The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-06
The DEMOCRATS
have SIXTEEN
N LEGISLATURE
Two Demo ocratic Senator'S Are
Elected and Six Are Among
the Holdoveg
,.-..-.
HOUSE has EIGHT MEMBERS ~ ..
Of THE F0Rl0Rn HOPE PAM
Complete Rester Of the Next Law
Making Body Of the State as Shown
By the Returns From the Different
Counties.

ing Two years az q result OF the 0loc-
tion held on Tuesday. In tho state
senate there will be thirty-nine Re-
publicans and eight Democrats. only
two 'of the latter being elected this
year; six being holdow/rs. In the
house there will be eighty-eig Re.
publican representatives and eight
Democrats
The fights in several Of the legisla.
tive districts were very bitter In the
First district, where Judson LaMoure
lives, that old time senate member
was reelected after one Of the hard
est political contests ever waged in
the county. In Walsh county the
Democrats were successful in electing
. senator from the Third district, de-
feating Gunder Midgarden, q former
member Of the house. The contest in
the Fifth district where Jerry Stevens
was successful in defeating E. X.
Spoonheim, Democrat, was also very
warm, Stevens winning by majori-
ty Of only seven votes. spoonheim
was a member Of the last two legis-
latures. The Seventh district. also
In Grand Forks county, found another
hot contest between Geo. Duis, Demo-
crat and A. !. Hunter. Republican,
Duis winning out. In Cass county
James Kennedy and Geo. Hancock
had q hard fight, Kennedy winning
out. In Emmons and Kidder, D. R.
streeter, running independent, was
high man for member Of the house.
The State Senate. .5
IS Tha naembese essofss skhe state yleaata,
elected this year. are as follows: u Z
First District Jud LaMoure. s@'s''
Third Dfstricssss ;;fiaessss 81
Fifth District-J. &. Stevens.
Seventh District E. Duis.
Ninth District-James Kennedy.
Eleventh District-F. 8. Talcott. 4
Thirteenth District-Levy johnson.
Fifteenth District 81. H. Witch
ef.
Seventeenth District-John ]. Gun
derson. s'
Nineteenth District-Ole Syvertson.
Twenty-hrst-Fred Baker.
Observation-Disclosures Steele. (
Twenty-fifth-F. Nj. Walton.
Twenty-seyenth-Geo. A. Walch.
DECENTRALIZATION Wallin.
Thirty-first-L. A. Simpson.
Thirty-third-H. ]. Bessensen.
Thirty-fifth-J. E. Davis.
Thirty-seventh-A. e. Movius.
Thirty-ninth-A. L. Martin.
Forty-first-W. B. Overson.
Forty-third-H. F. Steel.
Forty-fourth-M.. Anderson.
Forty-fifth-T. Weldo.
Forty-sixth-E 8. Neal.
Forty-seventh-G. 8. Trfmble.
Democrats. i
ssIndependent Republican.
HOld0vef Senators.
The following are the members of
the state senate who hol over two
years and, with those named above,
will comprise the state senate:
IF. A. Halliday, Pembina.
sJohn L. Cashel, Walsh;
sJames Turner, Grand Forks.
H. B. Strom, Traill.
E. F. Gilbert, Cass. i
wv. e. Purcell, Richland.
Ed. Pierce. Ransom.
Maynard Crane. Griggs.
Henry Mclean, Cavalier.
Thee. Koffel. Benson.
sJohn Kelly, Towner. %
]. B. Sharp, LaMoure.
4 Alex. Mcdonald, Emmons.
!. ID. H. Macarthur, Bottineau.
Fred Leutz, Morton. 81
George e. Palmer, Foster.
G. d. Rice, McHenry.
Chris. Albright, Mcintosh.
X. 8. Ramsett, Barnes.
4 q. w. Plain, Cavalier.
Democrats. e.
House Of Representatives. 81 ss s,