Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-03-27
From Washington.
correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington. ID. c.. March 81.

Il OatAtOoeOtfAa
position, that before leaving for his
western hunting trip he would issue an
executive proclamation inviting foreign
governments to participate in the expo
sition. which is to take place in 1897
Although the official announcement
is to the effect that the administration
has as vet taken no action upon Santo
Domingo's proposition that the United
States in an unofficial and irresponsible
manner take charge of her finances it is
more than probable that the suggestion
will be adopted and Prot. j. II. H'llan.
der will be transferred from his special
commission to be Commissioner of the
Interior appomted by theSanto Domingo
government. The scheme is pronounced
by nearly every official approached up
on the subject TO be an excellent one TO
solve tie repnbIic's difficulties. Itcoyers
all of the essential features OF the Dill
ingham- Sanchez agreement without being
likely to excite the animosity of the u.
:. Senate. A protocol between the two
countries would accomplish the same
results but the senators would regard 1t
as prima facie evidence ofthe Presidents
defiance of them. There is already some
gossip here to the effect that the prop
osition really came from Washington
and not from SantO Domingo, and that it
is merely another attempt by the Pres
ident to deprive the Senate OF It's con-
stitutional rights. The talk has il that the
proposition really antedated the appoint
ment off Prof. Hollander and that this
appointment as special commissioner was
used only as a cover to get him to the is
land and into action before publication
of the proposition could be made. So
far as can be discovered there is no ground
for this gossip. Prof. Hollander is a
financial expert and as treasurer OF Por-
to Rico did excellent work. That is the
principal item of his present mission but
he will necessarily have to inquire into
political conditions in order TO ascertain
the stability of the Morales administra-
lion. Should the President decide to
name him for the consideration of Santo
Domingo he would be obliged to concern
himself very largely with the repIblic's
politics. 1t is said in this connection
that some time ago President Morales in
vited Prof. Holander to become his finan-
cial adviser but the invitation was de-
clined because the republic was unable
to pay a sufficient salary. As receiver OF
the customs this salary could now be
made many times larger.
Secretary of War Taft, who is acting
Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary Of
State Adee and Senator Spooner, of the
Senate committee on foreign relations,
held lengthy conference with the Presi-
dent today. At its conclusion Secretary
Taft announced that the proposal of
President Morales to select an American
citizen TO take charge of the custom
houses OF Santo Domingo, and supervise
the payment of American and European
claims, was under consideration but that
no conclusion has been reached.
The tune Yankee Doodle" is an
other of our borrowed national airs, ac-
cording to German authorities, and was
first played in America by the Hessian
mercenaries who came to overthrow the
patriots. u. 5. Consul Schumaun,
writing the State Department from Mainz,
Germany, says that tune was first played
as county dance air in district of the
province Kur- Hesse called the 'Schwalm.'
"Last year" says Mr.. Schumann, 'sat
the kirmess of the villageof Wasenberg,
when Yankee Doodle was played, the
young men and girls swung into true
'Schwalmer' dance, as though the music
had been composed for it. During the
war of 1776 the chief recruiting office
for the enlistment of the Hessian hired
soldiers was Ziegenhain, in Kur- Hesse.
1t therefore seems probable that the
Hessian recruits from the Schwalm who
served in the pay of Great Britain in
America during the revolution and whose
military band instruments consisted of
bugles, flies and drums only, carried with
them the tune known to them from
childhood, and played it as march"
The Bureau of Insular Affairs has
announced the personnel of the party
which will accompany Secretary Taft to
the Philippines. 1t includes Miss Alice
Roosevelt and Senators Daniel, of Vir-
GINA, Representatives Jones, of Vir-
ginia, and Mrs. Jones. Miss Roose-
veIt's tour of the Oriental insular
possessions of the United States is to be
attended with much pomp and ceremony,
1t will begin July /, when the party
will sail from San Francisco on the
steamer Manchuria. Honors such as
are usually accorded to princesses of the
royal and reigning houses of Europe
will be shown the Presidents daughter
at every stage of the journey.
NJ PHILIPPE Bunau-Varilla, former
from Panama to the United
States, reading of the difficulties into
which the canal has fallen, has offered
his services and his experience to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The plans for the reorganization OF
the Panama canal commission are being |
perfected by the President and Secretary |
Taft. Announcement of the retirement
Of the present members of the COM
mission and of the appointment of their
is expected to be made within
The next day or two. Although the
President has been advised that, under
he law, there must be seven CON-
it is possible that he may not
name all of them at Gnce. Up to this
morning he had not, il is understood,