Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-03-30
From Washington.

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rCorrespondence of the Alexandria Gazette.i
By a vote of eight to four the ways
and means committee of the House today
refused to authorize a favorable report
on the Tawney bill to prevent the plac-
ing of tags and prize coupons in tobacco
aud cigarette packages. A favorable re-
port was ordered on the Payne bill to
regulate appeals from the decisions OF
the board of appraisers of imports.
The resumption of the hearings in the
Reed Smoot case has again been post
poned, this time until the goth of next
month. The difficulty in securing the
witnesses, most of whom are officers OF
the Mormon church, and some of whom
are i'll, is said, to be responsible for the
delay.
President Roosevelt is being deluged
with applications Of Senators and IN
fuential politicians who have candidates
for the new iudgeship that is to be
created in Alaska There are four dis
tricts in the territory at present and a
bill is now in Congress to create MIN.
In order to be sure to be on time with
their claims the would-be judges are
working their strings well in advance
Representative De Almond, OF Mis-
souri,. introduced a resolution in the
House today calling for the appointment
of committee of five to sit during the
recess to investigate the Postolfice De-
partment, the investigation TO be "dl-
rected especially to clearing the innocent
| from the shadow of unmerited suspicion,
to uncovering the inefficient, careless
and offending, and to recommendations
for the correction Of abuses to the end
that Justice may be done to individuals,
and that the service may be improved
for the benefit of the public. "
State delegations and republican poll
ticians in Washington are already dis
cussing possible successors to Postmaster
General Payne's position in the cabinet,
the conviction having been reached that
Mr.. Payne's eventual resignation on
account of i'll health cannot be long de-
layed. The name of Walter Reeves, for
four terms congressman from Illinois
and four years ago candidate for COVER
nor in that State, has been mentioned by
Illinois republicans who assert their
State is entitled to representation in the
cabinet
The Senate committee on interoceanic
canals heard Senator Morgan this morn
ing in favor of his bill which proposes
10 make the canal zone on the lsthmus
of Panama a military reservation. Prac-
tically the committee has concluded con-
sideration of the Kittrege bill providing
for the government of the canal territory,
and is ready to report it.
Secretary Shaw of the Treasury De-
partment has gone to Chicago where he
will meet his family who have just re-
turned from trip to the Pacific coast.
II is said at the Treasury Department
that Secretary Shaw will spend very little
time there from now until after the cleo
ton. He will be out Gin the vest talk
ing to the farmers most of the time.
Chairman Hemenway of the House
appropriations committee had a confer
ence with the President this morning.
When he emerged from the presidential
Office he announced that Col. Symons,
superintendent of buildings and grounds,
was all to blame for demanding so much
money for White House expenses as had
been commented upon in Congress.
''The President did not know thing
about the request for $50, 00O," said Mr..
Hemenway. "He said he could get
along on half that. 1t was all SymOn' 5
fault"
The engagement of Miss Eleanor
Patterson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Patterson, of this city and
Chicago, to Count Joseph Gyziciki, OF
Boland, who recently arrived in this
country to make formal proposal for
Miss Patterson's hand, has been an
nounced.
The Senate committee has added a
paragraph to the appropriation bill fix
ing the salary of rural free delivery car
riers at $3.50 per annum. They are pro-
hibited from soliciting other business,
but under certain regulations can re-
ceive subscriptions for newspapers and
periodicals and deliver the same as well
as certain merchandise.
Representative Watson, of Indiana,
is slated for the craftsmanship of the
republican State convention. This pre-
diction was made at the White House
today by several politicians from the
State who called to see the President.