Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-03-27

meet in Washington next week prepare
tory to its departure for Africa on
Uoited States war vessel.
The president has learned from 80
authoritative source that there will be
no resiguations from members OF the
Supreme Court Of the United States 10
the near future. AS result Of this
niormstioD, General Luke E. Wright,
who was 10 hopes OF filing a vacancy
On that great tribunal, has gone TO
Memphis to practice law and has moved
4ll his household goods to the Tennessee
metropolis.
According to the plans Of the ways
aud means committee and the leaders
today, a vote will be taken Oh the Payne
tsriff bill oD the 10Th Of April or the two
lays Immediately succeeding, after votes
have first been taken on the schedules
hat are srousiDg the most strenuous
opposition from 10th sides Of the House.
This pIao was decided upon By the lead
era aud will be adhered to pending the
result of careful canvass OF the House
hat is now being made to ascertain
sentiment on the bill. Most oil the
members of the House want vote on
some OF the schedules, notably wool,
lumber, hides AID Manufactured leather,
crude petroleum, coal and iron ore and
manufactures thereof.
1t is felt that if the rules committee
attempted to bring in rule shutting
off debate on the tenth OF April or any
other date and calling for vote on the
Payne bill, The House would not pass
it because so many Of the republicans
want to vote on schedules that pa'tlcu-
lsrly effect their sections. Then, too,
under the operation of the Fitzgerald
amendments to the rules, 1t would be
possible for the democrats to force
Vots on these schedules at any rate be-
tore the bill itself could be passed upon.
The republican leaders reaiizs that II
will be impossible to avoid separate
vote on some OF the schedules 10 the bill
and they prefer that il any onslaught
is to be made on the bill, that 1t come
from the republican side Of the House.
1t will then be easier, they ssy, to pre-
vent the passage Of any democratic
amendments, because the republicans
will be satifed with the bill and 1t can
be voted upon as party MEASURE.
The plan TO hold a republican caucus
has been temporarily abandoned. The
Rays and meaus committee is now max
ing amendments to the bill which will be
reported when the special rule is brought
in. The rule will provide that these
amendments shall be voted on and th0t
certain specified schedules, mentioned
shove, sbal then be voted upon and that
he bill shall then be voted upon. The
House today by unanimous consent
agreed to q suggestion by Mr.. Payne to
make the daily hOu: of meeting OF 10 q.
u. Mr.. Payne's plan is to have the
| House in session continuously from ~
0 6, then recess to s and adjourn at
10 80 p. m. Responding to a query by
Mr. Champ CLARK, Mr.. Payne said be
vas uncertain how long the general de-
| bate would last. About 80 members
cave expressed their desire to Chairman
Olmsted, of the committee Of the whole,
to address The House.
I've meetings of the House ways and
means committee were held today, and
an all.dsy session tomorrow is planned.
The committee has made number OF
changes 10 the sections providing for sd
naturalization Of the custnms laws, but
they are faid ID be uDimpOrtant. 10 &C.
cordance with SO ag cement entered in
oy all members of the committee, no
changes will be made on specific sched-
ules Ia the bill q. their meetings except
oy unanimous consent and for that reason
The duties in the bill remain as they
we're when the measure was reported TO
the House. From present indications
general debste will be continued
throughout next week.
Mr.. TAFT had at dinner last Dight
Messrs. Champ CLARK, democratic lead
er; Fitzgerald, who went back on hs
party; Serene Payne, father Of the tar q
| bill; Mr.. Gardner leader Os the repub-
lican insurgents, aud Mr.. Dalzell.
There will be no spring meeting OF
the Washington Jockey Club. Next
fall according to present plans, there
will be the usual meeting at Bsnning.
A most spirited contest, for federal
Office, with the candidates kept under
cover, is 10 progress today for the posi-
| lion held by John G Ospers, Commits
sioner of Iuterpal Revenue. II Is said
that an Ohio man, a West Virginia pol
tician ard q business man from Rich
mond, Virginia, are in the lead. The
| two senators from West Vrginis, Scott
and Elkins, went over the matter very
carefully today with Secretary of the
Treasury MscVtagh. Commissioner
Capers is an inactive spectator bu. a
host of official friends are working 10
Ihaye him retained Senator Flint Of CALI
fornia has told the Secretary OF the
Treasury that California is indebted to
Cspers for certain rulings 10 the mstttr
| of light WINS, that the stale had desired
for years but bad been unable TO secure.
Acting under the authorization OF
Oorgressf the Treasury Department to-
day completed it's regulations for exc
cuiing the law prohibiting the importa'
ton Of opium into the United States ex-
cept for medicinal purposes.
| Sixty-first Congress.