Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-01-19 | Page 12 | Partisan Inquisition Resolution Passes

1 PAN IIUISIIl ran pusses Idaho House Leaders Predict Whitewashing of the Previous Previ-ous Administrations. Special Io Tho Tribune. BOISE, Ida., Jan. 18. By a strict party vote, several recalcitrant Republicans Republi-cans having been whipped into lino through fear of personal pet legislation, Johnston of the house today put. through tho partisan Investigation resolution, so moditled by tho senate as to limit the time of investigation to ten days and tho complainants to Governor Hawloy and the members of the legislature. Johnston In this instance usod his chairmanship chair-manship of county linos and boundaries J to good advantage, as two-thirds of tho members are Interested for or against county division measures. On tho floor of tho houeo Morgan of Latah and Klrby of Boise forecast a cal-slminc cal-slminc coat for tho Gooding and Brady administrations. The scnato passed tho houso bill to create an additional Judicial position for a man to be appointed in the third district. dis-trict. The bill now goes to Governor Hawley for signature, then Immediately to the supremo court for construction as to Its legality. Upon the result will depend de-pend soveral other proposals to place additional ad-ditional Judges in districts already in existence ex-istence or divide the districts. Senator Freehafer of Washington county coun-ty introduced a bill today to eliminate party emblems from ballots. The locturers in tho farmers Bpcclnl train from Salt Lako addressed a largo audience at the Commercial club rooms hero tonight.