The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-01-14
IDAHO SENATORS
URGE TARIFF BILL
sENATE MEMoRALiZES CONGRESS
FOR PASSAGE OF FORDNEY
EMERGENCY ACT.
Would Impose Temporary Duties Upon
Certain Agricultural Products to
Meet Present Emergency
and Aid Farmers.


Sixteenth session of the idaho legis-
lature was introduced in the senate
on January by Clark of Clark county
1t is senate joint memorial No. /, mem
oralizing congress to pass the Fordney
emergency tariff measure, imposing
temporary duties upon certain agri-
cultural products to meet the present
emergency and re-establish a market
for the farmers and stockraisers.
The memorial came directly follow
| ing a communication from the Idaho
| Cattle & Horse Growers association,
in session in Boise, announcing an in
dorsement of the Fordney measure
and urging the Sixteenth session to
memorable congress to pass the meas
ure. with an amendment including beef
and hides.
The house of representatives pre-
pared for active duty on January by
electing the remaining attaches for
the session.
Boise.-The appointment of senate
committees for the present session by
Lieutenant Governor c. C. Moore, the
Introduction of two minor bills and
adoption of the rules in the house
| constitute the developments in the
Idaho legislature on January Z. Sen
ator NJ. B. Yeaman of Bonneville
county drew the most important COM
mittee craftsmanship which is that on
state affairs.
Other important assignments were:
Whitcomb of Lemhi, judiciary; Thorn
as of Bingham, privileges and cleo
tons; Christensen of Bonner, agricul-
ture; Witty of Bannock, educational
Institutions.
Senator Cutcliffe of Butte is the
author of bill giving the boards of
county commissioners power to fix the
salaries of probation officers. Senator
Thomas introduced measure regu-
lating filing fees.
The house held a fifteen minute SEES
sion, adopting the fifteenth session
rules and letting the contract for the |
printing of bills to a local printing
company.
Revision of the constitution of the
state, held to be antiquated, through
and by means of constitutional con-
vention; the speeding of an appropria-
ton for S72,025 to pay the expenses
of lawmaking, and approval by the
senate of a memorial to congress, urg-
ing passage of the Fordney tariff act,
were some of the high lights of the |
fourth day of the Idaho legislature |
January 6. The house passed the ex- |
pense bill in the morning. The senate |
met just long enough in the afternoon |
to place its stamp of approval on it, |
and both houses adjourned until Fri
day morning without the standing
committees being named in either.
The constitutional convention reso-
luton, by Senator Thomas, did not
similar resolution four years ago and
it passed both houses, but owing to
war conditions it was deemed unwise
to hold such q convention at that time.
The resolution states that economic
and social conditions have so changed
since the adoption of the constitution
thirty-one years ago that already
amendments have been
added to it at a great cost, and that
a revision of the constitution by a con-
vention would result in a saving to
the state. 1t requires the submitting
Of the question to the voters at the
next election in 1922.
The sum named in the appropriation
i'll for legislative salaries and expense
was $72,025, approximately $1,000 less
han the regular session of the fiji
.eenth legislature cost. 1t provides
s29,700 for salaries of members, &c., |
100 for pay of attaches, $1,000 for
Mileage, $1,000 for various printing
,ills and $2325 for sundry expenses.
House bill No. 2 the first one deal
ng with general legislation, was in
reduced at the morning session Janu-
Try 6. 1t is brief measure by Par
ish of Ada county, making "joy rid
ng" dangerous by providing that tax
ng a vehicle from its lawful parking
N the street without the owners con-
ent becomes grand larceny, and at .
aching a fine and prison sentence to
he misdemeanor of taking parts, ac- S
essories or contents from a vehicle. e
The reference committee named by c
he speaker is made up of Bourne of h
lower, Callahan of ShoshOne, Young 2
f Ada, Van De Steeg of Canyon, Bot t
Olsen of Butte, Parrish of Ada and d
;ailey of Clearwater. The members e
laced on the acoustics committee, in f
edition to Chairman Storey. are Il
'ailey of Clearwater and Harrington o
Custer. q
The legislature is to be asked for 4
n appropriation of $4,000 to build Q
ne first unit of new state insane
sylum at Blackfoot to replace the
resent one which is the oldest and fl
lost delapidated institution owned by a
he state. The bill asking for this APP v
ropriation will be introduced in the II
mate by Senator Thomas of Bing- Il
am county. He has made a com. u
ete inspection of the asylum and de- II
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