Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
LAUNCHING OF new
STATE NOW UN-
DER HEADWAY
RESOLUTION INTRODuCED TN
BOTH HOUSES PROVIDING
FOR PROCESS.
CAPITAL CITY IN OPPOSITION
Mean Removal to Pocateno-Nez Perce
Representatives Explain Why
Should be Furthered.

Boise, Idaho, Feb 5.-Idaho is face
to face with secession of the northern
part of the state from the south.
simultaneously in both branches of the
Legislature today resolutions were intro
duced to divide the state allow consti.
tutional convention to be held at Mos
COW, June IL, 1917, for the purpose of
adopting proposed constitution for
the state and for ratification by the
electors within the panhandle, after
which application will be made to con
gress for admission into the Union.
Favorable to the passage of the resolu-
tion majority of the senators are
pledged. In the house 81 members. have
signed to support the resolution.
All doubt that the secession plan
would not be bitterly opposed was re-
moved when Representative Driscoll of
Ada county served notice on the spon-
sors for the division issue that he and
others would "fight it to finish' in
hope of accomplishing it's defeat
Driscoll with Young of Ada has OBJ
Jected to unanimous consent being given
by the house as requested by MCGOWAN
for the resolution to go direct to the
printing committee. Later MCGOWAN
had the resolution offered to the refer
ence committee with instructions to re-
port tomorrow. There was no opposi-
tion to the resolution when it appeared
in the senate.
| 1t is being charged here that the
fsoutheast is supporting the division
resolutions so strongly because of the
hope, after Idaho is divided, of remov-
ing the state capitol from Boise to
Pocatello. AS the state now has two
million dollars investe,. in a new capitol
building here, little stock is taken in
the charge.
Weight is attached to the secession
resolutions because they aim to secure
the stamp OF approval of the legislature
to a plan to divide Idaho and thereby
comply with the united States con
stitution which states in effetc that
such approval must be secured from
state legislature before congress will
consider it.
| The area of the new state is given as
$4,000 square miles, population 100000,
assessed valuation $160,000,000; the
area left in the old state 4s,2SS square
miles, population 225,000 and assessed
valuation p140, 100000. me boundaries
of the new state are Canada on the
north, Montana on the east, Washing
ton and Oregon on the west The
southern boundary line takes in Wash
ington and Adams counties, part of
Boise and follows the southern bound
ary line of Idaho county to the Montana
line.
Other Legislative Business.
! The house decided today it was
solidly on record as behind the presi
dent in the international crisis having
! expressed itself IN resolutions adopted
and therefore it tabled the senate rcso.
luton calling on the legislature not to
pass legislation that would be embarras-
ing to him. The speaker appointed a
committee to provide means by which
the legislature could observe the ami
versary of the battle of Santa Anna in
the Philippines, in which Representa-
tive Miles participated. bill was
passed providing for inspection of stock
shipped and new bills were introduced
revising the game laws, the automobile
license fee law, the children s home
laws, fixing SO as the minimum wage
scale for women.
The senate also passed bill Great
ing bureau of mines composed of the
governor, state mine inspector and three
others to be appointed by the governor.
The bureau is to establish mineral
experimental station and geological
station for Idaho; a bill vesting com
mitments of insane persons to asylums
| in the probate instead of district court
and measure by Mitchell concerning
the annual publication of statements of
| insurance companies.
| Senator Grant of Clearwater county
introduced bill governing the con-
struction and regulation of booms and
dams in the Clearwater river and its
| tributaries.
The Lewiston charter bill which
originated in the senate and passed that
body was recommend for passage in
the house, after the committee of the
whole had incorporated as an amend
ment the second charter bill introduced
by Senator Randall relating to assess
ments, etc.
Regarding the proposed plan to divide
| the state members in the Legislature
from Nez Perce county were interview
ed. They said:
Representative Shearer-There is not
only physical barrier between the
north and south but barrier of ideals,
that is far deeper. These ideals relate
to resources, industries, ETC., so diff
ferent in both parts of the state. 1t is
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