The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-20
SHARP DEBATE OVER CERTAIN
PROVISIONS OF THE MEASURE
IN THE LEGISLATURE
.BUHL CAME ON SPECIAL TRAIN
THIS MORNING
Failure of Legislature to Act Prevent
ed Stockholders From Voting ON
Proposition to Amend Bylaws of
The Company.

At the special meeting of the canal
company this morning, F. E. Cham
berlain was elected chairman and E.
n. Day secretary. The west end was 90
we'll represented. A special train
started from Buhl with about 250, or
about half the total number present,
and picked up about 100 more on the
way.
The special legislative committee
appointed to draft legislation in ac-
cordance with the instructions of the
regular meeting made an oral report
through its chairman, NJ. ]. Sweeley.
Mr.. Sweeley said that in drafting the
measure certain suggestions in accor-
dance with its spirit but not specific
ally recommended by the meeting had
been made and had been incorporat-
ed into the bill which they had sent
to Boise to be introduced by Senator
Atherton. The bill. he said, passed
the senate but when it reached the
house had been held up by reason of
opposition here He suggested that
it be discussed, and if satisfactory
endorsed, or if partly satisfactory that
the parts of which the meeting ap-
proved be recommended in order that
= it might be amended and passed.
George Harlan made an attack on
Sweeley, charging that the committee,
of which they were both members, had
no power to incorporate more into the
:. proposed law than they had been in
, structed to put into it.
: He particularly attacked section six,
which provided that the directors be
empowered "to fix the aggregate num-
4 Der of shares of stock any one per-
e son acting as proxy may vote for
, Others" He said that no such in
struction had been given to the COM
mittee, and that while the committee
J. had discussed that feature, it had not
specifically instructed Sweeley to in
!. corporate it in the proposed law. II
!, Sweeley had not done so, the law
= would have been passed by the legis-
It lature and the meeting would have had
d power to amend the bylaws. He
p moved that the meeting endorse the
p first five paragraphs.
&c Sweeley replied that he would moi
,f had stated his reasons and would par
ticipate in further debate. He asked
> if Harlan had any objection to tn,
other sections and if not why not en-
i, dorse all but section six Harlan in
fo sisted on his motion that the first fiv,
: sections be endorsed, which was done
\. He then called for the regular order
70 and when the chair sustained hi
- point of order, further discussion OF
~ ~ the rest of the bill was blocked 70
- the time being.
Efforts to discuss amendment of tn
- bylaws failed because of the fac
ID that it was impossible with the numbe
~ of votes present to change them un
~ ~ der the laws now in force
TO- At ] o'clock Sweeley took the floo
and read a letter sent to each membe
3 of the committee after he had mad
u u the final draft of the bill, calling a
w tention to the change He also rea
~, copy of a letter sent to Senate
-oI Atherton in which he stated that II
ne section in question was put in on h
au own responsibility, and, while l
ln- thought it should go in, yet might |
srs left out. He said he had shown GOO
le- faith all the time.
ID p. W. Monahan said he had recei
eu tne SWeeley letter. He defends
the section put in by Sweeley I
thought that the practice of one mi
voting $4,000 shares should be sto
nlf ped. Harland said he did not
Rk much object to the matter in the sc
'"' tion as to the manner of its introdu
-. ton. He thought that the bill shou
'Ity have been drafted by the attorney f
eet the canal company rather than t
attorney for the land and water col
pany.
- motion by w. S. Hyde to censu
Sweeley for drafting the bill the W
oou he did was tabled by large majori
tne after which a motion to endorse t
ell bill as a whole, as drafted, was carri
nen unanimously. A motion to discuss {
ant Hansen butte was beaten and mott
lent to reconsider it was also voted dov
ana The meeting then voted not to CT
Duo slider the plan TO form an irrigati