Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-27
REFUSE BOOST.
|0F SALARYF0R
JUDGES.
Senate Indefinitely Postpones
Action on Measure Increas-
ing Pay of Judiciary
Bill Introduced to Abolish
Albion Normal School; Re
storation of Primatu limited

The Idaho legislature took the bit
4 into its teeth Tuesday and demon
s,rated its purpose to deal directly
with more paramount issues pending
before it. The senate put itself on
record as squarely against the raising
of salaries of those in the state en-
pIoy. 1t killed by indefinite post
ponement the measure seeking TO raise
the salaries of justices of the supreme
court from $4,000 to $4,000 and district
court Judges from $4,000 to $4,000.
Senator Seaver, chairman of the
committee, spoke on the salary bill,
saying the finance committee as a
whole deemed it unwise to raise the
salaries of anyone connected with the
state government at this time. He
moved indefinite postponement of the
measure, which was seconded by
Whitcomb, who stated he was heartily
in accord with the position taken by
the chairman of the financial commit
tee
WOULD ABOLISH NORMAL
The Albion Normal school, which
was created as state institution in
1893 by the second state Legislature
and which was opened a few years
later when completed, will be abol-
shed by the sixteenth session if
fairs committee becomes a law. The
1 ,G IL,
eating so small a number as at
tends the Albion normal is too great
on the taxpayers and provides for
closing the school July l, 1921. Sec
ton reads. The property of the
Albion State Normal school shall re-
main vested in the state board of
education, which is authorized and
directed to dispose of the personal
property thereof as it may deem adj
visable, to the best advantage of the
state, and to make an accounting to
the next session of the Legislature.
In order that the institution for the
present school year shall not be dis
turbed at said institution, this get
shall become effective July l, 1921.
A fine not to exceed $4,000 or i'm
prisonment in the state penitentiory
for not more than five years or both
are the penalties for violation of Sen
ate Bill No. 90, making it felony for
any person to make false and derOg
atory statements concerning banks or
banking institutions. The bill came
from the committee on banks and
banking and while the shortest bill in
the senate this year, is sdil to con
tain teeth.
FOR DIRECT PRIMARY
The direct primary bill made its
appearance Monday in the house
Of representatives. 1t viii he known
rs House Bill No. So, by
Clifford, Fait and Montgomery. 1t is
claimed by the authors of the mea-
sure that it is virtually the old pri-
airy law restored, though modified to
remove the weakness discovered in the
former act, which led to its repeal
two years ago They assert it has
very general approval in their parts
of the state. They represent, respec-
lively, Adams, Clark and Jerome
counties.
First and chief of the reforms the
new bill is intended to make Ill the
ca primary 10 the protection it viii
hofd to any party from invasion of
us tickets by candidates NOS members
OF that party. Places on the ticket
VIII be secured on petitions, the sign
crs Of which must be certified to as
members of the party, AMI voters at
party primaries must take oath that
they inte..d to support in the main the
ticket Of that party.
The judiciary is taken out of poll
ties. A different form of petition is
proposed by judgeship candidates
and the names of all of them will ap-
pear ON each of the party tickets, the
elector voting for twice the number
TO be elected at the general election.
The bill provides further that cam
paign expenses are limited to certain
sums for the candi lates for certain
Offices, instead of to percentage OF
tneir salaries. Another feature pro
Vldes for the appointment by the cen
lfal committee of each party of two
members whose duty it shall be to act
as challengers at the polls on the day
OIL the primary. Not less than 200 nor
lnores than 400 names must be signt d
70 the petition of candidate for
state office. gFor county Office the
number of signers is made about the
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