Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-21

legislature undertakes the passage OF
laws 10 accordance with all Of bis rec
concentrations 1t will be mighty busy
aud will probably have to cit late into
next summer. The subjects which be
proposes Congress shall handle involve
practically the entire issue OF the Tegula-
ton of corpoIations-a matter upon
which there are many diverse opinions
In both House and Senate aud in the SET
Element of which the views OF corporate
homogeneous will be conveyed to indi'
vidual members both publicly and 10
private. 10 other words observers here
look for strenuous fight and q
long campaign with q wonderful OPP
porIunity for railroad lawyers, agents
and lobbyists to ply their avocations.
II Is anticipated that some of the
railroads will vigorously oppose
some of the Taft Recommendations.
The proposition 10 establish here a sep
srate court for the hearing of petitions
to nullify orders of the Interstate Com
merce Commission will, it is thought
here, be opposed only by those members
Of Congress who object to increasing the
number of federal Offices and life Jobs.
The labor leaders, who demand that
their organizations shall be specifically
excluded from the operations of the anti
trust laws, will not be particularly
pleased with Mr.. TsffS position on this
matter, bat it is thought that they will
be satisfied provided the Law is amended
as the president suggests so IS to make
1t apply only to combinations, conspira-
cies and contracts made with intent to
monopOlize interstate trade, or to suppress
competition 10 such commerce. Snch y
Law they think would probably be held
| By the courts not to include labor unions.
Chairman Knapp and other members Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
heartily approve the view OF President
| Taft and declare tina; the proposed new
court to decide appeals from the findings
Of the commission is very much needed.
| 1t is pointed out that the federal courts
sre already crowded and that the fedora
iadges are overburdened with work.
| The present status Of the existing LITTER
| state Commerce Commission is moi
changed 10 the programme as outlined BY
the president. 1t is still to retain both
its administrative and its qussi-judicisl
functions.
The appearance Of cholera at Bitavis,
Java, was chroDicled in dispatches re-
ceived at the State Department today
| No details are given concerning the
lumber of cases nor the extent OF the
disease. Precautionary measures will
be taken for the detention of merchsn'
disc.
The directors Of the Washington bal
club this afternoon decided to offer jim
McAleer, manager Of the st. Louis
Browns, the msnagership of the Ma
tonals, vice Joe Cantillon.
A third route of transportation across
the Isthmus is about TO be opened. The
Tehauutepec railroad is already a for
midsble competitor of the Panama rail-
road and now Nicaragua Is coming for
ward with a new line which, 1t Is claim
ed, will give q service Of about SO hours
between Monkey Point on the Atlantic
coast Of the republic and the port o.
Oorinto, on the Pacific, via Lake
Nicaragua. Generally speaking, the
new line will follow the route which
was proposed for the Nicaragua canal
The entire length of The road will be
11S miles. Part of the construction WORK
has alreOdy been completed,
With nearly thousand spectators on
hand, despite the early hour, &c motor
cars left Washington this morning at 2
o'clock bound for Boston. The first
days run is 10 Philadelphia by way Of
Baltimore. The contest is being held
under a sanction of the American Auto
mobile Association and is the frat to be
conducted under the rules just issued By
that body for reliability tests.
Consul General Hanna, at Monterey,
has been authorized TO draw on the De-
partment of State for 81, 900 for the re-
lief of the food sufferers In Mexico.
The money was collected by the National
Red Gross. 1t is the third remittance
for this purpose making total Of So
900 contributed by the United States.
The governments real estate business
on the public domain during the fiscal
year ended last June, Delted just &c.
233, 239. 65 in receipts from sales Of
public lands, fees and commissions.