Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
From Washington.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
NJ 90

washington, NOV. Ao'
Vice president Fairbanks, Iwho called
on the president tofay, expressed sur
prise over the information that bis rame
had been mentioned 10 connection with
the smbsssadorship to Great B 'itain.
"Thst is news, to me" he declared; III
am going back 10 the law"
Cha rmau Payne OF the House COM
mittee on wass and mtaus, now holding
tariff heaTings, refused to comment To-
day upon the views expressed by Andrew
Carnegie. II have no statement to
make" exclaimed Mr.. Payne, tex
cept that hsxe invited Mr.. Carnegie to
appesr before the committee. Mr..
Long worth refused t. discuss the Car
negie irt.rview In advance OF the CON-
mitlees consideration of the steel scbed-
ules
Admiral sperry today cabled the Navy
Department, that he will allow the men
of the Atlantic feet shore leave in Ma
niIs, and permit them to participate In
the parade and the various festivities ar
ranged in their honor. He says that
the few existing cases of cholera In the
Philippine capital srs isolated so as not
to be a menace to the health OF the deei.
"Retrenchmeut will be the watch word
at the forth coming session Of Congress, "
said Chairman Tswney of the House
committee on appropriations, on leav-
ing the White House today. Todsy's
statement shows E deficit of 81, 900, 600,
Isn't that enough" he added.
Twenty automobiles put out from 7.
NJ. O. A. building here this afternoon
carrying the boys who will be stationed
bt tween Washington and Laurel, Md,
10 briug by delays the message from the
New York association to President
Roosevelt.
Attorney General B)nsparte today FL
ed 10 the supreme court of the United
S stes q petition for a writ OF certioia
to review the judgment of the circui
court of appeals, which reversed Judge
Lapds In the famous $29, 600, 900 Stand
ard Oil case. "The trial Of this cast
consumed many weeks, "says the petition
"and c1tt both the government and The
defendant very large sums OF money
Several of the questions on which thu
Court OF Appeals refused to pass are abso
lot,ly vital, and The prosecution mus
certainly fail, il the cont 'ntion OF The
defendant can be sustained as TO any ont
of them. The reply informs us tba. they
will be again raised al a second trial and
yet the Court OF Appeals declines either
to decide them or to say wba' its silence
means. A stronger case could hardly bt
presented for the benefcent Intervention
If this court by certioIari." The at!Or'
ney general conceives it to be very i'm
poriant that the true doctrine in this
matt should be set Id for the direction
and control Of federal appellate courts
throughout the country. He submits
that the right Of APPEAL 'tsll, in crimi
nal cases, is a later growth 10 the law, is
a matter of express grant, and should
not be carried beyond its true scope.
Originally, when a defendant was tried
aud convicted, that WAS the end Of it..
In giving him the right TO appeal, the
law never intended that the sppella g
tribunal should interfere with the sole
discretion OF the trial court 10 regard to
the ctaract or amount Of the puOish.
ment imposed. To do so, is to interfere
with the discretion of the lower court on
one hand and with the pardouiDg power
on the other.
Reports of probable friction between
the new administration and Speaker
Cannon ere denounced by the latter's
friends here as absurd
1t was decided at the White House
today that live stock from New York
and Pennsylvania should not be permit
ted to be exhibited at the International
Stock Show to be held soon in Chicago.
This Is due to the foot and mouth dis
case and the uaintenance of strict
quarantine against the live stock Of those
states.
Elk Governor Myron T. Htrrick, Of
Ohio, called on the president today and
later declared a. he was leaving the
White House that he knew nothing
about the ser atOrship. 81 am not can
didste, but from reports 1t looks as If
Ohio will not have to 60 outside Of the
state to select proper material"
Crushed beneath a mass Of tangled
iron, Raymond L. Hibbs, an ironwork-
er, was almost Instantly killed this
morning when the glrders of the new
building being erected at North Capitol
aud NJ streets for the National Ware
house CONF any, "buckled" and the en-
tire framework of stsel came crashing to