Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-02

CHAPTER VI
The Roman empires, the Kingdoms
of Assyria, Babylon and Egypt, and
later the empire of Charlemagnes, In
course CT time went down, and in
almost every case the downfall of
these great powers was caused by
the greed of the rulers for gold and
power. In January of 1889, the
empire county Alturas, began to
1crumble, and once she started on a
downward career, all the skill, in
genuity and Influence of her brood
ling rulers became powerless to stay
the coming disaster. The empire
county, under the domination of the
HALEY ring for seven years, waxed
strong in pride and arrogance, but
latter pride cometh a fall" Ere
three months more had rolled by, AL
turas had fallen from her high posi-
ton and glory-and fell hard.
The bill referred to as the "Omni-
bus bill'' was introduced in the
house, and in the usual course of all
legislative bills when introduced,
was read at full length and ordered
to be referred to the committee on
counties.
In the hands of this committee the
bill underwent a hot and bitter dis
cussion. The anti-divisionists, aid
ed by some of the best legal talent in
Territory, appeared before the COM
mittee with the intention of securing
an unfavorable report, and having
t1n hill cant hanl in that Chqnn IN
the house. The bill was cut, slash
ed, dissected and turned inside out
section after section was torn
'asunder, and every conceivable in
ducemtent, both good and bad, was
offered to the committeeman. The
members of the committee, when not
in session, were hunted, chased and
h~arrassel by the HALEY contingen t
until it became a game OF hounds
and hares around the streets and
hotels Of Boise. The divisionists
worked eagerly to counterfeit the in
sfluence of their opponents, and were
rewarded by the bill coming back to
the house with a favorable report
from the committee. The Haileyites
never faltered at this, their first, re-
pulse, but prepared for further and
harder action. The report of the
committee being ready, the next
move of the anti-divisionists was to
have the report tabled, but the mo-
ton for that disposition of the bill
was voted down hard, and the bill
was ordered to go before the commit
tee of the whole.
On the first ensuing organization
of the house as a committee on the
whole the bill came up for action.
Here every kind of legislative fill
clustering to kill the bill was resort
ed to by the Haileyites, and obstruc-
tion after obstruction was placed to
prevent its passage, and the tactics
adopted to accomplish that end
would put the Irish members of the
British parliament away below par,
but all in vain. The bill went
through that committee with flying
i. colors, and was returned to the
house for final passage, %unscathed
by the fiery ordeal.
CHAPTER VII
The bill for the creation of the
new counties having passed through
the two committees favorably, now
came up in the house for final action
lby that body. 1t was a foregone con-
elusion that nothing short of a de-
Nermined line of fillibustering and
legislative obstruction could prevent
ITS passage.
The anti-divisionists, fully arous-
=, to the existing condition of af-
ha1d oo1to,,s N ftap aotlOt,C orI
tsn LII 'ences were well laid. Every
,neil : V, on the other hand, was
nI,do on.a, q, well aware of the stu
' ~ ond Sch felt as though the
fstoHof tbo Mi depended on him
,Iona fiEa ! We great debate in
-nngross at tho special session of
TS622 9 on tbe ren,,t Of the Sherman
raj the last hope of the free silver
cause, it was war to the Knlt - TUG
house, and a fight to the dess Il
The bill coming on regularly LOT
action in the house. was read In a2l
bv the clerk, and a long line OF
amendments, amendments to amend
ments, and substitutes for amend
were SUCCESSFULLY hurled at
the bill by the opposing forces.
Amendment after amendment and
substitute after substitute were in
troduced, to be voted down by those
i'm the majority. AS every amend
ment and substitute offered became
in it's turn the subject of a debate,
in which every anti -divisionist took
mart. it became evident that the anti
division forces had carefully Mapped
ont a plan of obstruction by which
time was to be consumed in pursu-
ing their parliamentary tactics, and
in This manner prevent the bill from
being voted on until the time was
eet bv law for adjournment would
90 bv. when it would die a natural
death. It was the same line OF tactics