Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-03-07

Unless the twelfth Idaho legislature
makes better Roadway than il did
Monday, Il viii be unable 10 adjourn
sine die on the sixtieth day. but will
be forced to remain In session week
or SO longer The house spent the en-
tire day thFeshing out the new taxa
ton measure. while the senate con,
tinued It's amending Of the Ryan pub
lie utilities bill. Practically all OF the
important administrative measures re
main 20 be considered and passed
The Lawson mothers pension bill.
giving pensions TO the children under
the age OF IS years where the mother
IL too poor 10 earn their living. hut
by remaining az home can properly
care for them. passed the senate by
unanimous vote on March g. and was
sent TO the governor for his sigma
ture. The statement was made IA
the senate that the measure will
bring To widowed mothers more re-
lief than a workingmens eompensa-
ton act
The senate on March passed
proposed amendment TO tho constitu-
ton increasing the membership OF
the supreme court from three To ave
judges. bill giving 20 the genera
school fund the contempt fine OF
Si,T00 paid by the newspaper men OF
Boise found guilty OF contempt by
the supreme court. measure In
creasing the powers OF cities " tho
first class; horticultural measure
giving the horticultural department a
fund OF $4,000: n community prop
erty bill, prohibiting the sale of com
munlty property BY the husband un
less the wife gives her consent
The entire day was consumed by
the house on March In considering
the tax commission bill. The measure
was debated IN committee OF the
whole II was drafted by three tax
experts and the committee recon-
mended It for passage. The measure
calls for a radical change In the
revenue laws OF this state, II does
away with the semiannual tax pay
ments now In force In Idaho ana pro
vides for annual payments. Claims
were made on the floor OF the house
| that the measure ofrerR no relief 70
the present chaotic taA condition In
this state.
Statewide prohibition was defeated
IN the house by a vote or 80 to 10, u
requiring a two-thirds majority, or
forty votes to carry the measure, The
vote was as follows: Ayes--AdamA
Booth Bowerman, bradley. Brown
Case Chandler. Clark Of LAtnh. Edel
blute, Elliott, Evans OF Bear Lake
Evans OF Lincoln Farmin, Friend, Oh
christ Hayford, Henderson, Johnson
Johnston, Lau, Lawson. Lewis. Ma
son. Mendenhall. Nelson. Nihart
Cakes, Oversmlth. lockwood. Rose
wear, Sargent. Shattuek. Storey. Tay
lor, Warwick. Speaker French--3B
Nays--C Campbell Church, Dickinson
Featherstone, Ferguson, Finke, Gard
ner, Harchelrode, Healy, Hunt
Koelach. MeDermott. Mickels. Norton
Parks, Ryan. Sinclair. Wearno
Wright--l9 Absent-Clark Of Cue
ter, Conner, Jones. Merrill. Horn
don-5.
The Ada county division bin dict
without a struggle SO also expire,
the enabling act proposing the or
ganlzation of 81. Joe county from ter
rifory IN shoahone and Kootsnal Th'
killing OF the bills was done by th'
indefinite postponement method.
BY a vote OF 80 10 % the hous,
adopted n report recommending tn
indefinite poBtponement of fnrtho
consideration OF o joint resolution
proposing an amendment 20 the con
stitutlon that would subject the Judi
ciary OF the state to the recall.
Senator Hiram II. Sweet was In hi
seat In the senate on March ! aftc
an absence of two weeks durinl
which time he was In the hospital.
victim OF eryBipelaB lie says this 1
the first attack Of this kind ne Inn
had In forty years.
Senator Defenbach moved TO hav
transcribed at state expense IN
aten0graphie report Of the inveatiga
ton by Doctors Lyman. Taylor am
McCaila into the sanity OF Carl Ma
ohoid. but the motion vas lost by al
overwhelming majority.
Tho house steering committee I
composed of the following members
Johnson. bingham; Norton. Koots
nal, Ferguson, hammock; Bowermar
Fremont; Lawson. Ada; Mason. Ia
tab. Wright. Bear Lake.
After having once adopted amend
mehts to the women'a eighthonr bill
that practically made IT of no effeCt
the house last week considered In
bill In committee Of the whole 10
the second time and adopted 4 mes
set OF amendments or substitution
that make Ii a straight nine-hnnr bin
with no provision for overtime
The house backed up on itself an
killed the bill that would have abo
IRhed the continuing Augmentation %