| OCR Text |
Show . A Word to legislator. Bulfe Sun, The returns now indicate (hat the first legislature of Idaho will lie overwhelmingly over-whelmingly Kepublican in both branches. The Democrats will not have more than eleven out of the lifty-four, lifty-four, and may have only nine. The burdens and responsibilities of legislation legisla-tion will therefore fall upon the shoulders shoul-ders of the Kepublican party of Idaho. Taken all in all, it is likely to be the most important fc'siou for many years to come, s There will be two United States senators sena-tors to elect, a matter which will tax the wisdom of that body to a large extent. ex-tent. All the. laws will have to i. revised re-vised which will require carefi;. and patient work and thought. The water question will come up for settlement, th in which no more important ;u-t'on will e inie before the legislature; it behooves be-hooves the member of the legislature, therefore, to set down cooly before the time of meeting and think carefully upon up-on the line of policy to le pursue I. The questions likelv to come up bemre the legislature should Ij carefully can-vasneri can-vasneri bv each member with hi constituents', con-stituents', that he may obtain their view and come here fully able to represent them and carry out the wiihcs cj the people. As this is the tirt meeting of the legislature of the state of Idaho, it is to be hoped that it will be a ere lit to the state and the republican party. |
