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EXAMINER.
MONTPELIER
NO. 47
VOL XX.
MONTPELIER, IDAHO, FRIDAY JANUARY 8 . 1915
BOISE BECAME CAPITAL
OF IDAHO 50 YEARS AGO
Lewiston Tribune Relates Interesting Incidents
in Connection with Removal of the Capital
from That City to Boise*
Fifty years ago today, says the
Lewiston Tribune of Dec. 25, an act
of the Idaho legislature went -into
effect removing the capital of the
territory from Lewiston to Boise.
At least the law said it should then
go into effect, although on that par
ticular Christmas eve, fifty years
ago, a guard of Lewiston citizens,
armed with rifles, stood over the rec
ords of the territory of Idaho, to see
that they were not removed to Boise.
These Lewiston citizens, perhaps
filled with home pride, as eager in
those days to show their home patri
otism as are their successors today,
secured an induction to restrain the
officials from moving the records to
Boise. It was claimed that the elec
tion of the members of the legisla
ture which passed the act was illegal.
One trifling incident of which com
plaint was made was that the elec
tion of William H. Wallace to the po
sition of delegate to congress was il
legal because the United States mar
shal went over to Montana, then a
part of Idaho, and brought back
1,000 majority for Governor Wal
lace, the republican candidate for
congress, when there were only 50
men in Montana at the time. The
histories do not say whether this was
one of the grounds for objecting to
the election of the legislature.
These reasons for declaring the
legislature illegal, whatever they
were, were held to be good by no
less a man than Alleck Smith, United
States judge of the first judicial dis
trict of the territory. No sooner
was this decision made th|ui an ap
peal was taken by the Boise people
to the supreme court of the terri
tory. But others of the Boise ad
herents decided to try some other
method of getting possession of the
books, amd Lewiston people who
suspected their intentions deter
mined to prevent the attempt. So
the books were guarded by volun
teers, day after day and night after
night. Finally, however, by the use
of strategy, or something else, the
guard was tempted away from his
post, the books were seized by a man
said to have been Sol Hasbrouck,
clerk of the court, who jumped into
a rowboat and rowed down the river
out of reach of legal process, and
SOME OF THE THINGS 6 0V. _ the
ALEXANDER RECOMMENDS
state
such
the
In his message to the legislature,
Alexander recommends
no
Governor
sweeping reductions in the appropri
ations for all state offices and boards.
He goes so far as to recommend that
the governor's salary should be re
duced from $5,000 to $3,600 a year.
He thinks that a number of stete
boards should be abolished, but he
does not say which ones should be
lopped off. He doesn't even suggest
the abolishment of the office of bee
inspector, over which he had so much
to say in bis campaign speeches.
After advising the free use of the
pruning knife in trimming down ap
propriations and lopping off some of
the state boards, the governor turns
his attentibn to the new laws which
be wishes to have enacted. Some of
the most important legislation which
he favors is as follows:
, Consolidation of the state land
d board and Carey Act department,
f Investment of state funds in state
and county warrants, which draw 6
and 7 per cent interest, respectively.
Prohibiting the use of autos, car
riages and other vehicles in convey
ing people to the polls on election
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Amending the election law so that
the right to vote a straight party
ticket by making acres*in the circle
above the party candidates shall be
dope away with.
The enactment of a state wide
prohibition law and tne
to the people of a proposed amend
ment to the constitution prohibiting
So
use
the
his
into
and
out of reach of what in those days
was more dreaded—Lewiston rifles.
That seemed to has—ended the fight
and Boise thenceforth was recog
nized as the capital of the territory.
Idaho in those first days took in
all of the present state and went
east as far as the 27th degree of
longitude west of Washington. AH
of Montana and all of Wyoming were
parts of Idaho and the west ends of
the two Dakotas and of Nebraska
belonged to Idaho and were entitled
to send members of the legislature
to Lewiston for the first session, if
there were any inhabitants in those
sections at that time. The present
towns of Chappell, Sidney, Kimball,
Alliance, Hemingford, Craford and
Chadron, all county seats in Nebras
ka, are situated in what then was
Idaho. All of the Black Hills of
South Dakota and Wyoming were
then in this territory.
