Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-12

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ceiye the votes of the conservative ele.
ment. And while am on the subject
want to say that the American people
reserve the right to elect man for The
third presidential term if they want to
do so. All this talk about public senti'
ment being against it is bOsh, according
to my opinion"
Corruption in politics generally, and
publicity as cure for the evils that were
br ught out 10 the last campaign are to
receive thorough airing in various COM
mittees OF Congress this week. The
House committee on the election of the
President and Vice-President began
hearings on the general subject this
morning, and tomorrow Senator Tillman
will appear before Senate committee
in an endeavOr to substsntiate the charge
that national banks have been in the
habit OF making campaign contributions.
The House committee, although intent
upon going into the subject of campaign
contributions generally, began the hear
ing this morning on the Perry Belmont
publicity bill, the prime purpose OF
which is to require public reports on
contributions made for campaign pur-
poses and to exclude certain corporations
from thus participating in political al
fairs. Representative Mccall of Massa.
chnselts appeared for those urging the
passage of the bill and introduced the
speakers, the first of whom was Mr.. Bel
mont. Speeches will also be made by
Representative Burke Cochran, of New
York. and other leaders in the new
movement.
The traffic in opium in the Philippines
will be made a strict government mo-
nopoly, il the recommendations OF the
special committee appointed by the
Philippine Commission to investigate
the subject shall be adopted. Secretary
of War Taft has sent the report OF this
committee to Congress. Among other
things the report says: owe would
recommend the adoption of a system Of
exclusive government monopoly, limiting
the right of importation, wholesale and
retail, of opium to the government"
The report also recommends the adop-
ton of certain measures looking to the
decreasing or the restriction of the use OF
the drug.
The Supreme Court OF the United
States today ID the appeal of Edward F.
Hale, On behalf of the American tobscco
company, against U. S. Marshal HeDkel
for the southern district of New York to
evade an order to produce books and
documents of the American Tobacco
Company and subsidiary interests bafore
the Federal grand jury, decided against
the tobacco trust. Hale had refused 10
obey a subpoena duces tecum because be
was not furnished with a copy OF the
accusation pending and because he
might incriminate himself. Justice
Brown in the course of thorough study
OF the law surrounding grand jury pro-
ceedings found appellants claims I'M
sound. This case takes precedence of
the paper cases decided today, and jus
tice McKenna therein refers TO the au-
thority of Justice Browns opinion.
II Secretary of War William II. Taft
succeeds Mr.. Associate Justice Brown as
q member of the Supreme Court when
the latter retires in May, as now seems
highly probable, the administration Of
the affairs of the Isthmian Canal will
undoubtedly be transferred from the
War to the State Department