Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-11
Sixty-first Congress.
SENATE.


Senate today providing that ell docu.
ments, foreign aud domestic, printed by
order of Congress, the president or The
executive departments must be In the
English lang u .gs. All foreign terms
expressing time, measure or degree must
be given in the English equivalent. All
cains must also have their value ex-
pressed in the came manner. The metric
system must be figured Cus 10 English.
At the request Of Senator Aldrich,
the Senate sgreed that the exercises In
cident to accepting the statue of John
O. Calhoun tomorrow shall take place
Immediately after the Senate convenes
and that no other business of any kind
be transacted.
A communication from the govern or
of South Carolina was laid before tae
Senate, announcing that the Legislature
of thtt ttl,e had ratified the proposed
mendmett to tae constitution provid-
ing for the imposition of tux on in
comes,
The Senate In executive session con-
firmed the nomination of Marion a..
Stevenson, OF Virgins, to be collector
of customs for the District of Cherry.
stone 10 Virginis.
Sidney Bieber's nomination for col
lector of customa, In this district, which
had been recommended BY the Senate
committee on commerce for conlrma-
tion, was today feoommit!sd to the COM
mittes. This is TO give opportu atty TO;
the filing Of protests by persons opposed
to his appointment.
HOUSE.
Ia accordance with the last request
| made by Representative Perkins, the
House proceeded With it5 regular BUSH
| ness after being officially informed OF hia
death.
According to Mr.. Payne, who con-
veyed the message from the lips of the
| Congressman to his fellow-members, It
! wss the first req4sst of the kind ever
made in history.
"It becomes my sad duty" Haid Mr..
Payne,
The members Of the foreign affairs
committee of the House will act as
honorary pall.bearers at the funeral ser-
vices Sunday afternoon.
The New York congressional delega-
ton will hold meeting this afternoon
to select the members OF the escort to take
the body of Mr.. Perkins u Rochester.
"rll tell you how to save few
million of dollars" said Mr.. Champ
CLARK, 'sMuster out the troops you've
got In the Philippines end it'll be the
happiest act that was ever recorded since
the morning stars got together and sang
for JOY"
The discussion was upon ca appro.
priatlon for additional officials in the
Department OF Ssst, and Mr.. Tawney
was defending the Items.
"Ssnstor Aldrich says he could run
the business of this government for
$500, 900, 900 less than it is bling run
now" continued Mr.. CLARK, iand I for
one am In favor of letting him try it."
The records made by Commsnder
Pesrv belong to the public according to
Mr.. Hughes, (dem., N. ~, who intro.
ducsd q resolution calling upon the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor to
transmit the "stuudings and tidal ubser-
valions" made by the explorer on Ibis
polar trip.
Declaring that conditions are outra.
geous In the Bethlehem Steel Works,
Representative Rsiney (dem., III J to-
day introduced resolution in the H:use
calling for an investigation of the big
steel plant by the Hsu,e committee on
labor.
A bill was favornbly reported to make Guy
z. Calhoun, the midshipman at Annapolis
who leaped from a window Of the academy
while delirious and cripple for life, profes.
sor of mathematics at the institution.