Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-19
Demand That Recommendation
to Cut OFF Appropriation Be
Stricken, by Representative
Weeks.
COFFIN CLAIM TO TABLE
Decline to Ask Committee to
Investigate Former Assistant
Attorney General Fee in o.
v. Allen Surety Case.

v. Auen surely vase
An attack was made in the house Of
representatives on that portion of the
state affairs committee report recon-
mending that no appropriation be
made for the state sanitarium at
Nampa. Representative Weeks of
Canyon county, moved that the refer
ence and recommendation be stricken
from the report. He said that when
the committee reported that nothing
would grow on the sanitarium grounds,
not even grass, 1t did not know what
1t was talking about. The house re-
ferred it back to the state affairs
committee. An effort to have the
claim of T. c. Coffin, former assistant
attorney general, investigated, was
blocked and the matter was laid on
the table. The anti-patent medicine
bill was killed; congress was me-
morialized to reclaim 10000 acres of
land in Cassia county and the Tyer
Juvenile fraternal insurance bill
passed.
CAUSES LIVELY DEBATE.
Representative Morgan introduced
the report of the committee on the in
dustrial training school, Blackfoot
asylum and state sanitarium. He said
it was a digest or reconstructed re-
port made by a special committee. af-
| ter the committees sent to the state
institutions, had submitted Its find
| ings to the joint state affairs commit
| tee. 1t bears the names Of Represen-
| tative Storey Of Ada and Robertson of
| Washington. Representative Monson,
chairman Of the house state affairs
COMMITTEES, said he had never received
the report Weeks demanded to know
why the report had not been submit
ted after the committee returned from
it's trip. Bennett of Gooding wanted
to know by what authority special
committee was investigating state in
situations. Morgan explained the COM
mittee had been appointed by the
state affairs committee and that COM
mittee had been given authority to
make investigations by the house. He
| admitted he was probably in error in
submitting the report, that 1t should
have come from the chairman OF the
| state affairs committee.
| Speaker Kiger permitted the report
] to be read. Weeks then arose and at
| i
to the sanitarium was unfair and
moved that it be stricken from the re-
port. Representative Drake of Pay
cite supported Weeks In mis- conteh-
| tion. Monson of Franklin cleared the
atmosphere by suggesting That the re-
mort be referred back to the state az
fairs committee and this was ordered.
LAY COFFIN CLAIM ON TABLE.
An attempt by Representative Eyer
of Ada county to have an nVestisa-
ton made of the claim OF L. Z. CONN,
former assistant attorney general Oh
the state for legal work performed In
the O. ". Allen bond case against the
National Surety company, failed. Eyer
submitted a motion setting forth the
grounds for the claim and recommend
ing the Judiciary or some other COM
mittee make an investigation and re-
port back it's findings to the house
Representative Anderson moved tha'
the Tyer motion be laid on the table
after johnson of Kootenai cautioned
the house to go slow. He said there
seemed to be tendency to dump Ole
claims on the legislature. He though'
this was wrong and said the legisla-
ture should not be required to go into
claims that pther legislatures have
gone into. His attention. he said mac
been called to the Coffin claim some
time ago and he understood there was
considera BILE feeling over the matter
and difference of opinion. The An
derson motion prevailed and the Tyei
resolution and the investigation called
for was placed on the table.
MEASURES PASSED.
The following measures were passed
Senate Joint memorial No. 8. by Nc
MISUNDERSTANDING congress Il
enact legislation authorizing the recla'
nation service to determine feasibility
of retaining 10000 acres Of land ir
Cassia county between Minidoka ant
, Twin Falls Oakley project.
House bill No. 101, by Carpenter ant
Jones-Amending highway district ac
and defining relation of districts to this
counties and to municipalities.
House bill No. 1853, by Tyer--Provid'
ing Juvenile fraternal insurance socie'
ties.
MEASURES KILLED.
Tho following measures were killed
through indefinite postponement. Oh
failure TO pass:
Senate bill No. a., by state affair
committee--Creating q state librar!
i commission.
. House bill No. l4s, by Sutcliffe ant
: Drake--Prohibiting sale, giving ava!
or possession In state of patent medi
a cine. compounds or mixtures,
UNAVOIDABLE REcoMMENpA.
TON,
/
Al Unfavorabie reports from committees
!. were made on the following measures
House Joint resolution No. Q, by ju
: dioiary committss-Proposing amend
i ment to constitution to increase tsrn
: of office OF members OF Legislature
from two TO four years, Privileges
and elections COMMITTEES that It DO no
. pass.
: Women In Sweden have bean per
v,ntt<aA <A No thc 49, a.