The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-04-12

| upon aE good vOta-getterH. IL liz said
that many congressman owe their re.
turn TO Washington 10 the fact that
they have done so much for their
| districts
/ IL 10 possible for member 70 make
no effort TO familiarize himself with
matters of great national concern, and
TO take no active part in the debates
on Fnomentous questions, and yet to
commend himself to hts constituents
because he has been so active In send.
ing them garden seeds. looking after
private pension matters and above ali
being active In getting appropriations
Tor federal buildings which would be
an ornament TO the public square"
The real trouble seema to be that
In hundreds OF cases the buildings
which have been provided are alto
gether too large for the service in
tended, and costly beyond right. There
are some villages In the United States
holding only q handful or people
which have finer public buildings than
places OF thirty times their size. The
difference In the structures represents
the difference either in influence OF
the representative OF the different
districts. or In the way in which they
view their public duties. Some men
give their whole time to the greater
affairs of state, while others are CON.
tent 10 give time and energy only to
local matters. AS for the quality OF
statesmenship presented by these two
courses, the people must take their
choice.
Hughes as a Dark Horse.
There have been hints from time to
time In Washington that there 10
possibility that the progressives and
the conservatives of the Republican
party, II they should get into a dead
lock condition at Chicago over the
nomination for the presidency, might
turn for compromise candidate to
the supreme bench and nominate AS
sociate Justice Charles e. Hughes.
There Is not one chance In thou.
sand, perhaps, that this will happen,
for II Ia said that Mr.. Hughes has
heard the rumor that such a thing
might be proposed and has handed
down a decision" against 1t In adj
vance.
Charles u. Hughes is the only man |
Of pure Welsh descent who has a |
seat on the supreme bench. IL he
should by any chance be nominated
FOR the presidency, the probabilities
are that he would have the largest
majority In Oneida county, N. Y, ever
given to a presidential candidate. for
Oneida county is largely populated by
Welsh people who settled there In
great numbers during the period be-
tween 1880 and 1870, There are Ave
or six Welsh churches In Utica alone
and In several OF them the Welsh Ian.
guage Is heard from the pulpit. A
Welsh newspaper which is published
In Utica IL read by Welshmen ali over
the United States
To Save Mountain Forests.
Not long ago congress passed a
bill which gives Uncle Sam the
right TO take over for forest re-
serve purposes tracts OF lands In the
White Mountains of New Hampshire
Ind In two or three states OF the
southern Appalachian region. In a
week or two the commission which
has this matter In charge will report
IN certain sections which II is thought
wise for the government to take over
n order to save the forests, to pre-
'erve the natural scenic beauty and to
Ieep equable the flow of the streams
which are used for navigation and for
water power for manufacturing pur-
,oses.
Thousands of people go to the White
Mountains in summer to spend their
'aeations. This statement with not
tartle anyone by Its novelty. but I
here may be something new in the l
that the people who go to
few Hampshire for the beauty of the ]
cenery and the purity of the air :
pend 100000 In that state In the
months before the leaves of the for.
stst take on the color of the expend.
d gold
Plans of the Government.
Congress was told not long ago that
be tide of summer travel actually
'as beginning to turn away from New
hampshire because the mountains
'ere being robbed of their tree glo-
les by the hand of trade. and that the
streams were losing their
'aters, the rapids were becoming
Ills and the depths were becoming
shadows or course, not
he entire forested mountain country
New Hampshire can be preserved
y the government of the United
tates. The intention seems to be to
Ike over 100000 acres and to care
'r the reserve under such regulations
} best may be provided for the re-
resting of the waste places and for
rejection OF the water supply.
II must not be understood that ium-
aring operations will be stopped by
le fact that Uncle Sam is to become
land owner in the Appalachian re-
on north and south. It does follow,
1wever. that only such numbering
oerations win be allowed as will in
ease rather than decrease the sup
y Of wood for commercial purposes.
his statement may seem to contain