Show IDAHO DEMOCRATS TRYING TO GET ALLEGED GRAFTERS IN LIMELIGHT Special to The Herald 30 else Ida March 1 The feature of 0 ts session sos lon of ot tho the legislature was the passage a age by tho the senate of the house direct primary bill without amendment The bill had a close shave The Tho Republicans Republicans Republicans undertook to kill It In lii caucus mucus but two Senators Shawhan of Canyon and Rowton of Idaho stood out against all propositions to compromise or amend It realizing that any alterations altern would operate oper te to th Q defeat the measure In the closing g days of the session aes Jon Behind these two Republicans stood tood ten Demo Democratic Democratic cratic Jote s It only required twelve votes to pass the bill so the Republican enemies of the bill were forced to sur sue surrender surrender render Senator Shoup of Lemhi county as the only member to Vote ote against j 5 s bill He H explained that his people tIlt diu l not want it itA itA itA A mine was as sprung iu In the senate sena e ehen T hen Senator McBeth with the support of If the minority Introduced a resolution r demanding that the senate instruct the chairman of the state affairs committee to summon before his committee State Bank Examiner Cheney for the purpose of If obtaining from that official Information information tion concerning a shortage reported to have existed In the accounts of the state C 41 4 treasurer State Examiner to learn leam why he did not report to the legis legislature lature that deposits had been made by state officials in banks anks without security contrary to law Secretary of State Lansdon the state insurance commis commissioner commissioner abner and Game Gamo Warden Stevens with their books and bankers controlling the banks In which certain state funds lunds have been deposited for the tIme purpose of oC ascer ascertaining ascertaining taming whether or not state officials de do derive derive dolive rive live pecuniary advantage from their Il n Illegal legal actions The motion moHon was referred to the joint Investigating committee but not before one of the most exciting ex lUn and liveliest debates of the session was indulged in during which Senator Hart attempted to block its Introduction declaring dec at atthe atthe atthe the same time that the charges made by b McBeth heretofore have been proven false In part and that the reputation of the state had been seriously Injured through the investigations j Kerns erns came camo back with nith a counter countercharge countercharge charge ch rge that not only had the state land board violated the law In depositing of ot state school land money In banks without security but the inspections Inspections had revealed the tho fact that the board has so deposited over oer two mU mil million lion dollars The resolution was sent to the state affairs committee I |