Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-07
From Washington.
correspondence Of ne Alexandria Gazette
Washington, Nov. 7.

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Washington, Nov. Z.
The reported race meeting at Banning
has been called Of. A four days meet
ing had been origidslly intended but tue
promoters arrived at the conclusion thst
people would not go to the track unless
they could bet.
Isaac F. Luttrell hiss been appointed
postmaster at Albin, Frederick county,
Virginia
Count Won Hstzfeldt, charge d'sfiirs
of the German embassy, today autho-
rized the most explicit denial of the report
that the embassy has been requested to
ascertain the exact text OF an interview
with the kaiser which 1t Is said Is to be
printed in the Century Magazine for De-
cenber, and to have the magazine sup
press 1t II is found Objectionable. Count
Won Haizfeldt says that no such sugges'
ton has been made to him and that be
knows of no interview with the kaiser In
possession of the Century.
In view of the approaching return oil
the Atlantic feet to the east coast OF the
United States the Navy Department has
ordered the following colliers to be
o a sl in rvice. On January 8, the
Leol idas and Marcellus, now at the
Portsmouth, N. H., navy yard, aud on
January %, the Brutus, nov at the Nor
fox navy yard, and the Hannibal a'd
Stealing. at the Bostan navy yard.
The fact that President Roosevelt la't
night, in conference with Sir Harry
Johnston, British administrator 10 sontn
Africa, practically completed plans fol
hiE hunting trip next summer, 10 an an
swer to the gossip tina he would be 8
candinate for Mr.. Platt's seat In the
senate. Mr.. Plait's term expires on
March 3, next. The senate Of the 6lsi
Oons rsss will meet on March 4, when
the new members will be swornin. Both
houses will meet very shortly thereafter
In extra session to revise the Tariff, a jot
that will keep them at work for at leasi
three months. Ex.president Roosevelt
will leave this country the latter part o.
March for Africa. After his hunting trip,
he will tour Europe, having made severs
positive engagements at different points
II 10 hardly probable that Mr. Roosevelt
would accept the Office OF o. S. senator,
and then absent himself from bis duties
for the greater part of the first year of bis
term. His friends assert that the presl'
dent will not be q candidate for senator
this year. There will be another senator
to be elected In the winter of 1911, ia
succeed DePew. Mr.. Roosevelt may
then become candidate for the position.
According to the representation
made at the White House today by s.
reno E. Paine, OF New York, chairman
of the House committee on ways AID
meaus, the extra session OF the sixty
first Congress to be held for the read
iustment of the tariff may be called tc
meet by March 10 aud likely continue
we'll into July before tariff bill il
pissed. The beginning of the session
will depend upon the wishes OF Presi'
dent.elect TAFT, az well as the leaders Of
the Eolse and Senate, who no doub
will be consulted before hand" he ex-
planned. "The length Of the session will
largely depend upon the opposition. "
Chairman Payne raid that his committee
has never before been in such excellent
shape to report the tariff bill. he says
that the clerk OF the committee fas beer
collecting statistics on the subject ever
since the passage of the Dingley bill snC
that for over two years past he hes been
preparing a comparative statement on
exports and imports. Chairman Payne
favors q maximum and minimum t'r #
laR; points out that Judge Taft has sim
ilarly expressed himself, and declares
with emphasis that the recent election
was 10 favor of reasonable adjustment o.
the tadff and 10 decided opposition tc
radical reduction. Chairman Payne
scoffed at the idea Of any attempt being
made by the House to pass 8 tariff bill 81
the forthcoming session. "Any action
that this Congress might take would b'
futile" he said, "on anything short o.
legislation that would pass both branches
The new members elected to the mex
Congress should have voice, and tht
whole thing would have to be threshec
over again."
Wade Ellis, of Ohio, the new "trus
buster" of the Department OF Justice Z
succeed Milton B. Purdy, began hi
duties today.