Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-12-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. j
Washington, ID. c., Dec. I.

At noon. by constitutional liml-
tation. the called session oil
Congress came to an end aud the
second. or regular session, OF the ooth
Congress was ushered in without ceremony
The work of the coming session has
been somewhat expedited by that which
has been effected since Nov. 9th. The
Senate has fixed Dec. l6 as the date on
he Cuban reciprocity bill and there Is
ho question as to the outcome. In the
House the committees have been announ-
ced. saving two weeks time, and as soon
as the committees shall have organized,
the regular routine of legislation may be
taken up.
Mr.. Prince, of Illinois, introduced q
bill in the House today authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to invest $780,
600, 900 now on deposit in National
Bank repositories, in state, county, and
municipal bonds, of the class designated
in the Aldrich bill, Of last session. The
bonds are to pay interest at not less
than two per cent. and shall be acquired
at a rate of not more than five million
dollars per month. The secretary IS
authorized to sell them in amounts not
exceeding ten million dollars per month.
Col. j. S. Mosby, who has just re-
turned from Alabama, was at the Capt.
tol today and said he vas going over to
Alexandria in few days to see his
friends there.
The Virginia members of the House
are not over pleased at the assignments
made them on the committees, and some
of them are disposed to blame Mr. Will
iiams, the democratic floor leader, for
not getting them better places. None
of them got anything new, and Mr..
Swanson was relieved of his place on the
committee on postofices and postroads.
The hearing before the Senate COM
mittee on military affairs on the charges
against General Wood was resumed this
morning. The first witness called was
Lieutenant Commander Lucien Young,
who was commander of the port OF
Havana during the entire period OF the
American occupation.
Count CGssini the Russian Ambassa-
dor, formally notified the State Depart
ment today that Russia had recognized the
new Republic of Panama.
In executive session just before the
close Of the extra session, OF Congress,
the Senate confirmed the following NOM
nations:
A. Z. Bowling, of Maryland, to be
Deputy Auditor of the Treasury; Charles
P. McClelland, of New York, to be- gen.
eral appraiser; j. P. Dickinson to be re-
ceiver of public moneys at Hugo, Col
orado, and number of postmasters.
The nomination of Leonard Wood to
be major general and those of l67 other
officers, promoted on account OF this ap-
pointment, will again be sent to the
Senate by the President, that body
having failed to act on the nominations
at the special session. If confirmed, it
is stated by officials of the War Depart
ment, the commissions of these officers
will date back to the time of their origi-
onal appointments last summer. The
nomination of General Leonard Wood
was not ent in today, however.
President Roosevelt today told Sena-
tors Teller and Patterson of Colorado
that he could not under present con-
ditions take any hand in the labor troubles
of that State.
The Supreme Court today held that
the license law of North Carolina, which
aimed to tax vendors of sewing machines
$500 per annum is void.
The Supreme Court of the United
States today announced that hearing OF
the motion heretofore submitted, to
dismiss the bill in the case of the State
of Minnesota against the Northern
Securities Co., would be postponed until
the hearing of the case in court on
January 4.
The President today nominated Arthur
ca Fisk to be postmaster at San Fran
cisco and George POrterfeld to be post
master at Charlestown, w. Va.
The new canal treaty with the repub-
lie of Panama was sent to the Senate
by the President today.