Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-09
From Washington.

bsrrel" plan had not been the basis OF
river aud harbor appropriations 10 Con-
gress 10 The past aud defending the COM
nittee ( which he was o member 10 the
House for fourteen years, SeDa or Barton
of Ohio today divided the houors az the
National Rivera and Harbor Congress
Nth Secretary OF O)mmercs ard Labor
Nsgel. Mr. Burton avoided sll meDtion OF
the plan 10 issue binds srd Secretary
Nagel came out strongly for it and almoet
10 direct opposition to the position TAKEN
by President TAFT yesterday. Alter de-
Tending Congress from the accusation
that 1t has been niggardly 10 the de-
velopment on waterways, Senator Buf-
ton declared that there should be some
wsy Of preventing railroads from securing
control OF water competing lines. a
{ leVrsm from Governor Harmon OF Ohio
was received, rgrsting his inability to
be present. He was to have been the
main spssker today. Mr.. Flank Allen
Gates, Of Illinois, defended Speaker
Cannon and called him one OF the mos
honest public officials Mr. B Cameron,
president OF the Farmers National OJn-
press, add Benton B. McMillsn, former
governor of Tennessee, were among the
speakers at the morning stssson. The
committee on resolutions today adopted
resolution calling for definite bill to
be framed before this session adj lurns
There will he rivers and haroors
Dill this winter sud also public build
ing bill, aud The decision to have
these two bill has slresdy opened The
a lod gates. During The two days thai
Congress hiss been 10 session more tbaO
thousand bills calling for the improve
ment OF srfams and nearly SIS many
more calling fCr public buildlogs 10
nearly every congressional district ia the
Uulted States, have been introduced 10
tn Hou.e Ju t how this Congress
is goiug TO pass both these bills ard es'
csps the odium that attached to the Six
tielh Congress of being billion dollar
| Congress, is Whist Is worrying the com
m;ttees that have to make up the bill 5
"You see, nfxt year Is election year,
exclaimed r preventative Llchlao, o
member of the rivers and harbors com
mittee, today, and so we muat have SONS
sort OF a rivers and harbors bill. Il
r preventative Alexander hiss been H.
rus'ed the ioo OF chairman OF this com
uiitee The coming corgressions
elections and the necessity for some o
he congressman TO get some fedora
money expended In their districts !
hey are to be 10 their accustomed plscer
next year, means that both the riVeii
and harbors bills will be constructed OF
the "pork barrel" plan.
Speaker Cannon has struck the In
surgenls another blow. He bss takeI
away all The committee rooms from then
and now they have no adequate plsct
In which to hold the meetings that the.
propose to hold for the purpose of &C
complishiDg the speakers downfall, A
a result Of the speakers act the iusur
gents will hold their meeting on Satur
dsy night In the Office OF Representative
Hubbard, OF Iowa. Until the insur
gents began to insufge some OF then
we're chairnau of committees and vtr
therefore provided With fine Offices
Now those assigned them are s~al
and undesirable ones.
= Mrs. Carrie Nation is a guest at tn
house of Detention here, defiant su
q still full of enthusiasm of the saloo
smashing propsgapds. She will renal
In Jail until Monday, at lest. She va
"pulled" here for wrecSipg a bar 8
the Uuion station. When her css
Games op in the Police Court todsy, be
counsel asked for a postpoDement, sial
ing that he desired to confer with hi
client on q new plea, The matter wen
over until Monday. Mrs. Nation re
{ fuses 10 accept offers Of bail, aud
trying to make herself comfortable 8
4 the jail.
Two.huudred delegates 10 the convex
ton OF the lakes to the gulf deep water
? ways commission called upon Speskt
Y Cannon and Chairman Alexander OF tn
. House rivers and barbors commilte
today aud laid before them the resolntio
: adopted at The New ORLEANS meeting
8 Engineer Lyman A, Cooley, of Chicsgt
spent au hour 10 de ailing the plans {
o the proposed improy, menls before til
rivers and harbors committee.
Packages marked mot 10 be opene
8 until Christmas" must be considered 6
. frat clsss matter except when 1t Is pr
@ on the wrappers Of third and fourth cla'
parcels according to en- announcement
made by the Post Office Depsrtmer
today.
Tn, naval STAIRS committee Of th
House which is now struggling over th
annual appropriation will probably cho
q 81 10000 from the department
:. e,tiu ates. S 'creary Meyers estimate
n is already 10000 900 smaller than ID
:, amount appropriated by Congress la
y year The committee will probsbl
g make q recommendation for several lsrg
d sea going coliers.
I'll The comparative naval strength OF tt
graf nations is given in The navy yes
;, books iast printed. England is show
u to have a navy larger than any otht
e two The Uo,ted S.stes ranks seconC
s Germany third, France fourth and Jspa
n fifth.
Il The caucus Of democratic senator
this afternoon unanimously elected SCI
. stor Money, OF Mics IS minority lesd'
j. vice Senator Oulberson, of Tex WI
|. resigned on account OIL health. Seuatt
4 Bacon, OF Georgs, refused to permit b
name to be considered BY tie caucu
> Senator Stively, Of Ind, WAS chose
J, vice chairman Of the caucus.
Uprising of Greek Soldiers.