The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-03-15
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON

The joint efforts of Senator Borah
and Representative French in advanc.
ing the three-year homestead bill ap.
pear to have advanced to a condition
that justifies the opinion that the
matter will soon become finished
legislation" 1t will be remembered
THAT identical bills were introduced
in the two Houses by the senator and
representative. and the Senate has al.
ready passed the measure. Mr.
French has repeatedly appeared be-
fore the committee of the House, and
a few days ago secured favorable
report, which causes him to express
the belief that the measure will be
enacted into law within very short
time. The new rivers and harbors
bill, as framed, contains the appropri-
atoms asked for in the bills in tro-
duced by Representative French for
an examination of the st. Maries and
st. JOS rivers, as well as the Koote-
mai. The sum of $4,000 is also in
Guided as asked for by Mr.. French in
addition to the $4,000 already un-
expended in the fund for the improve
ment of Snake river. Western mem
bers, who have been attracted by the
above line of accomplishments, are
not at all slow in congratulating Mr..
French upon the wonderful benefits
that he has been able to secure since
he returned to Congress only few
months ago, and it is pointed out that
his success proves that hard work
and painstaaking application to de-
tails gets more in the way of real
results in Congress than can be Sc
cured by the brass band methods
which some members employ.
Representative Norris, in the dis
cussion of the money trust investiga-
ton, put something of a crimp in the
claims of the Democratic majority,
that credit for the movement be-
longed to them, by pointing out that
the starting of things was by Mr..
Lindberg, Republican from Mime
sofa, who was the man to "first put
the wheels in motion, and if there is
any partisan credit to be given, it
should be given to him." He went
on to say that the Lindberg resolu-
ton had fully covered the subject,
and it was discussion of this reso-
luton and the interest that has been
aroused throughout the country, that
had brought about the demand for
real investigation He went on to
show that the resolution had been
kicked about by the rules committee,
and the Democratic caucus; and then
again shot back and forth between
the two, appearing each time clothed
in little different garb, but "just
as impotent, just as worthless as it
ever was, and if it could speak, it
would offer it's apologies to the Mis-
souri, poet, and then in the agony of
its miserable existence say.
Every time | come to town
The boys keep kickin me all aroun'
Makes no difference if am clown
You've gotta quit kickin' me all
aroun'.
Mr.. Norris declared that real in
vestigation had been smothered and
that the acts of the majority in the
House had been concealed in a sham
resolution that had the consent of
Wall Street, and existed by virtue of
the Democratic caucus.
A little story is told of Senator Mel
sons exchange of conversation with
messenger boy. The lad claimed
that seventy-five cents day was too
small pay for his services, but the
sturdy senator from Minnesota told
the boy that there was hope for him,
and related that in the earlier days,
this great leader of the Senate had
worked on farm at twenty-five
cents day.
About once a week someone re-
minds turbulent Washington that "a
vice president is also to be nominal
ed" 1t may be taken for granted
that If Chairman Barnes of New
York, who is partisan of the Taft |
movement, succeeds in securing the
delegation of that state, that the
president of the Senate, who is also
tho uino nracidant Of tho IInitad |