Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-07


vengeance.
No great surprise would be Occasioned
here should Chauncey NJ. Depew resign
from the Senate. In fact his resignation
as a director of the Equitable, made pub
lie yesterday. is regarded in some qusr-
tiers as a step in that direction. The
New York Senator's friends in Washing
ton have not failed to notice how he has
broken under the experiences of the past
few months. His jaunty air is gone.
The smile is still there, but it seems
forced. He has aged perceptibly. His
manner has entirely changed He sell
dom greets his fellow senators. He
comes and goes from the Senate chamber
With down-csst eyes, the typical pictu re
of broken hearted man. Following
the announcement of his resignation
from the Equitable Senator Depew left
yesterday evening fer New York where
he expects to remain over Sunday.
At the present rate of immigration,
/ 900, 900 annually, and at the present
rate of increase, Commissioner General
OF Immigration Sargent figures out that
the United States would reach the densi-
ty of population of China; in other
words, the limit of density of population
in four generations. In his annual re-
port he calls for new laws TO shut out
immigration. Besides sending specialists
to foreign countries to examine immi-
grants under suspicion of having com
municable diseases, he would have more
effective legislation to punish those who
induce aliens to come to this country
under promise of employment. AS to
Chinese legislation, he states that the
bureau desires no legislation that will
make entry of these entitled by treaty
law more difficult, but rather that such
entry should be facilitated by appropriate
legislation. Officers of the department,
be says should be substituted for consul
lar and diplomatic officials for the in
yestigation of the claims of Chinese Of
membership of the exempt class
The Secretary of Interior today an-
nounced the promotion of Thomas b.
Neuhausen, from Inspector of District
Land Offices in Oregon, to be special
inspector of the Interior Department.
The promotion is due to the efficient
services rendered in the recent cases
growing out of land frauds in Oregon in
which Senator Mitchell and Representa-
tives Williamson and Herman were con
cerned.
Senator Allison, chairman of the re-
publican caucus of the Senate, today an
uounced the committee on committees
as follows Senators Hale, Me-, chair
man Aldrich, X. l., Cullom, Ills,
Perkins, CAL, Clark, Wyoming, Me-
son. MIMI, Spooner, Wis, Kean. n. J.
and Beveridge, Ind. The committee
will hold meeting within few days to
assign Senators to the vacant places on
the various standing committees of the
Senate.
From a member of the Senate COM
mittee on Interstate Commerce a state
ment has been obtained, declarings tom
railroad rate bill will be reported from
that committee, giving the Interstate
Commerce Commission substantially the
following powers The power to take
up a rate shall be exercised only on
complaint. The Commission shall deal
only with particular carriers complained
of, thus excluding the question OF the
adjustment of rates between distant sec
items of independent railroads. The
power shall extend only to rates found
unreasonable or discriminatory, and to
practices which relate to those rates.
The commission will have the power to
declare a maximum reasonable rate.
Orders of the commission shall go into
effect in 80 days.
Mr.. Hay has introduced a bill in the
house providing for the erection Of a
public building in the city of Winches-
ter.
Owing to the death yesterday of
I treasurer Chas. H. Phillips of Richmond |
the city is without any officer to receive
and disburse her funds, aud the State
without one to receive the poll tax OF |
Richmond voters. The situation is a |
novel one, and is giving the officers OF |
the city good deal OF trouble. Mayor
Mccarthy late yesterday afternoon issued |
an order closing the Office of city treas
urer until something can be done.
MIR. Rixcy has introduced bill to for
bid distil cries in local option commune
ties.
Senator Teller, Of Colorado, was
among the Presidents callers this morn
ing. Senator Teller said that he ex-
pected the Panama canal appropriation
bill to lass, but declared that it was too
large and should be cut down in COM
mittee. "The whole history of our canal
l. gislston," be said, ''has been managed
wrong. We don't know now whether
we are going to build a lock or a sea
level canal, and we don know what the
thing is going to cost us. | have voted
against the canal at every opportunity
and will probably keep on voting
against it.
The Library Of Congress nov contains
.344, 6lS books, 4l0, S52 pieces of music,
1873, 724 prints and 1914 maps and
charts, according to the annual report Of
Librarian Herbert Putnam presented to
Congress today. The Library gained
So, 95l books anu about so, pictures
and pieces of music during the last
year.
Representative Kahn. Of California,
introduced bill in the House today
for the retirement Of enlisted
-, - tha arnoy ofter o. instead of 20