Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-06
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Correspondence Of the Alexandra GaIette.l
Washington, Aug. 6.

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President Taft is going to devote him
self next winter to efforts a. securing
railroad and corporation legislation to
meet OF iections 10 existing law and to
increase the control of the government
over them, Today the president bad q
conference with Representative Mann, oil
Illinois upon this subject. Mr.. Mann
is the new chairman of the House CON-
mittee On interstate and foreign commerce
20 which committee such legislation
would be referred. The president asked
him t. meet HIM to discuss the subject
again In Washington November 10. 1t is
evident that the president is in earnest In
This matter becsuse Mr.. Mann In order to
Keep this engagement at once Cancelled
MS intention OF visiting Panama with
number of other members Of the House
Just before the meeting Of the next ses-
.ion of Congress in December. 1t has
b o. arranged that Messrs. Knapp and
Piouty, of the Commission, shall meet
Nth several members of the presidents
fiji cial family iu New York some time in
August for the purpose of preparing the
suggestions and recommendations for
abroad aud corporation legislation thai
he president may include in his mes
isgs to Congress.
In q statement Issued today, Mr..
Champ CLARK, minority leader OF the
House, says Of the tariff bill enacted
yesterday. "Msny newspapers are try
irg to make it appear that the Payne
Aldrich Smoot bill In revision down
ward. That is absolutely untrue. The
average of rates Of the PsyDe-Aldrich-
Smoot bill is about 2 per cent higher
than the. average rate of the DiDgley
law. When the maximum goes into
ea ct, March 81, 1910, the average rate
will be about q per cent higher than
the average of the DiDgley bill.
There were q number of important
nominations which failed Of confirmation
at the session of Congress just closed.
That two Italian "Black- Handler"
rounded up in the recent big raid 10
Ohio and now 10 Jail there may be i'm
plicstsd directly or indirectly In the as
ssssinstion of Joseph Petrosino, late
chief of the Italian section of the New
York police department, is alleged by
Postoffice Inspector Oldield in his re-
oort made to the Postoffice Department
.oday. The two men suspected are
Oologero (Ohsrley) Vicarin and AutOnia
Msrfesi.
This is President TsfPs get away
day. 1t will be his last In Washington
for more than three months, and when
no returns during the latter part of No
yember, it will be to prepare for another
meeting of Congress, but, be is thankful
o say, not to build another tariff bill.
At 5:95 this afternoon the president,
secretary Carpenter and party of clerke
will board the train for Beverly, Mass
which will Uniil the middle Of September
be knCwlist1e summer capito.. tt {
president will leave Beverly for his Two
moths western and southern tour on
SEPTEMBER 18Th, which will be bis 81
birthday. A continual stream of call.
ers poured toto the White House today
The majority were senators and men,
bers of Congress who came to say good
bye to the president, to wish bin a
pleasant summer and q safe journey
west, snd incidentally to get last presi.
dental favor Of some sort or other before
departing for their homes.
Never was the ending OF session Of
Congress more Welcome than that which
came to close a t ghi.s5enstoIs and
congressman we're all pretty we'll worn
out from their FIVE months work during
the heat of the summer, and there is nc
question that he country at large shares
their relief that at lsst the new tariff has
been settled upon and there will be no
more legislative Influences from Wash
ington to disturb the course OF business
at leasl unlil December. Outgoing
trains from this city we're filled tn over
flowing last night and this morning.
There was distinct sir of the "morniug
after" aNoutnthe Capitol today. The
corridors we're practically deserted ex'
cept by the uniformed police and the
usual spriukliug of Out-of-town sight
aeers. Members of either branch Of
Congress were hard to End. A few be-
lated ones we're found packing away
their last papers but by tomorrow night
the sight of congressman for few
months at least will he as rare In Wash
iueton as at Squash Corners.
Once more the east gets the best OF It,.
10 the list OF committees for the Sixty
first Congress announced By the speaker
ia the closing hours of the extra session
it is observed that the states west Of the
Mississippi river get ONLY l3 chairman
ships ont Of total of 60. To become
the chairman of a committee of the
House is the principal yarnirg of every
member. The chairmenstip of even q
small committee sdds something to a
members prestige. The leadership Of
a big committee invests him with great
power. In macy cases he can make or
break a bill, and the men who must look
to commi tees for favorable reports need
the good will Of the chairman.
In the new list nj committee, Pennsyl-
vanis holds / chsirmsrships, New
York and illinois each, Massachusetts
6, New Jersey and Kansas each, Mich
igan and Connecticut each, Mime
sofa, New Hampshire, Iowa snd Yves,
Virginia 2 etch, Wyoming, S)utb
Dakota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kentucky,
Maryland, Oklahoms, Vermont, and
Indiana, l each. New England with
only % members Of The House, hiss II
chsirmanships, while the Pacific cosst
With II members has none. The south
hss three cha men end, as stated, the
great region west Of the Mississippi