Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-05-21
From WashIngtOn.
Correspondence Of the Alexandra Gazette
Washington. May 81.

Washington, May Il.
All records for talk on the American
continent a. far as modern history knows
have been broken by the present Con-
grees. The list of legislative accom-
plishments, outside of private pension
bills. is comparatively small, when
measured by the standards established
by some previous sessions, but according
to the Congressional Record, up to last
Friday night, the Senators and members
had spoken 1894. 400 words. These
q. even million and a half of words we're
contained in 1909 pages Of the Record,
or I4.6l8 columns. II placed one above
another these lines of type would make
= column 1873, 81 inches, or ii 572 feet,
or more than miles in height. Aver
aging ten words to the line, the talk
ground out by the 59th Congress TO date
would foot up something like ii, 694.-
600 and these words if strung on wire
they would reach over sixty-tour and
three -ffths miles of space. Before the
session closes few more miles OF words
will be spun out in the Record, sufficient,
it is estimated, to make the feast OF
talk. if reduced to linear space, reach
from New York 10 Philadelphia
The War Department fears that trouble
NAV occur in Panama at the coming cleo
tons. early in June, and, at the request
of Secretary Taft, the Navy Department
is sending several hundred marines to
Guantanamo. Cuba, and other points
near the Isthmus for possible use in
Panama. Four hundred marines will
sail from League Island, Philadelphia,
today on the cruiser Columbia for Guam
taname, but if conditions in Panama
seem serious wien the Columbia arrives
there she will be ordered TO proceed with
her marines to Colon The cruiser
Marblehead sailed last week from San
Francisco for a port in Honduras. She
has marines on board who will be rus1-
ed to Panama in the event Of serious
election troubles.
The appeal of Senator Joseph Ralph
Burton, of Kansas, was today decided by
the Supreme Court Of the United States
against Burton. Justice Harlan read
an opinion upon the constitutional ques-
lions raised by Burton's counsel, decid-
ing each against the Senator. Burton
is under sentence by the Circuit Court
for the Eastern district of Missouri to
serve 6 months in the county Jail and
pay SO, 900 fine On first count, and serve
6 months and pay $500 fine on a second
count of indictment charging that he
acted as counsel for the RialtO Grain and
Securities Company in fraud order pre-
ceeding before the POstotice Department.
With the issuing of mandate in the
case which will follow in few days,
Burton will not only have to 60 to jail,
but Herewith will cease to become "A
Senator. Since his original indictment
Burton has MT participated in any Of
the Senate proceedings. Former Sena-
tor ThurstOn, of Nebraska, at the close
of the reading of the opinions, addressed
the court and stated that the attorneys
for Senator Burton who were unable to
be present had instructed him in case Of
an adverse decision in the case TO request
an extension of the courts term, which
closes May %, so that petition for q
rehearing of The case may be presented.
Mr. ThurstOn said that sixty days ex
tension would be sufliciect and court
granted the request. The effort of this
order is to stay the Supreme Courts
mandate ordering the judgment Of the
Missouri Circuit Court to go into effect
and will thus delay Burton'' imprison-
meDt
The railroad rate bill as il passed the
Senate, WAS sent to the House at 1908
today. The significance of the incident
was lost on the Galleries as well as on
most of the members of the House. The
Senate messenger read it by number
"H. r. l2987"-as well as by title,
aud announced that the concurrence Of
he House was requested in the Senate
amendments to the bill, 1t was carried
to the speaker, and cOnstruClveIy will
ellie on the table" until decision shall
h We been reached on the course now to
be pursued. The House committee on
Interstate and foreign commerce, at its
meeting tonight, may agree On pro-
gram, although it is generally believed
that some time will first be devoted to
conferences. There have been persistent
rnmors that the House may concur
in the amendments, thus otviating the
necessity Of sending the bill to a confer
ence of the two Houses, but Chairman
Hepburn deprecates such statements.
In the opinion of Speaker Cannon also
conference will in the end be neces-
sary.
President Roosevelt is declining to see
any American who calls at the White
House for the purpose of registering
kicks against the Cuban administration
of the Isle of Pines. All visitors
who come for the purpose Of
telling troubles of that kind are refer
red to the Stale Department, and at
the State Department Secretary Root
has given instructions that one of his
shall handle the cases.
Chairman, Hepburn, OF the House
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce, has called a meeting OF that
for tonight to consider infor-
mally the railroad rate bill as passed last
week by the Senate.
CHIEF Wilkie Of the secret service re-
ceived message from San Francisco,
this morning, bearing the news that one
Of his men there had yesterday arrested
;. b. A. Puter, the man wanted for
land fraud operations in Oregon Pre-
yious to his arrest yesterday. Puter's !