The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-07

LEGISLATURE PLANS
TO CLOSE THURSDAY
House Adopts Resolution FayOring 6O-Day Session
More Trouble Develops in Consideration of
Workmens Compensation Measures.

BOISE, March THE foundation
for the fourteenth Idaho legislature
to adjourn sine die at midnight or
the sixtieth or last per diem day
Thursday, March 8, was laid by the
house of representatives yesterday
when it passed resolution to that
effect and sent it to the senate fol
that body to concur. The senate will
hold the resolution until its calendar
looks clearer than it does now for il
is weighted down under deluge OF
bills. tt is. expected the clocks will
be stopped at 11:55 p m. Thursday
and the legislature will remain in ses-
sion probably until Saturday night
before it adjourns sine die. The
house paved the way to close it's doors
by passing the ad valorem tax meas
ure with which to raise the necessary
money to keep the state running for
the next two years.
The workmen's compensation act
again played a conspicuous part in
the legislative proceedings. The
house, after striking out the body of
the Rockwell bill and substituting
the Anderson measure, passed SEN
ate bill No. ITO and sent it back to
the senate. Republican opposition to
the bill was dropped on the final pas
To "a fo hu a
vote of So to 8. The representatives
who voted against the measure were
Adamson, Anderson of Bonneville,
Baillie, Hunt, Laforest, McMurray,
May and Streltz. AS transmitted to
the senate the only resemblance the
bill had to the original measure
passed by that body was by the num-
ber and names Of the joint authors.
after it was received in
the senate the bill became the center
Of bitter conflict which waged most
of the afternoon, for a majority of
the upper house were determined not
TO accept the house amendments and
insisted on sending the bill back to
The house to force the appointment
IF a conference committee to deter
nine if compromise on the contents
If the bill could not be reached. This
action was taken by the senate by a
vote of 20 to 16, the senate refusing
@ concur in the house amendments
AS the compensation issue now !
stands there is no measure before the
senate and the upper house has
passed the buck" to the house Of |
representatives by refusing to accept |
is amendments. If the house re-
uses to abandon the amendments it |
made to the bill the deadlock over |
he compensation act has been per-
ected and none will be passed by the
resent legislature, which will force
N extra session. The house ad-
ourned last evening to today with
ut receiving the bill that has been
urned down by the senate. Prac-
,ally all legislation now pending be-
ore the legislature has been jeop-
rdized, including many apprOpria-
ion measures as yet unpassed due to
he deadlock.
The Hawley county division bill
yas defeated second time in the
enate by the narrow margin of one
ote. This bill sought to divide Ban
ock county 1t was killed Monday
ut revived on reconsideration and
filed again yesterday.
Senate bill No. 70, by Hill, dividing
1e state into two congressional dis
lets, northern Idaho to aform the
rst district and southern Idaho the
,cond, was passed by the senate and
is claimed will be approved by the I
ouse. The senate also passed the
hearer orchard spraying bill but
lied house bill No. 222 seeking to
rengthen the children's homes To-
ated at Lewiston and Boise and the ,
w governing the commitment and
1option of orphan children. One
bill was passed by the
mate, or house bill No. Ill, appro-
.iat.hg s31,670 for state depart J
ents.
The house defeated senate bill No.
3, by the committee on banks and
mixing, creating a state Investment .
Ireau to conduct the loaning OF a
ate funds, measure that sought to Il
lieve the land board Of its duties. 7