Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-12-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. 8.

In the Senate the post office investiga-
ton also came up today, Mr.. Penrose
called up the resolution directing the
Postmaster General to send to the COM
mittee on Post Roads all records and
papers in the Post Office investigation.
Mr.. Lodge declared that he objected to
the resolution in its present form and
moved its reference to the Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads. he did
not believe in ordering congressional
investigation, he said, before it could be
ascertained whether it was necessary.
Mr.. German, retorted that there should
be on investigation and an immediate
one. He said that he was surprised at
the attempt of lthe Senator from
Massachusetts, to strife the investigation.
Mr.. German insisted that the people OF
the country were not satisfied, and ne
said he was not satisfied with the inves-
tigation as it had been conducted. "This
money has been filched from the pockets
ofthe common people," he declared ear
nestly, "and the corruption has dubbed
up because the thieves have fallen out
over The distribution of the plumber. "
He asserted that there is in writing evil
dence that officers higher than those
indicted we're involved in this corruption,
1t is officially denied this morning by
Mr.. Loeb, Secretary of the President;
that any portion Of the Presidents mes
sage was written by Circuit Attorney Folk
of St. Louis, or anyone else besides the
President himself. 1t is asserted in the
most positive manner that every word OF
the message was written by the President
The denial is called forth by the state
ment Published in several papers this
morning that Mr.. Folk wrote that portion
Of the message relating to bribery. 1t
is admitted that the President consulted
with Mr.. Folk, when the latter was here
several weeks ago looking up the matter
of extradition of the ST. Louis bribers,
and that he may have secured from Mr..
Folk some ideas to be incorporated in
the message, but the story that Mr.. Folk
wrote this portion of the message is de-
MED.
While in the Senate elevator yesterday
Senator Hoar was asked bis opinion con-
corning the tangle into which Congress
had gotten by the merging OF the extra
into the regular session and the effect it
would have on the Presidents appoint
ments. He replied that he had not
Strengthened the matters in his own
mind yet but added that the work done
during the extra session could just as
we'll have been done at the regular ses-
sion and the result showed that the extra
session was unnecessary.
Senator Martin and Representative
Rixey of Virginia when asked yesterday
what they thought would be done during
the present session of Congress, said
they believed the republican majority
would do but little and would crush out
all matters save their pet measures, and
this is the impression of the other
Virginians in Congress. The idea seems
to prevail about the Capitol that the
republicans want a short session to do
nothing that will give the democrats
ammunition for next years presidential
contest and to get away before the time
for holding the next national republican
convention.
The State Department is informed by
Minister Thomas at Stockholm that both
Norway and Sweden have recognized the
independence of Panama.
The House adopted resolution, which was
offered by Mr.. Crumpaker, of Indiana, in
structing the House committee on the judi
cary to investigate whether the Isle of Pines
is United States territory under the constitu-
ton, and whether United States territory can
be ceeded to a foreign nation without the
consent of the House-that is, by action of the
Senate alone, through treaty.