Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-03-06
STATE WIDE PROHIBITION
BILL KILLED BY THE HOUSE
The Proposition Was to Submit the
Question to the People for APP
proval or Rejection.

provaI or Rejection.
After one OF the most acrimonious |
debates OF the entire session the |
lower house OF the legislature killed |
the statewide prohibition measure
March /. The margin was close.
The proposition was to submit the
question to the people in the form OF
constitutional question. This would
require forty votes or twothirds OF
the entire membership. 1t received
30, four short OF the required number,
while l9 votes were cast against it.
All Republicans were pledged by
their last state platform to maintain
the present local option law, and it is
argued that this defeated the pro-
posal to submit the amendment.
Voters may be transported to the
polls in carriages, automobiles, or
even wheelbarrows, so far as the
house is concerned. BY the adoption
of an adverse report OF the commit
tee OF the whole the lower branch of
The Idaho legislature voted against
the passage of bill that would pro-
hibit such transportation OF voters.
Members of the house evidently
want to sentence their successors TO
longer terms OF office than have
been inflicted on this and previous
legislatures, for the house passed a
Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution that will, il
adopted. extend the terms OF state
years.
The governor has vetoed the bill to
ssue $4,000 IN state bonds for a
bridge over Snake river at Homedale
n Owyhee county.
Seventeen measures were approved
oy the house on February &c, while
eleven received the approval OF the
senate.
A compensation act modelled after
hat OF the state OF Washington, was
passed by the house OF representa-
ives OF the Idaho legislature on Feb
ruary 2s and sent TO the senate. Its
authors are Representatives Mason of
Latah. Norton of Kootenai and Con.
nor OF Bonner county.
On February 2S the house passed
he senate anti-racetrack gambling
bill and sent It to the governor. BY
the terms OF the anti-gambling bin
> race track betting in the state OF
Idaho is shut OFF.
There has been war before the leg
stature ever since il convened for the
present session over the anti-gamb
ling bill The measure was intro
1uced to strike at the famous Alar
track. located at Alan. in Kootena
county.
The Lineup road bonding bill in
,roduced by the Bannock county dele
CATION was indefinitely postponed. bu
The house passed "A $4,000 road bono
issue bill for north Idaho. as well az
gave that section of the state slS.0Oi
Tor new bridge.
The house on February 2S went OF
record n second time as opposed to
constitutional amendment giving tn
people the right TO initiate legislation
but passed a bill providing for the di
rect election OF United States sena
tors. the measure to become operative
II two-thlrds of the states ratify tn
constitutional amendment.
Speaker French on February 2S an
nounced the house sitting COMMITTEE
as follows Johnston of bingham
q Ferguson of Bannock: Wright Of Bea
Lake: Bowerman of Fremont: Law
!, son of Ada: Norton of Kootenai. an
Mason of Latah.
That Carey act lands and Carey &C
projects in the southern part of thi
state need the direct and immediate
a attention of Idaho. and are in dc
=, plorable condition, was made clear {
:, the legislature on February q
= through report submitted throug
o he state affairs committee. followin
D. an investigation OF the Carey act d,
partment
p The state affairs committee file
o with the house a report secured fror
q Carey Act Commissioner Shawhar
Il showing that the state stands to los
$50 600 acres of land within Carey &C
n projects because the promoting con
n panies of the projects have sold all {
the water leaving none for the stat
lands. and in numerous instances hav
: built canals to the land.
, The report also shows that sever;
10 Carey act projects in this state are o
II the verge of ruin and some of thel
n are even now bankrupt while som
N are in the hands of the receiver; thu
ID settlers have been induced to settl
a on the land by the company promo
ers. who guarantee to them that III
l state and government stood financial
, behind the projects and that the
!, stood to make thousands of dollar.
J. !, that today some of the projects al
without water. and those settlers WI
70 resided on them were forced to lea,
e. their entries and their improvement
&. and were financially ruined
~ The house took the report so sci
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