The daily star-mirror., 1923-02-07
DIRECT PRIMARY
PASSES in HOUSE
EFFORT TO BLOCK REPUBLICAN
MEASURE FAILS-ALBI0N NOR
NAL Is SAVED.

Boise-The house of representa-
tives Tuesday by an overwhelming
vote of 46 to 19 passed house bill No.
40, the republican primary measure.
Republicans, democrats, and progress
sives, pledged to the electors of Idaho
to re-enact this direct legislation mea-
sure, stood firm for the cause on the
final vote.
The vote came after an hour of de-
bate in which many lembers of the
house took part. The opposition at
tempted to delay passage in an ef-
fort to have it recommitted to the
committee of the whole for amend
ment, but the house firmly opposed
the effort and instead of losing
strength the bill gained five votes on
Albion Normal Stands.
The Albion normal school was
saved from being wiped off the map
when the senate Indefinitely post
poned senate bill SS, which would
have abolished it. The vote was 81
to Is, Senator Jones of Bannock, one
of the authors, changing his vote to
aye and giving notice of a request
for reconsideration on Wednesday.
Six other bills were passed and one
other indefinitely postponed. By a
vote of Al to the rules were sus-
pended and by vote of AZ to the
senate passed bill No. LAT, appropriat-
ing approximately $141 900 for the
payment to state employees of rs per
cent of their January and February
salaries.
Senate bill ia, appropriating $1,000
for the relief of Eva B. Steunenberg,
widow of Idaho's murdered governor.
Frank Steunenberg, was passed.
By passing senate bill 119 the up
per house approved adding a penalty
clause to chapter 249, 1921 session
laws containing the rules of the road.
Senate bill 11S was also passed. This
would prohibit a foreign corporation
acting as executor or administrator
Of any estate in Idaho and also act
ing as guardian.
Senate bill So, approved. fixes
charges which shall be made for pub
ic documents, while No go, also
passed. creates a neutral zone on an
lnsurveyed portion of the Lewis and
Clark highway in northern Idaho.
New Bills in Senate.
Five new bills were introduced in
he senate. No. $50, by Sonner, pro-
7ides for laying out trails and high
ways for stock by the county COM
either through purchase
II condemnation. No. ISL, by Crooks,
makes a number of amendments to
he mothers and childrens' pension
avs The most important addition
5 making payment of pension for
rphan children or those who come
nder the act to their guardians or
ther persons in whose charge they
re. No 152, by the judiciary COM
Il
he county commissioners of grants
Y the probate Judge of pensions to
lothers. No. 153, by the same COM
littee, provides for the taking of de-
ositions on wills.
$4,000 For Vocational Board.
Fifteen new bills were introduced
! the house on TuesdaE, the goth day
the session. Among chem were
TX appropriation measures, carrying
total of $4,000. One of these, by
le committee on education, calls for
10000 to maintain the work of the
oard of vocational rehabilitation of
ersons injured in industry
House bill 121, by Taylor and
rainard, which would subsidize the
aviation Army in Idaho in the sum
$4,000 to help carry on it's work
sheltering and caring for way
ard girls, unmarried mothers and
srtain kinds of cases of venereal
seases among minors
House bill 12S, by the committee on
ducation, is a measure sr-iIar to
lat advocated for some time by
umni of the states leading educa-
onal Institutions 1t removes any
squalification that exists against
umni and instructors of such in
itutions and makes them eligible to
)pointment as members of the state
)ard of education