The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-02-11
MEASURE AIMED At
STATEWIDE PRIMARY
MEASURE IN IDAHO SENATE
WHICH is EXPECTED TO PRE-.
cIPlTATE BITTER FIGHT.
Senate Confirms the Governors Ap-
polntmsnts Of Trustees for the
Idaho state sanitariUm
at Nampa.

The statewide primary for the nom
nation Of federal and state candidates
for Idaho IL doomed and Will be dis
placed 10 make way for the state con
VentiOn to accomplish this. II the Re.
publican administrative bill launched
Ia the senate on February Is enact.
ed into law. The bill came from the
state affairs committee. That II VIII
precipitate a bitter night In the legis-
lature before il Is passed was claimed
BY leaders Of both parties.
The proposed bin IL combination
OF numerous proposed acts and sug
gesaiOns. While eliminating the prt
mary for the nomination OF state OF.
hcials II retains that part OF the pres
ent primary for the nomination Of
county and legislative candidates, but
strictly draws party lines and pre-
vents participation by the members OF
one party IN the primary OF another
The last Tuesday On July. 1916. Is set
by the bill as the date for the county
primary TO be held in the respective
counties In the state TO nominate
county and legislative candidates by
the respective parties. as we'll as del
eeates to county convention 10 be
held on the second Teusday In Au
guat, which In turn dominates federal
and state candidates The state con
! ventiOn Ii TO be held Ia Boise unless
otherwise designated by the state
committee.
The basis OF representation In the
county convention In one delegate to
every thirty Of the voting population.
and 10 the state convention one dele
gate to every 400 OF the voting pop
ulation. Candidates for judicial posi-
tions are nominated by petition Can.
didates for Justice OF the supreme
court must have petitions bearing H.,
900 names Of qualified electors and
candidates for Judge Of the district
court 900 signatures, The state com
mittee meets and organizes the sec.
Ond Tuesday In September
The senate confirmed the govern
or'a appointments OF trustees for the
Idaho state sanitarium at Nampa. and
| took under consideration his appoint.
ments for trustees OF the Blackfoot
| asylum Senate bill No "a. to make
! the Academy Of Idaho at POcatello
| the idaho technical institute was with
drawn aud modified bill introduced
The legislative investigating com.
mittee looking into expenditures from
the public building endowment fund
has uneafthed what appears TO be
forgery Of signature OF Ex-Governor
| Hawley 10 voucher for S795,S4,
drawn 20 pay part OF contract for
| electrical fixtures. and will probe the
matter to the bottom.
An attack on the commission gov
ernment under which boise Is now OPP
Grating. through the passage OF bill
| by the house OF representatives permit.
| ting a vote 10 be taken this spring 10
abolish II. the passage OF a resolution
| calling on the board OF prison commits
Hionera to submit 10 the inyestlgat-
Ing committee the report on the penl-
Tertiary by Expert Gleason and seven
other measures. constituted the days
work on February OF the thirteenth
session OF the Idaho legislature.
A record was made Ia the house
Not bin was introduced Only two
made their appearances In the senate,
The antloommlssion government
| bin VAS introduced ~ four members
VI the Ada county delegation. elected
IN an anticommlssion plank The two
other members OF the delegation, one
representative and senator. stand
opposed 70 the bill Ever since the
commission government has been IN
effect here, and since the defeat OF the
old charter, anti.commissionlsta have
waged a light against t. Control OF
the legislative delegation resulted In
Introduction OF the bill, Ii passed
BY vote OF as for and 3 against I'm,
dor the terms OF the BLACK commits.
sion law. Boise. which Is now operat.
ms this form OF government. could
not make change for six years. The
bill passed shortens the time for vot.
lng TO change or sustain commission
government 70 three years
The bin permitting Boise to vote at
the general city election on the dues.
ton whether II will continue under
the Black law or take back It's for.
mer special charter was passed by a
vote og Is TO y
Provision for the employment OF con.
ylets Ia the state penltentiary ON the
public Highways Is made In II, a. No,
SIS by Fttr aud Rockwell. introduced
IN the senate.
Representative Cannon OF Elmore
has introduced a bin authorizing the
county commissioners TO advance the
seed or the coat ~ seed Co farmers
Who own farms and are not able to
provide the seed for planting
stringent in It's provisions is S. q.
No 50, introduced as substitute for
= a No, I. by Hart Local option
Is provided. but under the terms OF the
bin possession 81 liquor drinking aud
drunkenness are made misdemeanOrs.
Three thousand seven hundred and
atty dollars Is 90 be the amount of the
Idaho homestead exemption II H. r..
No a passes With the compromise
amendment that was adopted In the
house committee OF the whole The
present exemption is ave thousand
dollars