Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-11-16
WILL CONTROL
LEGISLATURE
pouRTH ROLL CALL CAMPAIGN OF
THE RED CROSS is In PRO-
GRESS NOW
TALK JOHNSON FOR SPEAKER
Frs. Margaret DehlbOm In Charge of
the County Campaign.

Roise. Idaho, Nov 13.-The republ-
ean party will be in complete and
absolute control of the next Idaho
legislature the sixteenth session.
which convenes January next. The
democratic party will be sadly in the
minority and the nonpartisan league
will not be represented by member
IN either house bearing the emblem of
that organization.
out of a total membership of 9S in
the senate and house for the states
a counties the republicans gained 80
seats, 40 in the senate and so in the
house: the democrats seated but two
conservatives and four senators and
the nonpartisans failed to get a seat
One of the four democratic senators
e a recognized Lacquer, but he ran as
democrat in the county from which
he was elected. Never before in the
history of the state has the republican
marty been in such complete control
Of both branches of the legislature
New Wings to Be Opened.
The legislature will open the new
legislative wings to the state capitol
for which the legislature made
. 100000 appropriation. The house is
located in the east wing of the capitol,
and the senate in the west wing. Both
are finished in marble and mahogany
and heavily carpeted They are among
the finest legislative chambers to be
found in the west.
E. w. Whitcomb of Lemhi county
H.. III. L. 4
pro TEN of the senate. He held that
honored post during the last session.
NJ B. Yeaman, reelected to represent
Bonneville county, is likely to be
chairman of the state affairs commit
tee, the administration mouthpiece in
the upper house Senator Yeaman was
prominent leader in the senate two
years ago. He was chairman of the
legislative auditing committee which
during the last two years, has super
rised the audit of the books of all de-
@rtments in the state and has recov-
cred almost enough money to meet the
total expenses of the next legislature.
Thomas Back i'm Senate.
Senator Thomas, elected in Bing
ham county, will return to the senate
and may become chairman of the ju
dietary committee.
II is considered likely that Peter
G. Johnston, representative-elect from
Bingham county and dean of the lower
house in point of service, will be its
hext speaker. His friends are active
In his behalf Charles d. Storey, ex-
speaker Of the house, is talked of as
speaker timber. He has served in the
house long time from Ada county.
h L. Kiger, speaker of the last
house and a pre-convention candidate
for governor, is not returning to the
legislature this session.
Senate Membership.
Membership in the two houses fol-
lows
Senate Republican: Ada county,
9. s. Hunter; Bannock, William H.
Witty; Boundary, C. w. King; Bear
Lake, W. w. Clark; Benewah, o. E.
HALEY; Bingham, L. r. Thomas;
Blaine, p. p. Armstrong; Boise. r. r.
Written; Bonner. Andrew Christen-
son;B onneville, M. B. Yeaman; Butte,
K. L. Sntcliffe; Canyon, ]. f. Kerrick;
caribou, e. D. Whitman; Cassia. John
kcMurray; Clark, S. X. Clark; Clear
water, U. S. Mix; Custer. Charles F.
Baker; Elmore, George w. Howarth;
franklin, Ezra p. Monson: Fremont,
3 W. Orme: Gooding, ~ w. Smith;
Idaho, Seth D. Jones; Jefferson, Bob
err Gilchrist; Jerome, c. r. Burky;
hootenai, E. V. Boughton; Latah, E.
W. Porter; Lewis, F. H Renberg;
Lemhi. E. w. Whitcomb; Lincoln,
frank n Disney; Madison, r. S. Hunt;
sinidoka, w. w. Thompson; Nez
rerce A. r. johnson; Owyhee, James
Keith; Power, ]. 7. Fisher; Payette,
Sohn r. Mckinney; ShOshone, Albert
a. Featherstone; Teton, Victor Heg-
sed; Twin Falls, Joseph H. Seaver;
valley, G. e. Noggle; Washington, b.
A. Paddock.
:, Observation-Disclosures, D. w. Van
noesen; Camas, W. l. Sonner: Gem, j..
Leo Reed; Oneida, Senator Harding.
House Membership.
House-Re Republican: Ada county,
Jay Parrish, d. L. Young, Alfred An
Gerson, Charles ID. Storey; Adams, M.
clifford; Bannock, John T. Bourne,
- - Sumner Bond; Boundary, 0. II.
campbell; Bear Lake, Fl. B. Hull;
55enewah, George O'Dwyer; Bingham
rreter G. Johnston; Blaine. Carl M.
Slayson; Boise, w. A. Galbreath; Bon
Ssr' II. p. Benedict; Bonneville, A. II.
otanger; Butte, G. A. Bottolfson; Can
yOn, George II. Van de Steeg, Cecil
weeks; Caribou, d. J. Lou; Cassia, Irel
=, y, Gudmundsen; Clark, H. f. Fa1t;
clearwater, r. H. Bailey; Custer, ]. A.
harrington; Franklin, Thomas Pres
son; Fremont, j. III. Egbert; Gem, @. O..
Ssnnson; Gooding, John S. Sanborn;
is i,slanO' Lloyd A. Fem; Jefferson
nyrum Severson; Jerome, E. c. Mont
ss01mery; Kootenai, C. A. Mcdonald, A..
". Burleigh; Latah, Alfred S. Ander-
son' c. ]. Hugo; Lemhi, John w.
olook; Lewis, M. L. Jarnagin; Lin
Soln c Fred f. Gwin; Madison. Royal
nnafn; Minidoka, j. H. Davis; Nez