Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-03-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, ID. c., March D.

| CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandria Gazette.l
Washington, d. c., March D.
President Roosevelt this morning re-
oeiyed ali invitation in solid gold to at
tend the Black Hills Mining Congress
that will be held at Deadwood and Iced
next September. Senators Gamble and
Kittredge and Representatives Burke and
Martin brought the precious trophy to the
White House. Upon plate of yellow
metal 3 by inches in area and nearly
an eight OF an inch thick is this inscrip-
ton. go the Honorable Theodore
Roosevelt. President of the United
States-The Black Hills Mining Mems
Association beg to extend to you an in
vitatioh to be its guest during the session
of the American Mining Congress to be
held in our twin cities of Deadwood and
Iced. South Dakota, Sept7 to IL, 1903.
"Gold is so common in that country"
ssid Representative Martin, "that we
make almost all our invitations like this.
We sent one to President Mckinley
couple of years ago and can do it just
as frequently as we like" The Presi-
dent said he was greatly pleased to get
the invitation and would receive just as
MANY as South Dakota would care to
send, but feared that he would be UNI
able to accept.
The President sent the following
special message to the Senate this after
noon: 81 have called the Senate in
extraordinary session to consider the
treaties concerning which it proved
impossible to take action during the ses-
sion of Congress just ended. | ask
YOUR special attention to the treaty with
the republic of Colombia securing to the
United States the right to build an
isthmain canal and to the treaty with
the republic of Cuba for securing a
measure of commercial reciprocity be-
tween the two countries. The great
and far reaching Importance OF these
two territories for the welfare of the
United States and the urgent need for
their adoption requires me to impose upon
YOU the inconvenience of meeting at
this time"
Statements prepared for the House by
Representative Cannon, chairman, and
Representative Leonidas L. Livingston,
ranking minority member of the COM
mittee on appropriations, dealing with
the expenditures authorized by the 9th
Congress were made public today. The
sum total appropriations for the two IFS
cal years 1903 and 1904, is 81, 554, 1885,
54l 81, which exceeds the aggregate ofap-
preparations made by the previous con-
gress for the years 1901 and 1902, by
Sl13,619 ,O75.97. Mr.. Cannon says
''The republican administration OF
our government, the dominance
of republican policies in both branches
of Congress since 1897, has given us a
system of taxation that has produced a
national treasury richer than was ever
enjoyed by any nation of the earth and
endered possible these great expendl-
lures for the public welfare" Represen-
tatives Livingston's concluding para
graph is as follows: Nothing short Of
a revision of the tariff on revenue basis
and the administration of the govern
ment under the wise and prudent methods
of the democratic party can be looked to
bring about reduction in the national
expenditures, exhibited by these figures
in such appalling proportions"
One of the things that Congress didn't
do was to authorize the construction of
So. 900 monument in Arlington Gene
terry to the memory of Charles Vernon
Gridley. who commanded Dewey's flag
ship. the Olympia, in the battle OF
Manila Bay The Senate had agreed to
the amendment making the provision
in question and the matter was in con-
ference with fair prospect of settle
ment. But sudden storm was raised
by an amendment from the republican
side, authorizing aS25, 00appropriation
for monument to the memory of the
late Admiral Sampson. Tillman and
Bate made vigorous opposition and
finally all provisions for monuments were
excluded with the understanding that
the entire question should be considered
by a commission next session. Another
monument appropriation that failed on
this account was the one proposed by
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, looking to
the commemoration at the Vicksburg
national cemetery of the deeds OF the
men who served on the gunboat
fotilla in the civil war.
The failure of the engineer of the COM
bination car and engine of the Phila-
delphia & Reading, on the Port Read
ing branch, near South Plainield, n. j.
this morning, to see danger signal
was the cause of head on collision be-
tween freight train of forty cars and the
observation engine in which three
persons were injured, one seriously.
The freight cars were piled in heap,
completely blocking traffic on the road.
A dense fog hung over the track.
At the meeting this morning of the
National Wholesale Lumber Dealer's
Association there was a conference be-
tween the Wholesale Association and
the Retail Dealers from the eastern and
western States. The latter body with
drew from the National Association.
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