Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09
House Amendments to Admin.
istration Measure Voted
Down in Senate on Motion of
Majority Floor Leader.
COMMITTEES TO CONFER
In Committee of the Whole Rec
ommends Passage of Several
Bills, Chief of Which Am ends
Compensation Act.

FUSED 10 concur in house amendments
to senate bill No. 10, the administra-
ton measure The vote was unani-
nously not to do so. Senator Whit
comb. president pro TEN, brought up
the measure immediately after the SEN
ate convened and after his motion car
ried he moved that "a committee OF
three be named to confer with a like
committee from the house to ascertain
II an agreement could not be reached
on the bill President Moore named as
the senate committee, Senators Whit
comb, Nash and Eearnan.
BILLS RECOMMENDED.
Resolving itself into "a comnAttce CT
the whole with Lee of bingham in the
chair the senate took up the general
calendar with senate bill No. 30 up
for debate. This bill was introduced
by Senator Porter and provides for the
holding of teachers Institutes prior
to the opening of school and provides a
compensation and mileage for attend
ance. As Senator Walker had intro
duced bill providing for the abolish
ing of the institutes, Senator Arm
strong of Blaine sought to block the
measure through II substitute motion
TO one made by Porter that the COM
mittee recommend its passage, with "a
motion that the committee recommend
the bill do not pass. The substitute
motion failed and the bill was recon-
mended for passage.
Senate bill No. 60 by Nash, confer
ring authority upon residents of n GER
tain portion Of Oneida county to vote
on the proposition of detlching such
territory from that county and annex
ing to Franklin, was recommended for
passage.
The herd district bill by Senator
Robertson of Weiser, which was sub
ject to considerable criticism when pre-
viously considered in a committee of
the whole, was again debated to some
length and while Robertson protested
against further postponing of the bill, !
urging that it be recommended for pas |
sage or killed the committee voted to !
consider it further.
Senate bill No. 40 by Wedgwood, |
providing Tor the cancellation OF con-
tracts ON Carey act projects by the
state land board where ii was found |
excessive water rights had been sold, |
was discussed the committee voting to |
place the bill on its third reading on |
motion OF McMurray
SENATOR KING SPEAKS.
ing for the creation of a Lava Hot |
Springs commission for the manage |
ment of the state resort and for loan |
of $4,000 on the property to be eX- |
pended in Improvements was made u |
special order for II o'clock Monday.
VIII II, King, chief counsel for the !
United States reclamation service and !
Barry DibDle, manager Of the Minido- |
ka project upon motion Of Senator |
SeaVer, We're invited to speak to the |
senate early next week on house bill |
100, providing for cooperation between |
the state and the United States in the |
settlement of soldiers, sailors and ma
rnes and others upon state lands and !
creating u settlement board
CONSIDER EMINENT DOMAIN.
Senator Adams taking the gavel SEN
ator Nelson's eminent domain measure
came up for debate and was strongly OPP |
posed by Senator Seaver who spoke TO |
some length dealing with cost of operat-
ing municipal owned power plants and |
those owned by private corporations |
and declared that the bill gave too |
much power to cities and further that
the law provided "a remedy from high |
rates charged by power companies |
through the public utilities commits
sion and therefore there was no need If |
the bill and also that unedr the pros
ent law cities had the power to ac-
quire through purchase or other pro-
ceedings water power plants for their
own use.
Senator Robertson also opposed the |
bill as did Armstrong of Blaine, al
though he stated. he was in favor Of
some measure giving cities relief from
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object to the bill as drawn. Lee joined
the forces of opposition, taking the
position that the law already made pro
visions for the very thing the bill |
sought to do.
Senator Turner of Minidoka spoke II
favor of the bill, citing rates under the
government plant as given to farmers
in his county and the rates for light
paid in Boise.
Senator Seaver to further carry his
point asked an opinion from Senator
Yeaman concerning the power plant ut
Idaho Falls He replied that 1t was !
the largest municipal owned power
plant in the world and that it man.
aged to get along. giving about the |
same rates as in other cities with an
occasional bond issue on the indebted
ness. lie also maintained that the
plant was used for political purposes,
and stated for that reason he was not
in favor of municipal owned plants. IS
they were not generally wisely admin
istered and were poorly operated.
Senator Nelson discussed the meas
ure, pointing out that the objections
made did not strike at the bill, was
the old attempt to mnddle the water
by those against municipal ownership. Il
and giving cities the right to acquire
plants where they were being held up i
for power and water. He offered sew /,
eral amendments. explained the bill in
detail meeting the objections and Sc