Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-25

luton. A tentative adjustment with
the foreign creditors hss just be0n COM
pieted. and The slightest disturbance
would probably throw the whole Si'uS-
ton back into its former chaotic con.
djtiob. That this may DO the aim Oh
the haitian revolutiOuists is not I'M
probable. G:ordsni, the revolutionary
agent whose arrest 10 New York csme
isst in time to prevent the shipment OF
arms ard ammunition, is known to oe
friend OF General Jiminez, the leaaef oi
the Dominican indictments. Inougn
the revolution received q serious set
hack. az q result of the activity OF the
limited States secret service, the area
of disturbance has steadily encroached
mon the Dominican boundary. IL is
not believed by the State Department
lhatit will 90 much further but every
D ,ecsution is being taken.
With the arrival this evening oil
William Jennings Bryan for q tnree
d .ys' sojourn in and about Washington
democratic politics will have the boards
It is expected that number OF dislin-
Ouisbed men of the party will hold con-
| ferences with the Nebrasksn while DO IS
here. That there is movement on loot
to endesyor to dissusde Bryan from
taking the nomination for President nss
been inside plain 10 him. As yet, Bryan
is uncertain whether this is being foster
ed by any considerable number OF those
whom he terms the "real friends OF .he
party" He believes that it hsd lis IN
csptiou among the boilers Of 1870 ne
has caused It to be made known ID
advance of his coming, that be will mol
accept advice from such sources. On
the other hand, there is every reason 10
believe that should those in whom ne
has confidence advocate his retirement
from the presidential race, he will take
the matter under serious consideration.
The presence today in Washington Of
| William F. Sheehan, of New York, and
former Senator James Smith, jr., Of
| New JERSEY, and the reported coming
tonight of Charles F. Murphy, nave
added interest to the situation.
Those who have been watching the
FIGHT between the National Asso'
ca,ion of Manufacturers and the Amer
| lcsu Federation of Labor, would not d
At ali surprised if contempt proceeding
we're instituted against President Com
pers Of the latter organization. undel
| his own name, Mr.. Gompers, ia To-Day
issue of the American FederallonisL'
prints an eight page editorial, In wnicL
| he severely cri;icizes Justice Gould o.
the SUPREME Court Of the District OF 20
lumbis. for the issuance of the in)anc
| lion against the publication OF the name
of the Bucks Stove aud Range Company
of St. Louis, 10 the Feterationisrs "uo
| fair" list. Although the name OF th'
concern is omitted from the list IN TIL
| issue. Gompers makes frequent reference
in the editorial to the fact that 1t hs
heretofore been in the list. The No
junction decree, which is most sweeping
liz lis character, forbade any reference
of this sort. Gompers Sanouuee' los
he will csrry the matter up 10 w
Supreme Court of the United States
Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York
is chief counsel for the federation in the
case.
Representatives Bennett, Parsons snc
other New York republicans who have
come over to the Hughes camp from the
barracks of the opposition are inclined
to be indignant over the yelled charge
made In soma quarters that they will no
"tote square" with the Governor, ou'
are preparing 10 flop to Taft at the FRS
opportunity. "Nelther Mr.. Parsons mol
myself ever threw anybody" exclaimed
Bennett at the White House today. awe
are backing Mr.. Hughss to secure his
nomination and will do our pimoat t.
make him wiz. Mr.. Hughes will on
the thirty. first make his speech of prln'
ciplts audyou will fod that 1t is all right.
He will have the proper kind OF plat
form and will deserve and secure the
support of all good republicans in the
| State" Mr.. Parson echoed Benners
sentiments but when saked ifhe expect
ed the Governor to be nominated said,
| 0You'll have TO ask someone who is q
better prophet than l."
The condition ,of ex-senator Henry
Gassoway Davis, Of West Virginia, who
is laid up in his apartment at the Shore
ham, with q severe cold, is said 10 bt
improved today.
1t is said here that Mr.. Alva Martin,
of Norfolk, recently director general Of
the jamestown Exposition, will probably
succeed the late George E. Bowden, as
Clerk of the U. 6. Court fox the Eastern
district of Virginia.