The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08
MEMBERSHIP NEXT
IDAHO LEGISLATURE
REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE FORTY
MEMBERS OF SENATE AND
FiFTY-TWO IN HOUSE,
only One Woman Will Be Seated In
the legisIature.-Ncw Legislative
Wings to State Capitol to Be
Opened by New Members.

Boise, Ida.-The Republican party
will be in complete control Of the next
Idaho legislature, the sixteenth ses-
Sion, which cOnvenes next January.
Gut OF total membership of ninety.
eight in the senate and house, the Re-
puDllcans gained ninety-twO seats,
forty in the senate and fifty-twO in
the house. The Democrats elected only
two representatives and four senator's
and the Nonpartisans failed to get
seat.
The sixteenth Idaho legislature will
have the distinction of opening the
new legislative wings to the state capt.
tol, for which the legislature made a
S9OO,OOO appropriation and which will
be ready for occupancy when the legis-
iature cOnvenes. The house is located
In the east wing Of the capitol and the
senate in the west wing. Both are fin
ished in marble and mahogany and
heavily carpeted. They are among the
finest legislative chambers to be found
in the west.
Lieutenant Governor o. c. MOORE
having been reelected, he WILL by vir-
tue of the office he holds, preside over
the senate. f. w. Whitehead of Lemhi
county, reelected, will probably be
president pro TEN. He held that post
during the last session.
While theIJ will be a number Of old
members back at the next session, it
is being predicted that it will be Peter
G. Johnston, representative from Bing-
ham county and dean of the lower
house in point Of service. who will be
the next speaker.
Bertha V. Irwin, representative-elect
from Twin Falls county, is the only
womac who will be seated in the leg
islature. She takes the place Of Carrie
Harper White, who was member
from that county in the last session.
One other woman was candidate in
Ada county, but she was defeated,
Membership In the two houses is as
follows:
Senate-Republican Ada county, G..
S. Hunter; Bannock, William H..
Witty; Boundary, c. w. King; Bear
Lake, W. w. Clark; Benewah, o. e.
HALEY; Bingham, L. r. Thomas !;
Blaine, E. P. Armstrong; Boise, R. E..
Written; Bonner. Andrew Christen-
sen; Bonneville, NJ B. Yeaman !;
Butte, II. L. Sutcliffe: Canyon, ]. E.
Kerrick: Caribou, E. D. Whitman; Cas-
STA, John McAIurray; Clark, S. X.
Clark; Clearwater, U. S. Mix; Custer,
Charles F. Baker; Gilmore, George w.
Howarth; Franklin, Ezra P. Monson !;
Fremont, S. w. Orms; Gooding, w. NJ.
Smith; Idaho, Seth D. Jones; Jeffer.
son, Robert Gilchrist; Jerome, o. r..
Burky; KoOtenai, E. V. BrOughton !;
Latah, E. w. Porter; Lewis, F. H. Ron
berg; Lemhi, E. w. Whitcomb; Lin
coin, Frank T. Disney; Madison, R.
S. Hunt; Minidoka, w. w. Thompson ;
Nez Perez. A. r. Johnson; Owyhee,
James r. Keith; Power, P. T. Fisher
Payette. John H. Mckinney Shoshone,
Albert H. Featherstone; Teton, Victor
Hagsted; Twin Falls, Joseph H. Sea-
yer; Valley, c. b. Noggle; Washington,
E. A. Paddock.
Democrats, Ada county, D. W.. Van
Hossen; Camas, w. T. Sonner; Gem,
]. Leo Reed; Oneida. Senator Har-
ding.
HOuse-Republicans Ada county,
Jay Parrish, D. L. Young. Alfred An
derson, Charles D. Storey; Adams, M.
P. Clifford; Bannock, ]. T. Bourne, L.
Sumner Bond; Boundary, o. H. Camp
bell; Bear Lake, II. B. Hall Benewah,
George O'Dwyer; Bingham. Peter G.
Johnston; Blaine, Carl II. Crayson !;
Boise, w. A. Galbreath; Bonner, H. P.
Benedict; Bonneville, A. E. Stanger ;
butte, c. A. Bottolfsen; Canyon.
George H. Van de Steeg, Cecil Weeks !;
Caribou, J. D. Lou: Cassia, Irel J.
Gudmunson; Clark, H. F. Felt; Clear
water, r. H. Bailey; Custer, ]. A..
Harrington; Franklin, Thomas Pres.
ton; Fremont. j. H. Egbert; Gem, c. c.
Stinson: Gooding. John S. Sanborn !;
Idaho, Lloyd A. Fem; jefferson, Hy-
rum Seversen; Jerome. e. G. Mont
gomery; Kootenai, c. A. Mcdonald, A.
w. Burleigh: Latah, Alfred s. Ander-
son, -. d. 1uSo' LeLnhi, JUN w.
Shook; Lewis, NJ. L. Jarnagin; Lin.
coin, Fred w. Gwin: Nez Perce, N. B.
Carpenter: Oneida, w. S. Hall;
Owyhee, Robert ]. Goodwin; Power.
Andrew May; Payette, H. r. Boomer;
Shoshone, Donald A. Callahan; Twin
Falls, Carl J. Miller, Bertha v. Irwin,
J. A. Walters; Valley. L. L. Moore;
Washington. J. P. Welker.
Democrats, Camas county, w. H.
Peck; Gilmore, O. Il. Common.
Prisoner Leaps From Train.