The Idaho Republican., 1912-03-22
to extend the free delivery service to

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small towns and cities throughout the
country, which do not already have
| the service because their postoffice
: receipts do not reach $4,000 a year.
Under the plan of Mr.. Hitchcock, II
| is estimated that 100000 people
in the United States, who now have
to chase to postoffices, would be
J served mail at their homes, and the
argument is that inasmuch as the
people of the cities, and residents
along the rural routes have this class
of service, the smaller towns should
enjoy the same privileges.
That Senator LaFollette should un-
tremendously decamp from Washing
ton and start for North Dakota to
capture the delegation of the state, is
somewhat startling information in po-
litical circles, particularly in view OF
the fact that it has been said for
some time that the breakdown of the
Wisconsin man would put him out
of running during the remainder OF
the campaign. While desertions of
the politicians from the LaFollette
camp have been rather heavy, yet
the faithful ones still keep the fight
going.
1t has been recalled that on March
II, 1888, seventy-nine years ago, the
United States pension bureau was
first established. Eight years earlier
Boston had also been the scene of an
innovation, an ordinance being then
passed that cows could no longer be
pastured on the common. March 12,
1872, is the date on which Aaron L.
Dennison, the inventor of machine
made matches, died. On March 12,
eight years later, Sir Alexander Mac
kenzie, discoverer of the river that
bears his name, died in Scotland
An illustration of how hard it is
for senator to comply with the
mandates of the people, is shown by
an attempt of the Mississippi legsla-
ture to secure a resignation from
Senator Percy. The senator is hold
ing the fort and says that he will
not leave the job before the fourth
of next March, when his time will ex-
pire by statutory limitations, and he
has told the legislature and people
down in Mississippi, in substance,
that If they do not like the way he is
doing things that the proper thing
for the whole bunch of his political
opponents to do is to "go to the bow
vows.
The Democratic majority of the
House OF Representatives INDUCED in
a few specimens of reform and econ
omy while the agriculture bill was
under consideration and many items
providing sufficient funds for carry
ing on instruction throughout the
country, and money for the admins
tration, protection and development
OF agriculture and forest interests,
were stricken out.
The parcels post seems to be a real
live issue, and the probabilities are
that bill for a limited application
OF this innovation of postal transpor-
tation will be brought before the
House with the full endorsement of
the Democratic majority, which sig
nifies that it will doubtless pass the
House, and it is quite probable that
the measure in limited way will
meet with favor in the senate.
The free ship" bill has been re-
ported to the House by the committee
on merchant marine, with a favora-
BILE recommendation The report
sheds no light upon what disposition
would be made of an American mer-
chant marine, but it says that this
country has less than one million tons
OF shipping under the American flag
to the foreign trade, as against Is
million tons for Great Britain, and
four million tons for Germany.