Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-01-30
A LIVELY DAY IN THE
IDAHO LEGISLATURE
Ex-Governor Brady Wins a Toga, Gov
ernor Haines' Appointments Con-
hrmed, and New County Created.

ex-governor Brady Wins a Toqa, Gov
ernor Haines' Appointments Con-
firmed, and New County Created.
Aside from the election OF ex-Gov-
ernor James II. Brady to the United
States senate. there were o.her inter
estng features in the legislature on
Friday.
The senate confirmed the following
appointments made by Governor
Haines: State bank commissioner, A
h. Reid Of Spirit Lake, for a four-year
term; insurance commissioner, E. F.
Nanvalkenburg, Boise; fish and game
warden, o. II. Barber, American Falls;
state veterinarian, V. c. White, Black
foot; trustees of the Academy OF Ida.
no for six-year terms, j. r. Shepherd
Of Paris and Henry II. 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 treappointed); Gus
Spenberg. Montpelier; G w. Erwin,
Idaho Falls.
The passage of a 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
3rady's election, was as follows:
James H. Brady. 40; James F. Ali
shie. 7; T. II. Dewey. 4; c. w. Beale,
/: Burton L. French. 2; James K.
Babb 3; Robert y. Dunn. 4; J. T.
Morrison, 3: George Fields. !; J. F.
Maclane. /; T. L. Burkland. !; John
| F Nugent. 3; James Hanrahan 2;
/ W. c. Courtney. /; total, so; neces-
aary 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. Elgngton. 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
McDermott. Mendenhall. Merrill. Mick
els. Nielsen. Parks. Rcsevear. Sar
gent. Shattuck Storey, Taylor, War
nick. Wright. French.
For Ailshie - Senators Johnson
Sweet. Representatives Church. Far
min, Harchelrode. Norton. Cakes.
More was accomplished in thu
house on the 23rd than in all the pre-
vious days OF the session. The bill
that divides Lincoln county into thre'
parts the bill proposing to create tn
Tenth judicial district. and the reso
luton to increase the number OF JUS
tees OF the supreme court from thre
to five were all passed and the nous
also passed the bill that permits tn
summoning OF jurors who live outsid
the county seat by registered mail.
The resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution increasin
the number of justices of the suprem
court from three to five passed tn
house with an almost unanimou
vote in its favor.
Idaho's official stamp of approve
was placed on the Borah resolutio
for the direct election of Unite
States senators. so far as the hous
of representatives is concerned. whe
hv unanious vote that body passe
house Joint resolution by Koelsch {
Ada. ratifying the amendment.
House Joint memorial No by NJ
son. asking congress to amend I'll
three-year homestead bill TO striR
out the provision that compels ce
tain amount of cultivation. receive
the unanimous approval of the hous
Speaker French was i'll on the 23r
and unable to preside over the deli
arations of the house He was pre-
ent part of the time. but did not a
, send the ros,rum. Storey of AID
who was speaker at the Eleventh Sc
sion. was in the chair.
Senator Hart has introduced bi
which is intended to aend sectio
, 2236 of the civil code providing f.
the conveyance of real estate belon
ing to the city or town by vote
the people.
Senator Macbeth's bill to comp
constables to inspect the brands {
cattle to be shipped from one poi
to another in the state is intend'
to cut out cattle rustling.
For the first time since the legisl
= ture convened on January E the hou
. of representatives on the 22nd pass
T. n bill with all the formality prescri
4 ed by the regularly adopted rule
( Two bills have been previously pas
q ed. bue in each instance suspense
y. of the rules was brought into play
, order TO effect the enactment. Hou
bill No. .. by Oversmith of Latah. CT
ating new judicial district to
= comprised of the counties of ldaf
! Nez Perez and Lewis. and to
: known as the Tenth district. was