The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-01-31
Capitol Correspondence

Whatever else may be said of the
present legislature. the House is
surely a farmers organization. It
is usually claimed that lawyers
make the laws of the state but this
is not the case at present. There
are 80 farmers and stock growers
members Of the present House and
SO is a majority. The farmers can
not ask anything better than that.
II these members now keep their
heads and 60 after the things that
are of real benefit to themselves,
they will have no trouble in get
ting the many things that farmers
have long desired. Will they do it?
Up to the end of the second week
much precious time has been vast
ed. There seems to be lack of CO.
ordination between the two bodies.
The House waits on the Senate.
This has seemed necessary to an
alarming degree to those who had
hoped for a short session. After a
very brief session on Friday the
House adjourned to the following
Monday, likewise the Senate. Of
course mest of the work is done in
the Owyhee hotel in secret caucus.
1t is there that the boys are lined
up and told what to do. Atterward
they appear in the legislative halls
to record what had been agreed up
on. This is the reason why import
ant measures are passed without
giving the gallery gods any reason
for SO doing.
As intimated in a previous letter,
the pie counter has been crowded.
1t was just day or two ago we met
q neighbor coming away from the
state house carrying red flag, as
it were. He had been in every
sense awarded the honorable posi-
tion of door-keeper of the House
ecxept as to the final vote. At the
time he was the only candidate.
He had successfully passed the pro-
per committee and had even been
recommended to the House. The
vote, however, was postponed until
Monday morning. But our neigh
Dor was confident and appeared al
the proper time. dressed in his Sum-
day clothes to take his place only to
find that at the eleventh hour ian
old soldier" declared that he would
rather be door-keeper in the
House of Representatives than to
dwell in the Soldiers Home forever
and he got it. 1t is useless to pro-
long the story. Suffice it to say
that there is one more good demo.
crat. or evil disposed non-partisan
in Idaho.
Legislators are vying with one
another in effort to provide meas
ures for taking care of the return
ing soldiers. In all this there i:
much of sentiment. We believe ir
giving the soldier square deal but
we are equally positive that al
soldiers who are brought back tt
their former homes uninjured are
abundantly able to take care o.
themselves and will do it withou
joining the over emphasized "breae
line" 1t is the wounded soldier
that needs the most liberal supper
of the state legislature.
It was hoped that the count!
division nightmare would not arls'
to disturb the equilibrium of tn
legislative members but present in
dications are that this will be re
crod breaking year on the subject
A large map showing proposed
county divisions has been orderet
for the House. 1t is presumed tina
it will be a. copy of the one in tn
Senate which makes every loya
Idahoan blush that sees it..
Richard johnson of Lewiston an,
Richard Thomas of Kellogg recent
ly came to Boise to engage, for
brief period, in making laws fo
the state. But being sportively in
clined they brought their shot gun
with them. Upon their arriva
they at once issued challenge t
any legislators or local sportsme
the latter of which promptly too
up the def. The final score stooG
BOISE "a; tire two Richards 78. Tn
lawmakers had forgotten that Bois
is the home of our state Gam
Warden and have wisely conclude
that making laws is moro nrofitahl