Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-31

member OF the legislature to receive
from the governor or other official or
board any appointment to any office
Of trust or profit, honor or emolument
created by any law enacted by the
legislature of which he Is member
Sentiment In the present legislature
seems to be heavily on the side of
amending the present direct primary
law and number OF changes are Ger
tain to be made.
House bill No. s, which creates
the Eleventh judicial district and
which passed the house, Is being free
ly criticised by business and profess
| sional men of Caldwell and q strong
effort will probably be made to defeat
the bill in the senate. The measure
divides the present Seventh district,
leaving Canyon county in the Seventh,
and Washington and Adams together
as the eleventh.
Senator Brady has reputation in
the east as a good roads advocate.
and the American Automobile asso-
cations officers are jubilant over
his election, as they expect him to
work in the interests OF the proposed
national subsidy for the building of
good interstate roads.
Aside frcm the election of ex-Gov-
ernor James H. Brady to the United
States senate, there were other inter-
esting features in the legislature ON
Friday
The senate confirmed the following
appointments made by Governor
Haines: State bank commissioner, A
E. Reid of Spirit Lake, for four-year
term; insurance commissioner, q. F.
Vanvalkenburg, Boise; fish ana game
warden, o. H. Barber, American Falls;
state veterinarian, v. C. White, Black
foot; trustees of the Academy of Ida.
no for six-year terms, ]. r. Shepherd
of Paris and Penry H. Hoff Of Mont
pelier; trustees of the Albion normal
school, Lawrence Hanson, Rockcreek,
and w. N. Shilling, Rupert; directors
Of the Idaho insane asylum, A. B.
Moss. Payette (reappointed); Gus
Spenberg, Montpelier; g. w. Erwin,
Idaho Falls.
The passage of bill creating Power
county, of which American Falls is to
be the county seat, was one of the
features of the session OF the legisla-
ture on Friday.
The final result of the first and
only ballot on Friday. resulting in
Brady's election. was as follows:
James H. Brady, 43; James F. ALL
SHE. z; e. HI. Dewey, 4; C. w. Beale,
1; Burton l.. French, Q; James e.
Babb. s.; Robert N. Dunn, 4; ]. T.
Morrison, 8; George Fields, 1; J. F.
Maclane, 1; T. l.. Burkland. 1; John
F.. Nugent, 5; James Hanrahan, q;
w. G. Courtney, 1; total, 80; neces-
sary to elect, Al. Absent-Nihart,
Edelblute, Bowerman and Evans of
Lincoln.
The vote given the two highest
candidates follows:
For Brady-Senators Borden, Davis,
Defenbach, Edgington, Haight, Han
son, Hart, Hunt, Lee, Luck, Robinson,
Shepard; Representatives Adams,
Booth, Brown, Chandler, Evans OF
Bear Lake, Featherstone, Ferguson,
Gardner, Gilcrist, Hayford, Hender-
son, Hunt, johnson of Oneida, John
ston of Bingham, Lau, Lawson, Lewis,
Med ermott, Mendenhall, Merrill, Mick
els, Nielsen, Parks, Rosevear, Sar-
gent, Shattuck, Storey. Taylor, War
nick, Wright, French.
For Ailshfe = Senators johnson,
Sweet Representative Church, Far
min, HarchelTode, Norton. Cakes.
More was accomplished In the
house on the 23rd than in all the pre-
vious days of the session. The bill
that divides Lincoln county into three
parts, the bill proposing to create the
Tenth judicial district, and the reso-
luton to increase the number of JUS
tees of the supreme court from three
to Ave were all passed and the house
also passed the bin that permits the
summoning of jurors who live outside
the county seat by registered mail.
The consideration OF the new
Power county BILL" the introduction
of three more senate bills and an at
tempt on the part of Senator Dunning
to prevent the legislature from going
on record In favor of Governor Haw-
ley for the secretaryship of the inter-
Tor, were the features of Wednesdays
senate session. Shortly after the joint
oCooiOu Lie bSndU6 lOOk d T0C6Sb ulLll
s o'clock, at which time the legisla-
ture went into joint assembly to hear
Senator Borah's speech.
San Diego's exposition was turned
down in report submitted by the
state affairs committee recommending
that further consideration of the plan.
of San Diego offered that would lead
to Idaho's placing an exhibit at that
city's exposition be indefinitely post.
poned. The report was adopted and
in taking that action the house fol-
lowed the suggestion of Governor
Haines.
The resolution proposing an amend.
ment to the constitution increasing
the number of justices of the supreme
court from three to five passed the
house with an almost unanimous
vote in Its favor.
To give counties authority to issue
bonds made optional in FIVE instead
Of ten years time Is the purpose of
house bill No. 80 by Oversmith. The
present law provides that counties
may issue bonds to cover their in
debtedness and reserve the option to
redeem them in ten years.
Speaker French was Ill on the 23rd