The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-03-06


come part of the new state to
be formed from north Idaho and
eastern Washington was made to-
day and met with defeat. The at
tempt came in the form of a joint
memorial to the Washington leg
islature asking that state to give
ats consent to the separation of
its eastern counties and express
ing the sentiment of the Idaho
legislature in favor of the divi-
sion.. The vote on the passage
of the memorial was 20 DO 35, as
follows:
Ayes - Case, Chandler, Church
Clark of Latah, Conner, Edel-
blute, Elliott, Farmin, Finke,
Featherstone, Harchelrode, Hunt,
Jones, Mason, Norton, Oversmith,
Sargent, Wearne, Friend, Sin
clair, - 20.
Nays-Adams, Booth, Bradley,
Brown, Campbell, Clark of Custer
Dickinson, Evans of Bear Lake,
Evans of Lincoln, Ferguson, Gard
ner, Gilchrist, Healy, Henderson,
Herndon, Johnston, Koelsch, Lau,
Lawson, Lewis, McDermott, Men
denhall, Merrill, Mickels, Nihart,
Cakes Parks, lockwood, Rose
wear, Ryan, Shattuck, Taylor,
Warwick, Wright, Speaker French
-35.
Absent - Bowerman, Hayford,
Johnston, Nelson, Story-5.
Every representative from the
northern part of the state as far
south as to include Idaho county
affixed his signature to the nem-
orial as one of its authors with
the exception of Oversmith OF
Latah, and he voted for its final
passage. Hunt of Fremont was
the only member from the south
ern part of the state who voted
for the memorial.
Koelsch of Ada said In his
opinion that, division would I'M
doubtedly be good for the terri
tory included in the new state, it
would leave south Idaho strug-
Cling and impoverished common
wealth.
He quoted figures to show that
the present population of Idaho
is 5000 and that of Washington
1,141 900, that the new state
would take one-third of the popu-
lation of Washington, or approx
imately 100000 people, and ap-
proximately 100000 from Idaho,
giving the proposed state of Lin
coin a population of $4,000 and
leaving the remainder of the tate
of Idaho with but about 214, 900
people.
He added that with her reduced
population, Idaho would still be
forced to stand almost alone the
same fixed expense that is now
incident to the maintenance of
the state in its present form. He
might favor division if Idaho
were given eastern Oregon.
Conner objected to any amend
ment to include part of Oregon,
on the ground that the two divi-
sions were separate propositions
and that the state of Lincoln
memorial could not be amended
to include the annexation of Ore
gon territory to Idaho. He took
the responsibility on himself OF
pledging the votes of the entire
north to a memorial on the Ore
gon proposition, provided the
state of Lincoln memorials pasesd
Elliott of Bonner made a talk
for the memorial, in which he in
jected the sectional issue into the
discussion. He declared that
northern Idaho is paying Al per
cent of the taxes of the state and
is receiving but a small portion
of the benefits derived therefrom.
Livestock Appropriation Tabled.
The house tabled the bill pro-
viding for bond issue of $685.
600 for the Pacific Northwest
Livestock show to be held at Lew
iston. Another effort will be
made to secure the passage of
this bill with an amendment re-
ducing the amount of the bond
issue.