Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-11

one house legislature were two of tho
most important before the Fourteenth
session. He held that a small house OF
law makers o. from 10 to Is in SEES
sion continuously, and passing only
such legislation as demanded, would
be great Improvement over the pres
ent legislative system.
MANAGED LIKE ROULETTE TABLE
I'm no vocation but that fosterod
by unlimited resources he said, "could
business managed as we manage our
state government escape a merited
bankruptcy. Our government should
be business government conducted for
the profit and advancement of the
whole people and not a roulette table
on which an undeserving politician
drops into fat job in which he alone
counts the GAIN
Minority Leader Moody was called
to the chair after spontaneous APP
plause greeted the remarks of the
speaker especially when he referred to
a united Idaho" and appointed Speak
er Alfred and Representative Storey 70
wait upon the governor and notify him
that the legislature Was prepared 20
adjourn and inquire If he had any
further message to give the house.
They reported shortly afterwards that
the governor sent his good wishes, but
had no other message. Representatives
Moody and Storey later notified the
senate the house was prepared to ad-
journ. Later Senators Randall Grant
and Jackson notified the house the
senate was prepared to adjourn.
Gaining recognition, Representative
Anderson of Canyon moved that the
Fourteenth Idaho Legislature adjourn
sine die" The motion was put and
while members and spectators clapped,
the house formally adjourned.
Immediately thereafter members en-
gagged in an informal farewell to one
another with handshaking and CONVEX
Sation.
Anderson of Canyon lead fight on
the Whiteway relief bill, which origi-
nally carried $2S642.26 for work per-
formed on a highway for the state.
Bates defended the measure. The SEN
ate had reduced the amount the bill
carried to $4,000, which was satisfac-
tory to 'Whiteway. Anderson did not
want the house to concur, but it did,
by a vote Of 81 to II.
SENATE HAS BUSY SESSION.
The closing hours of the senate
were busy With something like 100
mea sures pending for final passage on
third reading and the sitting commit
tee working overtime to sift to the
top more important measures, it had
hard time keeping pace with the
hands of the clock and finally stopped
them so that it could continue to work
over 10 o'clock on measures.
Among the more important bills that
were finally passed were those pro-
hibiting the advertisement of liquor,
the absent voters bill, authorizing the
seizure and confiscation of vehicles
used in the transportation of liquor.
placing jitneys and other regularly OPP
Grated common carriers under the SUI
pervision of the public utilities COM
mission, appropriating $4,000 for the
Clarks Fork bridge.
GOVERNOR REMOVAL BILL FAILS.
Many bills that held the attention
of the legislature failed. The bill seek
ing to give the governor power to re-
move sheriffs and county attorneys for
failure to enforce the prohibition laws
was smothered in committee, the act
seeking to codify the liquor laws and
make possession of liquor crime. met
the same fate. A number of important
educational bills were lost, one of
which would have given the state
$4,000 federal funds under the
Hughes Lever act. Senator 1ngard
tried to get the senate to consider
them just before adjournment. but
while he was on his feet the senate
adjourned sine die.
CAPITOL BOND ISSUE LOST.
Had work on the capitol bond issue
of $S5000O for the completion of the
state capitol been started earlier and
more attention been given it in the
senate, the measure would have been
passed. The bill was held indefinite
ly in the finance committee until the
fatal hour was reached when a two
thirds vote was almost impossible to
obtain. Two unsuccessful attempts
were made. The last time the vote
stood % to 13 to suspend the rules,
but two votes were lacking. The bill
could not be found at the time. A
canvass showed a majority. of both
houses were for it.
The anti-alien and the anti-Asiatic
marriage bills, which threatened an
international controversy at one time,
were not heard from at the night ses-
sion.
Senator Whitcomb moved that the
president of the senate should not
sign the Portneuf county division bill.
Cummings declared that the attorney
general had held the bill had been
legally passed. The president held II
was his duty to sign the bill and he
did so. The Whitcomb motion was
held out of order.
The senate engaged in a little hi
larity of its own after the judiciary
committee made it's report on the anti
alien lobby investigation. Several jok-
er bills were read. including the one
relating to the female of the species"
and the stringed quartet and house
male quartet both sang
GOLD WATCH EOR pRESInENT