Show JOINES BRIBERY CASE PORTION OF THE LINE OF DEFENSE DE-FENSE DEVELOPED Principal Witness on the Stand Yesterday Yes-terday Vla W J Baird Once of Salt Lake Fuller Kay Return and Face the Music Special to The Herald Boise Ida Fob 27ln the senate this morning Rees joint memorial asking ask-ing for the calling of a national consti tutional convention was passed I is a departure from the usual practice which is to ask congress to submit certain amendments to the legislatures of the states TO PROHIBIT GAMBLING There was a lively contest over the bill prohibit gambling When the mea ura was received from the house a motion was made to suspend the rules and pass it at once Opposition developed which took tht form of a claim that the bill needed amendment The motion to suspend was then withdrawn with-drawn The president had referred the bill to the committee on education A motion was made to make the reference refer-ence to the judiciary committee This resulted in a tie vote which was decided de-cided in the negative by the president A motion to instruct the committee on education to report Monday morning morn-ing resulted in a tie This was decided by President Moore in the affirmative WEEp AND FRUIT PESTS In the afternoon the bill to estab lish a state system for the eradication of weed and fruit pests was under I consideration The onlj vote was on the section making an appropriation That was taken up ahead of its order I I as it was felt that I was the crucial I section It was adopted without division divi-sion after the appropriation had been reduced from 12500 to 10500 FRANCHISES ON RIVERS The house had a number of important import-ant bills before It The bill to grant franchises on rivers improved for log driving purposes was carried through the committee of the whole by a large majority Flanagans code commission bill which aimed to create a new board which should overshadow all present Officers of he state excepting the gov einor was killed by a majority of one The bill to tax mines was under consideration con-sideration tor a long tme An attempt to Indofinitely postpone the measure was defeated 26 to 18 |