Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-12
WILL CONTROL
LEGISLATURE
REPUBLICANS ASSURED OF MA
J0RITY WHEN STATE LEGIS-
LATURE CONyENEs IN 1919
WILL ALSO CONTROL CONGRESS
Frank X. Gooding Credited With Hay-
ing Saved the State for Party

Election returns received at Boise
up to November 9th show that the
republican party will direct legislation
when the next Idaho legislature con-
venes. The only issue now at stake
is how large a majority the republi-
cans will have. Reports from "a of
the counties of the state show that
the republicans have 10 senators and
the democrats have 6: total member
ship Al: necessary to control, 81. In
the house of representatives the repub-
licans have elected 81. the democrats,
10. Total membership, GA: necessary
to control, 49,
The administration is deeply inter-
ested in the outcome of the contest be-
tween Gooding and Nugent for the
short term senatorship in which it
seems that Nugent has a lead of about
400 votes, and has wired agents in
this state as follows: The department
of justice has wired agents in Idaho
to keep careful watch upon the ballot
boxes in Shoshone and other counties
in which the result is reported to be
close. This indicates the keen in
terest in official circles over the out
come ofNth senatorship."
Ex-Governor Gooding has issued a
statement in which he states that he
is glad he made the fight he did, even
If he has lost the election and Senator
Nugent has won. Some one" he
says, had to make the fight for Ida
no, and ] would rather have made il
against socialism and /. w. W.ism and
lost than not to have made it and won,
for after all a seat in the United States
senate is an empty honor compared
with place in the hearts of the good
people of the state"
"a 10 Ill -
date seem to indicate that the repub-
leans will control both the house and
the senate of the nation. The policy
of the democrats in asking the repub-
icans to adjourn politics and failing
to do so themselves, is responsible to
a certain degree for the outcome of
the election.
George r.. Barker, editor of the
Standpoint Pend ID Oreille Review, re-
puted to be one of the leading editorial
writers of the state, gives Ex-Governor
Gooding deserving praise and endorse
ment in the editorial following:
Idaho was never in such danger, it
appears, from the non-partisan league
menace as it was feared it was immed-
lately before election. However, these
sporadic attacks are some like the in
fiuenza epidemic There is good
cause for alarm with their appearance
and they sometimes do a lot of harm
before they have run their course
To Frank r. Gooding, more than to
any one person or agency, the state
has TO give thanks for making the
rough and tumble fight of a rough and
tumble fighter at a time when a rough
and tumble fight was the only way
out of it, 1t was a good thing that
Frank II. Gooding wanted to go to the
49,
wise we might have "pussy-footed" the
campaign through, with William E.
Borah safely returned to the United
States senate, with the state ticket
skinned a thousand miles and the af-
fairs of the state in the hands for the
next two years of Townley, McKaig,
Sholtz and the political J. Rufus Wal
lingfords with their Indian sagwa
cure all sold out to the state and with
new and startling samples on the way
from North Dakota for the political
ills of 1920. Fighting Frank" went
to the bat and was a fighting fool
for about six weeks. His work was
MT particularly beautiful. Frank with
a pitchfork in his hand and a load OF
fertilizer to load isn't any artistic
creation of the poets. But there was
no need of any poets; somebody had
to get in and do a big days work and
when it comes to political poetry the
state is pretty well to do with the Hon
William Edgar who can fay the prof
iteer and pull the tailfeathers from the
national bird and get away with it or
the front page of a New York Daily
any day that he is feeling just right
for the flight. Somebody had to &c
after Sholtz in Sholtz' style. Some
body had to rip off the hide and stand
on the causeway and shout the alarm
and incidentally heaye a few shovel
fuls of real muck. Frank did it will
his old-time energy If anybody saved
the day for Idaho it was the sheep
herder" from the county which III
named for himself and who has other
wise left his name forever linked will
Idahos history.
If incidentally Frank GOoding ha:
attained his lifetime aspiration anC
gone to the United States senate. no
body will care. In fact they will b'
glad of it. Senator Gooding will b'
energetic and watchful and he'll worl
hard for Idaho. And nobody down a
Washington, thinking perhaps the,
have found new one" from the viii,
and woody, Will sell him any golC
bricks.
And we will all give Mr.. Gooding tbs
only need of praise he wants in thu
few brief words, " he saved the state