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

The Senate today confirmed the nom.
iua,ion of Royal E. Cabell, of Vlr
ginis, to be Commissioner of Internal
Revenue.
Once more The tariff is to be dragged
forth into the light OF day, this me by the
tsritf board, If President Taft hss ha
wsy. The president has asked fos $75.
900, in one of the appropriation bill:
soon TO be introduced, enable the
board 10 do the work. The proposed il.
ves,igation is to be conducted along
lines on which the tariff board is nov al
work. A comprehensive paa for a
ecieu,ific inquiry is being solved. The
Payne tariff law provided such an in'
vestieation as the president proposes,
and its necessity, the president thinks,
was adequately shown in the de5sLe on
the Payne law.
The latest declaration from The insIr.
gents of the IA )use that they will uu.
equivocslly support the TAFT postal saw
iDgs bank, conservation. interstate com.
merce and anti-ipjuuclioo bills makes
the president, for the time being at least,
the absolute master OF the Republican
party, and political prophets are dsc'ar-
iug today that he will secure the passsge
OF all the legialation be wants before
the roses tioom. The only fear in the
hearts of the administration republicans
Is tina. some OF the quieted insurgents
MAY get stirred again over HOms:hirg 10
the Fl ouss end kick ovor The traces once
more. The fact that good msny of the
insurgents have made their campaigns
at homo on al auti-Csnnoa platform
complicates the alta alton considerably.
of their constituencies should get it iDto
their heads that these members are
backsliding or "playing in" with Cannon,
they might do q little proddirg from
home which would force the now quies.
cent insurgents to again quasi their
teeth and make more faces at the
spsaker. How to spp:ar 80 implscRb!e
foes of Cannon and the rules and a! the
same time retain the support of the
president who "stsnds BY" the speaker
has bean very difficult feat TO execute.
As the situation nov stands the ins1r.
gents have promised the president to
be s'good" until the end of the present
| session OF Congress which is equivalent
to saying that they'll not Kick up
any more trouble until aftsr
the summers congressional campaign.
After the mex, Il 80 is elected neither
The president nur any oue else except
Speaker Cannon cares very much how
many bricks shsy throw at the rules, and
| il tha apeaker can still sEing the votes,
he won't care either. The only Giscor'
dant note DOW heard in The reEu5lican
| music ball Is the ltul d;scord emsua!ine
from the horns of The La Toilette. Dolli
| YER. Briscow corner. II business Is rea
good next summer the administration Ii
hopeful tina. the country will aura deSI
ear to the progyessivea and send back tt
Congress ONLY th9se good little congress
man who keep their eyes on the conduc
tor in ihs While House.
Per contra, Mr.. Norris inside sthte
ment today in which he said. "Ths
machine Ia trying to use club to gel
US into line by threatening that If VT
do not cease our fight on Cannon, The
machine will block legislation and blamt
us. "We will not be dubbed into lins
nor be put into false position. AZ
matter of fsct the speakers committees
have charges or lsgis'a'ion and have 70
reported any ona of these messures
Why nct1 The speaker cou!rols all tb'
committees. Ifhs fayoIs this legislation
| why don't his committees bring som'
of It out of their pigeon holes.
| The truth ia that the organization sees
that it Is compelled to pass some sort o
progressive legislation and Is afraid t.
open the door to really good Legislation
| 80 they want to hold csucuses on th!
legislation and &c: us pledged 10 certain
bills thst seem to be progressive bat ii
reality are full of vicious jokera. Tbs
| Is the whole conspiracy md 1t will no
be put through 80 fa- as The insurgents are
| concerned. We will not stand for turn
ing over the legislative powers OF Tbs
House to the republican nsucus."
Tbs den ocrRts OF the House are plan.
nIng to make Strenuous effort to amend
the present tariff lava 30 that gil fOoc
stuff will be placed on the iree list
This announcement was made today by
Mr.. Champ CLARK. 1--WE would have
| brought the matter up the other day, v
said Ms. CLARK. "when Mr.. Payne !n
troduced his bill for Inc payment Of gov
eminent indebtedness Ia gold, but were
given to untersiand that bir. Payne
would make point OF order against ths
move. The chair would have beer
Obliged 10 sustain the poiut Ell order aud
nothing would have been accomplished
at the frat favorable opportunity, how
ever, the democrats intend to bring the
matter up and will endeavor to secure
an open vote on the subject"
| Speaker Osnnon is smiling today. for
be has delivered his mind of some bum.
Ing thoughts on undesirable citizens,
including sensational Journalistic, muck
rakers, insurgents, aud rebelliou:
u!noritiep. Last evening at the banquet
of the Loyal Legion, be charged practl'
cally every misfortune that has CONS
upon the country, from tie civil war tt
the high coat of living, to the pernicion;
"yellow press" With q wealth o
vitupera,ion he declared that to th'
newspapers could be traced the murders
of Presidents Lincoln Garfield auc
Mckinley.
William Loeb, it,, collector of Gus
toms st New York wSs 10 town today
and hsG consultations with treasury
officials and with President Taft. 1t ii
declared that his csil &C the Whit,