Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-28
From Washington.
Washington, May 2s

the Cunningham calm IS siuglemiuded,
honest, and straight forward was the
basis of the argument today before the
congressional investigating committee by
Attorney J. ]. Vsriress, ecu lsel for
"defense." The Tennessee LAWYER bit
terly arrsngsd that Pinchot-Garleld.
CLAWS outfits" dent ,ced them az fool
ish visionaries, and held up S cre'ary OF
the Interior Blllinger as public servant
Without peer.
When the committee met Repre-: en!a.
live Mccall, who was 10 The chair bad
resd letter to Senator Nelson from Os-
car Lawlsr, sssis'art attorney general
for the Interior Department, retract'ng
and apolog'z'rg for the statements which
be made on the witness stand sgairs: G.
P. Connolly, msgfz'ne writer. LswleI
declared that Connolly WIS Gu IT. OF
cowardice on The occasion 0: tle Republic
disast,r. It has subsequently, developed
that O. P. Connolly was not the man,
az d that James B. Connolly, who was
charged by steward with cowsrdice on
that occasion, had proved the charges
unil uuded and wss only prevented from
prosecuting the author of the statements
oy the fact that be he'd flown to Canada.
I. is understood stbat both Counolly's
have filed suit against LAWYER alleging
malicious SANDER.
At the Capitol today the United
Press correspondent saw q letter from
Theodore Roosevelt! endorsing the fight
against Sp baker Cannon aud the House
organic OF and inviting one OF most
in huantial insurgents to meet him 10
New York Immediately after his arrival.
Coupled with this fact comes the an
uouu ncement on excellent authority
that Mr.. Roosevelt has accepted az To-
vitstnn to be the guest of honor at 9
blrqust to be given June % BY Robert
III. Collier, editor of Golfers Weekly,
which has made such bitter fight
sgaintt Secretary Bsliinger and has de-
voted many columns to criticism OF
President Tsit for bis altitude in the
Ballnger. Pincbot controversy. The let
ter is 10 answer to nine page tx,
position OF the insurgent petition sent
By the east ru insurgents to Mr.. Roose-
Welt. There ire bet 67s lines to MIR.
| Roosevelrs reply. He says in fleet:
i"You know my views on tie
| ius urgents situation. They nave not
| changed aimee I tslked last with you.
| [ wish ID see y;u 10 New York immedl-
ately alt.r my arrival"
Despits the acceptance of the o1sr OF
! mediation made BY the Ualt:d States,
/ Brazil and Argentina, Peru end Ecuador
are on the verge OF war. Both countries
| are continuing active miEtsry prepara-
tons, according to official adVlceS re-
yeiceG at the S;st, Department today.
Troops are being modified and sent t.
the frontiers and neither government,
! apparently, is sufficiently strong to With
esaud the popular demand for war Oae
| of the conditions in the offer OF mediation
ges that the armies BIZ Withdrawn and
military preparations be discontinued
1t ia possible that tie three countries
no skins the offer of medistion may call
the attention OF the Peruvian aud
Ecusdotian governments to this clause
OF the note. II this does not have the
desired effect 1t is frankly admitted thai
all effort, to prevent The corhtt from
coming to bead viii be abandoned.
A special wage board hiss been ordered
by the navy department to convene Of
the seven large navy yards for the pur.
pose OF investigating the Tsgas of fore.
meu, master mechanics, and other skilled
en- ployees, with view to comparing
them With the wages paid similar classes
Of labor in the commercial establishments,
There is an Impression in some cases that
the wages paid st the government yards
are lower. A special board has also
been called TO Investigate the wages OF
all classes of em ployeas at The Washing
ton navy yard with view of increasing
them In case that they are found too
low.
With Senator Lorimer ('ep. Ills J.
az The star feature ia tue Senate today,
the railroad bill goes over t, next week.
There was a conference of the regulars
and insurgent leaders to consider the
question of asking the Chicago states.
man to postpone The explanation of the
bribery charges uoti! Monday and 10
make an sttempt to disp,se of the rail-
road bill today. The plan was in fair
way o! adj ption, LsFoIiet,e aud Olapp
urging 1t because with the bill pissed it
would be possible for them to tske q
trip west aud spend few days at home
looking after their campaign fer re-
election. The esgerness OF the progress
siyes to get sway aroused the ELL PIGEONS
OF Crane and Ekins and they decided t5st
Lorimer bad better occupy the time todsy.
Next week will be the Twelfth devoted to
the consideration OF tas railroad bill. 1t
is generally believed BY senators thst the
measure will require a,teIt en- for only
day or two bot 80 many predictions of The
time OF the 6ual vcts have gone wrong thst
nobody would be much surprised If there
would be another week of talk. Proba-
bly, the most impoltlnt question pending
ia L,Follotte's amendment providing for
the physical valuation of railroad prop
erty. II is a very large subject easily
worked up into million words of argu.
ment hut there ia q general disposition
to have short debate. LaFolls tts had
been cred I'd with saying that be VIVID
not speak more than Is ninutes.
The problem Of successor tosecretagy
OF the president Carpenter was the sub.
ject of considerable discussion at the
White HGu,e today. Oougrsssiora al
visitors of the president talked over the