The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-05-29
CARRYING THE MAILS
Blind SENATOR FROM OKLAHOMA ENDEAVORS
To STOP Big RAILWAY GRAFT


gigantic campaign funds that used debauch the
baot-box and purchase elections and are allowed
to prey upon the people fully exposed
than the matter Of the charges for railway mail
as shown up by Senator Gore from Oklahoma When the
postal appropriation bill before the senate Senator
Gore offered amendment that the postmaSter-genera
shall pay for the transportation of the mails than
express companies pay for the transportation of express
of similar weight and character This voted down
He then offered amendment that the postmastergenera
shall not pay annual rental for postal than 335
Der of the of the This also voted down
las amendment that than 100 per of such
cost should not be paid. 1t perfectly plain that
honesty would require the passage all Of these amend
ments and there be justification of the senates
action and the action taken solely for the purpose of
taking the peoples money give to the railroads who
turn would contribute largely to the Republican corruption
fund. 1t is great system
In explanation of his amendments Senator Gore said.
Mr.. President | will state the why offer the
amendment. In great many countries the world the
railroad companies carry the mails free of charge That
IN France understand, except where the cars
belong the government which nominal charge
paid amounting to cent per mile In Austria
Hungary and in Germany per carried free
of charge other than government railroads In Italy
and Belgium the mails carried free of charge as
informed Now it not my purpose the purpose OF
anyone ask the railroads Of this country transport
mails free OF charge; but the charges received by the
railroads paid by the government of that
which reasonable and just | will cite few discrimna
tions based upon estimates rendered few years ago The
charge from New York Boston rstaSs freight matter
SO cents hundred express it so cents hun
dred and mail it SO cents hundred From New
York Atlanta Ca the frscass freight freight charge
was SlZo hundred the express charge was SZO0 nun
dred, and the mail charge $3.50 hundred. From
New York Chicago the charge IS cents hundred
for rscass freight 81 25 express and $3.50 for mail
The charge from New York City San Francisco at the
time So 90 hundred for rsclass freight, S675
for express and S1328 for the mails Now, there
justice and justification determinations OF that
character and therefore limit the charge for
mail the charges paid by the express companies to the
railroads for similar services In the Dominion OF Canada
mail is classified freight of the lowest classification and
sition Of the sort but seeks protect the government
against charges which unreasonable and unjust If
there any any justification for paying much greater
charges for postage than for express should like to
some senator justify it.
And again:
4. submit that the government has paid at times prac-
ticay three times much annual rental for postal
as the cars cost Now that se-evdent injustice and
extortion Possibly senator will say that these cars
ought realize the railroads 800 per cent even 200
per cent and not possibly than 10O per cent In
the intetest of justice but of decency, move
to limit the rental to at least the cost OF the cars
1t is now predicted that Senator Foraker will lead the
stampede favor of Roosevelt at Chicago order to
defeat the nomination of Taft Foraker viii do nothing
Of the kind but he will threaten to do until the Iattrtes
assure him of their support for reelection the United
States senate That has been Forakers game all OF the
time and he is playing it with much skill
The Ada County delegation Twin Falls viii leave on
special train Tuesday morning and 1t IS expected
viii be Joined by the delegates from Boise Owyee Canyon
and perhaps other counties Many Democrats not chosen
delegates also expected along with the crowd
dozen earnest men with the success of the Demo
,racy at heart can mould the Twin Falls convention to
their own purpose the very faces Of the actonsS who
policy that OF rule ruin and the dozen men
viii be there.
The oregonian complains that there is Republican
party Oregon the direct primary election law vas
adopted Considering the record of the Republican gang
that state 1t must be said that the primary worked