The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-01-13
tn LEGISLATURE
| ADJOURNs TODAY
TAKES DAY OFF FOR COMMITTEE
WORK-ASKS CONGRESS- TO
GIVE WOMEN VOTES

BOISE.-The house and senate held
short sessions this morning and then
adjourned until tomorrow to permit
committees to complete their work.
A joint resolution memoralizing the
senate of the United States to com
plete woman suffrage by making it
national was passed. The resolution
says that Idaho has profited by wom-
an suffrage and says:
twenty-five years experience with
equal suffrage has given Idaho good
government and purified politics and
made better homes and has been for
the best interests of the state. Idaho
asks for an amendment to the federal
constitution giving woman the right
to vote.''
The memorial is an administration
measure and was sent by Whitcomb,
president protein of the senate. A
memorial by Pettibone to construct a
road from Sites to Grangeville
through Elk City, and Dixie to Buff
falo Hump, Orogrande and to the
Clearwater 10 miles along the south
fork of the Clearwater river was pass
ed This will open the gold fields as
"a public national necessity" and fur
ther says to make better postal roads.
The government is asked to give
$500,000. A bill for this work was in
troduced in congress two years ago
and it recommended that Idaho pay
half. The memorial says the state
cannot do this all and asks for full
government appropriation.
Committee to Check Up.
Headed by Raymond L. Givins a
committee of seven of the house will
look after all bills and keep the leg
islation in line with the administra-
tion's promises. The statement of
Givins this morning says: Reference
to this committee of the house bills
will do much during the session to
weed out bills of no merit" The first
action of the committee was the rec
ommendation to the house this morn
ing not to print the bill appropriating
5000 to Mrs. Minnie Priest Dunton, for
services as state librarian. This will
have opposition from Ada county
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claim.
To Raise Bond Limits.
Senator Beaver of Twin Falls, is
the author of bill introduced this
morning to increase the bonds issued
by municipal bodies to 12 per cent of
the assessed valuation instead of six,
the present limit. This is for bonds
for public buildings, paving, sewers,
bridges within one mile of the corpor-
ate limits, and parks. 1t is regarded
as public measure. The author pre-
diets large increase in public improve
ments in most towns and cities where
the limit is six per cent, if this change
is made.
Primary Law Repeal Is Up.
A sharp fight is predicted in the leg
islature over the repeal of the primary
law. Governor Davis did not recon-
mend the measure. Speaker Kiger of
the house, said: 81 expect action at
once to repeal the primary law. |
favor primary in the county election
to select state delegates to the state
convention. The candidates must file
with the county recorder certificate
of the county party chairman that
they have been members of the party
for two years previous"
Seth Jones of Whitebird, said: 81
favor the elimination of the expensive
primary and the return to the old sys
tenn as the cost of the primary cleo
ton to the tax payers of the state is
100000 for each primary. I would
rather use this money for roads,
The fight will be strong one and
may influence the consolidation meas
ure coming up tomorrow from the gov
ernor. Bonnell of Bannock county,
said: ''If the primary law cannot be
made much better than it is now |
favor its repeal"