Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-01

reach the proverbal clever heat until
later in the session, but there will be no
lack of interest in the preliminary bouts.
The Panama canal will probably take
the boards early in the session and en-
gage public attention from the first dag
until long after the holidays. The spirit
of opposition will manifest itself in the
demand for an investigation Of canal
affairs generally, even in demand
for the abolition of the canal commits
sion. Next in interest to these topics
comes the subject of insurance. Sena-
tor DRYDEN will reintroduee his bill look
ing to governmental control of the iDsur-
ance business. But his measure is look
ed upon with distrust. Tariff revision
is the topic which was at one time ex-
pected to furnish most of the fireworks
of the session. But the ardor of the revis-
ionists has TO some extent been dampen-
ed. The fact that President Roosevelt
made ii star of lesser magnitude has
come as a damper to their aspirations
to make it the real issue OF the session.
The standpatters will submit to neither
tariff revision nor to revenue raising.
The great supply measures of last ses-
sion carried a total of $500, 1874, 634
That was $50, 100000 more than the
appropriations for the preceding year.
This year is to see no increase in appro-
priations over those of the year gone by.
The standpatter's hopes now rests on the
agitation of the reciprocity question, par
ticularly reciprocity with Germany, in
which the stand-patters again discern
covert attack on the tariff walls. State
hood questions will be again brought
forward and the four territories will con-
tinue to clamOr for admission. The
State will have the Smoot case to haunt
it and as SmoOt has announced that he
will refuse to favor his colleagues by re-
signing his seat. the committee on priv
ileees and elections will be compelled in
the end to announce some sort of YER
dict. A monster petition, signed by
women to the number Of a million, for
the early days of the session will not make
the task of that committee any more
pleasant in the future than it has been
in the past. The administration will
insist on action on the part Of the Sen
ate and the matter of The treaty with
Santo Domingo, by which the United
States assumes charge of its customs al
fairs and its fiscal matters generally, and
the treaty with Cuba, ceding to that re-
public all control over the Isle of Pines.
Democrats will again sound the demand
for investigation OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of the Agriculture Department, the gov
eminent printing Office, weather bu-
reau, geological survey, and Of the mon
ster graft in general. Senator Gsllioger
and General GrOsveDor will renew the
agitation for some sort Of a ship subsidy
bill. Efforts will continue to secure
some change of the Inauguration date,
so that it will be brought from blustry
March to balmier weather. The House
judiciary committee will once again re-
port bill providing for repeal of the
bankruptcy act. Perry Belmont, through
Bourke Cochran of New York, will en-
deavor to prevail on Congress to pass an
act requiring campaign committees to
reveal the sources Of campaign contribu-
tons. Alaska will ask for delegate in
Congress. The immigration and natural
ization question will be discussed from
every ew-point. The demand for re-
duced southern representation in Con-
gress will be renewed. A consul civil
service bill will again be before the
House. So will measures looking to a
more dignified treatment OF American
ambassadors and Ministers abroad, whose
salaries are in many cases not sufficient
to maintain a respectable establishment.
There will be demand for more leuient
treatment of Chinese coming to this
country and howl of protest by Pacific
coast members and labor unions, when
this question is raised.
Col. Cotton, the American official
nominated by the United States at the
request of the SantO DOMINICAN govern
ment to take charge of the collection OF
the customs revenues of that republic, is
here on leave OF absence having arrived
yesterday. Col. Cotton says that there
is no doubt that the pending treaty be
tween the United States and Sauto Do.
mingo will be ratified by the Dominican
Congress as soon as it has been favOrably
acted upon by the Senate OF this country.
He denied that it was true as bias been
stated, that a majority of the people Of
the republic was opposed to the ratitica-
ton of the convention, which, if finally
put into operation, would place the fs
cal affairs of SantO Domingo under the
control OF the United States. Col. Col
ton says that the republics internal con-
dition is entirely satisfactory. The
only revolutions in Santo Domingo are
those which are manufactured in this
country" SAID he. eve never hear Of
them down there. The country is abso-
lulely quiet"
The President and his family will re-
turn from his farm in Albemarle county,
Va, tonight. The President will to-
morrow go to Princeton to see the army
and navy football game
Congressman Hay, of Virginia, OPP
poses the blind following by southern
democrats of President Roosevelt.
BY working on Thanksgiving Day, the
appraisers at the Georgetown custom
house completed the appraisment of Miss
Roosevelt's presents given her during
her trip in the Orient. When the money
to pay the duty is paid, which has not