Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-05-18
From Washington.

Correspondence Of the Alexandra Oa1e'1e'I
Washington. D. c.. May Is.
Secretary Tsf's order that the canal
commission purchase ships and supplies
in the open markets Of the world STANDS
President Roosevelt has given 1t his I'M
qualified approval, notwithstanding the
storm of criticism from the high protec-
tionists in the ranks of his own party
and the not altogether palatable approx
81 of the democrats. 1t is now stated,
however. that there is to be no whole
sale buying abroad pending the session
of Congress 10 October. 1t is the inten-
ton of Secretary Taft and the Panama
commission to purchase at present only
such supplies as are deemed necessary:
Then the whole question will be passed
I'D to the lawmakers for determination OF
the policy to be pursued. In the
meantime American manufacturers Will
be given the opportunity 10 bid against
foreign firms. Ifthey can undersell the
latter in any particular instances, they
will of course be favored. 1t is claimed
by Secretary Taft's friends that he did
not approve the decision OF the executive
committee of the Panama Canal Com
mission without serious consideration.
He was fully aware of the stir that the
order would make when published. He
felt that his course was right, however,
ard was willing to meet the storm when II
should burst. He had decided that the
government was being held up by the
trusts and adopted what he believed to
he the best means of demonstrating that
fact to the country. owe are going to
show them that they will have to take
their feet out of the trough is the way
a high official of the administration ex-
pressed it.
No decision in the Bowen-Loomis con-
troversy can be reached this week. Secre-
iary Taft is very anxious to conclude the
matter as speedily as possible but in his
determination to probe the case to the
bottom he has found il necessary tosum-
mon several witnesses to give oral test
mony in regard to points raised in the
various papers submitted by the two
principals to the inquiry. A number OF
the documents in the case are in Spanish
and these are being translated i'll the
War Department. All of the other
papers are being copied and arranged
for the Secretary's convenience. Mr..
Bowen has filed all the papers he has in
his possession bearing on the contro-
versy aud has rested his case. Mr..
LOOMS is now preparing his reply to
Mr.. Bowen's presentation and his ex-
PLANTATION of the matters referred to in
the reports forwarded to the State De
partment by Mr.. Bowen from Caracas
during the last few mouths.
In order to set at rest all reports tc the
contrary, Secretary Morton announced
this morning that he would not leave the
Cabinet before September lst., next.
When Mr.. Morton was asked as to the
truth or falsity of the report that he had
decided to enter the firm of Redmond and
Co. of Wall street, New York, he refused
to either deny or affirm the rumOr. lie
said, however, that he had not absolutely
made up his mind as to his future bust
ness relations. While no positive au-
nouncement has been made it is generally
understood at the Navy Department that
the President will transfer Secretary OF
of Commerce and Labor Metcalf to the
navy portfolio upon the retirement from
the Cabinet next autumn Of Secretary
Morton.
The southern industrial parliament,
which is to be held here next week,
promises to be of great benefit to the in
dustrial development of the South. The
delegates, appointed by the governors OF
states represented, are oil said to be men
of the highest standing in their com
munities and experts in agriculture and
commercial subjects. Among the speak
ers will be Governor Robert B. Glenn,
of North Carolina, who will make the
opening address on Tuesday; Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson, who will discuss
agriculture" Secretary of Commerce
and Labor Metcalf, who will talk on
manufacturing industries OF the South"
Commissioner of immigration Sargent,
whose subject will be Immigration,
its possibilities and problems;" Gusta-
vas H. Schwab, # the North German
Lloyd Steamship Company, and Gil
lord Pinchot, of the bureau of forestry.
Over four hundred doctors against
tuberculosis, more than a third of whom
were women, gathered this morning at
the first meeting of the National Asso-
citation for the Study and Prevention Of
tuberculosis. The session will last two |
days, during which time the promoters
of the movement hope to see organized a |
work for the eradication of consumption
that will extend throughout the country.
DIR. Willsam Osler, regius professor Of
medicine at Oxford University, made
the principal address at the opening ses-
sion. He laid stress on education as
the means of fighting the disease, saying
that the mass of knowledge gathered on
the subject is stupendous. the present
necessity being the dissemination of that
knowledge through education in order
to make it effective.
Inc Oulhesc itgdtlOn III tnlS CITY HAS
received advices confirming the news
that the Merchants Guild in China has
determined to institute boycott on all
American goods until less rigorous ex-
clusion laws are adopted by the United
States toward Chinese merchants and
aborers. At the legation it is said that
his will mean that not single yard of
American cotton goods. for example, will