Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-12
SIDETRACK LOCAL
OPTION MEASURE
IDAHO REPRESENTATIVES, REC
oMMEND FOR PASSAGE A STATE
WIDE PROHIBITION BILL.
Huttcn's Short Ballot Constitutional
Amendment Regarded a. Too
Radical and lie Turned Down
by the Senate.

SSntatlKeS 10 TeCOmm6uu loT pdrSABC
a statewide prohibition bill, effective
january /, 1916, were the two main
events Of the session on February 8
Of the thirteenth Idaho legislature.
The prohibition recommendation 10
looked upon as a sweeping victory for
the anti-liquor interests. II defeats
the coup attempted last week to press
the local option bin ahead OF the stat
utory amendment and means that a
record vote In the senate will be
forced.
The liquor forces are marshaling
their strength to prevent passage OF
the statewide bill In the senate, for
Governor Alexander is waiting to
sign the measure, and no pressure
that can be brought to bear upon the
chief executive will change his de-
termination to carry out his pledge as
set forth in his message,
The prohibition enactment measure
came before the house in the form of
house bill No. 142, fathered by twenty
members of the assembly. It was sent
into committee of the whole for
amendment and there ably defended
and championed by Kiger Miles, An
derson OF Canyon; York and Huh.
Johnston OF Bingham attempted to
have an amendment making it unlaw-
full for one to have liquor in his pos
session, but 1t was defeated. Davis
OF Shoshone was the only solon TO at
tack the bill, and he did SO on the
grounds that breweries would not
have sufficient time TO get out OF bust.
ness.
A majority OF the house committee
tried to have the local option bill skid
ded by the house by recommending 1t
for passage. Al minority, friends Of
prohibition. asked to have 1t sent to
committee OF the whole and thereby
delayed its progress, while the state
wide bin was favorably reported.
Senator Hutton OF Shoshone tried
desperately to save his short ballot
constitutional amendment when it
came up ia the senate, but failed Tt
was senate resolution No. 3. and at
tempted to place In the hands of the
governor the appointments OF treas
urer, secretary of state, attorney gem
eral and auditor. The measure was
classed as too radical and the commit
tee adopted a report to kill It through
indefinite postponement by vote of
twenty to eleven.
DR.. Edward o. Sisson, commissions
err of education won a signal victory
in the house on February when that
assembly refused to pass a bill to
abolish his office. Representative
King Of Lewis introduced resolution
10 terminate the office. After spir-
tied debate IN behalf OF the new edu-
cational system Of Idaho, the bill was
defeated by q vote of forty-seyen to
ten.
Two important measures passed by
the senate include the Bowman emer-
gency employment act, empowering
county commissioners to give work TO
the unemployed, and the senate joint
resolution by Rockwell authorizing the
sale OF the 100000 highway bonds at
Az per cent to the Continental and
Commercial Trust e. Savings bank.
Governor Alexander sent the ap-
pointment of George H. Steele Of
Occur d'Aiene as commissioner OF In
surance, the appointment TO take ef
feet Immediately, to the senate Oh
February 5.
In the house on February 5, Cover
nor Alexander was under fire In tbs
senate the northern solons attacked
the state highway commission. claim
ing discrimination on its part In the
matter Of highway construction in ia
vor OF the south. These develop
ments, together with the passage o
i the stringent senate local option act
which, IL 1t goes on the statute books
will bar from further operation ever.
brewery now operating IN local Option
counties, were the features Of the Fri
day legislative programme
An attempt TO pass q Joint concur
rent resolution to dispose of the 5000
600 highway bond issue voted twl
years ago and raise the interest rat
TO AZ per cent and sell them to tn
Continental and Commercial Trust
Savings bank, drew from northern
senators an attack on the highwa
commission. They succeeded in pre-
] venting passage and sending the reese
luton to the committee of the whole
Senators Day Of Latah, Grant of Cleal
. water, Hutton Of Shoshone, Sweet {
. Idaho and Bundy OF Nez Perce spok
, against 1t. They claimed the highwa
commission has done little for nortl
: ern Idaho In the matter of eonstruc
, ing highways. hut had discriminate
/ i against the Panhandle in favor of tn
= south.
The senate passed the local optic
measure. senate bill No SO, By vol
t OF 20 for and against.
q
8 The Bales bill to permit taking fro
n Incorporated municipalities unplattt
q = eyr4n,.lfuraf 1nuac ineIudnd wit n
9 their limits, failed to secure the a
proval Of the members OF the house,
8 BY two more than the two-thirl
+ vote required for passage. S. ]. r. "
It 6, by Elliott, was approved by Il
IS senate. There was no debate II
% vote was % to 10. The resoluti.
r provides that the membership in
st constitutional convention shall be ]
stricted to 50 members.
5. Adjustment OF the tax eommisai
a win be accomplished If H. B. No.
4, by Anderson Of Canyon. passed
X the house last week, meets with t
se approval Of the senate. The bill
az one OF the Democratic administrati
measures.
le After a lengthy discussion and
q spite the fact that the bill calls
~ se5 less than the amount OF
&c claims as itemized in the bin. prov
~ ing for remuneration to stock own
=. whose horses were killed BY order
the state veterinarian in the campal
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