The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-01-28
SENATE VOTES TO
MAKE IDAHO DRY
ONLY ONE VOTE CAST AGAINST
PROHIBITION CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
AntlAIlen Land Bill is Approved by
the House. Prohibiting Acquisition
Of Land In Idaho by For
eipn Persons.

ton constitutional amendment to make
Idaho perpetually dry from and after
May /, 1917. and passage by the house
Of the anti-alien land bill added two in
| teresting chapters to the thirteenth
idaho legislature on January 20, for
both measures are considered OF para
| mount Importance The first carries
out one of the pledges OF all political
| parties. The second may raise a Ques-
ton in Idaho OF as great national i'm
portance as the one in California.
The amendment was introduced in
| the senate during the early days Of
the session by Senator Hart. whip" Of
the majority wing and president pro
tenn. AS originally drafted, II was TO
be effective July /. 1917. but was set
/ back by amendment to May / OF the
same year.
On passage II received every vote
with the exception OF one in the sen
ate. The exception was that OF Sen.
ator Whitcomb OF Lemhi The main
attack on 1t was that 1t is not drastic
enough,
II prohibits the manufacture. sale,
! keeping for sale and transportation
| tor sale OF intoxicating liquors for
| beverage purposes. Some OF the sol.
| ons wanted 10 include consumption"
in IL.
In the debate Senator Zuck OF Twin
Falls scored the personal liberty
/ plea declaring those who advanced
| II disregarded the children born and
unborn who will make up future gen
srations
Senator Day OF I.atah attempted to
have Incorporated in the amendment
2 clause providing that not more than
one gallon of whisky and two quarts
Of beer be allowed to any one person
| The amendment was defeated
| In its passage" said Senator Rock.
| well before voting for 1t. we enter a
sea which for a long time will be much
| troubled" Senator Day explained HIS
amendment was for the purpose OF
catching boot!eggers.
The house registered only two
| votes out OF a total of sixty-one
against the anti-a!ien bin when II
passed that body The measure was
/ introduced by Anderson of BonneyEe
| Shattuck OF Bonneville aud Speaker
| Conner registered the two nays"
Leaders on both sides OF the house
| spoke for IT,
The bill prohibits acquisition OF land
BY alien persons, firms or associations
| save by enforcement OF liens and
through inheritance, and in either
! such case allows only Ave years in
which TO sell, with a penalty OF es.
cheatment to the state II contains
no reference to blood. race or nation
ality Foreigners becoming citizens OF
the United States are exempted
An attempt to adopt a majority re-
port recommending passage OF a sen
ate resolution aboIishing the cOnstitu.
| tional office Of state superintendent
Of public instruction failed through
the activity OF Senator Day. who de-
| clared against "decapitating consti u
tional departments or state educa.
tional institutions" He said the pro
posal was a "iuggernaut." The senate
sent the resolution to committee OF
the whole.
Antagonlsm to present state COM
missions and boards broke out In the
legislature on January is. The first
step to put Idaho behind the building
OF a north-and-south railroad was
taken in the house when the Nc,
Gowan resolution. authorizing the
governors to appoint an investigating
| commission. was passed.
The Teton county division bill
passed, together with the infected
| fruit measure.
Representative Hunslnger attacked
the pubic utilities commission. in 70
ducing a bill to abolish IL, and IL was
quickly followed by bin by Anderson
of Canyon TO abolish the STATE tax
commission
King of Lewis fathered an act to
abolish the office of state education
commissioner
In the senate, Rockwell of Blaine
! introduced a consti .utional amend
ment to abolish the state board Ct
| equalization and create In its place a
! constitutional tax commission.
Minority Leader Anderson intro
duced a stringent constitutional pr1hL
bition amendment, which absolute y
prohibits the sale or manufacture OF
liquor in Idaho. TO become effective in
! 1916.
The FIRST bridge appropriation bill OF
| the session was launched by King Of
| Lewis in the house He asks for 50
| ESQ to purchase the toll bridge over
| the Clearwater river between Lewis
and Idaho counties.
Shattuck OF Bonneville fed q child
'abor act. and the committee on edu.
1 cational Institutions record The
I budget bin for educational inst 81.
! tons II divides the approximate s.
as follows. University r Idaho, sea-.
SEQ. Lewiston normal Sl6E290; hcsd-
envy OF Idaho Stg7 500; ST A1thyuv
training srtrC, EI40lfa. Good 2
blind school. f1Ifggo The baa-1 o'
educa;irus rIrn Is followed 20 ab- n
don TIE Albion norma and Il Is Civ n
cn,y $4,000
With nearly as mrcA un7rlm ~ as
they were passed by the house the
house bills reA.ing B-u7dary county
Tout o! Bonner. and BenewaA county
out Of Kootenai passed the senate.
lunder a suspension OF the ru' es Sen
ator Whitcomb cast the only vote
against the tao bT's
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