THE FIRST VICTORY 



the constitutional provisions about the make- 

 up of the senate. This is the summary of the 

 legislative results: 



House of Representatives, Fifteenth General Assem- 

 bly, state of North Dakota. 



Total membership 113 



Total Republican members 97 



Total Democratic members 16 



Elected by the League 87 



Elected, not by the League 26 



Seventy-two of the Republican representatives and 

 15 of the Democratic were League members. 



Senate, Fifteenth General Assembly, state of North 

 Dakota. 



Total membership 49 



Elected in 1916 election 25 



Holdovers from election of 1914 24 



Republicans 43 



Democrats 6 



Elected by the League, 1916 18 



Necessary for majority 25 



Fourteen of the Republican senators elected in 1916 

 were League men, and 4 of the Democrats. 



There were 49 senatorial districts in the 

 state, electing senators alternately. In the 

 election of 1916 only seven senators of the old 

 school had secured seats, but there were 21 

 of that kind left over from the election of 

 1914 and these gave the old machine a 



majority of 7 against the League. 



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