The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-11
LEGISLATIVE NEWS

BOISE, Idaho.-A new primary
law is part of the statutes of the
State of Idaho. Governor Davis
signed the Nelson-Nash senate bill
which brings new order of things
by which men can be nominated for
office in the state, after it had been
rumOred that he was not in Sympa-
thy with certain privisions of the
measure and following caususes held
Sunday at a local hotel, when men,
bers of the Republican side of the
house and senate attempted to iron
out the differences.
Monady morning the governor sent
the senate communication in which
he stated that he signed the bill.
Shortly after this a bill was intro
duced in the upper body slightly
amending the new law and providing
for a change in date for the county
primaries from the second to the
last Tuesday in August and making
a provision for candidates to have
their party standing determined by
the filing of an affidavit signed by
five members of their party to the
effect that the candidate had been a
recognized member of the party for
two years previous to the primary.
With these changes, it is said, the
bill was satisfactory to Governor
Davis, except in the one instance that
it did not provide for nomination of
judicial tickets on the Non-partisan
basis, a thing which the governor was
anxious to see brought about. From
legislators it is gathered that had not
favorable action been taken by the
chief executive the measure would
have been passed over his vote. A
record for speedy legislation was
made following the introduction of
the amended measure when it was
passed by the senate, transmitted to
the house, passed there and returned |
to the senate within four hours after |
it was handed to the secretary of |
the senate to be- read for the first |
time.
For all the years since it's state
hood, Idaho has not had a uniform
system of paying the county commits
sioners. A bill re-classifying count
les and making uniform salary for
commissioners passed the senate
MOnady. 1t Is a measure of vital in
terest to all taxpayers. Counties are
classified In eight classes and the
salaries will range from $500 to
$500 per year. In Bingham county
which has q valuation of $14,678,000
the salary allowed the commissioners
will be- $4,000 as the county is in
the sixth class
Senator Lloyd Adams, chairman Of
the senate finance committe startled
senators Saturday with the state
ment that the appropriations of the
present session would run more than
81, 100000 for the biennium. But
later figures bring this total higher.
Up to Saturday evening there had
been introduced and placed before
the legislature bills which aggregate
$7,745,874.74 exclusive of bond is
sues of 100000 to complete the
capitol building and 100000 for
roads. There is no question, it is
believed, but the capitol bond issue
bill will pass the senate as it did the {
house.
The Fifteenth session has been a I
pleLnOTa Of lHVeStlSatlOnS OI Depart
ments. Special committees have d
gone over the state enitentiary, the 9
st. Anthony Industrial School, the 4
Blackfoot asylum and the Nampa q
mad have investigated the {
office of former Adjutant General a
Moody. The latter investigation is b
now in the hands Of the attorney 6
general of the state and the prose-
,uting attorney of Ada county. A :,
prosecution of any of the parties '
famed in the Moody special commit
ee's report for the Blackfoot asylum
md Nampa sanitarium were literally d
orgotten when the institutions ap- O
,ropriation bill made it's appearance.
t is fair to assume in the opinion
# legislators that the investigations a
ell short of their intended purpose. Il