The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-03-04
FAILED To SECURE
TWO-THIRDS VOTE
PROHIBITION MEASURE MUST
AGAIN BE VOTED ON
IN THE SENATE
Discovery Made That Not Enough
Votes Were Cast in Favor
Of Dry State and the Vote
VIII be Taken Over.

W SAJ SN0hN 0NEH AfE NNAN
viii be Taken Over.
When the senate opened its session
on February "a. President Taylor
asked for unanimous consent. which
was granted. TO have the journal show
that the prohibition bill passed the
preceding day, had failS-E y secure
a two-thirds vote on SUSPENSION OF the
rules, hence the bill could not have
been placed on final reading. as the
constitution had not been suspended
and the bill should stand on second
reading aud come up for final passage
on third reading Thursday. There are
thirty-three senators and a two-thirds
vote, as required by the constitution
to suspend the rules, would be TWEEN.
ty-two. The suspension motion only
securing q votes. the bill will not
have more than 6 votes against il on
final passage.
Idaho will be a prohibition state on
and after January l, 1916. This state
lined up in the dry" ranks with
Washington and Oregon, when the
senate of the thirteenth Idaho legis-
lature on February % passed Senate
Bill No l42 and sent il 10 Governor
Moses Alexander for his signature.
The chief executive is pledged by his
message to the legislature to sign the
act, foe he recommended its passage
in the strongest possible terms.
The senate floor. its galleries and
every available space OF standing
room, as well as its doors and win
dows, were packed with spectators
when the senate rent into committee
of the whole to consider the house
prohibition bill.
When the bill was 3assci unIer sus.
pension an outbGrsI of applause broke
forth drowning the presidents voice,
and the crowd swarmed onto the sen
ate floor following adjournment, con
graduating senators, on the passage
OF the bill
The house of representatives con
vened on February 22-Washington' 5
birthday-but no bills were passed
and after the consideration of half a
dozen measures in committee of the
whole, adjournment was taken. TWEEN
ty-six measures were on the calendar
for final passage at the time.
Declaring that II the present law
governing Boise is allowed to remain
undisturbed for two years more diff.
| ferences will be amicably settled the
governor Saturday submitted to the
/ house a message vetoing a bill de
I signed to allow another vote on the
/ form of government which shall pre-
! vail in Boise
Reduction of the legal rate OF inter,
| est from IL to 10 per cent was ap,
] proved by the house when ii passed
/ H. b. No. 105. by Gilchrist Opinion
/ was divided as to whether such ac.
| tion would benefit or hurt the aver,
age settler. The vote was 81 TO 20.
! After being once carried out, an at.
/ tempt to reduce the salary of the
state law librarian was defeated I'm
the house and the salary left as it now
| stands. The vote was p to 81.
The senate took measure last week
to indefinitely postpone action on a
/ bill to permit the appropriation o.
/ Idaho waters for use in another state
but 1t was not because there was op
| position TO the bill. but because a sim
liar measure is pending in the house
Word from American Falls is TO tbs
effect that spirited opposition prevails
there against the bill introduced by
Senator McCloud of Gooding county
proposing to place Power county il
the Sixth judicial district The cOun
~ is now in the Fifth.
BY vetoing the Northwest Livestocl
association $4,000 appropriation 70
the use OF its big show at Lewiston
Governor Alexander laid down
stringent policy for economy. and hi
act is taken to indicate that few ap
preparation measures are going to sur
yive the veto AK.
Partial burial at least of the houst
e-wide prohibition bill in the sen
ate has delayed action on that meas
ure. but that II has the votes In tina
body necessary to pass II now seem
evident This bill seeks to give state
wide prohibition to Idaho January
1916.
Apparently the Legislature propose
TO pass measures carrying appFopris
tiOns and place them before the gov
erDor in site OF his recent veto action
over a half million dollars in sue
measures have been introduced Il
both houses, and a number OF then
have either passed the senate or tn
house
4 bin presented by the committe,
on live stock and approved by tn
house last week requires that one bull
be ranged with every ten COWS bu
permits two or more owners OF cattl
10 ioiH In the ownership o. such bul
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