The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-02-11
DIRECT PRIMARY
LAW IS ASSURED
MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF
IDAHO LEGISLATURE ARE
BACKING NEW MEASURE.
.LinNs Expenditure of Candidates and
Provides for State Platform
conventions.--DeIin
Are Granted Relief.

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20 insure its passage, are sponsors of
House bill No. 173, to restore the
direct primary in Idaho, which was
introduced in the lower house of the
sixteenth legislature on February 4.
The first six names in the list. of
sponsors are the six ex-seryiee mem
bers of the house. The list also in
cludes the names of the three Demo-
cratic members. The houses lone
woman is one of the sponsors.
The chief feature of the primary
measure, as it will now come before
the legislature, are: Preservation of
party integrity by oath of electors at
time of registration and the printing
and binding of these oaths. Limiting
expenditures of candidates and nomi-
nation of judicial candidates in the
same manner as candidates for other
offices. Provisions for state platform
conventions.
Three bills were passed February 4,
one of which is Se1erson's measure to
relieve purchasers of the state lands
whose payments are now about to
become delinquent. 1t permits the
state land board to withhold until De
cember 81, 1922, cancellation of GER
tificates for land sales because of
payments delinquent in 1920. 1921 or
1922.
The Albion Normal school fight held
the center of the stage in the senate
on February 4. A test on the strength
Of the bill to abolish the school was
made on McMurray's motion to in
definitely postpone and came at the
end of sharp debate. The motion
lost by vote of 10 to IL.
House bill No. "a, giving full control
by the legislature to the house and
senate chambers and adjoining rooms
during sessions passed by unanimous
vote.
House bill No. 46, the bad egg bill,
met defeat by a vote of 46 to II.
Senate bill No. 56. preserving qualifi-
cations and manner of licensing engi-
neers, passed by unanimous vote, as
also did Senate bill No. 70, by Feath-
erstope, providing for the election of
justices of the supreme court and dis
trict courts.
Fourteen new measures were intro
duced in the house on February 4.
Among them was bill to create a
state forestry advisory board, with
power to appoint state forester and
to provide a new code of laws for the
protection of forests from fire.
A bill introduced in the lower house
of the Idaho legislature on February
8. was the first of the budget bills re-
Gently placed in the appropriations
committees hands by the governor to
be presented as committee measure.
1t carrier $649, $40 for the maintenance
of six state charitable and penal in
situations.
This sum is less by $101, 475 than
the total asked for by the heads of the
| institutions through the commissioner
| of public welfare. 1t is less by $685.,
735 than the total recommended by
the governor. 1t is less by $53,905
than the appropriations made for the
same purposes " 1918.
House bill No. 81, said to be fos
| tered by the Alumni association of the
state university, removing the dis
qualifications for appointment on the
state board of education of former re
| gents, instructors and students in state
institutions, was defeated by a vote
of % to 10.
House bill No. SO, the cream ant
milk bill, by the committee on public
health, was killed by unanimous in
| definite postponement.
| After somewhat vinegary debate
the house defeated House bill No. AZ
/ by the state affairs, committee, which
sought to abolish the gopher bounty
fund in the hands of the university ex
tension division.
/ The anti-cigarette bill made its ap
pearance in the upper house of thu
| sixteenth session of the Idaho legis
lature on February 2. The measure
was introduced by Senator Harding
Democrat, of Oneida county.
Under the terms of the bill, tn,
sale OF cigarettes or cigarette paper
is prohibited, and heavy fines are pro
vided for violations. 1t will be un
lawful to either wholesale or retail tn
| articles mentioned.
i According to those in close toucl
with members of the upper house
the measure will pass However
there viii be spirited fight when tn
bill reaches the house.
An important bill introduced by Nc
Donald of Kootenai county calls 70
the establishment of Il state fund TO
guaranty of bank deposits.
| Senate bill No. rs, by King of Boun
Diary county. requiring residence o
one year in Idaho before any life in
suranee agent may procure icens