Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-07
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. J
Washington, d. c., April Z.

An agreement has been reached among
the House leaders by virtue OF which
the matter of impeachment proceedings
against Judge Swayne, of Florida, will
90 over till next December. Repre-
sentative Palmer, of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the subcommittee which
took the testimony, will offer a reso-
luton to that effect in the House today.
1t is expected that it will be adopted
without debate, thus clearing the way
tor an adjournment of the present ses-
sion of Congress within two or three
weeks. The committee is to be empow-
cred to take additional testimony in the
meantime if desired.
Personal friends of the President say
that his choice for the republican nomi-
nation in 1908 is Elihu Root. He says
he considers Mr. Root the greatest man
in the United States.
A train on the Pennsylvania Railroad
ran over Frank Nelson, horse trainer,
at Deanwood last night and instantly
killed him.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
appointed John w. Schofeld receiver OF
the American Exchange National Bank
of Syracuse, n. Y, which was closed
on February II, 1904, and has since
that time been in the hands of National
Bank Examiner Josiah Van Vranken.
Mr.. Rixey has introducedin the House
petitions of f. S. Harper and others and
L. p. Taylor and others, of Alexandria,
against the passage of a parcels-post
bill.
Governor Franklin Murphy, of New
jersey. is expected to succeed the late
Senator Hanna as chairman of the re-
publican national committee.
Captain Seth Bullock, Superintendent
Of the Black Hills Forest Reserve and an
old time ranch friend of the President,
took luncheon at the White House today.
Capt. Bullock was the Presidents COM
panion in the Yellowstone Park when he
made his western trip astyear.
The House committee on banking and
currency today authorized favorable re-
port on the Hill bill toimproye currency
conditions. The bill among other things
authorizes the deposit ofcustoms receipts
in national banks repeats the SO, Co.,
GEO limit on withdrawal of circulatinn
in any one month abolishes the limit on
the coinage of subsidiary coins and per-
mits the issue OF gold certificates in de-
nominations of $40.
Advocates of action at this session on
the eight hour bill received a backset
before the House committee on labor
today. By vote of six to three the
committee decided to refer the subject to
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor
who is to investigate what the effect Of
the proposed legislation will be, The
resolution to this effect was offered by
Mr.. Vreeland, of New York, and adopt
ed, because the temper of the committee
was evidently against favorable report
on the bill at this time.
The democratic congressional COM
mittee will meet tonight to organize for
the coming campaign. Representative
Griggs, of Georgia, will surrender his
place as chairman and will be succeeded
by Representative VIM. S. Cowherd, OF
Kansas City, Mo. Charles A. Edwards,
well known political writer and sec
rotary of the last committee, will prob
ably succeed himself as secretary, al
though there is some opposition to HIM
on the ground that he is too closely
identified with the political fortunes OF
w. r. Hearst.
The Census Bureau today made pub
lie its estimates of the population of the
United States. The estimates give the
present population exclusive Of Alaska
and the insular possessions as $780,
$50, an increase Of 1906, Sl4 over the
census OF 1900. According to these