Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
of the Alexandria Gazette.

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that ]. Pierpont Morgan and others
have engaged rooms at leading wash
ippton hotel and will establish lobby
here for the purpose of fighting trust
legislation. is also denied, but there is
lobby in Washington, and one In when
! Pierpont Morgan, Clement A. Grls-
com and others are interested. IL Is
here for the purpose of trying to resus-
ciatate the ship subsidy bill, in the hope
of securing its passage at this session.
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, will be unan-
imously nominated for Speaker OF the
House in the Fifty-eighth Congress.
The absolute assurance of this fact was
made Yesterday evening when the New
York delegation, upon the notion OF
Mr.. PAYNE, pledged its support to Mr.
Cannon. Mr.. Cannon told the New
York delegation that he will take the
post unpledged to any man or any cause.
Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, has also
retired from the race, having done so
last night at dinner given by Senator
Penrose at which Senator Quay and the
members and members-elect from Penn
sylyania in the House were present.
AT full meeting this morning of the
Senate committee on territories 1t was
agreed to report adversely the omnibus
statehood bill, which included Okla
homa, Arizona and New Mexico, and to
report instead a bill providing for the
admission to statehood of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory as one State. There
are to be certain restrictions to care Tor
the interests of the Indians and declar-
alton against polygamy. There is every
indication that there will be hot fight
over the adoption of the report. Sem
ator QUAY still insists that he has 10
republican votes for the admission OF all
the three territories. These, added to
the solid democratic vote would be
enough to defeat the committee and pass
the omnibus bill.
Major Glenn, who administered the
water cure in the Samar campaign, will
be court-martialed for ordering the exe-
cution of native guides who misled the
American troops.
The subcommittee on trusts OF the
House committee on the judiciary, went
into session today. Mr.. Littlefeld, who
introduced an antitrust bill last year, is
chairman of the committee. They had
before them copies of all bills pending
from last session as well as the new ones
introduced this week They also took
as text the remarks on the trusts con-
tanned in the Presidents message as well
a. Acknowledgement Knox's speech on
the subject. The full committee will
meet on Mondays and Fridays every
week, and it is the intention of the sub
committee to agree on some general plan
in time to submit it to the full commit
tee next week. At the conclusion OF
the meeting, Mr.. Littlefield stated that
his publicity bill of last year had formed
the basis of their consideration, and that
he hoped to have it ready, with certain
amendments, to submit to the full com
mittee at Fridays meeting. Mr..
Litlefeld expressed the belief that the
bill will become law at this session of
Congress.
Richard Wainwright, jr., midship-
man on the battleship Massachusetts and
the son of Commander Richard Vain
wright. is reported as i'll of typhoid fever
in the hospital at San Juan.
The Statistician of the Department of
Agriculture estimates the actual growth
of cotton in the United States in the year
of 1902-03 as 0,4l7, 600 bales, of an
average net weight of 1907 pounds.
The area picked or to be pickedis esti-
mated at 81, la, l03 acres, reduction of
764, 227 acres, or PA per cent, from
the acreage planted
President Roosevelt has received a
telegram of thanks from the Crown
Prince of Siam. 1t is dated at Van
couver, Just prior to the Princes sailing,
and expresses "heartiest appreciation
and gratitude for the very hospitable at
tention as corded to me by you and by
officials and citizens of this friendly
country"
Owing to the brief time that Congress
has at its disposal at this session, there
are few who believe that any consider
able portion of the amount of legislative
business that has been suggested can be
disposed of. In fact there are members
who predict that little can be accom-
plished beyond the passage of the
eleven great supply bills, aggregating
about $500, 600, 000
Mr.. Smith, of Michigan, today intro
duced a resolution in the House, re-
qusting the Secretary of State to inform
the House of the circumstances which
resulted in the death of William A.
Fitzgerald, an American citizen, in the
city of Guatemala.
Secretary Root took final action on
the case of General Aquina, formerly Of
the Philippine army, who was tried by
a military commission of which Gen.
Fred Grant was president. and sentenced
to imprisonment for life for having or
dered the execution of five soldiers of
the United States army, captured by
the insurrectionists under his command.
Secretary Root, to whom the case was
sent on appeal, has declined to interfere
and has ordered that the sentence of the
court be executed.
DR.. Herran, acting minister from Col
ombia, called upon Secretary Hay at the
State Department at an early hour this
morning and was in conference with him
for about half an hour. 1t is generally
understood now that all the controversy
is at an end regarding the United States
control ofthe right of way on the lsthmus
and that only the price to be paid Colon
bia remains for decision. That country
has set up claim that it is now deriv.
ing an annual income OF approximately