Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-11-17
DEMOCRATS WIN
IN STATE Of IDAHO
WILSON CARRIES IDAHO BY GOOD
MAJORITY AND GOVERNOR
ALEXANDER REELECTED.
Republicans Elect Smith and French
to coneress.-Next State Legis-
Iature Will Be Controlled
by Democrats.

Boise, Idaho.-President Wilson car
ried the state of Idaho by plurality
Of 10000, according to latest figures
obtainable.
Governor Moses Alexander has been
reelected, the vote being close, the
governors plurality being about 1000
With him were elected T. A. Wal
ters, Democrat, attorney general;
| Clarence Vandeusen, Democrat, state
auditor; w. T. Dougherty, Democrat
secretary of state, and Ernest L
Parker, Democrat, lieutenant gov
ernor. Their pluralities will run
from 5000 to 5000.
The Republicans elected to con
gress Addison T. Smith and Burton L.
French, State Treasurer John W. Ea-
gleson, State Mine Inspector Robert
N. Bell, and Miss Ethel Redfield for
state superintendent of public instruc-
/ ton.
The next Idaho legislature will be
Democratic. The Democratics gained
another toga wearer in Bannock
county through the defeat of w. H.
Mendenhall, Republican, and the cleo
ton Of A B. Cummings, Democrat,
making a total of twenty-one senators
of the Democratic faith to hold seats
IN the upper house. This total was
not increased when the senatorial
race of L.atah county was settled.
James J. Keane, Democrat, was de
feated there by NJ. Z. Lewis, Republi
can, by a small margin of thirteen
votes. Keans is chief deputy state
game warden for northern Idaho, and
Lewis was a candidate for guberna-
torial honors in the Republican pri-
naries four years ago. A second
deputy game warden has been elect
ed to the legislature in ]. S. Lehrbas
Of Bannock county, a member of the
lower house. There are thirty-seven
state senators and nineteen are suft'
cient to control.
In the house the Democrats have
thirty-iYe members, or a sufficient
number to control, with the prospects
Of increasing the number to thirty
six ]. c. MacMullin defeated W. L.
Shattuck, Republican, twice a men,
Der of the house, and w. A. Brad
bury, Democrat, defeated James E.
Steele, Republican, and candidate for
reelection to the senate.
The following is the personnel Of
both houses:
State Senate.
Democrats-Ada, G. H. Curtis;
Benewah, C. ]. Kinsolving; Bonner,
R. w. Jackman; Bonneville. w. A.
Bradbury; Canyon, d. L. Ingard; Ell
more, T. B. O'Neil; Franklin, David
Games; Fremont, Thomas Elliott;
Gem, S. T. Bane; Gooding, George
Wledgewood; Idaho, R. Pettibone; JET
ferson, George E. Hill; Lewis, Perry
W. Mitchell; Madison, John E. Pin
cock; Owyhee, G. r. Proctor; Power,
L. L. Evans; Shoshone, R. n. Stew
enson; Washington. ]. H. Hughes;
Oneida, R. ]. Harding; Teton, d. C.
briggs. Total 81.
publicans-Adams, ]. F. Lowe;
Blaine, I. E. Rockwell; Boundary, w.
S. Walker; Cassia, S. T. Lowe; Koo-
tenai, Ralph S. Nelson; Lemhi, E. W.
Lincoln, w. A. Heiss;
Nez Perez, F. S. Randall; Minidoka, |
]. w. Shields; Twin Falls, S. P. Ather- !
ton; Bear Lake, J. R. Shepherd; Bing- |
ham, L. R. Thomas; Custer, c. F. |
Clearwater, E. NJ. Grant; |
Latah, E. M. Lewis; Boise, F. S.
Logue Total, 16.
House of Representatives.
Democrats-Ada, Ross Bates; Ban |
mock, H. NJ. Thatcher, J. S. Lehrbas;
Bear Lake, Ola Transtrum, Alma
Benewah, C. H. Lewis; Bing
nam, B. H. Alfred; Blaine, G. H. Hun
ter; Boise, G. w. Barry; Bonner, w.
R. Seymour, Beecher Hitchcock, c. S.
Moody; Bonneville, K. S. Mackenzie;
Canyon, c. R. Peckham, J. H.
Newport; Ernest Anderson, A. w
Mcneil, H. P. Ross; Custer, G. Nc.
Iowan; Elmore, o. E. Cannon; Ere
mont, J. S. Eamen; ]. w. Mcintosh;
lem, ]. w. Taylor; Idaho, w. B. Huss-
nan, John Quinlan; Jefferson, E. D.
Zones; Lewis, Charles Giles; Nez
'erce, w. S. Shearer; Oneida, Hyrum
Monsoon; Owyhee, ]. S. Goehry; Sho
hone, S. Struthers, E. P. Cribs. c. L.
rice; Twin Falls, Lawrence Hanson,
/. S. Sims. Total, S5.
Republicans-Ada, D. R. Hubbard,
Dean Driscoll, Charles D. Storey. D.
T. Young; Adams, A. B. Lucas; Bling
am, Peter G. Johnston; Blaine. w. L.
Adamson; Boundary, A. ]. Kent. Cas-
ia, John McMurray; Franklin, Ezra
;. Munson; GoOding, T. E. Bennett;
Iootenai, s. R. Smith, NJ. A. Kiger,
:. A. Daughters, Daniel Bailey; La
all, A. S. Anderson, c. Bohman, F. c.
IcCowan; Lemhi, A. E. WIckham;
lincoln r r StreitZ: Madison Will |
am Taylor; Minidoka, c. S. Collins;
Iez Perez. J. C. Jansen; Power, An
rev May; Twin Falls, Norman Bar
er; Teton, F. C. Cowles; Washing
On. o. ]. Thorne; Clearwater, T. J.
"a Forest. Total, rs.