Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-18

weeks OF vote 10 either HUE is the
Senate postal savings bank bill, and
President Taft is cracking the whip Wig
oroualy to keep that moving. Hs has
hem forced to relirq1ish the Root
amendment to the bill BY the opposition,
aud ia now lighting 10 eradicate the
Smoot smsndueit I, which he deems u ].
necessary. Senstnrs are being summoned
to the White Ii )nse, and worked into
line for the mea ue. In order to clesr
the way for tbs postal savings back
nsasure tAe presiden. was forced to eide
track his Alaska rs-organizat On Dill,
and bis Ariz na.Nsg Mexico statehood
bill, 10 the Senate. Ia the Fl u'a, the
Taft. Ballinger conservation bills seem to
have dropped out OF sight entirely, and
| the interests te commerce bill, introt Il ed
veste.daysin q mod fed form, Ia doe for q
long delay. Senators A|dricb, Penross,
| Carter and Crane, the powers that be in
the Senate, and Representative Weeks,
chairman of the House comm lice on
postoffices AID possrtsds, which 10 hand.
Iiug the postal savings bank bill, were In
conference with the president last night.
A tentative programme for hat timing the
pos al savings bank bill to a vote was
arranged, bat whether it will be possible
20 carry 1t through is doubtful. Senator
| Ca .r expresses tbs hope 1st the Sen.
ate may vote on the bill as early "a nex t
Thursday, but ne other leaders hardly
share his optimism.
The fnt intimatlon that Gu 1sel for
Secretary Bsllipger il the congressional
,rYestigation Of the Bslliugc, Pinchot
controversy, will sttenlt t, impesch the
truth rf parts OF the testimony given by
L r. Claws, came today when the com :
| miitee resumedi;s hearing, and Attorney
Vertrees requested tn,poe5a for the
appearance OF Adolph Bshrens, oil
SEATTLE. Bsbrens is one OF the Alaskan
coal claimants. G'avis today upon
qlei onipg by Vs,!ress as to the charges
sgairs. B alliugar during tie per!od b.
tween his retEguatlon IS commissioner
add appointment SIS secretary of The il
terrier, said: "Havipg bsen commits.
sioner and knowing the condition of the
Alaskan coal cases, be deliberately rep.
resented t1e coal claimants themselves
Shich Was contrary to an act OF Cor-
gtess."
A rule suggested by Senator Bailey,
have the dhlly 5suate ssssioDs te9lra
two p. M, instead OF noon as st
present, seems to have a good prospect
ir adoption. The argument In favor
] OF tbs plan Is that it would
I civs senators more time for committee
nd departmental work. The commit
ee on rules hiss The matter under cen
siderstiou and ia disposed to favor 1t
| II the rule is adopted the Senate will
probably stop tho practice OF aunounc-
ing all ps,luous, Few bills aud resoln-
! lions .in open session aud will simply
send them - the clerks desk es Is the
custom in the FL use.
A suggestion mat negotiations looking
] % tariff between the The United States
| and Gagads wss conveyed to G'et
| Britain today IL note from the State
ID.partment. The commEnics'ions eI
pressed the solCituds Of President TAFT
over the tariff relations between the two
countries snd his des!re: in view OF the
friendly relation Lat have always
existed bstaeeu the United States
aud Canads, to have The question
settled befu1e Maroh 81 WHOM the
MAXIMUM clause OF the tariff law bt :
Gomez automatically opersti7e. so iar
there hss been no move On the part o.
Great Britain to take up nego:isti ons.
Chairman Knapp, Of the 1nlerstate
Commerce Commission, appeared before
the House COMM tie on interstate com-
| marce today and shot tie Townsend sd
minIst,a::on billiull of ho!es, Knapp sug'
| sested tina. the powers OF the new cone.
merce court be limited to those already
possessed by The United s:a'es C!nu
| Ovur,s, and, instead of allowing a sirgls
| iu ige on that bench to stly an order OF
ItsesInterstate ConmsFcs Commission, 10
REQUIRE ms j,rty OF tine court for such
action. KusPp also thought that the
bill was lsus on the paragraphs relating
to tae prob billion against railroads &C
quirlug It cs In competing lines. The
commission, Knapp thought, should be
give, 120 Gags instead Of, Gu ss the bill
! provides, fer rbe suspension OF rates :
der investigation; and, IN the matter OF
fixing through routes over pint rail and
| water lines, the bill tea the bands OF The
/ olnnlssion lest Fad Of allowing 1t to free
the public from TIE exactions OF the COM
binstious thst afs frequently formed.
Daring the progress OF. Koapp's t.sti.
mony il was developed thst neither tde
cour.s of the c u,lry nor the Interstate
! Commerce Ucm mission lave given 40
I'll hori!a,!ys defiailicn OF the terGa
"compt ting line."
VIA the dem ocrslsin Congress frank
ly admitting tbs. ,eey i'll md TO get
as much political capital as possible oot
of the situation, republican leaders are
giving good deal OF serious thought 10
=! tbs proposition of the president that
here be special appropriation OF $50,
900 to make the publicity fessuSe Of the
corporation tax law effective. Although
OhaIrnsn TaWney says thtt the matter
will come up in IT regular course, The
Indications are that eli Ter the democrats
or the iDtu gents will force the issue.
Champ Clarke ssys when it does cone
up, he will utilize the occasion to rsopen
tae whole thrift question. The insurgents
eye getting their heads together, aEd i;
!! gould apt be surprising II one OF thsis
| ,rnLor ucpI6 iotrn1Ecp a bill for | ne