Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-01-28
THE STATE SOLONS.
They Wrestie with Many Bills Some
Of Which Have Been Enacted
into Law.

Al the close OF the third week OF
,he Thirteenth session OF the Idaho
lsgslature both friends and enemies
admit that splendid progress has
heen made Not as many bills have
been introduced as In some previous
sessions, but number OF important
measures have been put upon the
statute books or are under consider
alton. To date 113 bills and resolu-
tlons have been introduced In the
house and 46 In the senate. The com
mittees are doing good work in dis
posing OF bills. thus saving much
time on the tioor.
The governor has signed two emer-
gency appropriation bills and the
Benewah county division bill. He
evidently is investigating the three
oughly as two OF them still lie on his
desk without his signature The gov
ernor is In receipt OF number OF
telegrams and letters from parties
In the counties affected protesting
against the action of the legislature.
and delegation has arrived from
the north end OF the state TO prevail
upon the governor TO veto one OF the
bills.
II is the general impression that
the county division program for this
u.aofnp hac hn.n tnl.fAt Epur
such bills are in the committees OF
the two bodies. and appear to be un-
able TO get further. The house COM
mittee has held number of long
'sessions and listened TO the argument
for and against the organization Of
Buhl county from Twin Falls. Camas
from Blaine and Payette from Can
yon. and In each case adjournment
was taken until future date without
decision. The Butte county bill be
gan life In the senate and is In COM
mittee. but no hearing has been
given
The house adjourned Friday noon
until 10 o'clock Monday morning.
There is no inclination on the part
OF the members OF the house TO take
It easy" but the action WAS for the
purpose OF permitting the commit
tees to catch up with their work
Every committee in the house has
from one TO ten bills to thresh out
and It was thought that the house
could save time by adjourning until
Monday.
Thrailkill. OF Ada county, has In
troduced n bill In the house for the
discontinuance of the Albion Normal
school. This will precipitate a hard
fight I'm both bodies as the question
has been pretty well discussed In the
past and most of the legislators have
positive views on the subject. Gov
Alexander. few days ago expressed
himself as being in favor of retain
ing the school: however. 1t is hardly
thought probable that the fight viii
be along party lines.
The past week there has been
wholesale introduction of bills and
resolutions to abolish commissions
boards and constitutional offices. Th'
measures are conflicting and some oi
them are very radical and impracti'
cable I'm the extreme and II Is need
less TO say that few of them vii gel
beyond the committees. II Is almos'
certain that some commissions ano
boards will be consolidated with oth
ers and perhaps some entirely abol
ished. These measures have caused
CONSERVATION among n small arm!
OF officials. clerks. stenographers an'
other attaches who would thus b.
thrown out of employment. Amonl
those attacked are the public utili
ties commission, the state tax com
mission, state educational commits
sion, state board of equalization, III
state insurance commissioners, stat
immigration commissioners and TN
state superintendent of public II
struction.
The state educational institutio
commission have prepared their but
get for the support OF the stat
schools for the coming two years.
asks for appropriations as follows
University of Idaho. $221,S6O; Lev
iston Normal, s163.390; Academy
Idaho, s127,5OO: st Anthony Trail
ing school, s14O.000S Gooding Bin
school, s114,20O. The board of ed
cations plan is followed to abandt
the Albion Normal school and u
normal is given but $4,000 to G
able It to finish the present year.
The house appropriation comm
tee, after wrestling with the matt
for some time. introduced a resol
ton calling on the governor to plea
explain how II can make a cut In
appropriation for the maintenai
OF the state board of health and
state dairy. food and sanitary
partment without imparing It's u
fulness as he suggested In his III