Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-06
From Washington.
ICorrsspOndencs Of the Alexandra Gszette.i
Washington, June 6. ,

result should be accomplished, the
President is of the opinion that TINS
house. cleaning would amply repay all
the time money aGd labor expended
upon the recent investigation. The
packing house lobby ia Congress Is
much disturbed over the report that the
President now has another investigation
on foot aud all kinds of efforts are being
made to learn it's scope and purpose.
About all the lobbyists can learn, now
ever. is that The report will deal with
meat sdulterstions aud poisons. his
rumor, meager as it il, has scared some
of the beef men into a slate bordering on
nervous prostration. The early passage
of the Beverage bill or measure carry
ing substantially the same provisions
will probably be the direct result
of the "scare" administered, 1t the
Presidents friends are competent
prophets. A violent shake up In
the Agricultural Department is expect
ed as result OF the packing house
exposure. The fact that the terrible
conditions of6lth aud disease have been
allowed to continue aud grow Tor years
right under the noses of the government
inspectors is, in the Presidents eyes,
pretty good proof that the officials 'ol
The Bureau of Animal Industry stationed
ut Chicago, are either woefully ihcom'
peteut or negligent. la either event the
President believes they are no Longer NJ
men for the Jobs. When the President
first heard of the charges against the
packers be requested the department to
investigate, aud the men detailed u
this work returned a most rOseale re-
port of the conditions 10 Packlngt)wn.
Everything was sweet, clean, sanitary
and ideal. and there was TO cause Tor
either criticism or alarm. The revela-
lions made by Messrs. Neill and Rey-
nolds we're So greatly to the contrary that
the PRECEDENT feels that both the Secre-
tsry of Agriculture and himself have
been imposed upon. Hence the pros.
pect for an oyerhsuIing of the Bureau OF
Animal Industry.
President Roosevelt attended the com
mencemeut exercises Of the National Ca
thedrsl School this morning and made
an address to the graduates which was
lust as good as sermon to The grown
ups present. Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the
Presidents younger daughter, is a pupil
al the school and today marched 10 the
procession of white-garbed little ladies
aud sang In the chorus. The President
WIS introduced to the audience by Righl
Rev. Henry Y. Sstterlee, the Bishop OF
Washington. Character was the theme oil
the Presidaafs talk; the duties OF every
day life rather than the spectacular
achievements performed at great crises.
IJpbuild that character, aud the daily
self sacrif es, willingly given tor those
We love, more than all other moldlng
processes help 10 beaGtity the man and
woman.
A SQUAD of Panama statesmen reached
Washington today aud called on Secre-
tary of War TAFT. They Insist OF four
representatives of the so.called liberal
party of the Panama republic and had a
great deal to say concerning the elections
which are to take place tue latter part
of the month They claim that the con-
sentative party, headed by President
Amador, aud nov in control, have mat
tiers all "ixed" 10 that it vii not be
possible for the liberals to win the elec-
ton, although the latter are said to out
number the conservatives. This dele
CATION comes to Washington to ask the
United States to make AmadOr hand out
d "square deal" DIR. Fable Arosemena,
the head of the liberals, is the chief
member OF the delegation. Accompany
lug him are Generals Dlaz
aud Porras, aud DR.. Morales.
The statement is made by DR.. Arose
mena that there is no disposition on the
part of the liberals to foment trouble
should they be- defeated at the polls.
They would Insist however. on their
constitutional rights being preserved.
Secretary of War TAFT received the dele.
CATION very cordially aud made an ep
poiutment to discuss with them very
thoroughly The political situation in
Panama With particular reference to the
complaint OF the liberals that the con
servstives, now 10 power, are using their
present exalted positions to perpetuate
themselves in power.
Officials of the Agricultural Depart
ment say that there is absolutely no
warrant for the charge made by Repre-
sentative Ellerbe, OF South Carolina,
that the cotton figures issued Monday
we're manipulated and that they show sn
acreage ouch heavier than that actually
planted. 1t IL stated that the utmost
care was taken in The collection aud tab
ulatiOn OF the statistics, and that any
material error is out of the question. On
account of the frequency OF such cbarg-
es, The officials are inclined to believe
that there is disposition on the part OF
certain persons interested 10 the cotton
market to worry the department uu-
necessarily in the hope that figures more
acceptable to them may be given out.
The packers had their inning before
the House committee on agriculture to-
day. Thomas f. Wilson, of Nelson
Morris & Co., but representing all the
large Chicago packers in this matter,
appeared before the committee aud read
q carefully prepared statement. He
invited the committee TO visit Chicago
for week at least and make personal
investigation. There is possibility
that the invitation will be accepted.
Wilson made his statement in the