Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-30 | Page 71 | Democrats Control Politics in Idaho

DEMOCRATS CONTROL PGUTiCSji IDAHO Many Important Laws Are Passed by Legislature of Gem State. GOOD ROADS HELPED Constructive Legislation of Vast Importance Is Put Into Effect. The Bourbons have been in possession of the state house, directing Democratic policies during the past twelve months, having come into power as the result of sweeping victories at the polls in November No-vember of 1916. A majority of the governing gov-erning state officials were inaugurated on the first Monday in January and a week later a Democratic legislature, legisla-ture, the first in the history of the state, was ushered in. Democratic in both houses in the senate 21 to 16 and in the house of representations 36 to 27, Lieutenant Governor Ernest L. Parker, Democrat, presided over the senate. Harvey Har-vey Allred, now state director of farm markets, Democrat, was elected speaker of the house. A majority of all com-mittees com-mittees were Democratic. For over sixty days the Jeflersonians made laws, their labors representing a volume of 625 pages, in which are 170 laws, seventeen joint resolutions and memorials and a number of amendments to the state constitution. , Officials Elected. The Democrats elected to a majority of the state offices follow: M. Alexander, governor, re-elected for a second term ; T. H. Walters, attorney general, first term; W. T. Dougherty, secretary of state, first term; Clarence Van Deusen, state auditor, first term. Other elective state officials are: John W". Eagleson, state treasurer. Republican, re-elected to a second term; Miss Ethel E. Redfield, P-epublican, state superintendent of public pub-lic instruction, first term; Robert N. Bell, state mine inspector, Republican, fourth term. The constitution of the 'state of Idaho provides for the handling of state affairs by boards, a majority oi which control. The Democrats having elected the larger number ot" state officials, therefore dominate domi-nate the boards and the subsidiary departments de-partments under them, the heads of which were appointed from the rank and file of the Democratic party. The governor gov-ernor is chairman of these boards. They include the state land board, the state board of parole, state capitol, ( state prison, pris-on, state pardon, state depository, soldiers' sol-diers' home and numerous others. There are several commissions at the head of state departments, the majority membership- of which is composed of Democrats, Demo-crats, while Bourbons were named as heads of the state veterinarian's department, depart-ment, farm markets, state board of health, adjutant general, state fish and game, public utilities, workmen's compensation, com-pensation, state highway, insurance commissioner, com-missioner, bank examiner, land department, depart-ment, etc. Department Heads. He.-ds of the more important appointive departments are as follows: Public utilities oommission John W. Graham. A. Freehai'er, George E. Erb. Workmen's compensation commissioners commission-ers H. H. Barnes, E. F. Caton, George E, Fisher. Adjutant general C. K. Moody. 1 Pure food commissioner John Kir by White. i Secretary of board of health Dr. E. W. Biwer. State game warden LeRoy C. Jones. State insurance manager C. O. Broxon. State highway engineer Herman C. Allen. State engineer E. NT. Smith. Sta te farm market director Harvey Allred. Stat e veterinarian H. G. Bodle. State land commissioner I. A. Smoot. Register of land department C. M. Stott. State bank commissioner G. R. Hi ft. Secretary to the governor R. S. Mad-don. Mad-don. State horticultural inspector Guy Graham. Gra-ham. Important Laws. The fourteenth. or.la?t. Idaho legislature, legisla-ture, which sat from the second Monday in January, 117, when it was inaugurated, inaugu-rated, to March S following, parsed manv Import iint laws, among which were t he following : Treated additional judgeships for the Seventh and Ten th districts. Created the counties of Payette, Valley, Butte and Camas. Created a workmen's oompensa tlon commission, state hoard of agriculture and office of state insurance manager. Prohi biting price discrimination in the sale of agricultural products, providing for the licensint; of creameries and f hrpslirrmon. Appropriating SCii.nnft for the audit of the ptate land department records from ho da te of the admission ol" the state Into iIip union to January 1, lf17. Authorising .envernor 10 fill bv appointment appoint-ment vacancies nrcurrtng in the position of 1'nUed St;it-s senator. , Anicndinc the came lws and providing! for open and -'lor-d sensons. Providing pensions frr school teahr;. A''vp;ii:C th-3 term? of the post road a-'t p.ti-e 1 by vonres?. Pocatello Aided. j Giving to Po'-a ' cllo 3 'er-i -if t h su-pivnio su-pivnio court and providing for a law libra rv. 4 AiiMnriri::; o; ; i-pi to fcaMi trunk? 1 and s;:itra.e.- for iniov;. :ing liquors, a:id; roiitis-'aucn of automobiles usfd as car-, n--;s. i i;ovfn"o act amendment and licen?inr! of motor vp hide 5 of ail kinds. ( Vrovidinc for t ::e f-i t-1 of s 1 .n.-m.n.'ut , wortii ot j;ood roads bor.os to build iiih-j j Anproprmnnc si.-"1'"' to ot"'ip convicts with 'vri-'imwv to work on road?. Appropri.itir.2 funds for x"',f s'jnrort of st;to departments. ir:f itut iop? and rurc.-as- of stato la nds within the Gem irrigation district. I'rratiTic ;i com miss:or. ;0 i::rtad a1 M'Ht PV-i: at I'.'.f Golden Spikf f.vprtsi-1 j fon r, :;i 1 ar.-i a; pn-r:;. imp S'.n.o-'ti ti.cr'T. 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