Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-04-11
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correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, April IL.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, April IL.
1t is vet too early to accurately gauge
the effect of the remarkable speech made
Yesterday by Senator Bailey on his prop
osi.iop that the courts shall be prohib-
tied from suspendiDg railroad rates fixed
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
during litigation regarding them. he
has undoubtedly converted some OF bis
democratic colleagues and at least one
republican, Senator Hale, but the opln-
ion is divided as to whether he has rail-
lied enough to carry bis amendment.
Senator Hale, who is recognized as
leader on the republican side and who
publicly announced his own conversion
10 BaiIey's idea, said after the Senate adj
iourned that the Texas Senator had con-
WINGED "a considerable element on the
republican side" On the other. hand
some of his party colleagues say that
Mr.. Hale was speaking only for himself.
Representative Reynolds, of Pennsyl-
yania, has obtained from the War De
partment permission for the Fredericks
burg Battlefield Memorial Commission
to erect in the Fredericksburg National
Cemetery a monument and markers to
the Pennsylvania regiments, comprising
Humphreys division, which made the
charge at Mayre's Heights, Va, on
December 80, 1862. The Pennsylvania
legislature last year appropriated S22,-
500 for the erection of a suitable monu-
ment to Humphreys division on the
battlefield of Fredericksburg.
President Roosevelt shook hands this
morning with katherine Elizabeth Nor
ris, grand Laughter of Senator Clark, OF
Montana. The little girl is three and
a half years old and is, probably, next
to John D. ROckefeller's grandson, the
richest child in the United States,
"Katherine has wanted to meet the
President for long time" said Senator
Clark, "and not long ago dictated let
ter to me from Camden, South Carolina,
asking if she came to Washington would
| introduce her to Teddy | wrote back
would be glad to do so, and so here
we are" Senator Clark WAS accom-
panied to the White House by Kathe-
rine's father, Dr.. Louis r. Morris, Of
New York.
President Roosevelt has denied par
don to Prof. A. w. Malehow, the Mich
igan educator who is under sentence OF
two years in the penitenliary Tor writing
and distributing an obscene book. In
stead of pardoning him, the President
said that after reading the book he re-
GREETED that he could not sentence Male
how to term ten times as long as he IS
now doomed to serve. The book that
The professor wrote is a work on sexual
subjects, ostensibly written for the use OF
physicians, but in reality containing
nothing of interest az text book and so
framed that it panders to the vllesL pas
siOns.
The big drydock Dewey again has
given Capt. Hosley and the members Of
the expedition that is towing her to
Manila bit of trouble, the craft having
broke adrift in a storm in the middle of
the mediterranean sea, between Malta
and Messina and was nOtmade fast again
Tor nearly twent-four hours.
Judge f. H. Gary, of New York,
chairman Of the board of directors of
The United States Steel Corporation was
heard today by the house merchant ma
rine and fisheries committee, as to the
price of steel products that go into the
making of ships. He denied the state
ment Of Vice President Wallace OF the
American Shipping Company, that the
steel trust last year shipped large guam
titles of plates abroad for S24 a ton,
while they sold the identical product in
his country for S92.
The Census Bureau today issued re-
port on the Strengthening and meat pack
ing industry of the United States, show
ing that in the past five years the nun
Der of establishments have increased
fram 921 to 500 capital invested, from
SlS9, 1873, 264 to 1921, 500, 40 number
of wage earners, from 10, OPT to l2,075 !;
wages paid, from $3S, 457, 0l9 to $4O,-
447, 574; and value of products from
S7S5, 562, 1873 10 1913, 9l4, 624.
An exciting encounter between two
members of the House-SmalI, OF North
Carolina, and Macon, OF Arkanses-en-
livened the proceedings this afternoon.
Macon arose to complain that in the
reports of his controversy with Small
yesterday, The newspapers had favored
SmalPs side. Mr.. Small sought to in
terrupt and Mr.. Macon waved him aside.
"You are no gentleman, he shouted.
81 guess I'll be able to survive your inn
putation," retorled the North CAROLYN
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