Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-02-07
LOCAL OPTION MEASURE
PASSES IDAHO SENATE
Requires That Common Carriers Shall
Keep Record of All Shipments
Of intoxicating Liquors.

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ment that common carriers shall keel
a record of all shipments into dry
territory, passed the senate on Satur
day and will be transmitted to thu
lower house for ratification.
An emergency measure granting re
lief to the school children of the new
counties by legislative action during
the week, was passed by the senate
Saturday under suspension of rules
while two senate bills were virtually
slaughtered in the committee Of the
whole.
The house did not meet on Satur
day. combining its efforts to committee
work.
IF the justices of the Idaho supreme
court would devote more time to legal
matters and less to political matters
there would be no occasion for In.
creasing the number of judges" de-
! clared Senator Edginton Saturday
during the debate on house joint reso-
luton No. 3, which provides for the
| submission to the voters of the con
| stitutional amendment which provides
| for FIVE supreme judges instead OF
| three as at present.
Edgington's declaration came as the
| climax to lively debate over the res
olution in the committee Of the whole.
The echo of his words had not died
| away before number of the senators
were applauding his sentiments The
opposition to the measure by Edging-
ton, backed by Fields, Dunning Mac
Beth, Fairchild and Baldridge, finally
resulted in a motion to postpone until
later, allowing the resolution to retain
its place on the calendar.
The twelfth Idaho Legislature on the
last day of January gave its stamp
of approval to the direct election or
United States senator's, the senate
adopting the house resolution ratlfy-
ing the constitutional amendment But
one vote was cast against the reso-
luton. that of Senator Barton of
washington and Adams counties. The
same ratification resolution passed the
house by a unanimous vote.
The house, for the second time. on
January 81, refused to register a two
thirds vote in favor of submitting TO
the people of this state at the next
regular election the question of call
ing a constitutional convention to re-
wise the constitution of the state OF
Idaho. The fight over the resolution
was one of the most spirited in the
history of the legislature. The Anal
vote taken gave the resolution a ma
jority vote in the house, but not the
required two-thirds.
The constitutional amendment by
Senator Hedrick, calling for the re-
moval of the restrictions regarding the
maximum amount of school lands
which may be sold by the state in
a Ii l.f-
ed in the senate on the 31st, but not
finally disposed of.
A bill seeking to cure the defects
in the direct primaries law of this
state was introduced in the senate on
the 31st. 1t provides for the election
of nonpartisan judges. The measure
also provides for the election of pre-
cinct committeeman by direct vote,
and that so per cent of the first choice
votes cast at q primary election shall
elect any candidate with the excep-
ton of judicial candidates.
Many new bills were introduced in
the house on January 81. The one
the largest appropriation pro
vides for bond issue of $4,000 to
the new state cauitol build
of the two wings to the present main
stI lceLre.
Cove nor Hahn - has named the new
officsIs of Gooding county as fol.
lows: Commissioners. Frank H Good
Ing, Gooding; Fred w. Hastings, Wen
dell; Charles NJ. Dilatush, Hagerman.
sheriff. Fred A. Bliss. Clerk of the
district court, ex-offic;o Auditor
Frank L. Bowr, Gooding. Assessor,
w. P. Kennedy, Hagerman. Treas |
lrer, Fred A. Clark, wendell. Cor |
oner, J. H. Cromwell, Geodfng.. Pro-
pate judge, Ezra e. Brandt, Gooding |
School superintendent, Mrs Louise |
". Dodge, Gooding. Prosecuting at |
.orney. Percy t. Sutphen. Gooding.
A newspaper must have been in ex-
stence at least six months before 1t
will be qualified to publish legal no.
ices IL house bill No. 116, introduced |
~ Oversmith of Latah, is favorably
Icted on. Newspapers that have
merely changed their names, how
'ver, are not affected by the act.
A pure seed bill has been intro
Iuced by the committee on agricul-
ure. It establishes purity ratio of
me TO 5,O0O for all agricultural seeds
nd gives the state experiment sta
ION supervision over the seed bust
less.
The house has recommended for !
'assage a bill changing the name of
he Blackfoot Insane Asylum to Men
al Hospital. The bill was introduced +
y Representative Dickinson.
The house sidetracked house bill
10. 66 by Gardner reducing the
omestead execution exemption to
3 900. The exemption is now SIS 600. :.
he bill had reached third reading,
ut 1t was recommitted to the jul
iciary committee. The house is ap.
arently against its passage.
A drastic amendment to the present
bel law was introduced by Storey of
.da on the 25th. 1t leaves all the
resent laws on the subject in force
nd in addition provides an amend
tent which would make 1t one of
he most drastic laws known