Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-16

Ef6blu6ub Adib hui paluOus Auio hoo
brought up the interesting question
among Layers as to the right OF the
chief executive to suspend the sentence.
Since Ship aud his colleagues are so
we'll lodged at tbs District jail, they
have decided to withdraw their request,
made Yesterday, for imprisonment in a
southern prison.
An application for a writ of hsbeas
corpus Ia the Gompers, Mitchell and
Morrison contempt cases, 10 which The
labor leaders now stand sentenced to
terms 10 jail, will be made Monday
morning 10 the Supreme Court Of the
District OF Columbia. This will act IS q
stay 10 the execution of the mandate
which would otherwise Issue from the
District Court Of Appeals aud operate to
con6ne the labor lssdera Monday. Be-
cause there is some doubt as to whether
al appeal 10 the Supreme Court Of the
q. s. lies in the case at bar, the sttor.
neys have decided upon the habess cor
pus proceedings. There is little doubt
but that the Supreme Court Of the Dis
trict of Oolumbia and the District Court
of Appeals will decide against Gompers
In the hsbeas corpus proceedings IS the
Issues are the same as those raised 10 the
contempt case proper.
Representative Morehead, Of North
Carolina, claims that he Is the only re-
publican representative In Congress that
was not consulted about the appointment
of the census supervisor in his district
and be called at the White House for
the purpose OF telling President Taft
just what he thought Of the way be had
been treated. To a number Of friends,
Mr.. Morehesd said that unless be re.
ceived some assurance of better treat
meut from the republican administration
he will resign his position.
That old practices Of rebsting are still
In vogue among the railroads of the
country, though disguised as claims and
failure to collect demurrsge charges, is
the conceusus Of committees which have
been at word during the past year for
the National Association of Railway
Commissioners, which met here today
for its twenty first annual convention.
The proposed Walker river project In
California and Nevada has been sban-
doned. Announcement of this decision
on the part OF the Interior Department
was made public today by Secretary Bal
linger.
81 am Ia favor Of having congress
sIonal investigation of the sugar trust
frauds and making it hot for the guilty
persons," said Representative Kahn, OF
California, at the White House today.
"The debsuchiug of public officials is a
mighty serious matter aud should not be
dropped"
The longest cabinet meeting of the
TAFT administration adjourned a. lao
p. %. today after being 10 session almost
three hours. The sugar frauds matter
was the principal topic discussed but
none OF the members would admit that
anything definite beyond what has al
ready been reported had been brought
10 the presidents attention.
"Not a single republican politician 10
New York has been touched by the
sugar scandal; sill reports to the con-
trsry are malicious fSbricatiOns." This
Is the manner ia which Representative
Herbert Parsons dismisses the charges
that Collector Loeb bad removed several
we'll known republican workers from the
pay roll for cause. Gas to whether there
will be a congressional investigation Of
the sugar frauds, know nothing what
ever You may also say that the rnmor
that l dominate the customs bureau Is
pretty far fetched" added Mr.. Persons.
1t is persistently rumored here that
when Secretary Ballinger ssid 10 his
recsnt statement, 81 did what Mr.. Gar
field would have DONE" he drew fire
from his predecessor 10 Office. 1t is
known that former Secretary James R.
Garfield has written q long letter to
President Taft 10 which he has fully ex.
planned how he conducted the Interior
Department especially with reference to
the land Office and the Indian bureau.
The writing of this letter at this time
will put the president 10 more or less
awkward position If the claims of the
Pinchot partissns shall turn out to be
well founded. According to these
claims the president Was not given full
information by Mr., B illiOger, especially
with reference to the Alaska coal frauds
and Ballinger's connection with the
claims as attorney.
President Gompers, Vice President
and Secretary Morrison, the
three officers OF the American Fedora
ton of Labor now under sentence of
contempt of court In tie famous Bucks
Stove and Range iDjunction case, will
be 10 Washington Monday to appear
before the Court of Appeals Of the Dis
trct to register their appeal to the Su.
preme Court OF the United States.
Attorney General Wickersham aud
Secretary MscVesgh Of the Treasury
were busily engaged today
In preparing sugar fraud data for pres.
eutstiou to President Taft, and when
Cabinet hour arrived at IL q. m. they
we're followed to the White House by
bearing large we'll filed
portfolios. Although nothing official
was given out 1t Is understood that most
of the time of the Cabinet session was
devoted TO a discussion Of the sugar
case.