| Show THE IDAHO legislature boise idaho feb 20 social 4 ecial telegram to the oferall Jfe rall one of the worst crimes perpetrated on idaho was today when the die house the australian ballot law revised edition for ft a special occasion it defines the fi fica cation tiou of electors provides for botu in actions to public office authorizes the proclamation of to govern wern and regulate elections to 0 o specify the duties of election officials and their fees to regulate the procedure in contesting elections govern and regulate elections for changing ng cou county nty seats scabs and bou boundaries udar provides for printing and distributing ballots ballot and sand other election supplies at the public expense and for tho the publication and distribution of copies of the election laws aej repealing all territorial laws on elections thus it will be seen how sweeping the law is not even one amendment anon dment was made to the bill as the republicans had caucused caucuses caucus ed and decided to push it through without delay A few days ngo ago when final action was being taken in the che senate senator proposed to amend section 3 striking hig out ibbs tl and inserting 1891 2 1 11 which amend ment was voted down shoup arguing that it was to prevent mormons cormons from voting who were guilty of crimps up to that time senator white argued that it was an ex ev pout pr at facto law and that crime should not be punished by a law enact ed at this day but have reference reft to crimes committed in the future autu re so far as throwing safeguards around the ballot was concerned he was as ni anch ich in favor of it as shoop andi that he favored any clause that would prevent mormons cormons from participating in elections eions until such time as they could be reconstructed by law but he was satisfied that shoup saw the of bringing the mormon question lefore before t the e legislature for a purpose anti and it was not by accident it was for the pur putting bitting a little tire ire under that question and to keep keel the mormon question from dying out thus answering two purposes one to keep keel the republican parly in power in idaho idabo and the other to make it possible for the salt lahe tribune troung to exi atas it has ha haafeen aleen been able to do for many years and lie he again reiterated the mornion mormon question did not fall into the bill by accident this afternoon in the house the bill came up tip for final reading and action and the inen members ibers of we t tie salt like dramatic club were interested listeners and were honored by being invited within the bar among the legislators when the oath was being read a glauce glance over in their direction showed they were listening closely and catching every word when the reading was finally finished 11 objected to section 3 and took the same krou grou ads as senator white and thought it should be blotted out and said he bad in liis his heart forgiveness for the wrongs or supposed wrongs these people had done and now polygamy had teen leen dropped he did not believe in continually hounding emery baij I lie he boull some time forgive but not this as the mormons cormons never gave up their cause and the section suited him jones said lie he was an anti mormon democrat but was opposed to the section as the present laws were all right Ste said lie wa 3 opposed to the bill as it prevents those unable to read gr write from voting he said the democratic party was wan pledged to support the australian ballot bill but not this kind he said among his constituents were two blind persons and three or four other persons who could not read had and these too were franchised disfranchised dis and it was a most unjust measure the will passed by a vote of 29 to 5 the bill also passed for dividing this ada county and creating canyon with caldwell as the county seat A bill was introduced and passed both houses appropriating 2000 for legislative expenses As today is the end of the sixty days session and no one can by reading the constitution whether this is a regular or special ses session elov they will continue about ten days longer and the pay of some member for tomorrow to morrow will be refused by the auditor who will claim the fies session sion was through today the matter will then bo be taken before the supreme court and he be brings suit and if it is decided in his hia favor the session is unlimited ir if it agrees with the auditor lt it is but six sixty ty days |
