Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-07-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.]

Washington, ID. g., July ..
Senator Bailey Is expected 70 return
to Washington tomorrow, and when he
does it is freely predicted by his friends
that he will endeavor to make things
warm for Solicitor Penfeld, of the
State Department. The latter, in his
statement issued yesterday regarding the
Mexican claim case, the discussion of
which resulted in the personal encounter
between Senators Bailey and Beveridge
last Monday, accused the Texas Senator
of deliberate falsehood and applied the
word "assininity'' to his action. The
people are now wondering what steps
Bailey will take to obtain satisfaction
from Judge Penfeld. The latter was
asked whether he did not fear that the
Senator would demand personal salts
faction from him as he had from Senator
Peveridge. 81 neither fear him nor
care what he may demand" was the
emphatic reply of the solicitor. "When
am assailed unjustly and untruthfully,
as in this instance, / will resent it what
ever the consequences may be-" Friends
of Mr.. Bailey say that the administration
cannot allow Solicitor Penfeld's "hot-
headed" rejoinder to go unrebuked and
that 1t will have to take some action in
the matter. They say that the least
Mr.. Bailey may do is to demand that
Judge Penfeld shall be removed from
office.
Senator Bailey Unexpectedly returned
to Washington today. He found await
ing him letter from his wife ANNOUNCE
ing that his youngest son had been
thrown from horse and injured. He
prepared to leave for Texas. He refused
to discuss the attack made upon him by
solicitor Penfeld.
The President has decided to appoint
w. l.. Harris postmaster of Charleston,
). c. Mr. Harris was nominated for the
office some weeks ago, but the renomi-
natin was withdrawn on the lodging of a
protest that he had made an affidavit of
citizenship in New York State, and that
he was not entitled to vote under the
State law. The President since has beer
satisfied that the best business interests
of Charleston still favor Harris sappoint-
ment, and that there is no legal bar
whatever to his taking Office, though he
cannot vote until next December He
has adopted Charleston as permanent
residence. The commission was to be
issued today.
The pen with which President Roose-
welt signed the Philippine bill came
within an act of distrupting the civil
service commission of the islands
Senior Buencamino, the ex-member of
Aguinaldo's Cabinet who is now a men,
Der of the civil service commission at
Manila, and Mr.. Pepperman, the sec
rotary of the same body, came over to-
gether on leave a month or so ago.
Knowing that there would be scram-
BILE for the pen, with which President
Roosevelt signed the Philippine bill
Mr.. Pepperman asked for the precious
implement. "You shall certainly have
it," exclaimed the President, "Here,
Cortelyou, he cried to his secretary,
make note of this. Mr.. Pepperman
is to get the pen that signs the Philip
pine BILL" Mr.. Pepperman went away
happy. What was his surprise, there
fore, Wednesday morning to read in the
paper the fact that the President had
signed the Philippine bill up at the
Capitol and had then and there pre-
scented the pen to Senator Lodge Be-
fore noon the pen had changed hands
again. Senior Buencamino called upon
the President to ask for the pen and had
scarcely been informed that it was in
possession of Senator Lodge, when that
statesman walked into the room, and,
nearing the request, had gracefully
turned 1t over to the old Filipino.
When Mr.. Pepperman learned all the
facts In the case he called upon the
President THE only wav Won can
square YOURSELF" he told the Chief
Magistrate, sis TO either make me a
Major General in the army or give me
the pen with which you signed the
proclamation. "You shall
certainly have it, cried the President,
after he had recovered from his laughter.
If you don't get it I'll see that you have
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