The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-12
Deadlock Between Him and Cor
y poration Commission Matter
of Interest In GNVaslington.
coNsTlTUTloNALl1Y OF ACT
Vice President Fairbanks Work
55fSing9 Hard ~ Hold t;l|,l Virginia
Republicans milne.

#eleCteustO "A ne OI1lCe Il OIL 5tute @AHSuTuICe
Commissioner by the Log iBlatufe, on the
other has excited considerable comment
4insths city, ana the decision of the State
Supreme Court Fof Appeals HI the case of
n,andamus instituted ~ Colonel Buttont to
compel the Commission to allow him to
qualify for office is ted with Il In
| terest.t S }f3
~ DOUBTED tho constltutonaiitys OF our
| Sact 1; crentihg tic office and olecting nm
INSURANCE cornnilssionor,11 said Hon. Lewis
4 iNfachen,. member OF the 81 State Senate
i from Alexandria District to-day. cx-
| oppressed my doubts to! Mr.. Cation, tho nus
thor 81 tho Sblll Ecrcating the 9 flee. but
\ 7 followed fixed rule TO resolyo all
l doubts as to- our power to enact d law
| E1tl3 favor Of tho Legislature Otherwise,
we should never know the extent OF alegls-
lative power: In fact, II the members OF
Iithe Legislature resolved such doubts any
other way the tendency would h t's ( to
limit Legislative power all the time. The
court cnn very easily decide as to the
$constltutlonality OF IN net OF the General
Assembly ~ did not question seriously
the power OF the Legislature to create tho
Bureau OF Insurance under the jurlsdlc-
| ton OF the Corporation Commission, but
i did question. and question still. our
authority to elect the commissioned s
a He Didn't Know Fairbanks.
Vice PRESIDENT Fairbanks evidently
not regard II us u "suro thing" tina t Sec
rotary Shaw is to have the Virginia del
|aegatlon to the r Republican national con-
|vention inS100S. 1t Is snid that Mr.. Fair
banks has several ecmissaries at work In
| Virginia nll tho time looking to 90S,
and lis known that he has been specl-j
ally nice to Virginia Rcpubllcnns In the
course OF 1 the pas tS,s six N months or I so.
Several OF them have. been entertained
at his home and elsewhere In the city.
husband. and rather a better politician,
! has taken 5 d hand 4 In the extension Of
courtcsics$ to aS the Republican brethren
from across the5 Potomac.
A good story Is being told to-day con-
corning d Virginia friend Of the Vice
President, though the Joke may also be
construed ITO reach Mr.. Fairbanks him
self. some weeks, this Virginia Repub-i
lcan, who; Il knew Mr.. Fairbn nks rather
ton to come to Washington nnd take
breakfast with him. on a certain day;
The Virginian. In trying to keep the on
gugement Il found rs on e reaching Colonial:
Beach, forty miles down the otolnnc,
that he could not reach Washing ton In!
time to breakfast mt the vice presidential
mansion. &< He wrote u telegram to Mr..
Fairbanks expressing his regrets, and
toohsliItt5 Into little telegraph office office
The operator read tho message.
Say, said tho operator, you ha vent
given any address. 4 ;5s 5!a s88
..Thats all right said the other,
everybody knows that ma 4. "A X III
81 don't, " said the operator. who is
her, 55 $
.IItff the Vice President OF the United
gStntes.s 4 86l IA
| ,553..Wel, / guess you d better nut his al.
dress on the telegram, y replied the opera
tor, and the Virginia Republican had 70
add g.Sevcntefhth and X Streets to thu
very mcagre address no had at first
given. He swears that getting people In
terested In Fairbanks as a presidential
candidate Is very uphill work. # e.
After the Ice Trust.
The grand jury fwlichSls probing the So So.
brought 10 light rather humorous state
OF affairs. The jury seems to have cstab-
$lished tho, fact that there are very y Few
II any ..!ndependcnty deners In Washing
ton, as all OF tho so-callcd independent
purchase their stock OF the American Ice
Company, which does not seriously tlsn =,
being a trust The 'sindepcndenrt IS ma aye
been fighting for years. SOLICITING trace age
on the ground that to {cncourag 60 tn en- was
has about Established the fact that ing
Independent Is only q my y. }I5
ss Possibly the same state OF affairs may
exist In other cities--R ichmond, for ex-
ample. g The seven drivers of Ice wagons
arrested for giving short weight generally
forfeited the collateral deposited for the
appearance In Police Court, but two $ot
them preferred to fight Tho cases VIII
como up next week. II is the Intention
! n Et,r0 n
( trust IL sufficient evidence Is adduced to
warrant the Institution Of a suit. Com
missioner Harry l.. West Is behind the
movement to probe the trust, and IT would
seem that he has made out his case. I,
The Inland Waterway.
Tho board Of engineers appointed 4 to!
make a + survey for an inland wa tcrwayt
from Norfolk to Beaufort n. Gu has Sre-5
ported to General McKenzie, Ghler OF the
engineer corps Of the army. THO report
is not to DO made public until tho con- y
4vening Of Congress. when authotiSea g. s y,
survey. but 1t Is learned that the boar l
recommends the expenditure of 81, 5O0,Ooo'
Far the construction Of the waterway,
VA channel Of twelve feet IN depth IS
Congress authorized
survey OF this route about ton years ago.
providing for u siXteell-f foot channe!. me
cost OF this work would have been ABOUT
ten million dollars, and Congress WIS wy, 50
busy npproprlating money for fortlhcn-.
lions and harbor improvements " me
I3hilipplnes that 1t would not consider q
nronosition to spend such o sum so close
II home. D The benefits OF an inland way
For merchant vessels from Norfolk to
Beaufort, avoiding Stho dangers which
hcset navigation off Cape llatterns, the
most dangerous point on the South At
lantic seaboard, have been appreciated
for generations, but Congress has not
acted, Representative small. o. Noft!s
nndortakeS this work for years, and Is
making Roadway When this new route
Is established ii win be q lasting nonu-
tment to his energy asld Industry.