Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-20

prevent such Legislation and that. if Taft
hopes to see bis policies carried out, be
mdst try to secure the election OF a
friendly speaker. Speaker Caunon's
friends, of course, deny that he Is or
posed to any wholesome laws demanded
by the republican pa form. 1t is the
general belief that word has been sent to
Judge Taft that be need fear no oppo-
sition from Cannon as SPEAKER of the
new Congress. There is story in con-
gressionsl circles that SPEAKER Cannon
promised President Roosevelt yea, or
tSo 20, TIA the House would pass GER
tain imporaat bills, aud that the con-
tract wss carried ont 10 the letter. Pos
sibly be aud Taft may agree on line OF
sction.
In an interview today, Chsirmsn
Payne faid that he va, very glad that
a ties rad appeared before the House
ways and means committee, claiming 10
represent the consumers, aud had asked
for reduction of duties on certain articles.
He hoped that any persJn who believed
t at any particular schedule was too
high would appear before the COM
mittee. He said that what the COM
mittse desired most we're the facts relat-
ing to the cost OF production at home and
abroad. He deprecated The position of
some Of the newspapers which ne TAD
vera attempting to discredit the
work Of the committee. Mr.
Payne said that briefs could be filed any
time before December 4 and that these
would be printed 10 the Record and
would be given foil considera ion.
"The question of whether John ID.
Rockefeller has secured immunity, will
be decided, should The OctaiOn arise re-
curing a decision" replied Attorney
General Bonspatte tn a question at the
White House today before the cabinet
meeting. He stated that there was no
necessity to consider the matter at this
time. 1t appears that the law covering
the question of immunity lie not as spe.
cifc as high government officials think
1t ought to be. 1t provides immunity
from personal prosecution to those who
appear 10 response to subpoeana bnt
whether that means a summons from
either prosecution or defense In the case
is not made clear.
This wa, lumber day at the tariff hear
ingbefore the ways and means committee,
Theodore M. Kusppen, of Minneapolis,
real estate man and secretary OF the
ratonsl forest conservation league, made
q strong argument In favor of admitting
lumber and forest products into the
country free Of duty. Destruction of the
forest, he said, had caused general de-
cline in the mill industry and hundreds
CT firms had been driven from business
within the last few years. For dis
lance of nearly 200 miles north from
Minneapolis, Knappen declared, there
was no msrchan able timber, except
ten acres, which were being preserved
by the Uuitsd States Steel Corporation
as a curiosity. Kusppen quoted author
tiles to the effect Ii at within al years.
at the present rate of consumption, the
timber of the United States will be ex-
haUsted.
Wesley r. PeuDoyer has been ao-
pointed postmaster st Stevensburg, Oul-
pepper, Va.
Questions affecting the educstion Of
the coloIed fsce will be discussed tomor-
row With President Roosevelt by W. F.
Scarborough, president of the WILDER.
force University.
A plan, looking to the registration OF
the unemploye ed with the object Of Sc
curing them employment, Is berg work. |
ed out by Secretary Strauss, Of the De-
partment of Commerce and Lsbor. 1t
is patterned somewhat after the present |
system 10 operation In the immigration |
department. The secretary believes
that by the establishment OF bis p'a1,
the man desiring labor, and the man
looking for employment, can be brought |
quickly together and that In addition it
will remove the evils arising from the
overcrOwding of cer'ain sections with
unemployed,
Pay Inspector Harry R. Sullivan, u.
S. N, retired, died at the George Wash
ingtOn Hospital today. He was born in
sydney, Ohio, and served on board the
Puritan during the Spanish American
war.
The Greenough sta ute of Washing
ton, which has eat facing the main en-
TIA ace of the Capitol for many years, is
now on its way to the National Museum
building where it is intended it will
hereafter make its permanent resting
place.