William M. Kellogg ot Illinois, on
December 15,1862, introduced a res
olution in the national house of rep
resentatives asking the committee on
territories to determine the proprie
ty of making a new territory for
that region of country in which are
situated the Salmon river gold mines.
James M. Ashley, a member of
congress from Ohio, introduced a bill
to create Idaho, on December 22,
1862. There was some discussion as
to whether the name should be Idaho
or Montana, Idaho later being agreed
upon and, the other name subse
quently used for the present state of
Montana,
both houses and was signed by the
president March 3, 1863. William
H. Wallace was appointed governor
and he called for an election which
chose a legislature which held its
first, session in Lewiston from Dec
ember 7, 1863, to February 4, 1864.
Alonzo Leland, a Warrens mem
ber of that first session, is said to
have defeated the capital removal
by making a speech at the last of the
session, his speech lasting three days.
Another session of the Idaho leg
islature was held in the fall of the
same year and at this time the bill
passed making Boise the state capi
tal. The act provided that it go in
to effect December 24, 1864, fifty
years ago yesterday.
The bill finally passed
the manufacture and sale of intoxi
eating liquors.
Amending the divorce laws so that
divorce can be granted in this
state unless the party applying for
such divorce is an actual resident of
the state and has been such for at
least one year prior to applying for
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a divorce.
To prohibit the issuing of county
warrants on any fund in excess of
the levy of that year.
Recommends a law requiring the
district courts of the various coun
ties to empanel a grand jury to in
vestigate and audit the books of the
counties, cities and school
of
vanous
districts.
Suggests a number of amend
ments to the law relative to the loan
ing of the state's irreducible school
fund.
Recommends the enactment of a
broad and comprehensive workmen's
compensation law.
Favors the submission of a consti
tutional amendment providing for
the initiative, referendum and recall.
Wants automobiles assessed the
same as any other property, in addi
tion to the present state licenses.
"While this may approach double
taxation," says the governor, "there
is nothing else that can stand a tax
of this kind better than can an auto
mobile."
Recommends the establishment of
bureau ofoccounts, which bureau or
department shall examine and audit
lie money.
Favors the repeal of the present
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ST. CHARLES NOW
HAS FLOUR MILL
St. Charles, Jan. 6.—The citizens
of this thriving burg are feeling
proud of the fact that they now have
a strictly modern flour mill, for
which they are indebted to the en
terprising spirit of Henry Monson.
Some six years ago Mr. Monson pur
chased the old Merkel grist mill and
had since been operating it. Last
fall Mr. Monson decided that there
was an opening here for a first-class
flour mill, and he accordingly or
dered equipment for a mill of a dai
ly capacity of 50 barrels. The ma
chinery arrived about six weeks ago.
It was installed under the direction
of a Mr. Potter, an expert mill man, 1
of Spokane. Power was turned on
yesterday for the first time and the
machinery ran as smoothly as cloqk
work- Mr. Potter will remain here
a month or more to instruct Mr.
Monson in the operation of the mill,
which from now on will turn out as
good qualities of high patent and
straight grades of flour as any mill
in the state. The mill will also turn
out graham flour and other mill pro
ducts. This new enterprise is cer
tainly a credit to our town, and it
represents an outlay upon Mr. Mon-1
son's part of over $10,000.
The people of this ward recently
completed the construction of a neat
woven Wire fence around the ceme
tery. The improvement cost over
$100.
for
of
at
for
C. W. Brewer and wife of Salt
Lake, visited the past week at the
home of his parents. Mr. Brewer is
manager of a motorcycle supply
house in Zion, and his old
here are pleased to know that he is
prospering._
EX-CONGRESSMAN EDGAR
WILSON DIES IN BOISE I
!
Boise, Jan. 5.—Edgar Wilson, one
of the first Idaho congressmen, died I
at ten o'clock Sunday morning at
his apartments in the Owyhee hotel. I
Acute pneumonia was given as the I
cause of death.
