Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-11

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This was a subject which the Congress
sional investigating committee did not
care to enter into but the public printer,
smartine under what be declares has
been unjust criticism CT his establish
ment. has insisted upon replacing 10
the record OF the committee the charge
that his force, now under a severe hre,
discovered a provision in the bill
that should not have been there;
that the proper officials at the Capitol
were informed of the fact and that
only after the printing force was noti-
fed specifically to "follow copy" was
the bill engrossed and sent back to
the House for proper signature. "Our
Office obeyed orders absolutely in the en-
crossing of the suDdry civil BILL" he ex-
claimed with emphasis. Lying in his
bed. where he has been confined for some
DAYS. he answered all iDterrOgatOries OF
the committee without much indication
of emotion until this point was reached
Then he lifted himself upon his
elbow, gIancing as he spoke at Cap
tain Brian and the half dozen other
heads Of the printing house who
were present. They nodded assent.
Secretary Root discovered the item In
the bill the closing day of Congress. The
bill had just been signed and had vir-
tually become law. The correction OF
it required the passage OF a joint reso-
luton. Senator Hale, who forced the
present investigation OF the big printing
house. cited the incident as an addition
al proof of his declaration that there was
incompetency in the printing house
management. Mr.. Stillings' declaration
that the retention of the provision was
intentional, and not an error as has been
generally supposed, will lead TO rigid
investigation OF the methods of the en-
rolling system of the Senate and House
1t is said at the State Department that
positiye assusances have been given the
administration that the Senate will rat
iiy the Santo Domingo treaty next ses'
sion. -.
The new Panama canal bonds will
be among the most ornate ever issued
by the United States government. The
designs have been made and the nnish-
ing touches are now being put upon the
plates at the bureau of engraving and
nrin;ing. The bonds will be issued
on the Grst of next month. There are
three denominations of the coupon bonds,
$50, 800 and 81, O06.
Secretary Mccall, Of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, today decided
against the deportation OF the three
machinsts brought to HOOpston, Illinois,
FROM St. Johns, N. B., and whose pres
ence 10 this country has been RESPONSE
bic for two hearings on the subject 10
Chicago, able counsel appearing on both
sides. The secretary held that the ma
chinists had become skilled in adjusting
the delicate machines by which a
patented horse shoe nail is manufactur-
ed and that therefore they come under
the section of the law which provides
| for the importation of skilled labor IN
der contract if labor Of like kind, I'M
employed cannot be found in the United
States. AS further proof that they were
specially fttel for their work, 1t was
shown that the aliens were paid more
than mechanics of similar grade in the
United States.
By presidential proclamation an adj
dition of $1,000 acres has been made
to the Black Mesh Forest Reserve ia
Arizona, directly north of the mining
toyn of Clifton. 1t is hoped to raise a
cover of vegetation in the addition by
which fools, which have recently so
badly damaged the valuable copper
mines to the south, will be largely elimi
mated. To do this the grazing of goats
and the cutting of fuel supply will be
prohibited.
Because there is dearth Of civil
engineers in the Philippines, the Philip
pine commissioners have passed an act
which will educate Filipino students at
the expense Of the government and open
to them an alluring and lucrative field
of professional employment. The plan
outlined is to give students of the
normal college employment as appren-
ticss in the bureau of lands. They will
attend college in the morning and work
10 the bureau in the afternoon, where
Chief Surveyor S. o. Scuddy will have
charge of their training. This will give
poor boys an opportunity to receive
bonus in the form Of a substantial
salary while perfecting themselves in an
important position.
The cases against the officials OF the
so called fertilizer trust are to be speed
ly taken to the supreme Court of the
United States. An agreement to that
effect has been reached between the
attorneys for the government and those
representing the trust. Acting AttOr-
ney General McReynolds today received
telegram from f. T. Sanford, district
attorney at Knoxville, who has been
engaged in the prosecution OF the fer
tilizer trust cases al Richmond. he
informed him of the victory won before
Judge Waddill, who decided that he
has jurisdiction to admit to bail or cause
removal to the federal court in Tennes-
see of the officials indicted for alleged vio-
lation of the antitrust law. IT is the
opinion of the officials of the Department
of Justice that the officials will now re-
sost TO habeas corpus proceedings from
which, no metter which side may be
victorious, there viii be an immediate APP
peal to the United States Supreme
Court. This will bring the important
question involved directly before the
highest tribunal in the country, to wit,
whether an Official can be tried on
charge involving a conspiracy in dis
trict in which he did not live and in