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Show mo Mir yet BE MADE DRY Boise, Ida., Jan. 12. What is taken to indicate the way tho political wind is blowing in tho present legislature was sprung in the senate just before adjournment this afternoon, when the state affairs committee. Senator John Hart, chairman, Introduced a bill seeking to strengthen the present local lo-cal option law, and which. If passed, will close every brewery operating in a dry county In the state Tonight the introduction of the measure is creating unusual discussion It Us believed to be the first step taken to put through the present legislature not only a constitutional prohibition amendment, but a state-wide prohlbi tion act. As a companion to the bill was a report on the constitutional amendment introduced by Hart, offering offer-ing an amendment to change the date. The amendment, if passed, will become be-come effective from July 1, 1915, to May I, 1917. Another view taken of the proposed dry act introduced Is that party leaders lead-ers believe that if they pass a con stitutional amendment and strengthen the local option law they will have satisfied the party platforms without going to the state-wid prohibition legislative leg-islative enactment extreme Party leaders are silent as to the meaning of the bill. It repeals chapters 27 and 99 of the 1913 session laws, prohibits pro-hibits the sale or manufacture of liquor in local option counties, or In the event that state-wide prohibition, prohibi-tion, by enactment or by constitution, goes into effect A fine of from $50 to $500 and six months' imprisonment, or both, is provided as jenalty for violation vio-lation of the act's terms. The house was put on a working basis today when Speaker Conner announced an-nounced the permanent standing committees. com-mittees. Aside from the Introduction of twelve new bills, tho house did little lit-tle Adjournment was taken after the morning session until tomorrow The senate held short sessions in the morning and afternoon. |
