Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-16
Important Appropriation Bills
Still Unintroduced and Many
Measures Are Pending.
MONDAY FORTY-FIRST DAY
Total of BAT Bills Introduced
Less Than so Passed and
Sent to Governor-Investi-
cations Still Uncompleted.

With the forty first day now history
there Is accommodating before the fiji
teenth Idaho legislature a large mass
OF business that threatens jam before
the sixtieth per diem arrives. Most
Of the big appropriation bills are as yet
unintroduced, while other pending
measures of Importance have not
reached the final passage stage. The
sixth week Of the session closed Sat-
urday with q total of 347 bills re-
corded as introduced, 233 of which
were filed In the house and ia in the
senate and Of which total less than 80
have been passed and sent to the gov
ernor. Up to the present time there
has not been a veto.
The record of the legislature, how
aver. is not unworthy, nor have the
fsolons been inactive. They have pass
ed one Of the most important bills
that has ever been presented to an Ida
no legislature the administration
state department consolidation meas
ure. It will inaugurate following ad-
I5ournment q complete change in the
manner in which affairs of state are
70 be handled. No less than three new
counties have been created and other
legislation Of Importance passed.
CONSOLIDATION DEFEATED.
The investigation Of the adjutant
generals department Is still under
way. A special committee has looked
into the Industrial training school at
st. Anthony and the south Idaho asy-
lum at Blackfoot. The penitentiary
has been visited and improvements to
It recommended. Other state depart
ments and institutions are to be look
ed into. However, experience has
taught many solons who have partici-
pateds in lawmaking in this state, that
it's physical impossih..ity for them to
look into the affairs of all of the states
offices and departments during a Co
day session of the legislature. To make
q thorough investigation would require
almost so days for each of them and
solons have too many other irons IN
the fire and other interests at stake to
devote so much time to it.
Probably the feature of the weeks
session, aside from passage of the ad-
ministration bill was the defeat of the
proposed plan of the state board Of
education to consolidate the Albion
state normal school with the Idaho
technical institute at Pocatello. Fear
tudI tuc ms 'h'ct' y
other institutions is given as the rea-
son for defeat of the plan.
The administration bill has been
passed by the legislature and is now
before the governor. 1t will be signed
Monday. This means that Idaho dur
the next two years Is going to have
q changed government which the cham
pions of the new law declare means
greater economy and efficiency, which
Governor Davis promised the people
during the campaign. Shortly follow:
ing the adjournment Of the legislature
the governor appointed nine depart
ment heads who will draw a salary of
$1,000 per annum. They will form the
governors cabinet. Under them will be
grouped the present state departments.
These appointments will be placed in
various parts of the state so that all
sections will be properly represented.
They will be directly responsible for
their official acts to the governor who
has the power to drop them from the
cabinet If their services are not salts
factory. The salaries of $4,000 per an
mum it Is believed will be attractive
enough to get good men on the cabi-
net. 1t will be up to them to work out
the regrouping system in compliance
with the law. Many of the present de-