Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-01-14

whether or not 1t has been paying TOO
much money to the railroads for the
service. Attempts have been made
before to learn the facts In the case.
but they have met win failure.
Plan for Vast Naval Show.
| In connection with the proposed
Panama Canal exposition, which will
be held doubtless either in New Or
leans or San Francisco, the govern
ment has plan which II is expect
ed will excite the lively interest of
| the world.
Uncle Sam proposes to ask all the
foreign governments which have ma.
vies to assemble as many of their
great warships as possible at Hamp.
ton Roads at the time of the opening
OF the Panama canal. 1t is expected
that II the government finally makes
up its mind to make the request there
will be naval show off the Virginia
| coast such as the eye of man never
has looked upon. There was a goodly
| assemblage Of vessels at the time of
the jamestown exposition, but it is
believed that the great fleet which
will come together in 1915 will out
number tenfold that which was at the
Virginia capes in 1907
1t is intended that as many of the
war vessels as possible shall leave
their anchorage at Hampton Roads
proceed up Chesapeake bay and as
far up the Potomac as possible and
that then the vessels shall send dele
cations of officers and men to Wash
ington to greet the president of the
United States
After this it is proposed that the
president shall go to Hampton Roads
and there review the warships of the
world. Such spectacle as is prom.
ised could not fail to be of unrivaled
naval grandeur and one which would
, draw visitors from all over the Unit
ed States and large attendance of
foreigners. T~
Following the parade up the Poto-
mac, the demonstration in Washing
ton, and the review In Hampton
Roads it is proposed that the vessels
shall form in procession and proceed
to the east coast of Panama and then
to move In single file through the
newly opened canal to the waters of
the Pacific
Vote on BaIIinger Demanded.
An aft ie, In l,a do b,yx
bers of congress who take Gif.
ford Pinchot's side of the contro.
versy with Secretary Ballinger to
force record vote at an early date
on the report of the investigating com
mittee, majority of which found that
the secretary was guiltless even of the
charge of lack of sympathy with the
conservation movement
1t is certain that the senate will be
forced to go on record in the Lorimer
case, and the house probably must do
likewise in the Ballinger-P inchot case
1t is said that the members of neither
body have any strong desire publicly
to cast their vote on either OF these
matters OF controversy
Representative Hitchcock of Nebras-
ka, who soon will be United States
senator from that state has introduced
a resolution III the house asking for
the discharge of the committee on az
ricuture from further consideration of
the Ballinger-Pinch ot reports The in.
vestigating committees findings were
referred to the committee on agricul-
ture as soon as they reached the house
and there has been a feeling that the
committee might not find it convent
ent" to report to the full house. If no
report is made by the committee the
the subject of the vindication of Secre
tary Ballinger and hea would be forced |
to rest content with the knowledge |
that the investigation committee by a
vote had found him absolute
ly free from the faint of wrong doing |
and of non-sympathy with the conser
walton movement.
Would Put House on Record.
IL hepi6SSuldl lV6 T1l-CuCOCh . ToS
olution prevails and the agricultural
committee is discharged from further
of the reports, the mat.
ter, of course, will carry it's vexations
10 the house. The committee on rules
has the Hitchcock resolution in its
keeping and the chances are that II
will decline to report the resolution
'avorably. Then it will be possible
lnder the new rules of the house for
Mr.. Hitchcock to move to discharge
he committee on rules from further
of the resolution. 1t can
be seen readily enough that vote on
/ measure of this kind would dis
,lose at once the relative strengths OF
he Ballinger and the Pinchot forces
n the house of representatives From
his vote it will be possible to learn
which one of the reports of the inves
igating committee, the majority re.
,ort In favor of Balliuger, or the mi
Iority report against him, would stand
he best chance of adoption.
What tle friends of Mr.. Pinchot
want to have done is to put the mem.
ers on record one way or the other,
nd they believe that vote on the
Hitchcock resolution would be practi-