Red Lodge picket., 1895-01-12
THE FIGHT IN IDAHO
4 Close Race Between Shoup
and Sweet.
THE HOUSE HAS ORGANIZED
r '. Cozier, of Biackfoot Elected
Speaker Without Contest. Crane
Quietly Withdrawing.

Boise, Idaho, Jan. 5.--Al the legisla-
tors are in the city tonight and all are
anxious for the hand of the dial plate
to point out the hour of high noon Mon
day, that they may actively enter upon
their duties. The house republicans
held a caucus this afternoon for the
purpose of organization.
R. V Cozier. Of Blackfoot. was elect
ed speaker There was 40 contest i'll
the caucus for the speakership The
matter was quietly disposed of on the
outside. A A Crane, Of kootenai. who
was in the race against Nh. Cozier.
placed the latter in nomination for
speaker. His election was Of course by
acciamation Other house attaches
We're elected as follows: Chief clerk,
j. NJ. Winn, of Caldwell: assistant chief
clerk Walter HOge of Paris; sergeant
| itt-allns, j. D. F'ennei. Of Boise: chap
lain, Rev. T. P. Howard OF Boise; en-
rolling clerk. Joseph Brin. of Bannocll:
assistant, H. II. Hangs, of Latah; en-
crossing clerk, Carl Brumzen, ofOWy-
| hee; assistant. Miss NJ. Miller of Can
yon: doorl1eeper. William Ainslet of
kootenai; journalizer. George Peck of
Washington.
The senate representatives held a
caucus on orga aniza ton, selecting Capt.
James Willis. Idaho's commissioner at
the worlds fair. to be secretary of the
senate.
No other selections We're made.
There is practically no change Ill the
senatorial situation The question did
| not enter the organiza ton OF the house.
Coz1er, the nominee for Speaker, Is un-
der Instructions to be for Hepburn.
The Sweet men have proposed q spna-
| toria caucus for Wednesday night The
other side is said not to be ready to
a&ree upon the date for caucus. The
caucus idea. it seems. Will prevail. all
the leaders faVOring it, but there is
some opposition, end it is thought some
members Will refuse To join. Both sides
| profess confidence. The contest is be
| ing carried on with perfect good nature,
and the disposition is to have the mat
ter settled tremendously and as quickly
as the interests of the candidates Will
warrant.
Any statement Of the strength Of
candidates is guess work. There was q
time when eight votes in the north
and eight in the southeast We're claimed
'7Niit
| , t. gain i'll the middle country These
thre1: he probably has, but there is no
certainty that he viii get all Of the
| basis; OF IS. There are four Votes in the
| north that are extremely uncertain.
| They may be for K. 5. Browne or for
some new man. one OF the soutlleast-
ern votes is claimed for Hepburn. and
| it is intimated that others may not be
| for Sweet. Sweet seems TO have two IN
| Was hingtpn county certain. and one in
| Canyon. while he is thought To fla We
/ the neSt chance fof TWO iii OWyhee aud
possibly one more in Canyon. II he
gets all these he can lose three in the
| north and southeast.
Another interesting point is the atti-
tude Of Senator Watt Of Alturas
| Though a democrat. he was elected by
! the republican votes. II is intima ted
| that he may be ready to leave the demo-
cratic part, i'll which event he would
| be admitted to the republican caucus
| This would be one more vote for Shoup
| and would make the 20 necessary for
election i'll full caucus