Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-11
Assignments Read at Morn
ing Session Of the House
Report on Printing Con-
tract Causes Discussion.
COMMITTEE FAVORS
CAPITAL NEWS BID
Report Finally Adopted At
ter Debate on Which Of
the Three Offered Was the
Lowest-Militia Pay Bill
Is Sent to the Governor.

The standing committees of the
house of representatives We're an
nounced by Speaker Alfred during the
morning session today and members
knew for the first time the assign
ments they have for the present ses-
sion. The more important chairman
ships were assigned as follows: Rep
resentative Peckham, agriculture and
horticulture; Hitchcock. appropria
tons; Newport banks and banking
Richards, county ! es and boundar-
les; Welsh, charitable and penal in
situations; Shearer, education; Find
lay. educational institutions; Lehrbas,
fish and game; Anderson of Canyon,
irrigation; Bates, judiciary; Thatcher,
livestock; Struthers, mines and min
ing; Cannon, privileges cnd elections;
Moody, references, Eames, revenue
and taxation; Goehry. railroads, Sey
mour, roads and bridges; Kribs. state
affairs; McIntc.A, ways and means
MILITIA PAY BILL SIGNED.
The house adopted the new rules and
order of business as recommended by
the committee. The house was noti-
fled by a special committee that the
NIT it's report as it was now with the
printers.
Speaker Alfred announced he had
signed the militia pay bill and it was
sent to the governor. 1t is expected
the chief executive will sign the meas
use without delay. The house ordered
$50 copies of the fading committees,
rules and order of business printed and
I'D 10
see they are. The appropriations, ref
erence and judiciary committees were
each empowered to appoint clerks at
SIS piece, one clerk to och commit
tee.
RECOMMENDS CAPITAL NEWS.
The bid for printing tn house jour
nal as offered by the Capital News
WAS recommended FOR acceptance by a
unanimous report of the printing com
mttee after long wrangle, and on
motion of Representative Peter G.
Johnston.
Representatives Anderson, Grce and
Sims spoke in favor of the committees
report Representative Driscoll asked
for information as to which was the
lowest contract. There were two 9TH
ers submitted, one from Syms- York
company and the other from Arch
Cunningham company. The discus
sion arose over the extra copies of
bills and the number that would be
needed.
Representative Anderson declared
that due to the many new admins.
ration bills to be introduced there
would be large number of copies,
and for that reason he favored the
Capital News bid, which. he said, he
believed to be the lowest. Represent
alive Sims said that as he did not
anow how many extra copies were
needed he could not say which lid
was the lowest. Representative La
Forest attacked the report, basing his
objections to the results of two years
ago. In answer to this objection Rep
rcsentative Grice said he was not
fooled by the bid of two years ago
and did not believe he was fooled now
He favored the Capital News BID
Driscoll moved the report or the COM
mittee be re-referred. Anderson NOV
ed to table the motion The Anderson
motion was lost.
Anderson offered a substitute to all
pending motions that the printing
committee be allowed TO let the con-
tract. A parliamentary tangle follow
ed until Representative Johnston ciar-
flied the atmosphere by moving an
adoption of the committees report
The motion carried unanimously. .The
house recessed to O'clock
A resolution was adopted before ad-
.ournment as offered by Representa-
tive Hubbard inviting Oliver Wilson,
master of the National Grange, who
is soon to be in Nampa, to address the
Idaho State Grange. to address the
house
STANDING COMMITTEES.