Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-17
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had mail but that is not the case.
don't think it would be any more than
just for them to order the mail carrier
from Unity to deliver my mail"
A. II. Clarke of Winterport has writ
ten that there are difficulties about
giving satisfactory service on the
route in his neighborhood. when the
r. F. D.. first started here" he writes
Gov. Burleigh, I'VE were served with
the boxes right at our doors. Two
years ago the route was changed and
now our boxes are quite distance from
our houses and very inconvenient. par
ticularly when we must make two trips.
one to carry and one to get the mail.
We are on a well kept, main road, and
it would make not more than 20 min
utes extra work for the carrier. There
are four families and we have a great
deal of mail"
Gov. Burleigh has placed these COM
plants before the fourth assistant
postmaster general and is doing all he
can to have some adequate remedy ap-
piled. Such matters are, however, in
cidcntal to the operation Of the rural
service and Gov. Burleigh has found it
exceedingly difficult to have the rural
routes arranged so that there will not
be some ground of complaint on the
part Of certain patrons. He deyOtes a
good deal of his time to the postoffice
department and is having these mat
ters remedied as fast as he possibly
can.
Senator Hale has brought the branch
of Congress, in which he is recognized
as leader, around to a much speedier
consideration of the railroad rate regu-
lation bill than many supposed was
possible. 1t was to the senior Maine
senator's good work that the agreement
to take it up was reached last week
Immediately after the statehood bill
had been disposed of.
No one in the Senate, more than Mr.
Hale, has been saying that some legis-
lation on this complex subject Of rail-
road rate regulation was imperative
He had conferences with the President
on the matter early last fall. soon after
Mr.. Hale arrived here for the session.
He has cO-cperated with the President
as far as possible. in bringing the legis-
latiOn about. Senators on both sides
~ Wa N'iit1oNNlSs nave nlln
at every step. because they relied upon
his good judgement as to what was best
to do in the interest of party harmony.
II is now Mr.. Hale's opinion that the
rate bill will be passed by Republican
votes in the Senate and that the bill
Will be of character which the Pres-
dent and practically all Republican
senators will approve. A large number
of conferences have been necessary To-
pave the way for such an agreement
as it became necessary to ascertain Just
what each side wanted and how much
each side would yield.
At the present time the lawyers Of
the Senate, especially the constitutions
al lawyers, have the stage. Mr.. Hale
is not deeply interested in what they
have to say. They will state and re-
state learned points of law and wrangle
among themselves as to what and as to
what is not good constitutional law.
Their discussion will not, of course, be
| without good results, although it is
| wearisome to hear. After they have
concluded Mr.. Hale will be on the floor
to take hold with a will and help whip
the bill into shape and bring it to a
final vote. Little else can be done in
the Senate till this rate bill has been
disposed of.