Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-11-17

As there will be four members of
other minority parties, working ma
jority for the Democrats is improbable
unless some of the minority members
should choose to cast their lot with
the administration forces.
The senate, according to latest fig
ures, will consist of "a Democrats and
~ Republicans, a majority of II. The
Democratic majority in the present
senate is 16.
An unusual feature of the result is
the election of the first woman to con-
gress, Miss Jeanette Rankin, Repub-
lican, apparently having been elected
in Montana.
Six States Go Dry.
Prohibitionists are jubilant over the
results of the election where prohibit
ton was an issue. From Washington
the legislative committee of the Anti
Saloon league issued a statement, say
ing:
Prohibition has taken another
great leap forward. Michigan has
voted for statewide prohibition by
10000 majority. Nebraska by $4,000,
Montana by 10000 and South Dakota
by $4,000. Idaho has adopted a pro-
hibition constitutional amendment by
a majority of to l. Utah has prob
ably elected a legislature pledged to
enact statewide prohibition. Wash
ington, Iowa, Colorado, Arizona and
rI-opcac bova dofaa+ad o++arontS Of
the liquor people to secure the adop-
ton of proposals which would nullify
their prohibitory laws.
"Thus "a states out of 4S-one-half
Of the states of the Union-have now
declared for statewide prohibition,
and So per cent of the area of the
country is now under prohibitory law"
Women Vote as Do Men.
From the general result it is clear
that as the men voted in the suffrage
states, so did the women.
In Illinois men and women seemed
about equally divided as to prefer
ence. The state went for Hughes by
a big plurality.
In Kansas, Colorado, Montana,
Oregon and California,
where women also vote, Wilson was
successful. but his pluralities were not |
large to indicate that the |
voters supported him as a unit.
Farm Vote the Factor.
There are several great outstanding |
facts concerning the result of the cleo |
ion. one of which is that labor, In all |
he big industrial states except Ohio,
declined to give its undivided support |
o President Wilson despite his claim
@ 1t on the score of having persuaded
congress to pass the AdamsOn EIGHT
lour'' bill. New York, Pennsylvania,
illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, In
llama, all gave the Republican candi-
late plurallties, and OhiO's vote in IA
or of Wilson is not certainly to be at
ributed TO the labor vote.
Another interesting development was
he independence of the West, which is
sserting that it elected a president
-ithout the aid of New York and Penn
ylvania and other big western and
enIrai states. WHEN IL was lOuHus
arly in the evening of election day,
hat the empire state had gone for
hughes, the newspapers of the metrop-
lis, even those that had supported
wilson, conceded the victory to the
republicans. without waiting to hear
.om the middle West. When the re-
rms came in from these regions, it
as found that the farmer and stock
user had decided the election.
Yet another fact that calls for COM
ent is that Governor Johnson of Cal
ornia, running on the Republican and
rogressive tickets, has been elected to
lie United States senate by something
Se 100000 plurality, and yet the state
ent Democratic on the presidency,