Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-11-19
MEMBERSHIP NEXT
IDAHO LEGISLATURE
REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE FORTY
MEMBERS or SENATE AND
FlFTY-TWo IN HOUSE.
Only One Woman VIII BE Seated In
the LeuIslature. New Legislative
Wings 70 state Capitol 10 BE
Opened by New Members.


Boise, Ida.-The Republican party
win be in complete control of the next
Idaho legislature, the sixteenth SEES
sion, which convenes next January.
Out OF a total membership Of ninety
eight in the senate and house, the Re
publIcans 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 a
seat.
The sixteenth Idaho legislature will
have the distinction of opening the
new legislative wings to the state capt.
toll, for which the legislature made a
100000 appropriation and which will
be ready for occupancy when the legis-
lature 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. G. Moore
having been reelected, he will, by vir-
tue of the office he holds, preside over
the senate. q. w. Whitehead of Lemhi
county, reelected, will probably be
president pro tenn. He held that post
during the last session.
While there will be number Of old
members back at the next session, it
is being predicted that 1t 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
woman who will be seated in the leg
isIature. She takes the place Of Carrie
Harper White, who was a 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, q.
s. Hunter; Bannock, William n.
Witty; Boundary, G. w. King; Bear
Lake, w. W. Clark; Benewah, o. e.
HALEY; Bingham, L. r. Thomas |;
Blaine, f. p. Armstrong; Boise, R. e.
Written; Bonner, Andrew Christen-
sen; Bonneville, NJ. b. Yeaman
Butte, r. L. Sutcliffe; Canyon, J. e.
Kerrick Caribou, q. d. whitman Cas-
STA, John McMurray; Clark, s. X.
Clark Clearwater, U. s. Mix; Custer,
Charles r. Baker; Elmore, George w.
Howarth; Franklin, Ezra 2. Monson ;
Fremont, S. w. Orms; Gooding, w. M.
Smith; Idaho. Seth d. Jones; Jeffer-
son, Robert Gilchrist; jerome, Q. r.
Burky; Kootenai, X. W. Broughton ;
Latah, Il. w. Porter; Lewis, r. III. Rom
berg; Lemhi, d. w. Whitcomb; Lin
coin. Frank 7. Disney; Madison, r,
| s. Hunt; Minidoka, w. w. Thompson
Nez Perez, A. r. Johnson; Owyhee,
James r. Keith; Power, P. T. Fisher
Payette, John Fl. Mckinney; Shoshone,
Albert H. Featherstone Teton, Victor
Hagsted; Twin Falls, Joseph 81. Sea-
yer; Valley, G. 3. Noggle; Washington,
3. A. Paddock.
Democrats, Ada county, d. w. Van
Hossen; Camas. w. 4. Sonner; Gem,
]. Leo Reed; Oneida, Senator Har-
ding.
House-Repubncans, Ada county.
Jay Parrish, b L. Young, Alfred An
derson, Charles D. Storey; Adams, M.
P. Clifford Bannock, ]. 7. Bourne, L.
/ Sumner Bond; Boundary, O. III. Camp
bell; Bear Lake, III. b. Hall; Benewah,
George O'Dwyer; Bingham, Peter g.
Johnston; Blaine, Carl II. Crayson
Boise, w. A. Galhreath; Bonner, H. p.
Benedict; Bonneville, A. q. Stanger
Butte, G. A. Bottolfsen; Canyon,
George III. Van de Steeg, Cecil Weeks
Caribou, J. d. Lou; Cassia, Irel ].
Gudmunson; Clark, II. f. Felt; Clear
water, r. b. Bailey; Custer, j. a.
Harrington; Franklin, Thomas Pres.
ton; Fremont, ]. II. Egbert; Gem, G. G.
stinson; Gooding, John s. Sanborn
idaho, Lloyd A. Fem; Jefferson, Hy-
rum Seversen; Jerome, q. @. Mont
gomery; Kootenai, @. A. Mcdonald, A.
w. Burleigh; Latah, Alfred S. Ander-
son, 9. ]. Hugo: Lemhi, John W.
Shook; Lewis, NJ L. Jarnagin; Lin.
colin, Fred w. Gwin; Nez Perez, N. b.
Carpenter; Oneida, w. s. Hall
owyhee, Robert J. Goodwin; Power
Andrew May /; Payette, H. r. Boomer
ShoshOne, Donald A. Callahan; Twin
Falls, Carl ]. Miller, Bertha v. Irwin,
]. A. Walters; Valley, L. Z. Moore
Washington. J. P. Welker.
Democrats. Camas county. W. IL
Peck; Gilmore, o. e. Common.