The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-07


| memorable congress in which case 1t
was not in proper form, so he asked
that it be referred to the judiciary
| committee to make such changes as
| might be found necessary. 1t was
sent to the committee and will likely
| come up Monday. Meantime litera-
] ture bearing on the subject is at pre-
| MUM and three-sided discussion
will be apt to develop. Some want
! the Canyon county representative S
bill as it stands; some want it verb
ally amended leaving it's sense un-
disturbed; some want it beaten.
XIII the coffin nail," seems to be
the idea of Senator Harding of
Oneida, who Wednesday introduced
bill prohibiting the sale of cigaret-
ties and cigarette papers in the state,
making such sale to any person of
any age or sex unless for Interstate
commerce outside of Idaho misde-
meanor. The first offense subjects
the violator to fine of from $50 to
5000. The next offense is to be pun
ished with either fine of from 500
to $500 or Jail sentence of not
more than six months. The bill also
makes it a misdeameanor to sell
tobacco in any form to minor.
There is very little politics in the
present session. Each representative
and senator seems to be doing pretty
much as seems fit to the individual.
The Republican caucuses have de-
cided little except where the party
members were agreed. All the ma
jority acquiesce in the statement of
Senator Thomas that the party
pledges are scared there being, on
OCCASION some difference in interpre-
tation depends somewhat on geogra-
phital location. On the other hand
the Democratic causes attended by
one member and come to unanimous
agreement has become a standing
joke that is now worn out and ready
to sit down and take a rest. The
Boise Democrats made great prepar-
atiOns to get bills ready along the
line of the demands of the state plat
form, but were too busy to finish and
the minority senators and representa-
tiyes say that this partial failure Of
The men in the capital to act simply
left them without measures ready
made, which they would have had
framed themselves.
There can be forty-four repetitions
in the name of farm in Idaho
legally. That is the present condi-
ton and has been. An effort to have
this changed so that there would be
state registration instead, was beaten
Wednesday by decisive vote. Even
the eloquence of Representative
Story of Ada, who pointd out Mt.
Vernon as a perpetual reminder Of
the value of name for a farm,
failed to captivate the majority,
which took the view that if one Mt.
Vernon were good, forty-four would
be better.
Some little CONSERVATION was
aroused Wednesday in the house by
receipt of a memoiroa from the
American Legion at Malad protest
Z ing against the passage of the bill
appropriating 100000 for returned
disabled veterans as being insult
ficient and urging that bonus bill
be enacted instead. The house has
been getting number of protests
against another measure, H. B. III,
which proposed to abolish the appro-
priation for the tuberculosis hospital.
This proposal brought memorials
from all parts of the state, women
being especially active. 1t is felt
that the Malad resolutions may be
followed by number of similar ones
and this is causing some apprehen-
sion on the part of those backing
the bill.
The grist of new bills is now
shortening up materially and while
a squirt may be expected early next
week, the flood is pretty well abated.