Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-11
LEGISLATURE TO
LOSE NO TINE IN
ELEcT|Nc BORAH
Promise to Voters Will Be-
Fulfilled Without Delay
Soon After Convening Of
the Twelfth Session.

That 1daho's tWelfth legislative SEES
sion will, rapidly after converting, and
Immediately following the formal dis
charge of its pledge to the people OF
+, the state in the reelection of United
states Senator William E. Borah, de-
velop into an alignment Of two fac
tons, one the stalwart or progressive
Republicans and the other the con-
servative or reactionary Republicans,
is now conceded by leaders Of both
parties who are watching with inter-
est the conflict they expect to see
waged. They declare the personnel OF
the members elect Of the legislature
make the division inevitable and that
It Will come even before IL is expected
by many Of the closest students OF
Idaho politics
Just what effect the division will
have on legislation the next legisla-
ture is expected to enact is matter
of wide speculation. That it will have
its effect is generally admitted. There
are many issues Of local Importance
such as county division that will play
a conspicuous part, for the legislative
members from division counties are
pledged to secure the enactment into
tiringly along that line.
Republicans Have Complete Control.
The fact that the election returns
conclusively prove that the Democratic
party has only been able to muster a
total representation in both houses or
the next legislature of but eight mem
bers, three senators and five represen-
tatives, leave it to the Republican
members, OF which there are n, to
practically handle the next session
along the lines they are pleased to map
out. The eight Democratic members,
half of whom are Progressive and the
other half conservative. may develop
into small power on close issues.
Close scrutiny of the personnel of the
legislature indicates that the progress
sives and the conservatives are about
evenly divided, with neither faction
having a decided advantage. Hereto
fore in past sessions of the legislature
there have been enough Democrats to
force sharp divisions along party lines
and party caucuses have settled the
fate Of a great deal of legislation while
the party whip has been instrumental
in keeping members of both houses in
line. But the pending session appears
to sound the death knell of both the
party caucus and the party whip for
the division is to come along altogether
different lines. E
Pledged for Commissi
A number of the solons who will
make up the Twelfth session are
pledged to the passage of railway or
public utility commission, while many
aIa Go, Lao, lat oil
this line, and while not pledged they
believe in the principle and will work
and vote for a commission bill The
county legislative delegation that is
bindingly instructed for such commits
sion comes from Bonner county and
those members will be expected by
their constituents to carry out that
pledge Combined with them are many
Independent members not pledged and
others who feel bound by platforms
adopted by the county candidates prior
to the election. The commission ad
vocates for public utilities. or for rail-
road and electric lines, should there
fore have q large working force wher
the session opens.
Many Ant. Commissionists.
Arrayed against the pledged railroad
commission members will be those con-
servatives who have made their stand
known as opposed to such Legislation
or who have gone on record against
1t in previous sessions, some SO far a,
to break party pledges. This was true
OF the senate In the Eleventh session
after the house had twice passed g
railroad commission measure only tc
see 1t killed in the upper chamber
Some of the same members who voted