The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-14
fight ON over
DIRECT PRIMARY
PROGRESSIVES SHATTER DEMO-
CRATIC BILL-REPUBLICA
BILL IN SENATE

Boise-Through combination for
med with the anti-primary foi4ces
the progressives in the senate of th
Idaho legislature Tuesday Afternoon
completely shattered the democratic
primary bill in committee of th'
whole. Amendments offered substi
tuted the provisions of the progres
sive wide-open primary bill tha
passed the house, for the body of the
democratic bill and thus transformed
the democratic measure was recon-
mended for passage. The substitu
tion, section by section, occupied the
entire afternoon. Lines were sharply
drawn, but by a vote of 20 to IS OF
practically every amendment, the
combination held the balance o1
power and changed the bill.
Senator Rehberg of Lewis county
openly charged on the floor of the
senate that the progressives hao
been offered offices in the state house
in exchange for their support to the
procedure that changed the demo-
cratic bill. The primary republicans
stood to the last against the comb1-
nation between the progressives and
the anti-primary forces. The repub-
1ican primary bill passed by the
house comes before the senate on
third reading and final passage Wed
.nesday.
A prayer from all Idaho for relief
from intolerable freight rates and
freight service is embodied in the
house memorial No. T. which passed
the house under suspension of the
rules 1t contains within small scope
a comprehensive summary OF the con-
ditions that handicap Idaho produc-
ers in getting farm stuffs to market,
and points out to congress the spe-
cific legislation which might bring
relief Reduction of the penalty on
delinquent taxes from six to two per
cent and Of the interest from IL to
10 per cent, as proposed in senate
bill 35, by Dinsey, was approved by
the house Tuesday by vote of SO to
Is. Later the house reconsidered the
vote and sent the bill to committee
of the whole for amendment.
A democratic bank guaranty act,
and bill sponsored by the agricul-
tura1 committee to prohibit undue
discrimination and competition in the
buying and selling of dairy products
gether with five other measures. Six
bills were passed, one killed and one
Indefinitely postponed at the morn
ing session.
Under suspension of the rules the
senate approved house bill 2l2, ap-
propriating $1,000 for the use of the
secretary of state in maintaining au-
tomobile license plates. Senator Cal
Il. I, ~ bn
was of an emergency nature the
same as the bill the senate passed to
provide for the payment of salaries
of state employees pending the pas
sage of regular appropriation bills.
He asked Senator Lewis, chairman
of the finance committee, whether he
knew what happened to the senate's
bill in the house and the latter in
formed him he did not know. SEN
ator Callahan states he felt both
should have equal consideration.
Senator Lewis said he regretted the
adoption of such an attitude and felt
the senate should pass the bill In
question regardless of what hap
pened in the house to the senate sal
airy bill.
State License for Nurse
Persons ministering to the sick in
this state, except those carrying on
religious ministrations, would be re-
~quired to take out state license
under the senate bill 129, which
passed by a vote of 80 to 9. The
senate also passed bill 1873, which
would permit the organization OF
power districts, including part or all
of land within irrigation districts.
Senate bill 140, by Clark OF Custer,
providing for the recording of dis
charges of men and women who
served in the world war, was passed
unanimously.
After some discussion during which
it was stated the present statutes
covered the matter house bill IS
tried to remedy, the senate indefi-
nitely postponed that measure. 1t
would have required a certificate
from county or city health officer
for the admission of pupil to
school after absence necessitated by
contagious disease. Effort was first
made to have the bill committed to
the committee of the whole, but the
substitute motion for indefinite post
ponement carried.
Carrying out the pledge of the
party platform adopted at Wallace,
republicans of both houses of the
state legislature in joint caucus voted
to reduce the maximum levies that
can be made by the minor taxing dis
tricts of the state.
The caucus decided to introduce a
bill fixing the levy for counties at
from 40 to so cents on $100 and for |
cities at 10 mills with the privilege
of voting an additional 5 mills.
1t was tentatively decided to re-
duce the maximum levy for road dis
tricts from 25 to 20 cents and that |
for bridges from Is to IL cents.
PRICE OF BREAD GOES UP