The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-02-25
pEohi. Bill Effective January
1915, Passed Senate Rec
commended by Governor.
DOWN AMENDMENTS
Passage Greeted With Tremen-
dous Applause-Vote
of "a to 6.

BOISE, Idaho. Feb. 2s.-Idaho will
b. prohibition state on and after
Jnnuary /. 1916. This state Joined the
dry ranks with Washington and Ore
&on when the senate this afternoon
passed house bin 142 and sent it to
0overuor Moses Alexander for his sig
nature. The governor is pledged by his
Message to the legislature to sign the
Act. He recommended dts passage in
the strongest possible terms.
Vets Make Thelr Last stand.
The vets made their last stand in
The state today when, led by senators
Whitcomb Of Lemhi. Frazier of Koot-
mai, McBeth Of Custer and Ffz of
Hoise. they made desperate efforts. but
fatied to amend the house bill in COM
nlittee of the whole in the senate.
when the act was a special order of
bpsiness. Every amendment they Of
fered was voted down.
The bill as 1t came from the house
Was recommended by the committee
0f the whole of the senate for pass
age on ahsing vote of Is to s. When
he committee arose dts report was
adopted on roll cali by vote of 25
% 8. with two senators paired. The
rules were suspended by a vote of q
81 9 and the act was placed on its
final passage, passing by a vote of "a
10 g.
Record Crowd Sees Bill Passed.
The senate floor. it's galleries and
every available bit of standing room.
AZ we'll as the doors and windows, were
packed with crowd of eager spec
tators, the largest audience the ses-
sion has seen, when the senate went
into committee OF the whole to con-
siier the prohibition bill. When the
bin was passed under a suspension of
the rules an outburst Of applause
k<cke forth, drowning the presidents
voice and the crowd swarmed onto the
senate floor. following adjournment, con
Eratulating the senators on the pass
ase of the bin.
That the prohibition senators had a
close organization was evident i1nme-
diately after the body started debate
on the measure. Elliott, of Bonner
county opened for the dries declaring
that the moral issue involved in the
prohibdtion bill was above partdzanship
and met the demand Of the people. He
was followed by Zuck, of Twin Fails.
and Graham, of Ada counties, speaking
for the measure Before the debate
had closed Ricks. of Madison, Carter
of Washington. Bundy. of Nez Perce.
and others spoke In Ats behalf. Whit
comb, of Lemhi county, led the fight
against the bill. He construed the Re-
publican party platform plank to be
against passage OF the BILL but ad-
naitted he had repudiated the plank
prior to his own election.
Reject Efforts to Amend Bill.
Frazier. of Kootenia county, proposed
an amendment calling ON the governor
TO appoint special deputies in all coun-
ties in the state to enforce the pro-
VISIONS OF the act at a salary Of $500
the year and providing an appropria-
tion Of $4,000 to pay their salaries.
The amendment was voted down on the
first test vote Of Is to g. Whitcomb
tried to have an amendment adopted
giving to saloonkeepers the right to
remain in business during the term of
their license. 1t was voted down.
Whitcornb later tried to have the bill
referred to the judiciary committee,
but failed. Carter of Washington coun-
ty charged Senators Frazier and Whit
comb with bad faith in attempting to
amend the bill.
Shows How Senators Voted.
The vote on the final passage of the
bill stood:
Ayes Mendenhall,
Bremen, McCloud,
Bundy, HugmiTe,
Carter, Ricks,
Day, Steele
Eiliott, Sweet,
Fuller, Thomas,
Graham, zuck,
Grant. Total "a.
Harding, Noes
Hart Fftz
Hayes, Hutton,
Houtz, Macbeth,
Johnson. Montgomery,
81 Kaline, Prostor
N Lenz, Whitcomb
Towe, Total, g.
Patred-Bowman, dry, and Rockwell
wet
Absent and not voting-Frazier.
On adoption OF the committees re-
port recommending the bill out foi
passage the vote stood as above. On
motion to suspend Day and Breme
voted against it and Hutton voted foi
the motion. On the final vote Frazie
left the chamber.