Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
BORAH SUPPORTS
ALIEN LAND BILL
IDAHO SENATOR APPROVES LEG.
lSLATIVE PROPOSAL TO PRE-
VENT JAP OWNERSHIP.
Measure Pending in Idaho Legislature,
Having Been Approved BY House,
Admittedly Directed Against
Japanese.

Borah of Idaho, a member of the
senate committee on foreign relations,
has come out with strong statement
favoring the passage of the antialien
land bill now pending in the Idaho T
legislature. The measure is admitted +
ly directed solely against Japanese, F
who have been buying sugar beet I
land in Idaho and has passed the low
er house of the legislature by unani- /
nous vote.
In an interview telegraphed from
Washington TO the Boise Statesman, I
Senator Borah says:
Il am opposed to permitting Japar I,
csc TO acquire lands either by fee Or
by lease in our state. II they are
actually acquiring lands in Idaho |
am in favor of legislation which will
prevent IT, | realize that this Is
serious question and ought to be han
died with consideration and courtesy,
nevertheless we ought to be firm and
positive as to our rights and our in
terests.
The Japanese are a great people
and have a great civilization. But they
are different people and have a
wholly different civilization from ours.
There can be no mixture. They must
respect our institutions and rights and
the interests OF our people,
! bill providing for $1,000, 900
bond issue for road building purposes
appeared in the lower house of the
! legislature last week along with
number of other supposed administra'
ton measures. The bond issue Is
sponsored by the committee on roads,
bridges and ferries
The creation of an agricultural
board to promote the interests Of a
state fair at Boise and the Lewiston
livestock show, is provided for in a
bill introduced in the lower house of
the legislature No provision is made
in the measure for an appropriation,
but it Is understood that an appropri-
alton will be asked for in a second
bill, to appear soon.
Idaho will have a game reserve in
the Salmon river country of Lemhi
county, If bill introduced in the low
er house of the legislature by Repre-.
sentative Wiekham becomes law.
The consolidation OF the state board
Of health, the pure food department,
the board of medical examiner and
the state board of osteopathie exam
iners is provided for in an administers
ton measure introduced in the lower
house of the legislature by Represent.
alive Sims of Twin Falls.
A bill was introduced by majority
members of the senate last week to
divide the state into two congress
sional districts, SO that Idaho con.
gressmen shall not be elected at large
as at present The dividing line
would be the southern and southeast
ern boundaries of the counties of Can
yon, Gem, Boise Custer and Ecmhi
the counties north of this line form
ing the first district and the eountie.
south and east of this line forming
the second district
A bin was introduced in the lowe
house of the Idaho legislature on Jan
uary 20 providing for the removal o
the University Of Idaho from Moscow
to Boise
|
islative system is proposed in a hous
joint resolution introduced in the los
er house b. Daughters, Johnston an
Lucas. The resolution proposes tha
the constitution be so amended as Il
replace the two branches OF Tire lee
, islature with a single house 0
twenty-one members which would b
In session the year around and ro
the governor of his veto power TIL
state would be divided into twen J
acre districts. The proposal would b
. submitted 10 the people at the ger
eral election in 1918.
Resolutions proposing constitutions
z amendments giving Idaho people tn
+ initiative and referendum and III
right to amend the constitute
d through a referendum vote, wer
D introduced in the lower house of tn
legislature last week by Peckhan
j, Giles and Welsh.
The anti-alien land bill, prohibi
ng persons who are not citizens I
o The United States from owning othe
!, han mining lands in idaho wa
Il passed by the lower house OF the LEI
. stature without a dissesting voa
! there being no opposition to the mea
ure.
c The administration will indorse Il
y workmen's compensation act fntr
II dueed in the lower house OF the IL
t islature by Ross W. Bates, II is sal
-
The appropriation committee
y the lower house OF the legislature d
e clined to take action relative 20 Il
: -emoyal of books from the sta
reasurer's department TO the land d
partment. insisting that it was a ma
p ter to be handled by the committ
y on state affairs.
: The attorneys Is the house 81
ceeded In 80 Gripping a bill BY Gri
= in committee OF the whole that il W
: killed at the request Of its author
: motion of Bennett that IL be inde
nftely postponed. The bill amend