Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-18
From Washington.
,Corrsspondenoe Of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, Disc. Is.

sion To-Day RDu everything aIouhu sus
Capitol was quiet. Congress will meet
again on Monday and will adjourn on
Tuesday for the Christmas recess, but 81
many OF the msmbers have gone bone
but little bnsiressWill be transacted TIL
after the holidays.
Members of the Senate and House
who received advanced proof o! The SEC
cess msgzine's ''strsw ballet" today
vfre much interested In studying the
6eurep. As to the story told By the re-
turns 1t can be said that the views oil
members were much ia accord With the
line up of these statesmen 10 Congress-
Conservatives we're disposed to attach
little importance to the CANVASS. There
were not enough people or enough dit.
ferent kinds of people TO reflect general
public sentiment, they declared. Pro-
gressives held the opposite view. They
considered the widely scattered area
from which the votes were received as
fair iudsx to The public mind. What
most impressed them was the faci that
tbs trend of sentiment 10 all parts OF the
country seemed to be 10 the same ditec'
ton.
Having taken sll necessary precau.
tons to insure o hold upon the Mica
razuan situation +. surrounding the
county with marines and Wsrships Stste
Department, officials relaxed their Vigi'
lsucs today aud eat back to await for the
,sngla to uo,agel iiself. Both Secretary
Knox ard Assistant Secretary Wilson
lett for New York today to attend dir'
ner tonight. There ia hope that sn
election will be called to decide up q
Z4laya's Successor as step toward the
establishment OF a responsible goGero.
ment. So long as the couptty Is lu tur.
MOL, divided between the Il laya and
Estrada factions Secretary Kaox will
lake no fnrther steps unless the landing
OF American forces is necessary for tue
protection of Americans. l. is recog.
piz,d tha! there is possibility tia: ar
agreement may be made between the
revolutionary ard the government
parties which will eliminate Z:laSa AID
resul. in q cessation of hostilIties.
It was authoritstivsly denied today that
there is the slightest Tension between
the Mexican government over S:nor
Creei's mission. II Is eVid;nt ths. the
Mexican governments memorandrn hsf
ha1 no effect upou the Immediate Po!!cy
OF s cre;sry Kuox. Il is assumed thef:-
fore tha. the suggestion OF the Mex'can
government has to do only WITH the
ouestioo oil The future policy OF the
Upited States ard Mexico for guarsn.
.eeing peace ia Central America and thst
by hIs present action Sacretary Kuox
has in 90 wsy ignored S:nor Crce!. Die
patchss received today indicate that
there is GO movement in prospect either
by the revolutionists OF the Z'ia7sn
forces a. Rams. The Bus6elis Steam.
ship Company is operating ITS fruit bOa!s
on the Escoudido river.
State, city end railway Bonds will no
longer be accepted By the Treasury De-
partneDt as security for deposits of gov.
ernment money in ma ioDal banks. An.
noupcemeat to this { fec; was made 10.
day BY Secretary Of the Treasury Mac
Veagb. There are pow on deposit slO,
O21, 500 worth of this class OF bonds,
and banks owning them ate notified
that they must withdraw Them before
Februsay Is, next snd pat in their
place government guaranteed bones.
The secretary OF the treasnry's statement
is as follows: "The secretary OF the
treasury announced today, in accordance
with the set OF Congress approved March
4.b, 1907, that when further public DE-
posts are made with banks The folloTipE
Demed bonds and no others will BE &C.
cep,ed as security FIR such deposits.
United S,stsa, Philippine, Porto Ricsn
and District of Columbia bonds at par.
BonGs of Hawaiian Territory at 80 pc,
cent of par, bonds of tue Philippine
Railway Company at 90 per cant O
market vaIne, but not exceeding 90 PEI
cent of par. No additional deposits are,
however, now in contemplation. Al
banks holdi1g deposits of public fund:
secured By any bonds ether than those
above named IS acceptable, will be re-
q1iyed to Withdraw such bonds on Oh
befors February l, 1910, and substitute
therefore bonds Described above. The
state, city and railroad bonds now hello
ia trust for national banks by The
Treasury Department have been accepted
| at so per cent of their market value mol
| exceeding 80 per cent of par.
Representing national committee
comprising 4S gororsoss Of states enc
| territories aud 81 promiuen! ciiizsns o.
, Washington made argument today in
| favor of charge of inauguration day be-
, fore tie Senate committee on privileges
and elections. All the senators presen
| declared after the adjournment OF The
committee that they favored the last
! Thursday Of April idea. A House cam
| ni,tee mas considered the matter aod
will recommend change of date. The
form OF the resolution to be passed BY
Congress has not been decided upon. l,
it only provided for inauguration cere'
| monies in April ne further action than
the passage of the resolution will be
| necessary. If it is proposed to extend
the term of OF Congress to the new date
constitutional amendment will be
| necessary.
While msnoevering In Hampton
Roads today the battleship Gaorgis
which collided few days ago with the
Nebraska was struck BY the collier Esta
and Sas denied below the amor belt,
| accordiog to dispatches received q: thu
Navy DEPARTMENT. The Georgia will bs