Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-23

4 House c0mmi tee on interstate snd for-
eign commerce, will probably be voted
on by the committee tomorrow. TIE
COMMITTEE agreed today to t,ke vote
before the end OF this week. An amend
ment by Mr.. Mann allowing railroad to
exchange transportation for newspaper
sdvertnIug, Was defeated By party vote.
Atrsw week OF travelling, bsnqoetiDg
and speech making, President Taft to-
day settled down at bis dtsk 10 the
White II iuse 10 catch up with the tuge
mass OF executive business that had &C
cumuIa ed during bis absence. Charles
d. Hilles, assistant secretary OF The
treasury, travelled from New York in
the Presidents car. He was preser t
at several political cor fereuces ic New
York yesterday, and many believe that
be is being groomed 10 succeed Tin"
Wood uf IS republican chairman OF
New York State. The same train that
brought the president to Washington
carried two car loads of norshwett IN
u nbermsn who will visit the White
Hou,e and discus the Canadian t'iff
situation with the president. The
lumbermen are certain that their busi-
ness would be ruined by tariff war
With Oanads.
Tidiugs from Massachusetts Of the
oyerturniDg 10 the Lowering Oougression-
al district formed slmott the only t'pic Of
conversation today. Democrats, ofconrse,
construed it as The forerunner OF a tidal
wave 10 the fall and the republicans
we're Jared as they have not been before
10 this session. ProgressiVes regarded it
ss n vindct ton of their cause. 'The
result Ia 30 plain t1at 1t does net need
ex pIsr alton" wss the comment of Sena-
tor Oummins, leader of the progfes-
siges. Senator Dick, OF the regulars took
this view Of T.: "While local conditions
and deep-ses ted prtjudlces bad much to
do with tho result, the outcome may
prove a valuable lesson t, republicans
generally in that 1t ought to invite atteu-
ton 70 the fst t that dlssention end cort'D.
ton within our own ranks give demo-
cratic victory to psrtJ which has not
earned 1t"
Members Of Congress are now turning
their atter ton to the thirty second New
York district, where an election is to be
held shortly TO 6ll the vacancy made by
the death OF the late James Bfeck PEI
kius. Tho democratic Congressional
campaign COMMITTEES is preparing littra'
ure to send to Rochester district to be
used BY the democratic candidate for the
vacancy. Predictions are freely made on
the democratic side of the House thst
Perkins will be succeeded by a demo
crst.
The republican congressional CAM
paigu committee has issued orders for
the supporters of Cannon 10 stay out oil
the New York fight
The fact that Gift ord Pinchot wss
summoned to EurOpe BY ex-Presidet t
Roosevelt for conference, wss nhrmed
today by one of the former forester's
intimate sssoclstes. The csblegram TO
Piucbot was sent from Khsitjum, the
6rst point at which Mr.. Roosevelt re-
ceived mail after emerging from the
Jungle, and the rendezvous OF the news
psper men who weot iromAmerlca to gree
him. 1t is assumed that the informa.
ton received by Mr.. Roosevelt regard
log political development, since he left
this country was of more OF less cor h!ctlug
character. Therefore, the general no
derstsudiug here ia that Mr. Boosevelts
II Vi -I~t -
psrtGIe was entirely unexpected in
Washington.