Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-01-30

last week word came from Boise
that the house, 10y an overwheln-
ing vote, had passed the bills Great
ing Gooding and Minidoka counties
from portions Of old Lincoln Co. \
pe--imisiic feeling at once began to
peryadc the atmosphere around
Jerome, and while there was ray
Of hope held out that there might |
be- some chance for defeat OF these
mea-urc- in the senate, the chances |
We're 80 small that our citizens were
about ready to give up the fight,
and 80 it Was, ~ the bills passed
the senate hy an equally large ma
jority on Saturday morning, and
the work Of selfish and unscrupu-
lou. politician Of several Yeas du-
ration WAS accomplished.
The question Of dividing Lincoln
county WAS first brought forward
two years ago, but it failed to carry.
From that time on wires have been
laid and plans adopted by the Good
ing element to bring about a divi--
ION Of the county, with the only
object in view Of having county
seat for Goodng Ever alert for
ANYTHING that would enhance the
success of this movement, a triple
alliance was entered into between
Gooding, Rupert and ShoShone
with apparently the only object in
view of crippling Jerome, should
she ever have any ambition To he
: come a countyseat.
, The fight was taken into the prl
maries and thence to the polls, bu
with national questions at stake In
A voter. of the county had no oppor
ID unitv to express themselves ON tn
- question Of county division withou
G jcopardi1ing their party Interests
" and A. a result republican legl-
is latiyc ticket was elected which wa
II nledgrd to division. The division
e ISIS Immediately took advantage
ic this situation to proclaim to II
At world that vast majority of II
+, citizens of the county were III lave
ii of division, and steps were at ont
'e taken to 80 inform every member
the legislature that had been elec
cd.
'' Realizing that the true scntlmen
' of the people had not been eXpre'
'' ed at the polls, and in order
'y hiring this fact forcibly before t
II members Of the legislature pc
II, tions were circulated througho
u" ia. districts that were opposed
'T division. with the result that nea
~ > ONO names of registered vot
''' were obtained who protested u
~ they had no chance to express III
''- sentiments at the polls, and ash
'r- that no division he made. In /
"s these districts were pra'''''
o7' unanimous in their protests at
ing legislated into another coun
. it Statistical information was
ot- obtained showing the unlalrneS'
to . division along the lines propo'
nv. Armed with these documents
bot committee was sent to l0lse to p
rue those facts and figures before
Wis., ,nomhers of the legislature, hel
,od ;nc them to he men of reason
ion sound Judgment. The comm
he lid their work nobly and
,ose hut all of their efforts fell u
,o,. Ioof ears. A senatorial elec
ms was at hand and no matter
bills meritorious a matter migh' "
shes was used rs trading stock an"
I it result the petition of some
cosc voters of Lincoln county was u
,tics nlcd under the feet OF the leg
. an ars and the division bills were
was roaded through with but very
: he opposition. ,u. -,
4, to The passage Of these bills o.
not face of the opposition preSeh''
,xer- looked upon 10y the people
this way as one of the most di'