Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
correspondence of Alexandria Gazette

bill to be considered Is one OF nine con-
servation bills submitted to Congress
by the president and provides for the
withdrawal of lands by the president.
Senator Beveridge, chairman OF the
Senate committee on territories, report
ed the bill for the admission of New
! Mexico and Arizona statehood some
time ago, and had planned to have 1t
GLOW the railroad bill as the unfinished
business of the Senate. A bill that is
the unfinished business in the Senate Is
called up every day and has the right
OF way until passedr Senator Bever-
idge said today that both the conserra-
ton and statehood are administration
measures and that the former will be
given precedence. The statehood bill
will follow the withdrawal bill at the
head OF the Senate programme. The
question Of which bill should be taken
up first will be settled when the Senate
meets Monday. 1t is expected, how
ever, that the statehood advocates Will
agree to allow the conservation bill TO
be disposed of first Oh the assurance OF
the Senate that the statehood bill shall
be next in order.
A powerful and organized oppoSl-
ton to the bill now pending before
the House committee interstate com
mcrce for the creation of Il Department
of Public Health today started de
termined fight against this alleged
'usurpation of individual liberty.
The war against the measure is being
carried on by the National League for
Medical Freedom represented by eX-
governor John l.. Bates, of Massa-
chusetts. Governor Bates denies the
authority Of the federal government to
interfere with state i'll the regulation
Of local health conditions.
| Director OF Census Durand SAID to-
day that the work performed by the
ncgroe numerators, employed by the
bureau III many parts of the country
t., take the count for 1910, had proved
satisfactory in every instant. OF the
80 ,629 enumerators at work collecting
data for this census, 1905 were negroes.
They were used in almost every case to
take the count in negro districts and
they experienced much less difficulty Ill
securing information than white emu
mcrators found in former years. VI
the 1905 enumerators, 1896 worked III
states south OF the Mason and Dixon
Line, 181 in northern states and Nv IN
states west of the Mississippi river.
Despite the hope that the anti-forclgn
disturbances at Marking may not as
sumo more serious proportions than
the usual annual anti-domestlc de-
demonstration, every precautioh Is
being taken by the Navy Department
in conjunction with the State Depart
lmcnt to have an adequate naval force
in Chinese waters for the protection OF
Americans in case the heraldcd uprls'
| ing does occur. Besides the New
Orleans now at Marking there are
several other American war vessels III
close call ready to act i'll case Of emcr-
gency. The State Department Is With
out further dispatches from Minister
Calhoun, which leads to the belief that
the situation has not become any more
alarming within the last 24 hourt. The
American warships together with those
of Germany, Japan and Great Britain
are regarded as constituting sufficient
force TO prevent the repetition OF
the boxer uprising unless violence
breaks out far in the interior.
The BallingerPinchot controversy
has brought added trouble down upon
President Taft in the shape OF a further
internal scrap in the interior depart
mcnt. The niy-up comes over the man
to be selected AS head of the Bureau OF
Mines. created in the sundry civil bill.
The lia"c pays ST, 900. Sixty-two SCH
ators have signed petition endorsing
john A. Holmes as the candidate.
Secretary Ballinger, George Otls Smith,
head of the Geological Survay, Mr..
Tawlcy, chairman Of the House APP
preparations committee, and Speaker
Cannon arc against Holmes. The
Holmes adherents are claiming that the
only reason for opposition to their can-
didate is that he is a Garfield man. "
He didn't testify either for or against
Ballinger in the congressional lnvcstl-
CATION. but it is understood that he Is
classified DIS one Of those lnlmlcal 10 the
present administration Of the interior
department. Holmes has been active
in mining work for number OF years
in his place as chief technologist OF the
Geological Survey. Senator Dick,
Chairman of the SENATE committee on
mines, and congressman and senators
from every mining state are behind
him. The proposition which confronts
the President is whether or not he shall
appoint a man to bureau i'll the in
terror department. when the head of
that department is opposed to his 49,
ton
The mental -.-.ure Of Theodore
p.s-~,v1e, sitting at the head OF an
| international Court of Arbitration
the dominant and most powerful figure
the world ever knew-was seen by
statesmen today, despite the fact that
Secretary Knox looks upon the sug-
grstion as impossible, - because
Roosevelt is not versed in international
law The proposition depends upon
the success of the plan for the inter
national court. In the mean time it
appears likely that Roosevelt will
head proposed commission Of five
to be created by Congress. The vision
of Roosevelt in the highest of all high
seats is considered by some Il vague,
iridcscent dream; by others a night
mare and there are some who argue
that nothing is impossible.
The Senate members OF the confer