Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-02-01
Fifty-ninth Congress.
SENATE.


sively opposing certain policies OF the
Interior Department and the forestry
bureau, continued his opposition in the
Senate today. He offered rts)luiions
calling upon the heads of the respective
executive departments for ''all rules and
regulations governing the department in
its various branches lie charged in
speech yesterday that the United
States hsd become "a government by
rules and regulations. Ills idea is to
chow that a number Of Cabinet officers
have nsurped the prerogatiges of Con
gress. His resolutions were agreed to
without objection.
The Senate this afternoon passed q
bill providing for the IT classification OF
letter carriers in free delivery ofEces
and giving them and rujal carriers an
increase in salary.
While the Senate this afternoon was
considering bills on The calendar the
resolution relative to the al Mrs in the
Congo Free Stale wss reached. Mr..
CulOm as cat action he postponed
ia view of "a intention of Mr. Lodge to
address the Senate upon the measure
next week. Mr.. Kean announced that
when the resolution VT taken up, he
would ask that its consideration be be
hind closed dooFs. The resolution then
went over.
The latter hours Of The Senate today
we're given over TO memorial exercises
in honor of the late Arthur Pne German,
of Maryland, the minority leader in
the Senate during his service. Ad-
dresses we're delivered by Messrs. Ray
ner, Whyie, Aldricb, Clay, Hale, Frye,
Cullom, Blackburn. Spooner, OVerman,
Carmack and TIlmam.
Mr.. Aldricb, the republican leader,
paid q glowing tribute 10 OoIman rs a
msn and a. a leader.
HOUSE.
Chaplain Couden, in his prayer in
the House today referred to tho death of
the wife Of Representative Meiacblan
in California and asked comfort for the
husband and motherless children
Before going into committee Of the
whole today 10 consider further the
rivers and hArbors bill. tho House passed
bill creating two land districts in
Alaska.
Champ Clark in speaking in advocacy
of deep waterway between Chicago and
the Gulf pleaded for some one, prefer
ablg Chairman Theodore Burton, Of the
rivera and haibors committee, to make
himgelf hero by getting through the
appropriation for the waterway He
said he felt Burton not only ruled the
majority of the committee but Oiority
of the House. Here he has a chance
to grasp great renown," said CLARK 81
extend to hima pressing invitation
to enter Immortality" He predicted
lhe Mississippi in time may he called
"riyer Burton" lie said he was sorry
TO see that, because of this project, Bur
ton and Barlholdt, the Twin advoe tes Of
peace, had come to tho parting of the
ways. As an example TO Burton, Clark
pointed to President Roosevelt. The
Missonrisu said if New York was to
continuo in the unhappy habit of
sending republicans to the Senate
that he hoped they would send
Roosevelt after he left the White
House The presidency of Harvard mi
versity would be nice and so would
the perpetual Presidency Of the Hague
peace tribunal. "Wha' Roosevelt would
do to the other peacemaken who did not
agree with him ~Ould be plenty"
added Clark. But the position he would
prefer if he were Roosevelt would be
general manager in building the Panama
canal why Shonts and Wallace gave
up that work, y" said he, "is like the
peace Of God, ii passeIh all understand.
Ing.