Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-01-23

FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington, Jan. %.

Washington, Jan. %.
Chief Justice Fuller and the Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court are in
dignant over the slight TO them at the
reception given by the President to the
judiciary on Thursday night. Major
McCawley, who manages the White
House receptions, insisted that the dip
lomatic corps should be presented to the
President before the judiciary, in whose
lonor the reception was given. Another
chapter was added this morning to the
story of the humiliation of the Justices
of the Supreme Court at the Thursday
night White House reception. Chief
Justice Fuller and Associate Justice Har-
! Ian called at the White House together
and, it is said, lodged a heated protest
with the President not only against the
new order of precedence which the Presi-
dents aid, Major McCawley, inaugurated,
but against the young marine office him
self for the disrespectful manner in
which he ordered them to stand back un.
til the members of the diplomatic corps
had paid their respects to the chief exc
cutive. President Roosevelt, it is said,
expressed the greatest regret that the in
cident had occurred and, assured them
that the young major had not intended
the slightest disrespect toward their hon
ors. 1t is said that the Justices were not
in the least Modified, in spite of the
Presidents assurances, and when they
left the White house, Chief Justice Full
Ter FASTENED to the State Department,
where he interviewed Assistant Secretary
LOOmis on the subject.
By n unanimous vote, the Senate com
mittee on privileges and elections today
decided that the charges against Senator
Reed SmOot involving his right to retain
his seat in the Senate were Of such a
character as to demand an investigation.
The committee therefore authorized
Chairman Burrows to present a resolu-
ton in the Senate requesting author
ity to conduct such an investigation, TO
send for persons, and papers, administer
employ a stenographer to take the
testimony, and have the expenses paid
from the contingent fund Of the Senate.
This resolution will be introduced on
Monday aud must he referred to the COM
mittee gu contingent expenses. There
Is little doubt that the authority requested
will be granted and the whole question
as to Mr.. Shoots obligations to the
Mormon Church-whether they supersede
obligation to the government in his
capacity rs Senator, and the authorization
by the Church of the practice of pOlygamy
be fully ventilated.
The democratic members of the Senate
met in caucus this morning to endeavor
to reach a definite understanding as to
the attitude the party is to assume with
to the Panama canal treaty.
The committee appointed at the last
session Ofthe caucus to draw up a resOlu-
ton calling for information upon GER
tain specified events in connection with
the Panama revolution, the United
participation therein, and minis
ter Bunau-Varilla's alleged speculation
in Panama canal shares, presented its
ItDoI anu lut uIdll VI Il ICSOiullOu.
This, and thequestiOn which was brought
up as to whether the caucus should
bind all democrats to vote against the
canal treaty or whether individual Sena-
tors should be allowed to vote according
to their own conviction or the desires of
their constituents, aroused an animated
discussion and kept the meeting in
an unusual length of time.
After a general interchange of opinion
it was agreed by unanimous vote to
adopt the resolution prepared by the
1t was decided to ask the
for missing documents so that
the Senate may have before tall informa-
ton available in connection with the
negotiations with Colombia from the
time that the Hay-Herran treaty, &C
the Panama canal from Colombia,
was first suggested down to the present
moment. Senator German, indicated
that it was the sense of all those present
that if it was shown hat the republicans
were not ~concealing anything the demo-
would not interpose any objections
10 fixing a time for a vote on the treaty.
The War Department this afternoon
received a dispatch from General Wade,
at Manila, reporting an engagement be-