The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-02-25
LAWMAKERS HAVE
STRENUOUS DAY
ANTl-PuBlIc UTILITIES COMMITS.
SION ADVOCATES WIN A
SWEEPING VICTORY.
Charges Against Judge Steele not
substantlated.-Atta Made
on Legal Counsel Of Gov
ernor Alexander

The collapse of an attempt 70 inn
peach Judge Edgar c. Steele of the
Second Judicial district, the defeat OF
the initiative and referendum resolu.
ton, sweeping victory for the anti.
public utilities commission advocates,
revision of the reform measure and an
attack on the legal counsel of Govern
or Alexander when calling off the at
tempt on reconsideration TO override
his veto, featured a somewhat strenu-
GUS legislative session on February II.
The judiciary committee of the
house of representatives recommend
ed that no action be taken on pre-
ferred charges against Judge Steele
on which to base an impeachment and
the house adopted the recommendation
without debate and hardly sign of
interest
The charges laid before the commit.
tee were by l.. l.. Haynes of Moscow,
alleging the jurist violated the con-
stitution in two respects by failure TO
enter modified judgment in accord
ance with supreme court opinions so
directing and failure to render deci-
sions within the thirty days following
completion of trials.
In its recommendation TO the house
the judiciary committee found the
charges were not substantiated in any
particular.
After a heated debate and by vote
of 81 TO &c, the house delivered the
death blow to house Joint resolution
No. 7, seeking TO amend the constitu
ton
A game preserve act, house bill No
1874, creating in Cassia, Twin Falls
Oneida, Bear Lake, Bannock, Power
and Franklin counties game pre-
serve, was passed by the house
In committee of the whole the re-
form measures on pool halls, slot ma
chimes, etc, were amended One of
them extends the closing hours of pool
halls from 8 TO II o'clock and another
prohibits the use of slot machines.
The fish and game bill was recon.
mended for passage and the senate
herd district bill, by Sweet, was killed.
Senator Whitcomb of Lemhi, author
of senate bill No. s, vetoed by the
governor, surrendered to the vote on
| February II, but in doing so he bit.
| terly scored the legal counsel of Gov
ernor Alexander, who advised him the
act was unconstitutional. 1t sought TO
permit physicians to reveal confiden-
tial relations with patients. It's a
shame and disgrace to the state, -
said Whitcomb, that the governor Is
surrounded by legal advisers not fit
to practice in the police courts
The fortieth day of the thirteenth
Idaho legislature, or the Legislative
high water mark, has passed into his
tory, and with its passage came a
! deluge Of bills and a speeding up of
the law-making to get through many
of the important pending issues.
The past eeks review shows that
Idaho is very likely to be dry, as the
legislature has not only disposed oil
the statewide prohibition amendment
| submitting the saloon question for the
people to vote upon in 1916, but IL has
passed a stringent local option Law
that bars every brewery in the state
from operating in a dry territory, anC
one branch. the house of representa-
lives, has passed the statewide pro
hibition act effective January !, 1916
Ratification by the senate and tht
governors signature to this bill viii
dispose OF the liquor question II
Idaho, probably forever. The dry
wave has swept everything before II
The inclination TO further forct
open the pork barrel" lid was in evi
dence during the past week Bridg'
and road measures for Idaho, Owy
hee. Custer and Oneida counties
managed to weather branches of th'
Legislature, but have not survived botl
of them
The bill passed by both houses
that probably had the most merit wal
the Northwest Livestock appropria
ton act of $4,000 for the big stool
show that is annually put on at Lew
iston II is now with Governor Alex
ander end must secure Eis signatur
Sefore IL becomes available In view
Of his stand on economy there i
some doubt as TO whether or not Ia
will sign It, II Is said to be certain
he does not propose to sign all o
the bridge and good roads appropria
ton bills that are put up to him.
A game preserve for Idaho an
Adams counties in the Black LAX
was also created and the ant-com
mission act for Boise was passed
| Raising the maximum amount o. ian
which may be sold to one person L
800 acres, and permitting the sale q
100 sections OF school land annual
Instead Of Is sections, "a. J. X. No.
by Shattuck. passed the senate las
I week
-Four new counties have been crear
ed by the present legislature, Butt
county being the latest
But eight votes we're cast In ID
/ house against the Homedale bridE
bill The bin appropriates $1,000 70
The building Of wagon bridge acros
snake river at that point
What is termed a legislative burea
Is proposed in the bill by Senate
Rockwell. Members OF the bureau ar
the governor, the chief justice OF tn
supreme court. the president pro ter
II the senate. the speaker OF the bous
and one member to be appointed
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