The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-28
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Washington, d. c., July 26.-ln
the course of his speech regarding the
election of senators by direct vote OF
the people, Senator Borah said that
the men who were seeking to bring
about this reform in u government
were not the least disturbed by the
charge of being demagogues or SEN
sation hunters, OF slaves to pubic
sentiment" He went o to remark
that, 1.-The world has always had to
deal with a very large and a very re-
pectable class of people whose INTEL
lectual orbs are in the back OF Then
heads, and the rest of the world a
learned patience and tolerance De-
cause of their affection. There were
able and brilliant and patriotic men
who plead for the Confederacy
against the adoption of the constltu-
ton" Contin ting the discussion, the
Idaho senator gave the senate some
ant illustrations of the difference be-
a.. tween those who have followed the
instruction of 1.-The fathers and those
who have turned to the future, 10
"a nunthinking horde of sensation
hunters trailing after new fads anu
=, worshipping in strange temples lie
maintained that arguments OF reason
and an appeal to the cOnsciences n
, convictions of men should determine
great questions like this; and he re-
minded his colleagues that at last
there were two-thirds of the votes OF
congress that were willing to go 10
the battle and seek the final test. lie
made a strong plea for the 1ndeenG-
ence of the ballot and respect OF the
rights of the peopl in our great coun-
try. His speech together with MS
former advocacy of this measure a
had a tremendous influence in chang
ing the sentiment of the country, m
bringing final victory to the advocates
of this reform measure.
According to a preliminary state
ment by the census bereau for ldaho,
the aggregate value of all domestic
animals, poultry and bees in 1910 was
reported as $49,3S8,00, as compared
with $21,653,00 in 1900, the amount
of increase being. $27,73O,000 and the
rate 1928 per cent. The total value OF
the domestic animals was reported as
$780, 900 in 1910, as against vi,
800, 900 in 1900, the increase amount
ing to $27, 800, 90, or 1915 per cent.
The poultry was valued at $59S,2OO In
1910 as compared with $2O3,1O0 in
1900, tire gain being $395,lOO, or
1915 per cent. The bees were valued
at 100000 in 1910 and $4,000 in
1900, the increase amounting to $780,
200 or 54.1 per cent. :.
The census bereau has determined
that there were 51,63S,590 sheep and
lambs in the United States in 1910.
These are all of the kind that live on
farms and ranges and are %independ-
ent of the kind that hang around Wall
street and other stock exchanges, be-
cause the count was made OF the
sheep and lambs with wool on their
backs instead of the kind that has
been pulled over the eyes. The num-
Der of sheep in New Mexico in 1910
was 2.931,2O1 as against v,333,743
in 1900. In Arizona there were S43,-
S83 sheep in 1910 as against S6S,45s
in 1900. Idaho shows a considerable
gain as the figures given are 2,l60,-
O29 for 1910. The state of Washing
ton decreased in the extent of the in
dustry as the population of sheep in
1910 showed 3O8,862.
At the beginning of the present
year one post Office in each state was
designated as a postal savings Dank.
The plan has proven so successful IN
the experimental stages that 100 new
offices are to become postal savings
repositories during July. The offices
designated for the state of Idaho are
Blackfoot, Caldwell, Occur d'Alene,
Payette, Gooding, Idaho Falls, Mos'
COW, Nampa, Pocateilo, Standpoint,
Twin Falls and Wallace.
AS the wreck of the b~attleshlp
Maine is brought closer and closer
to the surface, the opinions OF eX-
perts seem to more thoroughly agree
hat the explosion which caused the
wreck was from within the ship it.
self. General Bixby, chief of the en-
gineers of the army, who has just re-
turned form Havana, unqualltedly
gives his opinion that the explosion
was not external. Rear admiral Geo.
w. Melville, U. S. N. retired, has also
offered a statement in which he calls
attention to the fact that since 1902
he has insisted that the explosion was
from within the ship. A board of ma
val officers, experts of explosives, Is
being selected to study the hull of the
battleship Maine in Havana harbor.
as the water is pumped from the COT
ferdam now surrounding the wreck.
The navy department is still convlnc-
ed that the destruction of the Maine
was caused by a torpedo or mine,
and of course this is laid to the
Spaniards. 1t is explained that an
external explosion might have taken
place, which in turn caused a greater
internal explosion of the ships ma
azines. This theory would harmon
ize all views in reference to the blow
ing up of the Maine.
One of the most remarkable
speeches which has occurred in the
senate for many a day, was that OF
Senator John d. Works of California,
in which he defended Christian
Science and told his colleagues how
he and members of his family a