The Teton peak-chronicle., 1905-03-16
Our Washington Letter.

Under a cloudless skv and in the
presence OF probably the greatest
crowd that ever assembled in the
historic city of Washington, Theo-
dore Roosevelt was last week inau-
gurated President of the United
otates for the next four years.
lhere were great many features
OF the Inauguration that are worthy
OF consideration. Despite the hos
tll1ty heretofore shown President
Roosevelt, more southern States
joined in the Inauguration than
that OF any other republican Presi-
dent since the civil war. Georgia
and Louisiana We'd with Maine and
PENNSYLVANIA i'll showing their ap-
probation of our President Prob
ably more people came from Idaho
to witness the Inauguration than
from any other far western State.
Gen. Roberts and Hunter had i'm
portant stations assigned to them
on the staff of General Chaffee.
ldaho's High School representa-.
tlves, Morris of Lewiston, Glantz-
man of Idaho Falls, Gooding,
Lemp and Dunton OF Boise, acquit-
ted themselves with credit during
their stay. They had good place
assigned to them in the line of
march. When they passed the re-
viewing stand, the President MOTTO
ed the Idaho banner, cheered and
exclaimed: Good for Idaho.
Think how far those boys have
come"
On all matters pertaining to the
welfare of Idaho. Senator Hepburn
and Representative French have
worked in absolute harmony. and
on account of this cooperation,
Idaho has Jared fully as we'll as any
of her sister States. During the
session just closed there has been
an immense amount of department
work accomplished for different in
terests in Idaho. A number of pen
sion bills have been passed, and
several rural free delivery routes
have been established, while a
number of applications are now
pending before the department.
The record made by Senator Hey
burn during the last Congress has
probably not been excelled by any
new Senator in recent years. His
long experience in the practice of
the law, his wide acquaintance
with public men. and his knowl-
edge of public questions, together
with his superior attainments as a
debater has placed him in the front
rank of the new Senator'S. AS
Chairman of the Committee on
Manufactures. he has had charge of
this measure in such a way that it
is believed that it will be enacted
during the next session. although
this subject has been before Con-
gress for fifteen years. Soon after
he entered his duties he took def
mite position on the Forest Reserve
question and succeeded in having
enacted important legislation on
the subject of lieu land scrip which
will prevent the laying of forest
reserve scrip on timber lands and
which will save some two and a
half million acres of timber land
for actual settlers. He took a very
active interest in the modification
of the boundaries of certain forest
reserves in Idaho, and after careful
investigation by the Department,
large bodies of agricultural land
were restored to the public domain
in Idaho, aggregating in all over
six million acres.
Over a year ago he introduced a
resolution authorizing the President
to consider the advisability of the
acquisition of Santo Domingo, or
the theory that if we did not do sc
some foreign country in the enforce
ment of its demands would create
trouble in that island. The recent
action of the President indicates
that the Senator's position on this
question was correct.
Early in the Congress Senator
Hevburn introduced and secured
the passage in the Senate OF bill
appropriating $25, 600 for the estab
lishment of fish hatchery in Idaho
but the bill was not reached to-
consideration in the House; in fac
none OF the bills for the establish
ment of fish hatcheries passed the
House, but Congressman French
succeeded in securing a favorable
report from the Committee on Fish
and Fisheries, and the enactmen
of a law for fish hatchery in Ida
no seems assured early in the mex
Congress.
Hepburn and French endeavore'
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