Mr. Wilson was born in Armstrong
county, Pa., February 25, 1851. He
educated at the University of
Michigan and in 1884 received the;
decree of doctor of laws from that
institution.
He came to Idaho in 1884 and
associated with Fremont Wood
was
in the practice of law until he was
elected to congress as a Republican
in 1893 to succeed Willis Sweet, j
Later he served another term, hav- !
ing been elected on the Democratic j
and Silver Republican ticket to
serve from 1899 to 1901- In 1896
Mr. Wilson was a candidate for the
of supreme bench on the Silver Re-1
or publican ticket.
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j that the penalty for delinquent taxes
j be reduced from 18 to 10 per cent.
NEW QUARTERS
FAIR STORE IN
When he opened for business last
Monday morning, Sam L. Lewis
greeted hia patrons in hia elegant
new store room. Although every
thing was not in order, and will not
be for several days yet, the clerks
are able to handle the daily business
in good shape.
It was in the fall of 1887 that Mr.
Lewis began business in the building
which he vacated last week. At that
time the old building was quite a
pretentious structure for Montpelier,
and Mr. Lewis really had more room
than he needed. But with the growth
of the city and county, Mr. Lewis'
1 business steadily increased, and for
several years he has felt the need of
larger quarters. For several rea
sons, during the past three years,
Mr. Lewis hesitated about erecting
a new business block, but matters
having finally shaped themselves aat
igfactorily, last spring ground was
broken for the new building which
he now occupies,
and first floor of the structure, which
i 8 46x100 feet, will be used by Mr.
Lewis in the conduct of his business,
it The second floor, which will not be
finished until spring, is designed for
I ^ ^ b, wn . an( | when the store
room ig pipped with new ahow
| cage8 and other msw fixture*, aa it
The basement
living apartments.
The building, as a whole, is a cred
will be within a short time, Mr.
I Lewis will have as finely an arranged
the and we || stocked store as one would
is I expect to find in a city of 10,000
J population.
friends
HAg T QFFERS RESOL UTION
pQR PROHIBITION AMERDMERT
The first step in the legislative
prohibition program was taken in
the senate Wednesday, says the Cap
ital News, when Senator John W.
Hart, president pro tern and "whip"
of the majority, or republican wing,
introduced senate joint resolution
No. 1, calling for submission to the
elector* of Idaho at the next general
election an amendment to be known
as section 26 to article 8 of the eon
! stitution, prohibiting the sale, man
ufacture or transportation forever
within this state of intoxicating li
quors of all kinds for beverage pur
poses and to enforce it by all needful
legislation.
I
I
I
j from die majority leader of the sen
! ate, is taken to indicate that the
j members of the legislature are de
termined to bring up and settle the
prohibition question definitely. It
was claimed that there are enough
Re-1 votes in both bouses to give the re»
jolution more than a two-thirds vote,
assuring its passage. Thia resolution
, , ,
1 which will soon be introduced.
Thia resolution, coming as it doe#
of the state-wide prohibition act.
I
Chief
the
of
H.
H.
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game for good. It was hardly nec
eaaary for Fred to have mad# tbat|
statement for the people of Idaho
had decided that queatlon for him w#re
several years ago. However, Mr l
Dubois i. still a close obmrver
politics and politicians, and to a rep- wm
resentative of the Capital Hews he
stated that Senator Borah is being
seriously considered and in fact
claimed to be the most logical presi
dential timber in the republican par
DUBOIS SAYS BORAH
IS L06IGAL CANDIDATE
Hon. Fred T. Dubois returned to
Idaho last week from Washington.
D. C., where he had been for some
time While in Boise Mr. Dubois
stated that he had quit the political
can.
ate.
ty in 1916.
