Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-12-09
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gszette.l
Washington, ID. c., Dec. 9.

! the American Antl-SalO0n League was
opened by James L. Ewin, chairman
Of the local committee, and turned over
to the president, Rev. Dr. Luther b.
Wilson. Over 100 delegates, state SUI
perintendeDts and representatives Of
independent anti-saloon societies made
up the convention. The sessions
will continue Thursday and Friday.
President Roosevelt will give an informal
reception for the delegates, and Mrs
John B. Henderson will tender an even
ing reception to the members in her
home, Boundary Castle" One feature
of the meeting is that most of the mem
bers, majority Of whom are clergymen,
are stopping at hotels which maintain
no bar room adjunct. The slogan Of the
convention is 1.-The saloon must go"
Today's session was devoted to the or
gauization and reports of committees.
The President has decided to appoint
Thos. j. Atkins, who is chairman OF the
State republican committee of st. Louis,
to the position OF United States Sub
Treasurer at St. Louis, vice General b.
G. Farrar.
The news OF the acceptance by Pope
Plus x, OF the official invitation 70 the
Vatican to participate in the Worlds
Fair TO be held in st. Louis next year,
has been received in Washington and by
The Exposition authorities in St. Louis.
The new commercial treaty between
The United States and China was under
consideration by the Senate committee
on foreign relations his morning
This document is very long one, and
but little could be done with itas today's
session beyond the reading Of its pro-
visions. Another meeting will be held
en- Friday of this week, for the purpose
of continuing its examination. Enough
was developed to indicate that there will
be no opposition to the ratification OF the
treaty. The treaty abolishes the likin
dues or internal tariff taxes on goods
passing from town to town orfrom prov
ince to province. The treaty also opens
the ports of Antung and Mukden to
foreign trade, the latter place being
the gateway to the vssttrade of Mongolia
and Siberia. New mining regulations
increasing the facilities of American
miners and allowing the introduction of
American mining machinery are included.
Members of the national republican
committee are arriving to attend the
meetings of the body to be held Friday
and Saturday. Chicago, st Louis, Gin
cinnati, Pittsburg, Detroit and Milwau-
kee want the convention. Unless the
unforeseen happens the committee will
select either Chicago or st. Louis. In
addition to selecting the convention city
and the date of holding the gathering
the committee will discuss the general
outlines of the campaign and will visit
President Roosevelt. On Saturday even
ing the committeeman will be given
banquet by Senator Hanna at the Airing
ton.
The House committee on postofiices
and postroads will have to cross swords
again with Mr.. Wanger, chairman of
the committee on expenditures for the
Postoffice Department, before it can get
from the Postmaster General the papers
referring TO the recent investigation OF
the department. Mr.. Wanger introduced
resolution today providing that these
documents shall 60 to his committee,
the Postmaster General to select such
whose qualification is consistent with
the public welfare. Notwithstanding
Wanger's position, the postoffice COM
mittee expects to get the papers, es-
pecially the full Bristow report of no.
900 words, covering 1856 printed pages.
Members of the committee will study
this report before beginning work on
the postofiice appropriation bill. Hear
ings on this bill will probably not be
held until after the holiday recess.
Two more briefs in the Northern Sc
curities Case were filed in the Supreme
Court of the United States. The one of
Pierpont Morgan, Robert Bacon and
Daniel S. Lamont contends that the
Judgment of the Circuit Court must be
reversed, because the transactions COM
planned of were lawful and, ifconstrueG as
applying to such transactions, the statute
would be unconstitutional as depriving |
the securities company OF the right to
purchase property and the stockholders
If the two railroads. If the right to sell
heir shares or acquire an interest in the |
shares of others. The other brief is
On behalf of the Great Northern Rail-
way Company. 1t contends that unity
of ownership of shares of competing
corporations engaged in interstate trade,
does not restrain such trade and is not
forbidden by the antitrust act.
Postmaster General Payne will trans
nit the full of the Bristow report on
the postofiice investigation to the House
committee on postoftice and post roads in
compliance with the resolution passed
Yesterday but most of the exhibits of
evidence in which such of the report is
based will be retained by the department
on the advise of the Assistant attorney
General. These exhibits are to be used
in the prosecution of the indictments
now pending and it is held that the ends
of Justice might be thwarted if such evil
dence were prematurily made public.
The papers will not go to the committee
before Saturday.
Mr.. Wiley (dem. Ala introduced bill
in the House to-day making appropria-
ton dating from the present time until
1925 for the building up of the navy.
The bill provides $50, 900, 600 for the
present year and increases $40, 600, 900
a year up to 1914.
The report circulated here yesterday
to the effect that Senator German will
not be a candidate for President is