Show LA lAKERS WERE HOT i Lively Personal Encounter In the Idaho Legislature + POP ATTACKS DEMOCRAT 4 INFORMED THAT H WAS NO GETM J Interference of the Speaker Prevented a KnockoutrMembers Were Excited Ex-cited and a General ilixup Was Imminent Hue Resurrects a I Constitutional Amendment I Special to The Herald Boise Ida Feb 18 There was a exciting scene In the house today when Moody Pop attempted to take from Bates Dem who chairman of Dem was chairan the committee of the whole an amendment sent up by Mood which was ruled out on a point of order Moody rushed up to the speakers desk and seizing the chairman by the arm demanded the papers Bates refused to give them up and blows were averted only by the interference in-terference of the speaker Later Moody said on the floor that Bates was no gentleman and there came near being another scene when Bates demanded a retraction The members mem-bers were ail much excited and a general gen-eral row was threatened Finally however order was restored and before be-fore the session closed Moody offered a apology and the incident closed The senate today by a majority of one passed the high license gambling bill which Is intended to repeal the antigambling act This bill will not pass the house however The house today broke open the leg islative tomb carted out the carcass of I a long defunct but important measure and gave it life by adopting a motion to reconsider the vote by which It was Indefinitely postponed some time ago It was the house joint resolution resoluton proposing posing a constitutional amendment to change the terms of offices of county commissioners to four years each by rotation in office The vote on the resolution res-olution was 29 to 1 and Speaker Evans held that the resolution had passed having received twothirds The point was raised that the constitution required re-quired twothirds of all the members of the house The speaker then withdrew with-drew his ruling and submitted the question ques-tion to the house and after a running debate the house agreed to defer its I decision until Monday at 2 p m W ah k Senate bill No S by Hays relating to peremptory challenges was defeated defeat-ed by a vote of 23 to 15 Bills were passed as follows Senate substitute to house bill No 214 pertaining I pertain-ing to the license of auctioneers house I bill No 2S7 for terms of supreme court at Pocatello house bill No 301 by the committee on public lands authorizing the state land board to accept deeds I on mortgages instead of instituting foreclosure proceedings In committee of the whole the boiler inspection bill had a close call but was reported back without recommendation The bill for the completion of the CusterLemhi state wagon road was ordered or-dered reported adversely Jones bill to tax mortgages and professional pro-fessional libraries was reported back without recommendation Lynnes bill providing imprisonment for lessees of mines who fail to pay their men received favorable action The committee arose and the house without receiving its Deport adjourned The senate passed the following bills Senate bill No 49 by Lippincott regulating bating the rate and manner of collecting collect-ing poll tax Senate bill No 43 for the codification of the laws of the state senate bill No 7 by Brigham to provide pro-vide for appeals by the state in criminal crimi-nal cases Senator Goodings bill appropriating ap-propriating 500 to be used in preparing certificates for the Idahos votes substitute I sub-stitute for senate bill No 15 providing I for teaching in the public schools of kindness to domestic animals I A strong filibuster was Inaugurated against the bill creating a bureau of immigration labor and statistics and although It has a majority on the floor I final action was delayed by adjournment ment day early in the afternoon until Ion I |