"It is Indeed true that Senator 1
Borah is looked upon In the eaat as
the moat available timber for the L
presidency within the republican par
ty," said Mr. Duboia. "Let me say'
right here, however, that Senator
Borah is not a candidate, has never
by
been a candidate and today consider* I
that all of the talk about him as pres
idential timber is need lew and with-1
out the slightest foundation. He I* | c j
not letting the talk that is going the
rounds In Washington and eastern I
circles among the leading men of the
country Interfere at all with his pre
V, , . . „ .I
Nor 1* he inclined to al
low what la being «aid with refer-1
ence to him turn hie head.
sent work.
"1 am inclined to the belief, how
ever, from my own observations at
Washington and in the east that Sen-i
ator Borah, If he keeps up hie favor
able record, will be, or every effort
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will be made to bring him out, the
republican candidate for president I
of the United State*. And I am talk-1
ing seriously when I make this stete
- I «.ill rnAA that ka I* Innkait I
meut. I will add that he is looked
upon by men of his own party aa tne 1
moat logical candidate. They believe
that if he is nominated he will poll a j
„„ bi, .„u, loelodf*. . iro P»-|
of Washington and often visit there I
while in the national capital. I find
that when the matter of the P tpab-1
lican candidate la diecueeed, the|
of Senator Borah is always I
linked most prominently with It.
The newspaper men there and thel
correspondents are all for Senator
Borah. They believe also that he is
the logical candidate. Many of
leading magazines have already come
out strongly urging him a* the beet
timber for the party to which
"The argument heard out here in
in
li
gressive vote.
"I am a member of the preas club
name
sen
the
de
the
It
re»
vote,
doe#
bel on—
the west that a candidate for the
presidency cannot come from thie
section is only heard In tire west. In
the east nothing about location is
discussed. It is therefore with some
surprise that I have found it men
tioned ao continuously. The aast.
I apparently, dosa not look at It in
act.
REPUBLICANS CONTROL
SENATE AND HOUSE
John W. Hart Chosen as President of Senate
and A. H. Conner Speaker of House-Alex
ander Inaugurated with Simple Ceremony
Boise. Jan. The opening of th#
tnirteenth Idaho legialnture and the
inauguration of Governor Moee#
Alexander, together with other elect
ed state officials, took place at high
noon here today. Immediately after
ward both houeea of the legislature
organized by carrying out the repub
lican party caucus program in elect
ing Albert H. Conner of Bonner
county, speaker of the house and
Senator John W. Hart of Menan
president pro tern, of the senate.
Governor Alexander notified the leg
islature that, If convenient, he would
deliver hia message to both houses
at 10:80 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The inauguration ceremony took
place before a large assembly In the
house of representatives. Adjutant
General L. V. Patch, master of cere
monies, acted aa escort to the dele
gation of stale officials, sworn In by
Chief Justice Isaac N. Sullivan. In
the order in which they took the oath
of office the officials are: Justice
William M. Morgan, Governor Alex
ander. 1 Jeutenant Governor Herman
H. Taylor, Secretary of State George
H. Barker, Attorney General J. H.
Peterson, State Treasurer John W.
Eagleson. State Auditor Fred L.
Huston, Superintendent of Public
Auction Miss Bernice McCoy,
SuUj M(|Mj Inipector Rob* rt N. Bell,
^ |mimberM , ect of both houaee
w#re immediately afterward aworn
l i„ the house of repreeentatlve#
Emwt Ander-on of (*nyon county
wm n „ m { nate d by ^ democrats
against Albert H. Conner, republi
can. for speaker.
Conner waa elected <m * straight
party vote of 32 to 28. In th# sen
ate. Senator E. M. Fugmire of Bear
Lake county waa nominated by th#
1 demoC rata f or president pro tern.
Senator Hart. Hart won on
L vote 2 0 to II. The Hat of at*
0 f hK,th houaee, aa presented
by the republican majority wing*
presented, elected and «worn In.
Lieutenant Governor Taylor, aa
I {)res | d inR officer of the senate, and
Speaker Conner, in add rowing th#
and buuM respectively, de
I* | c j ared republican party
I the administration of that party had
been attacked over »teals in the
statehouaa, the party Iteelf w«mld do
its own houaecleaning.
