Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-28

wife and WAS sentenced to- O.. ffesl'
dent Cleveland commuted his sentence
to life imprisonment and Presldent
Roosevelt refused ID interfere. Today
President Taft issued the pardon. Some
time since pstititn was s'gaed by large
number of AIexandrisns requesting Mr..
Roosevelt to interfere in the csse, but ne
refused, and since Mr. Oarlin has been 10
Congress he has been active in securing
clemeucy for Taylor who has sister
living In Alexandra. The president
held that Taylor should have been con-
yiceed of murder in the second degree
instead OF in the fist degree aud thinks
that the imprisonment he has slready
served is sufficient punishment.
There wss an echo from the famous
Cassie Chadwick when the president J.
day issued pardon to Arthur B Spear.
Spear was the cashier of the Oberlin
National Bank, of Cleveland, OHIO, and
he was convicted of talsifying his &C
counts and of certifying the checks OF
Cassie ChadHick when there was no
funds to meet them.
With the air OF q martyr, MiEs Gladys
Gerald, storm centre of a tear.t tempest
that Threatens an upheaval of the naIioc-
al organization OF the Daughters OF the
American Revelation, resumed her work
in the ofics of the Daughters today,
despite the fact thst she hss been dis
missed By the President General, Mrs
julia G Scott. Miss Gerald, who was
dismissed for stins u5ordinatiop, "declares
that the real reason for Mrs. SCOTS
action was ''sDub" administered by
the sinsu bordinste'' daughter to Mrs.
Amos o. D.apsr, chief lieutenant OF
Mrs. Scott. The fac! is also mentioned
that Miss Gsrald's mother is in the van
OF the sinsu,genls" fsction Of the daugh-
ters, which is opposing the Scott admit.
istratiou. There are black looks and
whispered conferences at the D. A. r.
offices today while Miss Gerald works
industric u,ly, uumoved In the storm.
Representative "Jim" Tawney, chair.
man of the Hou'e committee ON sp.
propriatiors, is today gathering his co.
horts for fight against President Tstps
naval programme, as prepared by Secre'
tsry of the Navy Meyer. No billions or
bsltleships while TaRney guards the
treasury in the House, If the Minnesota
legislator can prevent. He is bitterly
opposed to the presidents scheme fol
two q, 900 ion warships at this session,
and today be talked right out about 1t.
"As we'll as could be expected" is
the anything but resssuring news from
the sick bed of Representative Perkins,
of New York, who has been in danger.
ous condition for the past two Weeka.
The copgressmsn'a physicians say that
there had been no dist!nct relapse al
though they are not yet willing 10 say
that Representative Perkins will recover.
In the U. 8. Sapreme OcE:t today
the government presented motion to
set aside the writ granted Friday BY Jun.
tin Lurton to bring before thei highest
court the case Of Charles r. Heike, the
sugar trust employe, now under charges
| for alleged customR frsu4s. After OIL,
ter wrangle between attorneys, the court
postponed Its decision on tae govern
meut's motion for one week.
Shall private presidential Itt9rances
on the u5jsct OF conservation be diVnlged
to The Joint committee now inreati eating
the diverse Views on that subject o.
former Forester Piuchot Gna S:olttWJ
of the Interior Bsllinger? Shall Presi
dent Taft, in effect, be made party I
the eauabbis already bsing aired? Such
are the two int,rrogatories which are
giving Chairman Nelson's investigators
considerable food for thought. The
question came up Saturday, when Attor'
new yertrees, counsel for B,llinger, oe-
| so,ed to the collation. by Pinchot OF the
sal 8 snce of conversation he had WITH
| the pre,idsnt about April 20, 1909
| "Pubic policy" was The warning mole
sounded by the attorney. The commit,
tee decided to consider lac matter and
make a ruling tomorrow. The suspicion
| grows In wel!-ipforned circles here that
the Pipcho,ities furposely brought tht
question t. an Is ,. II the former
forest,r is permitted t. tell on t1e st'nc
| his recollel ton of what the president sale
t !, him in answer to Pinchots protest
sgsiutt the Ballinger programme OF cou
serrat on, Attorney Pepper, counsel fol
Piuchot, expects TO have weapon With
| which he will force Secretary Ballirger,
when the latter asfu mes the atsnd, to re-
| late shy It was that on April 20, imme'
| dist sly alter having seen the PRECEDENT,
he harriea to his Office, and Immediately
| reversed tie policy he had inaugurased
that OF restoring the water poger sites
| VII ldrswu by bis predecessor. Hs will
demand to know just exactly what The
president told his secretary OF the In
terror. II, how, YER, the committee rules
that there NUT be no t,slifying as tt
conversations With the president tae
stprosscution" will make the most o.
spreading the rumor that f'WhiteWasa''
ia being prepsred for application snd
that al attempt was being made to sup
press fects bearing on the casus BALI.
There was a Tlmor current today thai
perhaps President Taft WiHd solve the
dilemma by himself asking to be heard
before the committee. Sush action would
be SCATTERING of all precedsnts.
After conference between Senator
Root and the president ri the Whit
House today 1t was definitely decided
that frederick q. Bagher. deputy police
COM missioner of New York city will moi
| he sppoioted surveyor of the po,t Of
New York. Bucher who is deuocrst
| was the personal choice of President
| Taft for the position and was practically
| without any other support.