Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-01-31
Upper House Does Not Look
With Favor on Measure
Eliminating Party Contests
in Naming Officers.
LAUNCH EMPLOYMENT ACT
Congress Memorialized to Sup
ply State With List Of Sol
diers and Sailors Who En-
listed.

Indefinite postponement was the fate
met this morning in the Idaho senate
OF Senator Booths bill providing for
the non partisan selection Of county
officers.
The ire of the Lewis county man
was raised when he found the measure
come out of the printing committee
with a recommendation that ii be not
printed 1t has merit" he said, and
is the wish Of my people Senator.
Eooth then moved that it be the sense
OF the senate that the bill he printed
a substitute fhlt il be indefinitely
postponed prevailed, peremptorily kill
.nS the measure.
Not only returned soldiers but all
men out of work, are provided for in Il
bill by Judd introduced today in the
senate which would give emergency
employ mcnt" 10 all III need Of work.
County commissions would find en-
pioyment for I'LL applicants and the
state would pay one half the bill.
Conscientious directors as class
would not be recognized. Senator
judas measure is based along the
same lines as a bill passed four years
ago by the legislature, but with the
features stricken ont that were found
unconstitutional at that time.
MEMO RlALlZE CONGRESS.
Minor measures We're introduced Ii
the senate t. correct defects in the
hight Of appeal OF the state in efimi-
nal cases.
The upper body passed two meas
ures during the morning session. The
first memoralized congress to furnish
List Of Idaho soldiers and sailors In
tho late war, and the other was senate
bill no. 70 by Wedgewood making ii
a misdemeanor to take an automobile.
motorcycle or amy other vehicle for
temporary use
Visiting nurses will be employed by
counties ana are provided for in the
third measure 10 get through ehe up
per body today It was house bill No
T. that would make it possible for
graduate nurses 10 DO employed by tile
county and visit all schools and homes
In the county. Debate marked the
period before the bill was voted on
senators Lee and McMurry thought
The inspection Of school children VAS
MOVE covered by tho county phYsi-
clans duty. Senators Witty and Sea
Vel urged the favorable action Of the
senate, Ihe vote WAS 70 to ~ on its
passage.
At least two measures We're found
defective WHOM they got in the COM
hittee of the whole, and were with
drawn for changes. while they re-
tanned their place On the calendar. The
educational committees bill to give the
county superintendent Of schools
right to pref9rlntially apportion for
est reserve funds 10 needy districts
and that Of Seuator Porter, which
would provide for holding teachers
institutes in the summer months, were
the defective bills.
DEBATE ORGANIZATION.
Vigorous opposition 10 the "Amerf-
canization" aet. which would provide
that all non- English speaking people
attend night Of day schools and learn
70 read, write and speak TIE English
language, again developed during the
morning session. senator Lloyd Adams
was again the leading spirit in an at
tack on the bill as It now stands. we
must have more stringent immigra-
lion laws. Let us educate the chill
dren Of the foreign speaking people
Hliu HdNt GOOD elllAenS out or them. I
Those VINO DO not think enough of
tslis country to learn to speak its Ian
guage cannot have patriotism driven
into them, The sight Of men and
omen of mature age going to school
with our children is not o pleasant
one" said the senator from Madison
county.
Senator Adams succeeded in having |
the bill sent to the finance committee.
but the action Of the senats was then
reversed and the bill was reported by
tie committee of the whc.e as hayi.lg
progressed and adjournment taken by t
Ire senate until Monday morning at /
10 o'clock. |