The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-12
ECONOMY CAMPAIGN
IN THE LEGISLATURE
PARTY MEASURE PRESENTED
WHICH WILL REDUCE SALARIES
OF THE STATE OFFICERS.
State Highway Commission Charged
With Discrimination in the Matter
OF Highway Construction in
Favor of the South.


the state highway commission, claim.
ing discrimination on it's part in the
matter of highway construction in IA
/ vor of the south. These develop
ments, together with the passage OF
the stringent senate local option act
| which, If it goes on the statute books,
will bar from further operation every
brewery now operating in local option
counties, were the features of the Fri
day legislative programme
Attacks on the governor DEVELOPED
| in the house when that assembly was
| considering the minority economy pro
gramme to cut salaries of all state of
ticials, including the governor, as rec
| commended by the chief executive in
his message. The net result was cut
ting the salary of one official state,
treasurer. This will result in net
saving of $4,000 in two years.
Minority Leader Anderson is the au-
thor of the salary-cutting bills. They
came up in committee of the whole
Friday. Representative Edelblute oil
| Kootenai opened the attack by declar
ing he considered it presumption on
the part of the Democrats to attempt
| to cut salaries of Republican officials
because their party had secured an
| entering wedge in the statehonse."
| To this Clark, Democrat, retorted that
Governor Alexander was elected on an
economy programme by a plurality oil
1000, and insisted on economy, not
for his party, but for the taxpayers,
The sincerity of the governor was
questioned, but in the end Democrats
voted with Republicans to defeat the
Democratic salary-cutting bills.
| An attempt to pass joint concur
rent resolution to dispose of the $780,
| 900 highway bond issue voted two
years ago and raise the interest rate
| to Az per cent and sell them to the
Continental and Commercial Trust &
| Savings bank, drew from northern
senators an attack on the highway
| commission. They succeeded in pre-.
venting passage and sending the reso-
luton to the committee Of the whole.
| Senators Day of Latah, Grant of Clear
water, Hutton of Shoshone. Sweet of
Idaho and Bundy of Nez Perez spoke
| against it, They claimed the highway
| commission has done little for north
ern Idaho in the matter of construct.
! ing highways, but had Disseminated
against the Panhandle in favor of the
/ south.
The senate passed the local option
measure. senate bill No. so, by vote
/ of 29 for and 2 against.
Important ellis introduced include:
Senate bill No. 81, by the state affairs
committee, reorganizing the state high
way commission.
Senate bill No. 50, by Kicks and
| Hart-Appropriating $4,000 for con-
struction of leyee on the south fork
of the Snake river near Lorenzo.
The statewide primary for the nom.
| ination of federal and state candidates
for Idaho is doomed and will be dis
placed to make way for the state con
vention to accomplish this, if the Re
publican administrative bill launched
in the senate on February is enact
ed into law. The bill came from the
state affairs committee. That it Will
precipitate bitter fight in the legis
lature before it is passed was claimed
| by leaders of both parties.
The bill fathered by York which
would have prohibited county com
missioners from giving contracts fol
public printing to firms not already
organized and doing business was
killed in the house.
Thorough reorganization of the pure
food and sanitary departments is pro
posed in six measures presented in the
senate by Carter of Washington coun
ty. These provide that the pure food
department be combined with the
state board of health.
One of the bills before the present
session which has created no end OF
discussion is the measure presented
by Webb, which would allow the sale
of infected frait during certain
months.
The predatory animal bill Oh. B. No
1881 provides for special levy of not
more than three mills on sheep, one
mill on cattle, and one-half mill on
horses. the money to be used in pay.
ing bounties on predatory animals.
Senate bill No. 70, combining pri
maries and conventions, would limit
expenditures of candidates to % pei
cent of the first years salary in the
case of state officers, and 10 per cent
for county officers.
! Seventy-four bills had been intro
duced in the senate at the close OF
business FEBRUARY 4, WHlle AUf ulIs
had appeared in the house, besides
numerous resolutions. Imagine all OF
these being placed on the statute
books.
Clark of Custer has presented bill
creating real estate commission, de
termining the powers of the commits
sion and fixing the compensation o.
the members. The measure requires o
broker to pay license fee of S. and
post thousand dollar bond.
The Bales bill to permit taking from
incorporated municipalities unplattee
agricultural lands included within
their limits, failed to secure the ap
prevail of the members of the house.
| The senate Endorsed the selections
of the governor to the board of di
rectors for the Idaho sanitarium, fol
lowing a favorable recommendation
by the committee on state affairs.
! H.B. No. 200 becomes a law. can