Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-19

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Snoot. Senator Reveridge will address
the Senate Wednesday on his biz 10 pro
hibit the labor of children in mines and
iactorhs and sweat shops. Senator Ray
ner, on Thursday or Friday proposes TO
discuss the usurpaiou Of executive
power from the constitutional stand
pint. The Senate's session on Saiur-
day next will be devoted 10 eulogies on
the late Senator German, OF Maryland.
Ship subsidy is the magic word that
8, ellis confusion in the House. 1t was
81 throughout the closing week and 1t
looks as though il would be for the next
two weeks to come. The measure, pro-
viding mail subsidy only, under the
guiding haod OF Speaker Cannon, came
firm the merchant marine committee as
a substitute for the Senate $50, 900, 900
measure. Chairman Burton will bring
10 his river and harbor appropriation
bill next week. The subsidy measure,
under rule, will trail along the follow
ing week Chairman Burton's oppo-
slIon to subsidy legislation is marked,
and bis influence, commanded by the
river and harbor bill, is such as to make
the subsidy men fearful. The river and
harbor DILL will be ready for the House
on Monday. When it is made public it
will be seen Just what power Mr.. Bur
ton holds TO keep members in line
against the mail carrying subsidy. Next
week the diplomatic consular apprcpris-
ton bill will share the time with the
river and hsrbor appropriation bill.
Brigadier- General Funston, command-
ing the Department of California, has
become on alarmist and has off ,ially
notified the War Department through
his annual report that il would be an
easy task for an energetic enemy to CAP
ture the city Of San Francisco. This
information has been received by the
War Department officials without muir
muir of protest, for they say it hes been
known to them that without men to
man the guns, without mines for Sub
marine defenses and without a sufficient
reserve supply of ammunition it would
not be possible to prevent the capture OF
the big scacoast cities Gen. Funstons
scare is explained 10 the close of his re-
port in which he recommends increased
pay for officers Of the army. He d.
clares that "a bricklayer, plasterer or
plumber in San Francisco receives more
pay than captain of twenty years
service in the army. A he'd carrier IN
the same city receives more pay thsn
a second lieutenant"
A mammoth lobby is being conducted
by line officers Of the navy to obtain the
passage by Congress Of the ill TO re-
organize the personnel of the navy. The
latest taken by this cOterie of officers is
to send a draft of circular letter to each
midshipman at the Naval Academy,
which it is suggested the midshipmen
address to their fathers asking them to
write accordingly to their respective cor
gressmen urging the passage of the per
sonnet bill. This bill will make promotion
faster in the line of the navy, and every
officer is, therefore, personally interested
in seeing II become law. In tho wild
scramble by officers to get the bill
passed, all thought OF tho naval regula-
ton making it serious oliense for any
officer to use influence, either directly or
indirectly, 10 obtain congressional icgis-
latiou, has been forgotten.
Chairman ShoDts was not al his Office
today and it was stated by other officials
OF the Canal Commission who were pres
eDt last evening at tho White House
conference when the Macarthur Giles
pie Company had hearing on its pro.
test against the Oliver Bangs canal bid
that no conclusion had been reached
which would justify any announcement
Messrs. oliver and Bangs will return to
Washington Monday when they will be
heard on the subject of their financial
responsibility and engineering expert
encs. The chief contention of the Mac
Arthnr.Gili spie Company is that lis bid
Of 1873 per cent. is not unreasonable
and that owing TO the cOmpany's re-
sources and financial standing such
bid is better for the government than
the Oliver Bangs 6.7j per cent. propos:-
ton.
The Senate committee on immigration
today Orderel favorable report on the
bill to appropriate $40, 900 for the build
ing of AN immigrant station at New
Orleans on a site to be donated by the
city.
representative Livingslon, Of Georgia,
who is one of the leading spirits in the
effort to pnt the New York Cotton tx
change out Of business, announced today
that be would supplement his application
to the PostotIice Department for fraud
order against the Institution by request
II the department of commerce and
labor to nave the exchange thoroughly
Investigated.
Senator and Mrs. Martin left here yes
terday and sailed from New York 10.
day Tor Italy, where they will remain
sometime in tho hope that Mrs. Mar
tins health will he restored. Senator
Martin expressed his CREST regret at baS
ing TO Re absent any part Of the session
of Congress, but Mrs. Martins physi-
clans fiod il necessary ihat she take
sea voyage and spend some months in a
milder climate. The climate of Wash
ington is too trying on The throat trouble
with which Mrs. Martin has been SUI
fering for some time. While her physi-
cisns do not think the trouble alarming,
they think she should have the benef!
of a long sea voyage and spend the win
ter 10 Italy, the south Of France and
Egypt. Senator Martin will close his