The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
FLOOD LEGISLATURE.
WITH MORE BILLS
MEASURE TO AMEND THE CON.
sTITUTIoN OFFERED BY SEN
ATOR THOMAS.
Bill Appears in House Seeking to
Place the AppointiVe Power in
Hands Of Governor to Name
United Stateo Senator.

Hands Of Governor to Name
United stateo Senator.
n Boise, Administration meas
n ures flooded onto the floors of the
+ Legislature on January 20. There ap
r peared in the house Of representatives
4 measures seking to place the appoint
. i've power in the hands of the gov
I ernor to name a United States sen
ator if for any reason there is a
vacancy in the Idaho delegation in
the upper house of congress; a new
election law that eliminates the
straight ballot and places on the gen
eral election ballot the names of the
president and Yice-presidential can,
didates; measures giving the land
board greater power in the supervi-
sion of Carey act projects and pro
noting companies; relief bills for the
King Hill and King Hill Extension
projects, and bill placing more pow
er in the hands of the director Of
farm markets.
The most important measure intro
.
minority, Senator Thomas of Bling
ham offering a joint resolution to
amend the constitution of the state so
that a constitutional convention can
be called to revise the antiquated doc
ument adopted twenty-seven years
Iago and to which twenty-four amend
ments have been adopted. Senator
Thomas holds that important changes
have taken place in the social and
economic life of Idaho since this in
strument was adopted and it is time
it was revised up to present-day meth
DDS. Another measure introduced pro-
vides for county care of unfortunate
blind.
Heads of all state institutions will
be forced in the future to make
monthly reports to the governor and
to turn in to the state treasury all
moneys earned by those institutions.
if bill introduced in the lower house
by Ernest Anderson of Canyon coun-
ty becomes a law.
Boise, Idaho.-The public utilities
commission was both attacked and
supported by bills introduced on Jan
uary IS. Senator Cummings launched
a measure to repeal the act ting
the commission. Representative Huss-
man and GOehry introduced an adj
bill to give the com
mission supervision over securities.
The bills Endorsed by the convicts
at the penitentiary and a commission
Of private citizens seeking to give
he prisoners educational facilities, to
provide state parole warden and to
prevent convict from testifying on
he witness stand as to former prison
were introduced in the house.
Another measure annexes part of
Blaine county to Minidoka.
Another bill of Importance, seeking
o take from the legislature the pow
n to create new counties and plac-
ng it in the hands of county COM
who are empowered to
all elections at which IS per cent
# the vote cast among the residents
n the territory to form new county
creates it, was filed in the house.
The legislature paid respect to the
memory of the late Admiral George
Dewey on January IS. In the senate,
senator Walker of Boundary county
aid a glowing tribute to the hero
# Manila, and urged that the man
God of America pattern after his no
lie character
The senate adjourned the morning
ession on January IS as a mark of
aspect. The house adjourned after
short session to Friday
Conservation and control of avail
Bile water power sites and resources
y congressional acts was urged in a
memorial introduced in the house by
he memorial recites there is a re-
orted water power monopoly now in
iaho and other western states.
While the senate passed the bill
living to the Fifth district court Of
lie southeast an extra judge, under
lspension of the rules, the house
lied the Tenth judicial district bill
acing Lewis and Idaho counties in
lat district, as introduced by Repre-
'ntative Giles, by indefinitely post
ming it. This action was taken be-
use a similar bill is pending for
in the senate.
Twin Falls county will be in a po-
ton to build a highway through
rtion of Owyhee county to the Ne
da state line without annexing
sr of townships located in the lat
r county if bill introduced in the
wer house of the legislature by H.
Sims is made a law.
The administration will indorse the
compensation act intro
ced in the lower house of the leg
ature by Ross W. Bates, it is said.
lis is the bill which has the sup
TT of organized labor
Idaho will have an alien land law
a bill introduced in the lower house
Axel r. Anderson and ]. C. Nc
lllen, both of Bonneville county. re-
YES favorable attention. A sim
r bill introduced in the legislature
o years ago by McMullen was killed
the senate.
Means of assisting farmers in the
lbered sections Of northern Idaho
clearing their lands of stumps are
.tained in bill introduced in the
Ter house by A. J. Kent of Bound
county and Dr. C. S. Moody of
lner county.
enator r. ]. Harding of Oneida in
iuced a joint memorial to congress,