The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-03
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON

viding for the completion of the his !
torical frieze in the Rotunda of the
capitol. A point of order was made
by Chairman Fitzgerald of the APP
preparations committee, and under
the rules a vote on the amendment
was prevented.
The Washington Herald on the
23rd contained the following &C
count of Mr.. Smiths address:
"Mr. Smith proposed that the
frieze should be completed by figures
representing Generals Grant and Lee
shaking hands, the construction of
the Panama canal and the conquest
of the air through aeroplanes, speak
ing on his amendment, Mr.. French
said, in part:
I'VE point with pride to our mag
nificent Congressional Library, and
the splendid senate and house office
buildings, but we are ashamed of
our unfinished Capitol. For more
than sixty years it has remained in
an uncompleted condition | have
no doubt that every new member of
congress who has passed through the
rotunda has been surprised to OBJ
serve the vacant space in the his
torical frieze, and that visitors al
ways inquire of the guide why it
| has not been completed.
" 1t appears to me, Mr.. Chairman,
that it is very important that this
work be completed without delay.
Early next spring we are expecting
thousands of visitors from foreign
countries to the national capital en-
route to attend the Panama EXPOSE
tion in San Francisco, and if this
amendment is adopted the work could
be completed in the meantime and
we would not be compelled to apollo
gize for the unfinished condition of
this great building.
What more important event has
i TRANSFERRED in the history of our
country than the re-uniting of the
north and the south after struggle
of four years in civil conflict? 1t
was fitting recognition of this event
after fifty years of peace, which was
recently celebrated by the dedication
of a monument to the confederate
dead in Arlington.
owe all recognize that the build
ing of the Panama canal is the great
est engineering feat in the worlds
history. 1t was constructed by
American skill and American money,
and the celebration of it's completion
is most important event.
The successful construction of
a heavier than air machine for the
, navigation of the air was accomplish
; ed by Americans, and this important
event also should be represented in
this great historical frieze.
Perky in Washington
Ex-senator X. I. Perky has been
seen frequently in the corridors of
| the capitol during the past week re-
newing acquaintance with his form
) er colleagues and friends. Senator
= Perky made many friends during his
7 short term in Washington, while fill
= ing out the unexpired term of the
I late Senator Hepburn, prior to the
} election of Senator Brady.
S French Leads Fight
= CONSERVATION was thrown into the
t minds of the western people when
= the Sundry Civil appropriation bill
was reported from the committee
g with the provision repeating the law
, that has been in existance twenty
: years, authorizing an irreducible ap-
: preparation not to exceed 100000
e for the survey of railroad grant lands
j, Just at time when the west is de-
d handing the completion of the sur
S vey of the 100000 acres of land
e remaining unsurveyed, the committee
= proposed to repeal the bill and make
i fiat appropriation this year of only
y $4,000.
S Representative French of Idaho lee
: the fight upon this proposition in the
house against the committee and sue.
# ceeded in defeating the committee
a bill in this particular and restoring
a the old law. The fight on the fool
:, on this matter was peculiar in the
S fact that a Republican, Representa-
d tive French, was leading the fight
t for the department of the interior
IS while the Democratic chairman o
5 the appropriation committee was op
e posing the wishes of the department
e in the survey of grant lands.
n Mr.. French has received many con
IT CALCULATIONS from his colleagues ant
II others upon the outcome Of the fight
o ~-
d PENIBIE TO SPENCER
10 J. D. Pemble, of Springfield start
Ia ed to Spencer last week with som,