Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-01

service rendered aimee the passage oil
the eight-htHf Law and previous to the
time when, by the increase OF the car.
rier force, the Postoffiee Department
WAS able to make the eighl-stur law
elective. The postmen will receive
1892, 943,SS TIE bill is practically
cure Of passage within the next fort
night. -,
Presidential cow rsstlons Will be
tabooed In the evidence to be brought
siore the Congressional committee In
vssligaiing the Bsllinger-Plnchot con-
troversy. After short extcu tive session
today, It was announced thst the Pip
cho.itss would not press for decision on
tbs question which came up Saturday,
whether q witness should be permitted
to relate the substance of conversations
With the president. The decision on the
part of the prosecution" relieved the
committee ofthe die ma OF ruling on the
subject, bat there was considerable SUI
prise that the PiDchotltes did not take
the same ait tn Ie tJdsy 30 on S. tlTday
when they demanded ruling. After a
short executive session, the commi tee
resu ned Its public sessions, with G ford
Pinchot, the former chief forester, on the
stand. Attorney Pepper tlok up bis
exsmInst on of PinehOt where he lett of
Saturday, 10 July, 1909.
Ultimate president al views that
apparently the chief executive never In
tended should become public we're dis.
closed when Pincho. resd from the wit
pess stand a letter to him from Pfesi
dent Taft, da.ed September Is, 10 which
the writer besougtt MIN net to leave the
public service because Of the presidents
exonera'ion OF Secretary Bsllinger. The
latter indicates how gret ty disturbed the
prssIdert had been by this tquabble In
his tfical fsmilY, aud his purpose to
briog to an end the chickering's between
d fferent depart ntuti and buresu'. L.
cidebty the president took occasioo t.
refer to certain alleged interviews given
oct by Ormsby McHarg, when assistant
secretary OF commerce and labor, crti.
cising former President Roosevelt. Oor-
csrning MtHug, President Taft wrote,
tiHe was an aficient off GER, but he
talked to much and wildly, and bis
withdrawal relieved me-"
Whether William Howard Taft, presi'
dert OF the Unit,d States, may be placed
on the stand before the Billiuger -PiDchot
Congressional investigating cOmmi t lie
a pertinent problem in Washington t.
day. The suggestion has been made 70
the president, and bis a,iiu1s toward
The proposition was quite apparent. 10
response ID the proposal he mentioned
tie precedent OF Thomas Jefferson who,
aben president, was called upon to testify
at the trial Of Aaron Barr for treason.
J ierson, 10 response to 8 summons
issutd by Justice John Marshall, the
fam Gus constitutionslist, argued that The
dignity OF his Office raised him above all
process of law, aud refused to sppeaT.
Later Marshall upheld his pos ton.
The QUIZ ton oisp oropritt ng S42, 600,
900 to improve The Missouri river from
S oux Oity 10 lite mouth was considered
at hearing Before t1e Senate comm tt'e
on commerce to-day.
The greatest government depart nett
luilding ever constructed ia proposed In
The SEQ bill which was recommended
to the Senate for passage by the commit
tee on public buildings today. L! Is to
cot $l2 900, 900 aud to be occupied by
. DspsI tmeu Of State, Justice and
Commerce aud Labor The plans are TO
be sutjatt to approval by Congress,
The hand weighing OF god and silver
coins was today abandoned In the Phils-
delphIa mint. The introduction of me-
chapIcsl devices for this necessary opers'
ton Ia ths mar 'acture of gold and ell.
YER coins will resu t In great savings 10
the government. Another labor saving
device which goes into operation In the
Philadelphia mlot today Is sn automatic
feeder which ,upplants tue old method
Of feeding coins into the coming presses
by bandF Through this operation six
% 81 will do the work formally requiring
% men. The total saving By the i'm
proved mechanical methods will be more
than $67, 900 yesr, the services OF rs
psopls in all being dispensed with. This
reform will not be confined to the Philss
delphia mint but will be put into opera
,Ion as we'll st the Denver, SIN Frsn-
cisco and Eew Orleans.
"Mr. Aldrich's assertion that he
could run the business of the govern
msat 70; $500, 600, 900 year less than
1t is nov being conducted is a plea Of
guilty TO the indicImsHt OF the demo.
cnt'c party" cried Representative Gu
up, dem. INDY, on the floor Of the
House t,dsy. at proves jast what
we, on this side Of the II uie, have
been contendiug," he continued. "thst
the republican party Is the party OF *
travsgsnce aud waste"
COLLECT jrs of internal revenue genera
ly throughout the country will kefp
their Offices open until late hour to-
night In order to receive the belttsd re-
tarns of corpt ltions announcing their
income for the last calendar year upon
which ia TO be assessed the per cent
tax, The last moment for receiving
these returns expires at midnight t.
night. A large Number Of long distance
telephone calls were received today BY
The commissioner of internal revenue
from various sections Of The country ask
ing in extension of time 10 behalf Of
corporations that for one reason or On
other have not yet prepared their rt-
turns. 10 some few cases 1t was stated
that the cost OF The telephone call would
probably exceed the amount OF lax 10