Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-01-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
Washington. January IL.

a delegation IRON ALEXANDRIA was
at the Capitol this morning In the in
terests of the Memorial Bridge project.
The House committee on commerce
will grant hearing in the matter on
next Tuesday. Among those who
were present this morning soliciting
the hearing were Messrs. James T..
Clements, Frank Hume, w. c. Wibirt
and George Il. Hill.
Secretary Cortelyou announces that
the Presidents condition is steadily i'm
proving. He is now able to sit up part
Of the time.
Ex.Secretary Carlisle sat beside the
A torney General 10 the Supreme Court
today when the latter arose to continue
his presentation of the governments
side of the Porto Rican cases, and while
listening entirely to every word, oc-
casionally glanced over pile OF papers
which he had before him. The Attor-
ney General upheld the President IN
the action toward Porto Rico and said
that the people of the United States had
been so accustomed to the boundaries
of the United States ss they were
generation ago, that IL required great
wrench to lift them from the old rut OF
their thinking. I'VE forget" he said,
shat the boundaries OF the United
States now extend into the Arctic circle,
TO the islands of both theAtlantic and the
Pacific and into Polynesia. We should
not allow the old, restricted views 70
hold us down now, we VINO
have expanded to embrace In our
sovereignty the islands OF the distant
seas. Those were the views OF our fore
fathers, but they could not penetrate,
with their sight, the great things that
were in store for the infant country Tor
which they were legislating." Inc
GOVERNMENTS advocate held that since
opposing counsel insisted that uni
form revenue law should be put In
force 10 all the territory of the United
States they ought to know that It was
| impossible to put an iron-clad rule INTO
effect in all these possessions, many
thousands of miles apart and inhabited
by various races Of people. "Ihey
claim said he, "tbat the President
should have acted according to every
word and letter OF the constitution 10
the case of Porto Rico, but il so, then,
he ought to have put into effect all the
internal revenue laws, and the customs
laws. and every inhabitant OF Porto
Rico should be under the necessity Of
complying with every provision OF
the revenue laws and the war taxes"
The Attorney General closed his ar
eument at 1850 and Hon. J. q. Car
Isle began. MIR. Carlisle read extracts
from the proclamations OF Generals
Miles and Wilson at Ponce, Porto RICO
upon the occupation by the United
States. and insisted that 1t was intend
ed at the start that the island should
be thepceforth territory Of the United
States. SIT was not a peaceful trans
fer.n he said, shut an acknowledgment
by sovereign power that the United
States had invaded and conquered
part OF its territory during state O
war;"
| Differences between this government
and Venezuela on the asphalt question
still exist. According to a statementau
thorilstively made this morning at tn'
| State department Vent zuela refuses Il
leave the matter entirely to the cour
and exhibits disposition to interier'
executively. This government con
tinues to demonstrate against such exec
utive interference.
Several employees OF the White
House have Just recovered from Sc
we're epidemic Of sore eyes and TN
cause of the disease, which has been 10
months q mystery to the victims ant
their physicians, has been discovered
As q result of the discovery the grea
brass door knobs at the main entranc
of the executive mansion have beef
covered with buckskin. The bras
knobs were the cause of all the trouble
Fine particles of metal rubbed Oh OF
the hands of the men who opened ant
closed the doors for visitors, and ther
were transferred to the faces and eye
of the victims. The door Knob Eye
suffered by the White House employee
is exactly similar to the ailment tina
attacks motormen from time to tim
who csrelessly abandon the use of
: glove on their "brake hand" All ex
perienced motormen now wear thici
gloves in winter and summer to saw,
J their eyes from brass poisoning.
Senator Pettigrew said todny: '"
have the nomination OF Justice Har
lan's son hung up and / propose to keel
il hung up or force a roll call on it.
only wish could have held up younl
McKenna's appointment who was mad
major in preference to many other
who had precedence. oppose Har
lan's appointment because tits indecent
indecent for the President to appoin
ons of the Justices of the United State
Supreme Court while they are engsget
with case which involves the approta
or rejection of Presidential policy"
Several representatives of foreigl
governments including those of Franc
and Japan called at the State depart
, ment this morning. They were inform
ed that the press accounts OF the with
drawal by this government of the prop
osition to settle indemnity and com
mercial treaty questions outside Q
Pekin were correct. The State depart
ment is inclined to doubt the reporte'
|, signing of the agreement by the Chimes
envoys. No word has been received t
this effect from Minister. Conger ant
acting Secretary Hill believes tina
Conger would certainly have notifies
the department of such action.
IL was auth oritatively announces
this morning that General Miles ha
not as yet prepared any reply to Gen
Alger's recent attack and that he will nc
do 80 in any even. until after the pub
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