Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-11

nal revenue districts VHeiDis, second
district, 1886, SOL; 9th, $1O9, S46.
Ia aid of proposed legislation affect
| log the disposal OF wateT.power sites
on The public domsin, Secretary Bal
lingsr has temporarily Withdrawn from
all forms OF disposition 1928 acres Of
land along The Missouri river, Mon laoa,
sod 1897 acres along the IuoIumne
river, California.
Senttors proceeded serenely today
with the job OF fixing up their railroad
bill despite the fact that the House
gitn much contention and heavy labor
passed a measure on ths same subject
Yesterday. Senators, well aware OF the
fact that the shooting up Of the bill 10
the House has been from sngl 8 differ
ct from those employed 10 the Ss6ate,
will indulge themselves in mere grim
smiles when they hear officially that
the House asks their "concurrence.
The House version Of The bill will De
referred ID the Senate COMMITTEE OF
interstate commerce. The committee
most likely will let 1t rest In a pigeon
hole until the Senate bill has been
abcu. completed. Then the committee
will, 10 all probability, recommend that
the Senate bill be adopted as a tus-
su,ut; the Senate will follow the rec
ommendstiou and the Senate bill will
be sent to the House for concurrence.
The House will refuse to concoE and
will ask for q conference, which will
take place without further delay. A
conference committee u,uslly consists
of committees consisting of two Tepubli-
cans and one democrat from each brsuch
of Congress.
An echo of the BAllnger. Pinchot
controversy will be heard in the Htu's
Friday when Representative Harrison.
Of New YORK, will call op for consid-
GRAFTON his resolution calling CD the
attorney general for the documents
which have been withheld By the In
vest eating committee. The democrats
will support The resolution bat 1t now
seems doubtful whether the insurgents
will ioin them 10 sufficient ruOoers to
pass The resolution. The vote OF the
insurgents depends on tie speech Of
Representative Madison, Of Kan sss, In
surgert member of the investigating
comm tee. At present be is noncom'
mittsl'
Representative Adsmsop, OF Georgia,
ranking minority member OF the inter-
state commerce COMMITTEE, declared to-
dsy that the democrats we're well.sstls.
fed With the railroad bill ss PISSED by
the House yettsrday. "Tbe only OBJ
leetiouable feature is that which relates
to the sale OF tt9cks and bonds tut 1t is
50 clesry unconstitutional that 1t is
practically eliminated before the bill
passes. The commerce court feature Ia
obi 'cton ,ble bot oth.r smeudmsn
ADOPTED render this provision less
vicious"
1t becsme apparent today that Pfes'-
dent Tsfts $3.50. 900 appropriation for
scientific tariff investigation is not to
have plain sailing through Congress,
when Represst tstves Payoe, Dalzsll and
Tawney conferred with the president oo
the proposition. The item is now IN the
suudry civil bill placed there by Ohsir'
asnTawneV of the appropriation COM
miitee. The ultra.protectionists in the House
are opposed to the measure and they VIII
make an effort to defeat it. Messrs Dalzell
and Payne, high priests Of protection, In.
timated to the president today that they
scarcely favored the measure, and ii IS pos
sible that they may lead an ATTACK upon 1t.
The appropriation has now come tn be
looked upon a. an attempt TO Justify the ie-
public attitude upon the tariff sdministra-
ton sdherenis beieve that If the country is
promised . scientific tariff Investigation with
So sequent revision within the next two or
three years the strongest issue OF the demo
Gratis in the coming election will be taken
sway The democrats likewise look upon the
measure as an attempt TO save the republican
tariff record.
From all sections of the United States
Polish Americans gathered today in this
city to attend the ceremony of the I'M |
yelling of the two statues erected to the
memory of those two great Polish ps- |
triots, Kosciusko and Pulaski, who took |
so prominent a part in the American 1
revolutionary war The statues, of
bronze on granite pedestals, have been |
presented to the American nation by the
Polish National Alliance, and President
Taft himself accepted the gifts IN an ad-
dress before al arge audience in which
he dwelt upon the heroic qualities and
the love of liberty which characterized
the men thus commemorated. There
was a parade of troops Of the regular
army, including a battery Of artillery |
which fred the salutes, the national
guard of the District, the High School |
Cadets and the members of the various
Polish societies. The Secretaryof War
presided The invocation was delivered |
by Bishop Paul P. Rhode. of Chicago,
aud there were addresses by several |
prominent Poles from that and other
cities. The Pulaski statue stands in the
triangle at Pennsylvania avenue and 18th
street, while that to Kosciusko is in La
fayette Square opposite the White House
At the conclusion of the ceremonies at
18th street, the parade marched to Ls-
tactic Square where similar ceremonies
we're held.
An agreement was reached by the con-
ference committee on the District OF Co.
lumbia appropriation bill to-day. A
deadlock had been caused by the fact
that the House insisted that the entire
cost OF maintaining Fairgrounds should
I've borne by the District, while the SEN
ate held that half the expense should be
paid by the government. The Senate
conferees receded and the Honse pre-
walls.
Final plans for engineering the Taft rail
road bill through the Senate we're laid before
the president today by Senators Aldrich and
Crane. The general manaIer Of the United
States and his lieu enant' called at the White