Show I AN INIQUITOUS BILL 4 Idaho Populist Denounces the River Improvement Measure ITS AUTHOR ROASTED + DECLARED THE DEVIL WOULD DISOWN SENATOR ATNSLIE Would Fasten a Grinding Monopoly Upon the People of the State Effort to Table the Bill Defeated In the House Local Option Bill Has Strong Support + Special to The Herald Boise Ida Feb HThe house today had its initial mixup over the river improvement im-provement bill which was received on the pravious day from the senate Sand it indicated the character of the fight that will be made on the measure in the lower branch When the measure came up on its first reading Moody Pop jumped to his feet and moved indefinite postponement of the bill Averitt rushed to the support of the bill He Insisted that the house should have the bill printed so that members I could become conversant with its provisions pro-visions Besides that the bill if enacted en-acted would result in the greatest benefit bene-fit to the state and be the means of materially ma-terially reducing taxation He did not care to argue tne merits of the bill at this time ne said but if necessary he could deluge the body with statistics showing the benefits of such legislation as the bill proposed I Moody pronounced the bill the most imnultous of all the damnably pernicious bills that had ever come before the Idaho legislature Its provisions would fasten fr five years a grinding monopoly upon the people of the state particularly those who live In tho timber section of the north Catching sight of Senator Alas lie the author of the bill who had come in just as the bill was taken up for examination ex-amination he exclaimed that if the bill had the devil for his daddy his father would disown him The previous Question cut off further debate and Moodys motion was lost 171 I to to Redwine succeeded In turning the tide I that on the day before engulfed his bill prohihiting pUblic officials from riding on passes as the bill was taken from the table and placed on the calendar for its i second reading Fishers bill for tums of the supreme court at Pocatello twice a year cam back from the committee and KIngslpy moved that it be indefinitely postponed Fisher moved to table Kingsleys motion He received the support of nearly all the enemies of the bill on that notion and then decided that the bill had gon to the table with it After considerable sparring Fisher succeeded In having that action reconsidered and the bill was sent to the engrossing committee The board of pharmacy bill was favorably favor-ably reported by the public committee and sent to the printer The same committee com-mittee reported the bill prohibiting the polluting of streams with minor amendments which were adopted I After Hays senate bill prohibiting justices of tne peace and probate judges issuing warrants without approval of tho I i county attorney was read the first time it was indefinitely I postponed I When Klngsleys local option bill came I 1 up for third reading Hulse moved that it be indefinitely postponed The motion was lost 16 to 27 Those voting for it were Arbuckle Bixby Burdett Glahe Hulse Johnesse Lines Munson Mulkey McBee N Y Holson Osborn Stephens Smith Stark and Mrs Wright The bill fixing poll tax at 1 was indefinitely in-definitely postponed Measures were then passed as follows Legislative appropriation bill prescribing tli1 time and manner of Dayin3i ts of state moneys by county treasurers senate sen-ate bill No IS providing that official bonds may be furnished by guarantee companies authorizing transfer of certain road funds joint memorial No6 praying for the establishment of a national soldiers sol-diers home at Fort Sherman On third reading the following measures meas-ures fere killed House joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendmeht changing the terms of county commissioners commis-sioners 22 to 19 Hot jo joint resolution fixing the majority of votes cast for governor gov-ernor as the number necessary for adoption adop-tion of a constitutional amendment hiLFc bill naming a commission to investigate sites available for insane asylum In the senate there were a great rainy bills introduced One of these by Mc Murrin was to validate acts done un1er the laws of the first lour sessions Senator Smiths bill to better define the boundary of Washington county was passed In committee of the whole Goodings bill making it a misdemeanor for any nerson to wilfully waste the waters of uiiL toif4 aa w any stream was recommended for passage I pas-sage and the committee also recommended recommend-ed the oossage of the high license I gambling bill intended to repeal the anti I gambling act The vote CI was 10 to S |