The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-10-28
MOST DANGEROUS AND
HRNIcIOUS
So Judge AiIshie Characterizes
Land Amendment - Advis-
e. as to Others.

Characterizing the proposed const
tutional amendment, which would q
thorize the land board TO sell 200 se'
tIons of school land each year. whis
the electors are TO vote upon 1t I'll
coming election ~ "most dangerou
and pernicious," Judge James F. All
SHE, former chief justice Of the ~
preme court, made the following
statement Saturday:
II think II very important that tn
special attention Of the people be call
cd TO four constitutional amendmenti
that are being submitted 10 the vot,
Of the people ut the coming election
AZ least one Of them il most danger
Gus and pcrnicious.
"As submitted by The legislature
and published In the public press they
are Joint resolutions Nos 8, 3, 10 and
Is.
Amendment No. prcvidss for In
crossing the msmbsrship Of the SUI
prsus court from three 70 ave msm-
hsrA In visv Of the fact that the su-
prvns court u = couple II years b.
hind with IL work and litigation. H.
accordingly delayed, II seems neces-
sary and important TO sdopt this
amendment.
Amendment No. 8 proposes 10 au-
thoriHo appeals to the supreme court
from decisions Of the public utilities
commission. and II adopted would !
greatly increase the work Of ths SUI
preme court. This amendment ought |
to b. defeated. The reasons which
call Tor the adoption Of amendment
No. s are equally good for defsating
amendment No. 8, Bssides, there
does not seem to be any good reason
for asking or recurring the supreme
court TO review the facts in n public
utilities case and it can now, without
any amendment, review the law Of the
case.
Proposed amendment No. 10 is = ,
most vicious and unwise provision,
and ought to be eternaliy beaten. 1t :
proposes to authorize the state land /
BOARD 10 sell 200 sections of school +
and each year. The constitution as n
'sirirally adopted provided for the Q
ale Of 25 sections Of school land each
ear, then at the election Of 1916 ar
was adopted by COM o
'aratively small vote. and without Al
iscas sion, so as TO allow the sale OF IN
;'i' sections arhp ally AMI NV It is n
Ioprsed to authorize do lLling this OF
ale and making 1t 200 sections or
ne hundred twenty eight thousand
rres yearly.
"Now the question arises; why such
Aste to sell on all the school lands
the statel Our population is not
creasing very rapidly. We have in
laho millions Of acres Of land held
private ownership not under cul- Ia
vation, hundreds Of thousands Of ev
res Of the finest Of timber held by I'M
'ivate owners that will not be cut in mr.
e next 20 years. 70
"In my opinion the chief accomp- ini
'hsnent Of this proposed amendment
ouid Be simply to enable timber
nipanies and livestock corporations c.''
gather into private ownership Of -
few large companies these state pr
ids, At minimum prices, and they in "a
IN will hold them for speculation. VT
'ers are comparatively few farmers ''0
settlers who will bid on these tim "o.
r or grazing lands. Now l ask - 81
y not let the state continue to own nui
. land and reap the profits of in re
'ased valuation Why be in oi
rry TO barter it all nwayl Let US ~. MI
'eat proposed amendment No. 10. ."'
Amendment No. 10 proposes TO au- LOT
'rize the state to lend its credit or e"e
est directly in the development Of '''e
unused water power" within the ,
te. This within itself may not be ~,
wise. In view. however. Of the ~ -,