Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-08

Tor an Inspection VI th0 AtsH'' =.
Cbiosman TO enter this country at the
porl of embarkation in Chins. II i the
;,,ea TO have these investigations made by
agents Of the Department OF Commerce
and Labor. The iavt sligstion nov held
in American ports is not TO be interiered
With.
The nomination OF Postmaster Gen
eral Corlelsou to be Secretary OF the
Treasury was today passed over by the
Senate committee on finance at the re-
quest Of Senators Teller and Daniel, both
democratic. The nomination of Mr..
Garfield, present Chief Of the Bureau OF
Corporations, to be secretary OF the In
terror vent over with the other This
rather unusal proceeding inCongress with
The nominations Of cabinet officers which
are customarily confirmed without delay
or much discussion is another evidence oil
the underlying friction between the Pres
ident and the Senate. The democrats
who asked for the delay declared that
they had no nterior purpose and merely
desired to look into the question OF Mr..
Cortelyou's fitness. Notwithstanding
the fact that his nomination was sent 10
by the President early 10 December,
long before the recess the republicans OF
the committee agreed TO the postpone
,uent 1t is considered probable that
the nomination will be acted upon favor
ably at the meeting Of the committe on
next Tuesday.
After quoting approyingly q clause OF
the constitution OF North Carolina, viz.
"a recurrence to frat principles is abso-
lntely necessary to the preservation oil
our liberties" Senator OVernan, of that
State, in the Senate today discussed the
question of States rights and the tenden-
cy of the federal government to encroach
thereon. "Shall the States be degraded
and the people Inundated" he asked
In conclusion, "Mr. President, the
people will never submit TO it. Let the
rowers enumerated in the constitution
remain limited. Let the reserved pog-
ers in The people be undisturbed. Cen
traligation would be great menace to
the liberties of the people, breeding cor
nption and oppression
Whether the President exceeded his
constitutional authority in dismi'sing
Sgithout honor" the three companies OF
negro troops concerned in the shooting
mr. of Brow nsville Texas, will not be
among The questions TO be iequired into
by the Senate committee on military
affairs when 1t begins tia investigation
into The ARRAY. To ihis extent Senator
Lodge, acting as the i'fesidenPs repre-
sentative. wins out in his contention
and Senator Foraker loses. IL is, how
ever, entirely probable that q resolution
will be introduced submitting this ques-
ton az separate inquiry to the committee
on the judiciary, which is recognized 81
the proper one to consider what ia pnrely
8 question of law. The military com
mittee will concern itself solely, with
the question OF fact as TO whether
it was members oil tie 18th Infantry
or citizens disguised in army uni.
forms. that did the shooting in Browns
vile which resulted in the killing of one
man and The naming OF another.
The determination TO divide the two
questions was reached yesterday after
conferences smong the republican lead
era. Senator Foraker agreed TO modify
bis original resolution in accordance with
this compromise. His new resolution
provides simply for an investigation of
the "afIray" 10 ascertain the facts, and
make no mention of the discharge of the
colored troops by the President. Sena-
tor Lodge yesterday introduced resc-
lntion Of similar tenor. II the question
of the Presidents authority to discharge
the troops is finally referred to the iu-
dietary committee it Is expected that it
will not be heard from again, at least ut
this session. Once more, therefore, the
President wins ont in his contests with
the senaie
The revolutionary movement ia Hon
duEas bids fair TO cause crisis ia Cen
trail America and possibly to tear asunde
the b. ~ IL of amily which this country
believed had been tied by the Honduras
Guateuals Sa!vsd1r treaty made last
spring aboard the u. 9. gunboat Marble
head Nicaragua il the gressive party
apparently in the newest development
and there is imminent danger OF hostili-
ties between that country and Honduras,
her next door neighbor 10 The west. The
government of Nicaragua, according to
these advices, asserts that il dose not
C nsider il . { bound by the Marblehesd
treaty. /, is considered here that the
conduct of the L lsya administration in
Nicaragua in repndiating obligations
under the San Jose treaty, which follow
al the treaty on the Marblehead and to
which Nicaragua and Costa Rica we're
signatories, is direct slap at the United
States, President Roosevelt having been
particularly interesled in patching up
the neighborhood rows between Ihe Cen
trail American republics.
Because the regulations Of the land
Office requires that homesteaders shall
reside continually on their lands 10
order to prove entry, and because the
present fuel fimine in some States is
working hardship on some of these
people, Senator marlborough today in
PRODUCED joint resolution granting set
tiers a three months leave OF absence
from their lands when climatic con
ditiuns or other unusual csuse demand it.
The PRECEDENT sent the following nom
nations TO the Senate today 10 he post