Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-03-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
Washington, D. c.. March 2.

question shall be considered ordered on
agreeing to said report. This cuts down
the debate from 20 minutes on each side
to ten minutes, and prevents roll call
on the demand of-the previous question.
The other rule, offered by Mr.. Shattuck,
of Ohio, provides for the taking up of
the immigration bill, with Senate
amendments, the question to be, with
out debate or intervening motion: "Will
the House disagree to said amendment
en- bloc and ask a conference with the
Senate?" If this motion shall be de-
cided in the affirmative, the Speaker
shall at once appoint the conferees,
without the intervention of any motion.
If the House shall decide said motion in
the negative, the effect of said vote shall
be to agree to the said amendments. A
rule is ready providing for joint resolu-
ton to continue appropriations in the
event of the failure to pass any of the
supply bills at this session. No rule
for the Fowler or Aldrich financial bills
was adopted. The House will remain
in session until late tonight. Tomorrow
there will be an all night session. The
republican leaders are now considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of allowing the omnibus
public building bill to fail as a punish
ment to the filibustering democrats,
many of whom have a vital interest in
the measure
Senator Hanna has been appealed to
by friends of DIR. w. ID. Crum, the
negro named to be collector of the port
at Charleston, S. c., to demand recorded
vote in the Senate on the question Of the
confirmation of the nomination. He has
refused the request on the ground that
all of the remaining time of the session
must be devoted to the consideration of
matters of much greater national import
ance and that such motion on his part
wonld result in delay through demo-
cratic filibuster against the nomination.
Senators Tillman and Clay have decided |
to prevent vote on the nomination, and |
it remains now to be seen whether the |
President will make good his threat to
reappoint Crum in case the Senate failed
to act upon the adverse report of the
commerce committee.
Senators have already made up their
minds that they will have to remain in
extra session after the 4th of March, in
order to ratify the Panama canal and
Cuban reciprocity treaties, and have laid
their plans accordingly. Executive
sessions will be held tonight and tomor-
row in final effort in behalf of these
treaties, but so long as Mr.. Morgan re-
tains his health and strength there is no
hope ofsuccess. Mr.. Morgan says he is
willing to accept the full responsibility {
for called session. Most of the new
senator's are already here. The Presi- &
lent has issued the call for the meeting
If the new Senate on March 9th and
he session will begin on the following {
Monday, March 9th. If the present Z
congress adjourns without taking final =
ction on the Philippine tariff bill it is n
ute possible that the President may =
ecde to call both House and Senate in
xtra session. The urgent necessity for :.
he passage of the bill has been reported :
n a special message from the President. :
Despite the opposition to the bill it is .
till possible that it may be passed be- !,
)re the end of the present session, but "
not it is believed quite likely that the I"
resident will call the new Congress to-
ether shortly after the adjournment of CT
ne present session. 81
Mr. Rixey today called at the White &
louise and introduced Mr.. Carter Glass D.
} the President. ia
Col. A. W. Machen, superintendent q
the rural free delivery has promised st
send an agent to the Eighth Virginia
istrict to examine and report upon the er
Establishment of rural delivery routes in II
lat district. The agent will at first 90 CT
} Loudoun county in the neighbor- in
bod of Lovettsville. err
Judge William r. Day, of Ohio, was is
worm in as member of the Supreme TO
Ourt of the United States this morning
the successor of Justice Shiras, re- ii;
ed. There were very few decisions va
today in the Supreme Court ne
the United States, and those of little 70,
neral interest. NJ
The United States Consul at San Sal Vi,
dor cables the State Department that sai
esident Escalon was peacefully inau- Ca
ted on March /. %
The democrats of the Senate have de-
led not to allow either the Aldrich sid
anCial bill nor the Philippine tariff tn,
| to pass at this session of Congress. va
ley propose to talk both measures to da
ath. Senator Dubois said this morn So
:: 81, with other Democrats, intend of
speak against the Aldrich bill until Wis
end OF the session if necessary to an,
leat it, 1t is too important measure an,
seek TO pass at this late day of the me
sion, and, anyway, we have grave cor
ubts of the wisdom of the adoption of ing
ID measure at ALL" On the Phil soil
Inc tariff bill, the democrats are equally sto
determined. The attitude of the spr
nocrats on these two subjects is re- sye
rded as deciding the fate of both bills. o'cI
The only three measures of national Par
portance, outside of the treaties, which upr
remain to be acted upon in the SEN ger
, are the Philippine tariff bill, the bus
lrich financial bill, and the general
cheney appropriation bill. The latter
be passed by the Senate some time A
ay. On the two other bills there is is scl
ermined fight and while those in stor
rye of them profess confidence in out
ir ultimate passage the fact is that s s,o,,