^ democratic minority wing
a rauru> th| R afternoon to en
Ideavor to form a combination with
were
in control of the legislature and
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5QQRT LIRE CUTS EXPERSES
ALL ALONG ITS LIRE
Th» policy of retrenchment, which
.the Origan Hhort Uns Inaugurated
Lj,,, B r»t of the year, I* bein* felt In
M()flt p«n. r M well ae other point»
along th« road. On# of th« clerk# in
th« freight offire her*
I With Oll th« first. At K«tnt»«f«r,
Bw|#foft Md pr , lnU „„ y,. Unm
1 rn4 | u ,^|„ n WM also mad * In th«
(oroe th« dspots. On« of th« local
j trains on tbs Meeond district was
hare from Halt Lake aad Other waat
potnts. Tt»a local on th« Kaeond
I district now ta*««« Montp«ll«r «v«ry
Tureday. Thored.y «.tarda,
"° r ^ BWt<Uiw> Fridays and Mos
(U> ^ The local on the First dlatrtet
I al .„ ut)W operate« 00 ths same schsd
tile.
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| that light.
thejoc^tic party's candidate for pnart
4^ He will not be given
opposition. I am confident of that,
he]^, far as the democratic party la
concerned It will probably «tend
in I unanimously for the president to
ot
*ni
President Wiiaoa will be the dem
succeed himaeif.
Champ Clark «dll not be s candi
In
is
in
You
Report* have
say that as definite,
been current that be will enter tire
again but there ie no founda
rare
two to web an agaartfoo.
republican member* to uk* from
the speaker power to appoint the
standing committee». but ao far baa
been unaucceaaful. Th* breakln* of
the deadlock for apeaker thia morn
ing by Conner In the republican eau
cua aeem»
jorlty wing into a compact body.
The ft rut official act of Governor
Alexander today wan to call upon
Governor Hainea for the Rannstedt
report. Governor Hainan
able to deliver It to th* incoming ex
ecutive, aa he had turned It over to
th* grand Jury.
Following are th* name* of the
aenat* and bourn attache*;
BUN ATX ATTAI -MBB.
Meereiary—Htephen D. Taylor, Bon*
nor county.
A »autant Secretary —À. N, Boy lee,
Fremont county
Journal clerk -Mr*. Kuth BhaMon,
Power county.
Knxroealn* clerk Beaela Von Hor
ten, Ada county,
Aeeletant engroaalng clerk Frank
ie K. Hntlth, Htngham county,
Knrolllng clerk—Jeaale K. War
rington, Twin Fall* county.
Aaalatnnt enrolling clerk—Beeele
Moore, Ada county.
Uhaptala—D. H. Jon*#, Ada eoun
ty
Hergeand-at-arma M. B. Flak, One
yon county.
Aaalatant aargeant-at-arma—J. W.
Jones, Jetferaon county.
Doorkeeper A. A. Tuekey. Boone
viile county,
Janitor- Jamas Daley. Caaala aooo
Pagea-Peter Johnston and L M.
Thomaa.
to have cemented th* me
un
b
H0PBII ATTACH*«
Chief «lark--David Burrell of Few.
•r county.
Assistant ohlaf clerk -Storey Book
of N*s I'areo.
Journal elerk—E. V. Beak of Mat
For««.
Assistant journal elsrfc — Della
Londgren of Ada
Kngro««ing elerk—J. H Ftumbbed
of Ban nook.
Assistant augroealng e fork-Mr*.
M M. Htorkslagsr of IJnuoln.
Enrolling a lark - Katharine O rtf
nth of K I more.
Assistant enrolling elerk—Lillian
Hpongtwrg of ihrer Lake.
Ilsnsral commute* work - Iren*
Ward of Honn«vUla.
Chaplain -Rev. C, L Chnflnat of
Ada.
Hcrgeant-at-arms—A. H. Wilson of
Has Feres.
Pegee Victor V Cameron of Ada
and Hobart Uilehrta« of Jetferaon,
Meeaenger—Frank M. Ward of Ada.
Doorkeeper - Oeo D. Hnilth of Ada.
Janitor tieo, F Hl in rod of t terete.
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