Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-10
Majority Leader Declares
There Is Nothing Wrong
With the Militia Pay
Measure and Morning
Paper Is Rebuked.
BILL TO GIVE MORE
POWER TO GOVERNOR
Administrative Measure
Providing for Removal of
Sheriffs Who Refuse to
Obey the Law Introduced
in House-Brief Senate
Session.

The inferred charge that there is
joker in any part of the militia pay
bill, appropriating s7S335o for the pay
ment of the state troops, was branded
ed as false in the house of represen-
tatives of the Fourteenth Idaho legis
lature this morning when Majority
Leader Moody enlivened the proceed
ings upon rising to point of personal
privilege. Representative Moody call
cd the perpetrator of the story, the
morning paper, a ''prevaricator, seek
ing to cause friction between the s:ov-
ernor's and adiutGnt generals office
and the regiment.
The introduction of an adminstra-
ton bill giv!ng the governor power to
remove sheriffs and prosecuting attor-
news for failure to enforce the PROFIT
bition laws, and Il memorial to con-
gress to amend tine federal const!tu-
tion providing for the direct election
of presidential electors also featured
the morning session. The house adj
journed to u a III ThursdaV.
SENATE SESSION BRIEF.
The session of the senate was brief
Its most important work at the morn
ing session was the passage of me-
mortal to congress asking for a $780,
600 appropriation in the Indian appro-
priation bill pending before congress
for good roads in the Fort Hall reser-
walton, approval of the report of the
mileage committee allotting members
10 cents per mile while travelling to
the capital to attend the session; the
introduction Of bill by Senator Cum
mings for an additional Judge for the
Fifth judicial district. A similar bill was
introduced in the house. The senate
also swore in a number of its attaches
who were late in arriving. Senator
Pincock declined to accept the mileage
allotted him because he received mil
cage as a presidential eector. He was
applauded for the stand he took. The
senate recessed to o'clock this aft
ernoon.
MOODY DENIED CHARGE.
The house had Just finished correct
ing its journal when Representative
Moody addressed the chair, haN ing
been recognized upon RISING to poiat
of personal privilege.
Il desire to say, Mr.. Speaker and
members of the house of representa-
tives, that ! have denial to enter to
the charge OF the early morning pr2-
varicator in relation to the militia pay
bill regarding which. in its deSire 10
create friction between the a4iutant
generals and governors office toseth
er with the regiment, ii asserts there
is joker. That is absolutely untrue
In order that there may be no misap,
prehension on the part of members
especially those of the minority, wish
at this time to show the purpose oil
the measure.
The morning Statesman, with its
usual ability to discover mares nests
discovered the state sought to take
something away from the enlisted men
which IL does not.
Il stand sponsor for the bill anc
every word in it,
CLEAR EXPLANATION MADE.
Majority Leader Moody then ex.
planned that when the regiment wa,
ordered to mobilize in Boise ani aftel
the arrival of the troops physical ex.
aminations were required which dis
qualified some of the men, who there
upon returned to their homes takin,
with them the militia clothes they
were wearing. Some of the disquali
fled men returned the csothes and 9th
ers did not. The pay bill seeks to re
cover the clothes amounting to but
few dollars. or to keep out the none.
in those instances of the value of tn
clothes. When this is done the checl
in the adjutant generals department
With the federal government will tally
He said the adjutant generals de
partment did not wish to have def
cheney in so far as its check with tn
government was concerned.
The Statesman is very much in err
ror, as it usually is, in regard to tn
enlisted men who are now here" sal
Majority Leader Moody. The pay bill
in no way affects them. They will ge
their pay. The commander of each o
the companies of the Second Idah
regiment stationed at the barracks ha
complete check on the property.
is not the intention to strip the boys t
their B. v. DIS | assure YOU"
SUPPORT Is GIVEN.
The mobilization of the regiment Il
Boise cut in on the adjutant general
department appropriation the majorit
leader explained and there was not suf
ficient funds to pay the troops. III
said that department as result had I
boil it's expenses even Ito cutting ev
cry cent and postage stamp in two"
Representative d. l.. Young of Ad
county. member of the minority win
Of the house. secured reorganization i'm
mediately following the statement q
Majority Leader Moody. and move
that we support our colleague In hi