and
Representative Taylor ot CaAsla coun,
y led the night against the bill Rep
resentatlyea Johnston OF bingham.
koelsch and lawson OF Ada and Ryan
Of Washington defended tho measure.
by = vote Of rs 10 q tho senate de-
e~ialveiy turned down tho judicial 70
call hill introduced by Senator Dow
Cumming OF owyhee county. This ID
tho second time tho senate has gone
On 300 as defender Of the supreme
court In this state, The senate also
killed the lobby register bill. 10y soma.
tor Detenhach. The measure required
lobbyists to register with the secretary
" state.
The house swung the az Monday
morning and killed several rad and
bridge bills. The measures that sui.
Tered were a road bill calling for a
bond issue Of 10000 10 build a high.
way Into q mining district " Idaho
county and a bridge bill appropViating
$4,000 TO build . bridge across the
Snake river, seven miles west VI Bliss
The anti prize fight or boxing bill,
making IL a criminal uffonac 20 pro.
mote a boxing match. waa also killed.
Under suspension az tho rules. TIM
state horticultural bill waa passed on
February NJ.
idaho'H divorce colony will ~ do.
populated II a bill introduced IN the
house Monday by Representative Law.
son becomes a law II requires a res.
idsnce OF one year, instead OF aIK
months. before n petition for a decree
u divorce may be nled.
There Will he no recall 81 judges IN
Idaho In the mex two years This
senate on Monday defeated the rehoiu.
ton for a constitutional amendment
70 make all state and district officers,
including judges. subject To recall
Tho vote was Is 20 9. with three alb.
cent.
Educators throughout tho state are
deeply interested In tho bill introduced
IN the senate by Robinson 10 carry OUT
the intent of the constitutional
amendment adopted At the last cleo
ton TO provide for a state board Dl
education. The Robinson bill pro
Hidas that the state board OF eduoa,
ton Is 10 have supervision over ths
university. the two normal schools
the academy at Pocatello. the indus
trial school AZ II Anthony. the school
for ths deaf and blind At 0oodinR and
all the public schools Of the state. The
members Of this board are also 70 ael
, n regents Of the University of idaho
The supporters of the bill 10 Greats
Valley county from Boise county have
A. their argument the distance from
! the county seat 81 idaho city.
The committee on education intro
dnced three Joint resolutions 10 amend
: the constitution. One would relieve
the superintendent Of public inatruc
ton from duty - = member OF tbs
state land hoard. The other tAe
: would remove the state and the coun
y supsrintsndsnts OF instruction from
. politics By making tbs offices appotn
tive instead OF elsefiYs.
". s. Parker hAs been asked 70 70
sign ~ = deputy under State Purs
Food Inspector James II. Wallis OF
account Of the criticism which the Ap
p~r0ptatlona committee Of the lsEiala
tnFe has directed ~ the department
during the hearings which have beer
held by that body relative to the ap
propflations for the neat two years.
: Chandler evidently thinks the mem
beers Of the legislature are worth NOR,
, than the staia IL paying them. III
introduced = joint memorial propoaini
IN amendment 60 the constitution q
raihs the salaries of the hoiona iron