The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-01-31
IDAHO S0L0NS
TAKE RECESS
Mary Pay Last Respect to Adams
County Senator as Body Lay in
State at Capitol. Regular Ses-
SONS Resumed Thursday.

~. w. va HoeSen, senator IRON al
ans county in the sixteenth and sew
enteenth legislatures, while he wa
seated il. a chair in his room at tn
Owyhee Monday afternoon at o'clock
Apparently asleep but holding a pa
per in his hand he was found by hi
wife when she returned from shopping
and when he did not arouse to hi.
wife's calls, Drs. Ralph Falk AM
James Stewart were called. They pro
nounced heart trouble as the cause o.
death.
While Senator Van Hoesen attended
the morning session of the senate or
Monday as usual and appeared to BIZ
as we'll as ever, even engaging in
short debate, it was stated by his sec
rotary, Mrs. Lillian Petit, that he
said in the morning he was not feel
ing well. He did not consider his con-
dition Sc; ious, however, and went
about his duties. He has been suf-
fering from heart trouble for the past
six months.
Lying in state in the rotunda Of the
Idaho capitol. the remains of the late
Senator D. W. Van Hoesen of Adams
county were viewed by hundreds of
people during the two hours from l
to o'clock. The body as it rested
under the dome of the stately build
ing, was guarded by a military es-
cort which remained with it until it
70 ha "a oh nar-
for the services.
Under an honor guard consisting of
six senators and six representatives
with Senator Frank Harris at their
head, the casket was removed from the
undertaking par,ors to the rotunda
before the hour at which it was to lie
in state Shortly after 8 o'clock the
body of the deceased solon was taken
to the senate chamber where but two
days since he had participated in de-
bate. At 4 o'clock the services were
begun.
The honorary ballbears were Gov
ernor C.. c. Moore, former Governor
D. W. DAVIS, Senator L. r. Thomas,
Senator D. L. Evans, Representative
j. B. R,dweil of Adams county and
Joel L. Priest.
The active pallbearers were Brad
ley Sheppard of Boise, Harry Mills.
Charles Fry. A. E. Bates and Harry
Soulen of Mesa, and L. A. Bunk OF
Weiser
The booy was shipped to Cortland,
N. Y, Senator Van Hoesen's former
home, for burial.
Out of profound respect to the
memory of the late Senator D. W
Van Hoesen of Adams county, both
houses of the seventeenth Idaho LEXIS
latur0 held brief sessions Tuesday.
passing resolutions eulogizing the de-
parted member and adjourned until
morning.
At Mondays session the senate's
plan for merging the committees Of
both houses on appropriation meas
ures was killed in the house by vote
of 81 to 43. The resolution from the
start was understood to be an admin
move to expedite action on
and its PROMPT death
was due to reluctance of the house TO
forfeit its traditional AMI constitu-
tional ri~ht of first action on the rev
enue and approximation measures.
Democrats of the house and senato
crossed wires Thursday morning in
The Introduce on of emergency meas
Tres p-ovid ing for appointment of q
successor to the late Senator D. W. |
Van Hoesen without the special cleo
ion nov called for bv the statutes.
With Gov. C. C. Moore, Republican.
pledged to appoint Democrat, if
lew law is passed, giving him the pow
II, senate bill sponsored by David
!. Eames. Democrat, of Franklin. and
Scion B Clark, Democrat of Custer.
vas Introduced giving the right of
to the board of county
of the county in which
he vacancy occurs.
The measure occasioned surprise. in
lew of the promise made by Gov
Ioore to ]. B. Bedwell. represen ,ative
rom Adams county. home of the late
enato-. that he would appoint Dem
crat Of the party's choice.
Mr.. Bed'vell introduced a measure
n the house Giving the governor pow
r to make the appointment, and adj
hin straticn leaders freely predicted
hat the Bedwell measure, if found
v the judiciary committee of the
ouse to be in proper form, would be
assed. and the senate measure be put
! the discard.
An amendment to the state constitu-
ON. giving voters the right to initiate
Tvs and amendments. is proposed in
enate JOINT Resolution No. 8. intro
uced by Senator Wurthe, Progressive
Canyon county. A campaign meas
re. also presented BIZ Senator Wurthe, ,
Joiat Resolution No. 4. which pro-
oses an amendment to the state con-
tuition whereby initiated measures
nd constitutional amendments could
, adopted by majority vote on them
one, rather than by n majority of
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