The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-05-17

of this action is prompted by the de.
sire of politicians in both parties to
throw this question over until after
the election. The advocates of the
parcels post, believing this to be the
case will-if nothing can be accom-
plished at the present session of con.
gress, carry their fight before the
platform committees of both the
great political conventions with a
view to committing the political Or
CARNATIONS, and in hopes that dis
cussion of the subject in the cam.
paign will prove beneficial to the
cause. The parcels post has been
discussed on the floor of the House
by some of the ablest members OF
Congress, and the objections raised
to the plan are that the hauling dis
tances are SO great in this country
as to make the proposition impracti-
cal, compared with the systems in
operation in different portions of Eu-
rope. However, the most forceful op-
position is prompted by the claims OF
rural communities and merchants in
smaller towns who assert that par
GELS post would be great injury to
their mercantile enterprises, and that
the mail order business as carried on
in the great cities, would reap the
profits. To this argument, the advo-
Gates of the parcels post retort that it
is the same opposition that was urged
against rural routes - telephones,
steam and electric railroads, and 9TH
err beneficial institutions that have
sprung up in late years.
Noisy Economy
The miniature pruning knife with
which the Democratic majority in the
House delights to play, is again found
in the report of the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill.
Realizing that good way to make a
large sized noise is by abolishing sal
aried positions, the Democrats pro-
pose to drop the heads of 406 Wash
ington office holders into the refuse
bag. The bill abolishes the coinage
minis at San Francisco, New Orleans
and Carson; and also the assay offices
at Boise, Charlotte, Deadwood, Hell
ena, Seattle and Salt Lake The
court of commerce also gets the axe
and specific reduction of ten per
cent is made in the war department.
The total saving affected by skimping
some of the most valuable work of
the government is $2,63S,015. This
amount is a mere bagatelle to the
vast sums squandered in playing poll
tics in the House, through consuming
months of time in the passage of tar
if bills that even their authors know
can never become laws; and the fur
ther great waste of millions created
by investigations that have been abso-
lutely futile.
Farmer Senators at Work
Perhaps the fact that it is ap-
preaching election time has some
thing to do with such declarations as
those of Senator Gallinger, who
helped to plant tree in the capitol
grounds, remarking at the time: 'T'm
a farmer and tree planting is right In
my line" The greatest farmer in, the
senate is Mr.. Maritime of New Jersey
who used to make speech every few
days in order that it might advertise
the fact that he was son of the
soil. One day Mr.. Maritime came to
grief when one of his colleagues
proved that he was a capitalist and
great many other things that farm
err is not However, Independent of
they are farmers or not,
Vice President Sherman, Senator Ba-
con and lot more celebrities have
been engaging in the tree planting
business; with the result that the
generation will delight in
reading the descriptions that will
flank shade trees that are to come up
and bedeck the capitol lawn.
Everybody's Winning It Now
The refreshing thing about the
presidential campaign is the conf
lent assurance which is always on tap
1T the different political headquar-
.ers. and no matters what the results
ire at any particular stage of the
game, a visitor at any one of the half
1ozen campaign educational establish
nents, cam be assured that the partic-
liar candidate being supported by
he bureau is "sure to win"
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