Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-06

In Rome who defended his concue'.
WbyY 10 order that the Catholics oil
America may be sppeAsed. Bot inls
will not sufice. The Catholics OF
America have little use for "a man on
fence aud although be wss the first IT,
publican president to poll the great
Catholic vote 10 America, be will FAD
that he can expect little from the Oath
olics Of this country 10 the future.
Roosevelt ia t1e greatest press agent the
world mas ever knowu, bu; the people oil
E0rope haven't much uIe for The press
agent 10 politics. he may swing the big
1t ck' in this copuiry to bis hearts coz
tent, bot it Is folly for him t, att'mpt 10
ride rcughshod over the vatican. 10 my
mind he had learned his lessoD, and
the 2lsintive Inquiries that he has been
making abtu. The fooiogs OF his Ameti'
can Catholic friends sre but weak
attempt TO hide the fact that ne has
made q miserable mistake, aud dismally
failed 10 his hope OF using the vatican
for bis own political ends"
The traffic mausgers on the big trunk
lines have protested against the recent
ruling OF the interstate Commerce Com.
mission on rates for the transportation OF
Aeu, from Minneapolis to New York.
They have spilled for a rehesrlpg ard
the commissioners today decided 10 hear
toe represer tltives of the roads on
Friday. The Interstate Commerce
Com mission, ten days ago istusd an Or
der to 20 into effect May 10, reducing
the rates on fl W frocl Minneapolis t.
the A tlsutic seabosrd by part rail- and
part wst rnu'es from 23 cents to 2l5
cents per 100 pounds. The railroads
protest that this reduction is not jaSll-
fed by t.afic conditions.
Practically unanimous vote the House
committee on Agriculture today agreed
to report fsvorably the bill prohibiting
the gambling 10 cotton tuiu'eF. TIE
meat ure will be pushed for passage.
Declaring himself forcibly as opposed
to the boycott, as involved 10 the Beth
leAem Stsel strike, President Taft today
told q delegation OF so business and
professional men representing the boz
ough Ct Bsthlebsm, that 80 long as The
Beihleham company turns cut good
work 1t will be given government Goa
| tracts, despite the efJrts CT the strikes
IN lake seav its government CONTRACTS.
rbe deIegt ton, representing the 10.
dustdsl Com N ssion Of Bethlehem pre-
sen,ed q resolution to the president,
deploriug The Efforts Of the strikers to
turn the government business away from
the b thiebsm company. Members Of
the delegation ssy thst there are nov
| in Washington representatives OF the
strikers, who sre working among con
gressmeu aud department chiefs, clsi r.
Ing that the work OF the B. taelhsm
| steel Company is OF sn inferior ~ lily,
tuned ont by incompetent men. Ait'r
tbeIr interview with the president the
delegation visited The Secretary OF the
| NAVY Meyer, Secntlry of War Dickin'
sop. sud Senttors Oliver and Penfose
Of Pennsylvania.
| WithiU 6 fsy days, Representative
Lever, dem. 8. CO. will present TO lne
liz NE, in behalf of the committee on
agriculture The mFjority's favorable re-
po,t on the bill for the tu chase of lands
| for the proposed stu'hsTn Appalachian
iorelt reserve.
President TAFT will sppoirt q New
York man to SO ,ceed tle late Ju'tc1
Brewer Of the Supreme Oodrt bench, and
will have an opportunity ID appoint
ge.t.rn man TO fill a vacancy which,
| the president has learned will soOn be
% sde By a resignation, according u
su thorItstive Information here today.
The president held that Brewers sue
cessor should be New York man.
The New York men who have mentioned
n connection with Supreme Corr
nor;-h are Senator Boot, Governor
| Hughes, soca Louis Marshall, Of the lav
| firm headed by SaG;c"al Uot'rmyeT'
speculation Is rife as to which 81 Ipe
| Supreme Court justices has iutImsted
his desirs to retire.
While the White Ii Iuse today hsd
| uothIng 10 say In regard to the attitude
| Of S,nator B ,veridge toward the Payne
tariff bill, as expressed 10 bis speech be-
fore the Indiana State Convention yes
terdsy, the tersnce was the subject Of
considerable comment 10 Washington.
1t is prcblbie that President TAFT will
| let the Indiana situation severely hlone,
despit, bis championship of the tariff
law at all times. When he recognized
Mr.. Beveridge as the head OF the party
10 II ,osier state he turned over to bin
absolutely the management OF the CAM
paign, and gave him calte blanche ss Ia
| The tariff. Undoubtedly the presidenl
desired an endorsement of the Payne
bill bot he relied on Mr.. Bsvefidge to
| do The thing for the party 1t was
na,oned TIA, even insurgent republican
victory Is be ter than total defeat. While
the re, ulars are today deploriug the
"insnrgency" of the Indiana platform,
The intu'gsnts and progressIvts are more
than satisfied with the way Mr.. Bever-
idge handled the matter,
| AHidsvits slgned by Ernest Frerich,
Of New York, received at the Posloffice
Department today, threaten to heap hn-
initiation upon the Daughters of the
American Revolution for ignorance in
revolutionary hiitory. Becsu'e Of con
fusion In mail deliveries fus to a SIM
Iarlty of names, the postoffice of Totten-
Vile, Staten Island, New York, was re-
Gently changed 20 Bentley Manor. In
medistely the tra1tional heat OF woman 6
scorn was collectively poured upon the
| head of Postmaster General Hitchcock.
The d. A. Z. claimed that lott 20 Tor