Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-02-19

Gear. of the territory OF Hawaii, to be
second Judge of the Circuit Court of the
First Circuit of the territory of Hawaii.
Gear is the Honolulu lawyer, who came
here to press the charges against Dele
gate Wilcox, charges which the COM
mittee on elections has decided to ig-
nore.,
The President is said to be yielding
to arguments OF the leading republican
Senators and Representatives and will
probably abandon bis intention of cali
Ing an extra session OF Congress. With
in the last tweDty-four hours the posi-
ton Of the President had been assailed
by Senators with such success that it
can be asserted that Mr.. Nc.
Kinley is wavering. The sreu-
ment that produced this effect Is based
on the recent decision OF the Supreme
Court of the United States In the Nicely
case and Is that Congress cannot legis.
late for Cuba, our relations with that
island being exclusively for executive
determination subject to the approval
OF the Senate after they have been
drafted into the form Of q treaty.
It has decided frequently In the
course OF the history OF this coun-
try that the President has the
sole right to recognize when stable
government has been established In
foreign county. When Congress pro-
posed before the war with Spain to pass
q resolution recognizing the indepen-
dence of Cuba 1t was shown that that was
purely executive function. Congress
had no right to interfere. This was
the position of the President then, 1t
now comes back to bother him when he
wants to divide responsibility.
Senator Martin being asked today ii
be would be a candidate for delegate TO
the constitutional convention in his
State, said he would not be; that there
were plenty of men In Albemarle, bis
county, who could we'll and ably rep
resent that county In the convention,
and he thought they should have q
chance, and that he had plenty of work,
as Senator, to keep him busy.
Some Of the Virginia members OF the
House who voted some days ago
against giving the Southern Railway
Company $4,000 for q fast mail
through their own State, and, short
time before, against a bill allowing the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to
build new bridge across the Potomac
near the Long Bridge, yesterday voted
to give five million dollars to fair In
st. Louis, Mo.
The bill for changing the grades OF
the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company In
Washington city and authorizing it to
erect a new railroad bridge, and also a
carriage bridge, across the Potomac has
been signed by the President end is
now law.
Representatives Rhea of Virginia and
Brownlow of Tennessee, who live in
adjoining districts, will ask Speaker
Henderson to allow the bill to sanction
the action of their State in dividing the
town OF Bristol, which bill has been ia
vorsbly reported by the House judiciary
committee, to be taken up at an early
date.
Some of the members of the ex-Con-
federate Colony here are considerably
exercised about the action OF several Of
the Confederate Camps in the South 10
opposing the proposed interment OF the
remains OF the ex-Confederates who
died or were killed near this city, In the
federal cemetery at Arlington, and in-
sist that they shall be 80 inferred, ir-
respective of the objections of their
Southern comrades. who want the re.
ipterment to be 10 Southern ground.
1t IL understood that the attempt Of Mr..
Smith Weed and other Northern republicans
to induce this government to send a war ship
to San Domingo to compel the government OF
thst Island to act in their interest In the mat
ter OF the farmed revenue OF that government,
will not succeed, and that the settlement OF
the question must be left TO the San Domingo
courts.
The talk in the House ways and means
committee room today is to the effect that
the tax on tobacco will DO reduced TO nine
cents poundt or that there will DO no re.
ducton in the war tariff
The House committee on railways and
canals today authorized favorable report on
resolution authorizing the President to ap.
point commission to report on the value OF
view to enlsrging 1t to q ship canal. The
amount Of $4,000 Is appropriated fer the
expense of the commission.
/ he members OF the Executive Council Of
the American Federation Of Labor were pre-
scented to the President this afternoon. 1t is
announced that Commissioner of Immigrs-
ton Powderly and Assistant Commissioner
McSweeney, Of New York, will address the
council tomorrow on the subjec. of Chinese
exclusion.
The Comptroller Of the Currency has issued
a call for statement Of the condition OF all
the national banks Of the country at the close
of business on THURSDAY, February 8.
The House committee on judiciary today
heard argument in favor Of legislation to pre- |
vent the Dissertation of the American flag. |
The Senate resolution to rstify the agreement |
between Virginia and Tennessee relative to |
the boundary line was fsvorably reported.
Congressman Ridgley, the Kansas populist |
has introduced bill to regulate commerce |
and industry. 1t creates forty five executive |
departments, each State To be represented In |
ths cabinet. 1t provides for departments OF |
public labor, transportation, communication l
education, elsctions, fisheries, periodicals, |
amuse ments, fairs, lectures, comfort hotels,
baths and Isundries.