Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-02-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gasette.]

Washington. February IA.
The confirmation of General Woods
appointment as q brieadier is source
OF great satisfaction to the Presi-
dent. 1t is regerded as only another
straw showing that when the President
makes up his mind to secure certain
legislative action from Congress, he
prevails, no matter how we'll organized
the opposition may be nor how pro.
nounced the protest. THE anti.Wood
men it se sms forgot that Mrs. McKin-
ley wanted Wood to be q general" said
a republican member Of Congress this
morning, Wood having attended her 10
bis profession as physician. :.
The President has determined to call
Congress together 10 extra session. 10
a prominent republican caller this
morning he announced this determine
ton, saying that he deemed 1t abso-
lu,ely necessary for Congress to share
with him the responsibility of arrsng.
ing the details for the evacuation OF
Cuba by the American troops and the
recognition by the United States of the
Independence of the island. The Pres
ident said that even If the Cuban con-
stitutional convention should give the
United States all the rights over the
foreign affairs of the island and all the
concessions deemed necessary by this
country, he would still feel 1t to be bis
duty to call Congress together. The
Senator who had this conversation with
Mr.. Mckinley came away with the set
tied conviction that an extra session
had been positively decided upon by
the President.
The Senate and House conferees on
the revenue reduction bill held their
first meeting this morning. Because OF
the absence of Mr.. Jones (Ark.), but
little progress was made. Another
meeting will probably be held Satur-
day.
The only bill introduced by Mr..
Towne, of Minnesota, during his brief
term as q United States Senator, was
reported favorably from the Senate com.
mittee on commerce today. 1t proposes
to pay back to the city of Duluth
money expended by it In improving the
harbor.
A favorable report was made today
by the Senate committee on military
affairs on the bill introduced by MIR.
Harris, providing that persons honor.
ably discharged from the military or
pavsl service by reason OF disability re.
sultiDg from wounds or sickness, and
officers and enlisted men who served In
the armies or navy of the United States
shall be preferred for appointment to
civil Offices, provided they are found to
possess the necessary business ability.
President Mckinley received hand.
some valentine today from the Gear of
Russia. Count Cassinj, the Cars am
bsssador. made the President a pretty
speech of presentation. The "valeD.
tine" is magnificent album Of pictures
of scenes OF the Cars coronation In
1895. The book is covered with gold,
is about foot and a.hslf In width, two
feet long and eight inches thick. Upon
the cover is q gold madsllion of the
Gear and Czarina. The execution oil
the pictures required five years to com.
plete, which accounts for the fact that
the album was not sent the President
at any earlier date. The President
also received number of other valen-
tines this morning. They were EVIL
IDENTIFY all from childish admirers and
the President was much pleased at the
evidences of kindly interest from his
little correspondents. All the vslen.
tines were from the west, and nearly
all these from Ohio. 1t Ia believed that
the little boys and girls of Canton, hun.
dreds Of whom the President knows by
name, sent the valentines. Remark
able to relate, the President has not re-
ceived ''comic'' valentine today.
Usually the President of the United
States receives scores of these highly
colored chromos.
1t having been enormously reported
by one of the republican newspapers of
this city that Representative Otey OF
Virginia had, under Misrepresentation,
accepted an invitation to Representa-.
tive Sprsgue's recently proposed dinner.
Mr.. Qtey, this morning. said: II not
only did not acceDt the inyitationto the