Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-11-16
DEMOCRATS IN
FULL CONTROL
BOTH BRANCHES OF STATE
LEGISLATURE BEHIND STATE
ADMINISTRATION.

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of both branches OF the state leeis
lature, interest turns to the choosln!
OF men who will dominate the &C
tivities OF the party in lsgislatiY'
matters. Fever than a score OF tht
members OF the 1y1o lesas.a .ure hayt
pulled through the elect4on. me
few who have been returned arr
sure to miss their friends of otnel
years when they reach Boise. ane
complete reorganizations along par
ty lines will be necessary, Il
In the senate only four men VINO
helped to frame legislative matters
two years ago will return this win
ter. They are |. y. RocAweU OF
Blaine county, S. T. Lowe Ut Casa
county, l.. h. Thomas OF Bingham
county and E. w. Whitcomb Of Lem
hi county. All are Republicans. Rock
we'll and Thomas have been inalu-
entail in the legislature, and bo.h
are sure to play a prominent part
In their own party circles.
New Democrats In Senate.
Among the Democrats who Will
occupy seats In the senate this win
ter are Robert N. Stevenson, editor
of the Wallace Press!Times; N. S.
DIS OF Boise county, who was u
member of the house two years ago;
ID. l.. Ingard of Canyon county, who
represented his county In the house
at the last legislature, and John E.
Pincock of Madison county. All are
new men, but they promise to oc-
cupy important positions with the
Bourbons. Stevenson was in LANCE
measure responsible for the sIoc IS
of the anti-Nugent forces at the
meeting of the state Democratic cen
trail committee in Boise in Septem-
Der.
There will be missing from the
senate this winter the faces OF many
men who have for years been promi-
nent in Idaho politics. Chief among
those who have been retired are
Earl w. Bowman of Adams col y,
the only Socialist In the last legis-
lature; e. e. Elliott of Bonner, who
sought congressional hcnors on the
Republican ticket in the primaries
last summer; R. Macbeth of Custer
county, another big anti-Nusent lead
er In the Democratic party and for
years a prominent member in the
legislature; John w. Hart, the well
known Jefferson county Mormon and
a power in the Republican party in
eastern Idaho; Jerome ]. Day of
another widely known Bo4r-
bon leader; Nathan Kicks OF Madi-
son, who, like Hart, is an inlluen-
tia1 Mormon; G. G. Fitz of Boise
and E. M. Pugmire Of Bear
Lake county.
Few Old-time Leaders Back.
With the exception of Peter G.
Johnston; of Bingham county, ha d
a prominent member of the lower
house of two years ago has lie re-
elected Among those of tie st
legislature who will be conspi s1ous
by their absence this winter are
Charles F. Koelsch of Ada county,
A. H. Conner of Bonner cJun.y, WI
L. Shattuck of Bonneville coln y,
Charles A Clark of Gus er comfy
and w. H. Edeib1ute of Kootenai
county.
Koelsch and Conner went down
% defeat at the election Tuesday.
1delbiute is colonel of the Second
IDAHO infantry regiment, and is NV
IN the border wi b his command.
Charles A. Clark followed the tr ops
20 the border, but has nee ret I'm
ID to Idaho. Shattuck was not up
Tuesday, but he had sought to ~ome
,ack in the primaries.
Moody Well Known.
OF the new members OF the low
n house, c. S. Moody of Bonner
county, present adjutant genera, II
he best known. Few, II any Of the
Sthes, have wide circle OF &C
4uaintances outside of their own
General Moody has been
member OF the house in years gone
", appearing in Boise in the early
Dos as Populist. He was in tho
enate at that time. II
More complete returns from all ]
show the Democrats have I
It least % senator's. to IA elected
" the Republicans. The Repub-
leans cannot make sufficient gains
o overcome the lead the Bourbone
ave
The Democrats have elected 3b
Members of the house to 70 men,
'ers elected by the Republicans
Personnel Of Senate. Il
Here is the personnel of the new
enate D
Democrate-Ada. G.. II. Curth: Ben !