Show MOUNTAIN STATES t c GA BILL KILLED t Idaho House Honse Rejects the tho Local 4 Option Measure MeasureS I SALOON S ACT A DEE 6 GOES GOBS ON AGAINST WOMEN N JURORS Special to t The Herald Boise Ida Feb 18 The house today in lit committee of the whole killed the local option substitute for the bill re repealing repealing repealing pealing the gambling law Ja By a vote of twentysix to twenty it recommend recommended ed that the bill do not pass The bill was U taken up as 88 the special order or and it was expected it would provoke another aDother acrimonious debate The members had bad b d evidently come to the conclusion there was nothing left to toa say a so 80 after a discussion the majority tossed to sed their harpoon into the measure mea ure But for a move of the minority in lit which Speaker McKinlay gave material assistance t aa tance final action would have been taken by adoption of the committee re report report report port The speaker ruled it would be necessary ry to revert to the order Re Reports Reports Reports ports of special committees before ac action action action tion could be taken on the report of the committee com of the whole and as it required a vote to revert 4 back the majority had to be content to allow now the matter to hang han lire fire until to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow The ardent supporters of the bill bUl have no hope for it however The house passed the Little Salmon wagon road bill as amended by the senate It now w goes to the governor The body also passed paa two house bills introduced in behalf of the state press association aa One of these requires the publication of notices of sheriffs sales Jes and the other fixes a uniform price for legal notices Supreme Court Curt Building Urged Two new bills were introduced One of them creates the office of assistant tant attorney general at 1560 1680 15 a year and I Ithe the other oUter provides pro ides for the building of ofa ofa a supreme court and law library build building building ing ins at Lewiston There was wan another discussion dl cu lOR in the senate of the Jones bill to close dose saloons on Sunday Sunda and on week days from mid midnight mIdnight midnight night until 5 a a m The author of the bill made a 8 strenuous ous effort to get it through and it looked for a time as though he would succeed All AU amend amendments amendments ments proposed ed by the opposition lUon were wert voted down There came a change how bow however ever when a vote was wu taken on the adoption of the he vital section of the bill which was rejected Kinkaid who had uw voted for the bill from the start tart then moved for its Indefinite postpone postponement ment meat The report of the committee of ot the whole hole making that recommendation tion was ws adopted by a vote of ten to eight Women Wonton Jury rury Bill Passed sed Pa Favorable Favo ble action was taken on Good Goodings Goodings ings tugs bill relieving rUeyIng women from Jury duty In the course of debate Donnel DonnI Donnelly ly If in opposing the measure said Bald th the women had demanded and had secured equal rights with men and he believed i they should perform the same duties as a I citizens cItizen There was an overwhelming majority for the bill I The house bill compelling children to toI attend school when tuition and a board I are furnished free was favorably acted on It is intended specially to cover the case of Indian Indi children in the vicin vicinity ity of LeWistOn Two house bills were passed and sent to t the i Roth Both were bv by of Nes Perce Percee One repeals section lOSt of the revised statutes which prohibits the establishing of ferries within a mile of each other The other prohibits the granting of an exclusive franchise to operate ferries toll roads and toll bridges There was an extended discussion of the bill requiring that 50 per cent of saloon license money be placed hi In the general school fund of the county in instead instead stead of the fund of the district in which it is S collected as under the pres present present ent law It was claimed the enactment of such law would materially cripple the efficiency of public schools In cities Notwithstanding the robust to the measure the senate instructed the special committee on revision of th thi revenue laws to Incorporate the provis provisions provisions ions of the bill in the general revenue bill it is framing |