Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-02-02
From Washington.
Corespondence Of the Alexandria GaEette.

ale was devoted to speechmaking or
subjects which il is known cannot bt
enacted into legislation at this session.
Yet the procedure is all according tc
the programme laid down by the leaders
st the beginuing-namely, that nothing
but appropriation bills and other neces-
sary measures should be passed. In
order to carry out this plan andto pre-
rent the injection, ofundesired subjects,
the "talking feast" has been encouraged
most Of the big appropriation bills will
have TO be rushed through during the
closing days Of the session.
Ssndwiched in between the speeche;
some little business, however, was done.
1t il expected that the Indian appropria'
ton bill. which carries nearly $l5, 900,
600, will be taken MP on Monday and
will occupy attention for several days.
The army appropriation bill will prob
ably be reported from the committee
eal y in the week, and will be taken ur
as soon as the Indian measure is dis.
posed OF. The investigation into the
Brownsville affair will be begun in the
Senate committee on military ailairs on
Monday. The conferees on the immi-
grafton bill will Try to secure a finsl
AGREEMENT on Monday. The IIonse is
also proceeding in leisurely fashion.
Not before the end OF the coming week
will tho river and harbor proposition
and the ship subsidy measure be dis
posed Of. If then. The river and harboI
bill has evoked many discordant voices.
The ship subsidy people will come in
with their bill just as s0on az the river
and harbor measure can be finished.
This makes 1t hardly possible that the
naval appropriation and the postal bill
can be- given consideration before The
week beginning February IL.
The bill for the establishment Of m
agricultural bank in the Philippines,
under guarantee from the Goyernmen'
of a per cent. Interest on the money in
vestment, was today reported fayorablg
hy the Senate committee on the Philip
pines. A similar measure has been re-
ported 10 the House and there is good
prospect that IL will become law at this
session. The Senate bill requires that
the principal office OF the bank shall he
in Manila with branches in such parts Of
the islands as may I've designated by the
Philippine commission. The sole pnr.
pose Of the bank is 10 make loans for
The purpose of assisting agriculture in
the islands and no loan is 10 exceed
81, 600. Interest to be charged is limi
ted to 10 per cent.
The President had a conference today
with Messrs. Hill and Marshall over the
pending bill which has Tor its purpose
The leasing up" Of the regulations con.
trolling tho manufacture OF denatnred
alcohol. The President assured the
Congressman that he was in hearty sym
pathy with the proposed legislation and
wonld use his influence to secure a
favorable vote on tho bill before the close
of the session. 1.-THE farmers feel that
they were given q gold brick in the de
naiured alcohol bin that WAS passed last
session." said Mr.. Marshall. "Under
the regulations as they now stand it is
practically impossible for any farmer or
little syndicate Of farmers to go into tho
manufacture Of the prcdnei The rev
bill viii mako it possible for any farmer
to 70 iuto the business with capital OF
800 Under the present lRY i; would
require thousands"
The appropriation committee Of the
House today made its report on the pro-
posed loan to the jamestown Exposition
Company. As incorporated by the Sen
ale in the urgent deficiency bill the loan
is for 81, 900, 600 The House commit
tee cut this down to $500, 600 aud pro
sided for lien on the real estate and
other property ofthe company instead OF
taking portion OF the gross receipts.
One of the earlies; witnesses in the
Brownsville inquiry by the Senate com
mitlee on military siairs, which will be,
gin on Monday next at IL o'clock, will
lie Mingo Sanders, formerly sergeant oil
Company r. of the 25tb lnfantry. Set-
geant jackson Of the same company
and A. II. Roland, Of Company d. are
also expected to be examined at Mon
day. session
The House committee on public lahds
today agreed to make a favorable report
on the Flint bill with amendments fol
The strengthening and protection of the
banks Of the Colorado river IN the I'm
perial Valley. The sum appropriated is
reduced from s., 900, 600 to $1,000, 900,
and another section added making thi'
sum merely a loan from the general re-
clamation fund Of the treasury.
Messrs !. y. Williams, j. T. Pres
ION and w. A. SmOot, IT,, OF the Cham
Der OF Commerce OF Alexandria, were
here today to see Senator Daniel and
urge him 10 do oil in his power to Kill
The wide lire bill which passed the
House last Monday.
Floyd c. Coates has been appointed
postmaster at Horner's Westmoreand
county. Virginia vice Henry Horne
resigned
After long illness Mrs. Florence A.
McComas, forty FIVE years old, of l4OC
l. street northwest, attempted to commit
suicide this morning by cutting hel
throat With 4 razor.