Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-05-16
From, Washington.

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tCoxrespoudence of the Alexandra Gazette.l
Senator TiIlman this afternoon re-
ceiyed and made public letter from ex-
Senator Chandler, in reply to the PreSi-
dents charge tina: Chandler had uttered
celebrate and unqualified falsehOod"
in regard 10 the recent conferences at
the White House. Among other things
Mr.. Chandler says: GAS the telephone
denial BY President Roosevelt sent To
the Senate through Senator Lodge, re-
mains in the Congressional Record Of
May 18th, it seems to me that should
take some notice of it. which ! do by now
resffirming the essential truth OF the state
ment | made TO you and which you re-
heated ia the Senate. Much IS | regret
that the hasty action of Senator Lodge
and the President has forced an issue be-
tween the President and myself, the ex-
IRENE language he used makes such issue
unavoidable and | cannot shrink from
or eyade ii although ] cannot use to-
ward the chief executive of the action
language like his own. Upon oar re-
spectiye statement, ! submit the contro'
yersy with confidence to the judgment
of those who know me. For those
who do not know me, there 10 fortunate
" circumstsntial evidence of high
order which shows that the President
could not have omitted TO make ia sub
stsnce the statement which he denies
| Nor could he have then made the whole
statement which he now substitutes.
His impuIsiyeness hss led him into seri-
Qua error upon a point of 40 importance
10 itself, bat only as affecting bis attack
upon me-" Mr. Chandler then goes
into an exhaustive history OF his inter
view With the President. Shortly after
the recsipt OF the letter Senator Tillmsn
sent il to the desk and had it read by
the clerk OF the Senate.
At the session today of the annual
convention of the Association of Ameri-
can Physicians, the following officers were
elected President, Francis P Kiunicutt,
of New York; vice president. James
Tyson, of Philadelphia; secretary, Henry
Hun, of Albany, N. Y, recorder, Solo
mon Soils Cohen, of Philadelphia; treas
urer, j. P. Cfozier Griffith, of Philadel-
Dhia; and councillor, L. F. Barker, OF
baltimore. There were elected To active
membership w. NJ. l.. Coplin, of Phils-
delphia; s. w. Lambeth, of New York
aud G. II. Weaver, of Chicago; and TO
associate membership, A. A. Eshner, OF
Philsdelphis; r. Ct. Freeman, OF New
York; !. p. Lyon, of Buffalo; M. j.
Rosenau, of Washington; John s. Bill
ings, jr., of New York; Edward K. Bald
vim, of 5arspsc, n. Y; and Herbert
c. Moffitt, of San Francisco.
Charles s. Fowler, chief examiner OF
the New York Civil Service Commission,
presided at todsy's session OF the confer
euce of civil service officials in this city
The subject under consideration was the
classification of the service, papers be-
Ing read by George K. Wales, John L.
Doyle, II. @, Coles and William j..
Quinn, all of the United States Civil
Service Commission.
In dispatch TO the War Department
from San Francisco, Gen. Greedy says
that be has notified the citizens COM
mittee aud the Red Cross that he expects
to withdraw the army from the city
not later than June l. The transfer
to the civil authorities and the Red
Cross will be gradual and under condi-
tons preventing embarrassment.
Announcement is made by the
Isthmian Canal Commission today that
Chief Engineer Stevens will leave
Panama for Washington May II, upon
request of the commission, to assist in
furnishing to the appropriations COM
mites of Congress information as to the
financial needs of the commission.
The Navy Department has arranged
the tentative program ne for the cruises
of the naval militia organizations of the
various States for the coming summer.
These organizations will cruise on YES
sells of the u. s. navy loaned by the
federal government.
The Senate canal cOmmitte this after
neon by vote OF six to one agreed to
report 10 favor OF the construction OF q
sea level canal at Panama.
There is one foreigner in China, according
| TO Consul George f. Anderson formerly Of
| Annoy, but now assigned to u South American
| post who may reasonably be said TO have
! mastered the Chinese language Owing to
| the fact that Chimes. reared in districts not
more than twenty-five miles from one an
other cannot understand and have no common
| language, the consul says that English Is
| frequently resOrted to and is the coming COM
mercial language Of China. He quotes a
prominent Chinese imperial maritime Gus
| toms official az saying that in ten years the
Drircipal business in China will he trans.
acted in the English language, and that in
| twenty years the Chinese business man who
| can not speak English will be greatly
| Handicapped. This is tie case, be says, l1
| the coast ports at the present time. Amerl-
| cans entering the Chinese markets today he
advises 10 employ interpreters and to make
no attempt TO learn the hundreds OF dialects,
built up on the telegraph Chinese language
$50 long as the governor Of every province IN
China requires an Interpreter to deal with his
own people, the people he governs, II is safe
to say that forsep business men cannot ex
pect to be free from the necessity Of similar
service" says Mr. Anderson. No ene IS
sure in sending an official dispatch or a pri-
Vate commune ration in Chinese whether IL
will be taken in the sense Intended, 30 much
does the telegraph language vary, be adds.
| Mrs. Martin, wife of Senator Marin, left
here yesterday for visit TO her father. Col,
Day, AT Smith6eld. After q stay there she
will 60 to her home, at ScOttesVille. Until
| Congress adjourns Senator Martin will occupy
an apartment at Rauscher's.
The President sent TO the Senate today the
nomination Of John VI. Slosn, to DO Post
master at Chase City, Virginia.
Fire In OH Tank.