Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-02-23
ANOTHER JAPANESE
BILL PRESENTED
MEASURE WOULD PREVENT MAR
RlAGES BETWEEN JAPS AND
WHITE WOMEN.
Administration Forces Passage of
Bill Appropriating $4,000 for the
State Auditor to Investigate
State Land Department.

Boise, Idaho.-With the vowed pur
pose of preventing marriage between
Japanese and Americans, there wa
introduced in the senate on Februar.
20 a bill that promises to add com
plications to the Japanese difficulties
Senator Anterior of Twin Falls Il
the author of the bill When intro
ducing it he admitted that its objec
Is 10 prevent marriages between
Americans and Mongolians.
The administration forced the pas
sage on February 20 of the senate
bill apropriating $4,000 for the STATE
auditor to conduct an investigation o
time the state was admitted into the
union up to January l, 1917. The bill
passed the senate and was sent t.
the house Senate bill No. 80, by
Thomas, relating to the handling OF
estates in probate courts, and senate
bill No. 6, by Bradbury, providing fol
the partial redemption of tax sale
Ger ificates, were also passed.
Several senate and house bills
were killed on February 20. Senate
bill No. Sc, by Rockwell and Grant
consolidating a number of state de
partments under the state depart
ment of agriculture, suffered this
fate, as did also the following meas
ures: House bill No. 141, by the com
mittee on agriculture, taking from
jurisdiction of public utilities commits
sion non-profit and mutual public
utilities; house bill No. 10, by Kiger
Smith, Daughters and Baillie, provid
ing biennial instead of annual real es.
tate assessments.
other bills passed by the senate
were the following: Senate joint
memorial No. z by Stevenson, petit
tioning congress to create Sawtooth
National park.
Senate joint memorial No. 5, by
Harding, asking congress to place re-
naming grazing land in Oneida coun-
ty in Oneida National forest.
The house passed the following
bills:
House bill No. 1876, by Bates, pro-
viding continuous absence from home
stead is evidence of abandonment.
House bill No. 227, by committee
on immigration, fixing minimum wage
for women employed in this state at
50 per week after first year of work.
A number of bills were introduced
in the senate, the more important of
which are the following: By Cum
mings and Proctor, giving public utili-
ties commission supervision over Sc
curities of public utilities; by Cum
mings, creating a law library at Po-
catello and appropriating $4,000
therefor; by Pettibone, requiring
highway commissioners to publish
proceedings; by Mitchell. prohibiting
county officials from purchasing tax
certificates.
Boise, Idaho.-The house OF repre-
sentatives on February II passed the
Observation-Disclosures workmen's COM
pulsory compensation act, generally
looked upon as the labor organiza-
tons measure, following an all-day
debate, by a vote of As to 20. At the
same session and on request of its
author. Representative Ernest Ander-
son of Canon county, the house killed,
by indefinite postponement, the So
called Anderson elective compensation
act
Bitterness crept into the long de-
bate as it reached climax just be-
fore passage of the bill.
While the house was debating the
Bates and Anderson bills there APP
peared in the senate a new compen-
sation act backed by Senator Rock
we'll of Blaine county, Senator Ran
lall of Nezperce and three Demo
Gratis, Senators Bradbury, Evans and
Harding. 1t is an elective act, throw
ng open to employer and employee
alike all sources of compensation. A
commission of three, each commits
;ioner assigned to district, to take
charge of administering its terms at
| salary of $4,000 per annum. For
ieath from s25 to $65 per month is
paid the heirs for period of seven
years. For total and partial disabil-
ty OF an employee the rate of COM
,ensation is equal to SIS per cent of
he salary received by the disabled
Employee. Employers may elect what
they desire. State in
urance compensation is provided.
rhe compensation bill is not to be-
ome effective until January, 1913. An
appropriation of $4,000 is carried to
,ut it in force and effect. A com
sensation bill providing for state in
urance creates the office of compen-
alton commissioner to administer the
tate insurance and an appropriation
f $4,000 goes with the measure.
Enough votes are said to be pledged
q the senate to pass the bill
When the legislature convened, jan
airy s, it appropriated $4,000 for
alaries and expenses. 1t was then
tanned to complete all work in forty |
avs and adjourn. But at the present
nne no one knows when adjournment |