Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-13
bill In their respectiYe houses. The

At the present time where company is
doing business In mum ser of States It
is required to have q charter or sub.
sidiary company In each one OF those
states and is subjected to stats laws
which vary in many features. II the
corporation were, however, to be pro.
vided with federal charter, good in
every stale, it would be relieved ofmany
of the sometimes drastic conditions i'm
posed by the individual states. At the
same time 1t would give to the national
government closer supervision over the
corporations which 10 the opinion OF
President Taft aud bis advisors would be
highly beneficial to the public. 1t is
proposed that charters once granted by
the federal government in accordance
with the terms of the bill cannot be for
feited except by action OF Congress.
The U. 8. Supreme Court is To-Day
hearing the 6usl appeal Of former Csp-
tain Oberlin q. Garter. from the decree
OF the Circuit Court of App aals granting
the federal government the right to re-
cover nearly $500, 900 of his private
fortune to cover the misapplicaton of
funds at Savannah, Ga, in connection
with the Greene snd Gaynor scandal,
for participation 10 which be recently
flushed FIVE years term 10 the Leaven-
worth penitentiary. Former Senator
Foraker OF Ohio made the Principal
argument 10 favor of Garter. Solicitor
General Bowers presented the govern
monps case.
President Taft has assumed once more
the role of psace-maker between the
warning factions Of the republican parry.
and this time with prospect of success.
Following a long conference at the
White House today, Representative
Hayes (rep. Csl.), head of the insur.
gents organization in the House, stated
that he had hops tina! compromise
would be affected whereby the progress.
sives in the lover body would stand by
the sdplinis.ration's legislative pro.
prsnme and arrive at an agreement So
to the selection of the House members OF
the Ballipger investigating committee.
Just what the nature OF the compromise
Ia was no. disclosed by Mr.. Hayes. The
insurgents are considering 1t now and
will make known the decision later. Tho
visit of Representative Hayes was the
outcome of a series of letters between
the president end Representative Norris,
in which the president stated that be
thought The situation was dangerous to
the political future of the republicans
and expressed bis desire to arrive ct go
understanding with the House insur-
gents. If the insurgents action 10 over.
ruling the speaker "a, actuaad wholly
BY desire to get good committee to
Investigate Bsllinser, the president I'D
Representative Norris then there was no
ground fer qparrsl, between the in
uurpepts aud the administration because
that YES all the White House deslred.
The president impressed on Representa-
tive Hayes that the White House does
not want anything but fair investieal-
! ing committee and that this Is party
uestion on which republicans should
| s,tsud together. The president dissvoW-
ed aoy ders!re te DICTATE the committee
and asked that the insurgents make an
effort to agree on a republican commit
tee. Wneu Representative Hayes return
ed from the Houee insurgents held IN the
gold room, known SIS ''lhe insurgents
eloak roon.' The conference commit
tee on the Ballingsr invest;ga ion 1880.
luton will hold lis 6rst meeling to.
morrow.
Some interesting reading matter. is
SOON to be put cut By the American
Federation o. Labor on the legal phases
of what they deem The abuse OF the writ
OF Injunction. The executive council
today adopted resolution assuring the
co operation of the A. F. of l.. with all
forces interested 10 conservation. The
counei! urges all organized labor men 10
seize the opportunity of the day BY get
| Ing on the trail Ct their congressional
candidates In the coaiog election. The
federation will be mos! active IN these
| elections.
Attorney General Wickersham, with
his two associates, Frank b. Kellogg
and g. A. Severance, will have con-
ference some day next Wesk 10 this city
| with President Lovelt of the Hartman
lines aud his attorneys, ex-senator
Spoouer and Maxwell Evarts, 10 ord' I
| to hesr their arguments as to why the
government suit to dissolve the merger
| between the Union Pacific and the
Southern Pacific should be discontinued.
The attorney general Is now busily et .
gagged Ia acguain!ing himself with the
facts In this case from the government
standpoint. There is strong probability
ths. the efforts Of the railroads to In.
duee the government to abandon the
suit will result in failure.
There i; too much lg.ce aud too little meat
| in the oyster can. so Reprsss ptative Dill,
| (Dem., Md has decided after long and cad
! experience, ard today he introduced bill IN
| the House to put al end TO the wrong d ne
| the soup plates Of long suffering people
| After the first of October, 1910. oys er cans
shall be declared misbranded if they fail to
| show somewhere on thei. outside just how
| little oyster meat and how much water they
contair-.hat is. they will be SO branded by
law ifMr. ellis bill is passed.
| The Presidents yacht. MayfoTer, with
| Secretary Dickinson aud his party aboard,
arrived a. Charles.own today and is now on
her way to Washington: Secretary Dickin-
| son will arrive in Washington tomorrow.
| In the presence of large congregation Of
! friends Of the late Cardiual Sa!olli, Il solemn
| pontjecai high mass was eel brstsd for him
| This morning at st. Aloysius Church. Car
dinal Gibbons came from Baltimore - pre-
| side,
According to RepreseItstiTe Burleson, Of
Texas the next House will be democratic by
| 100 majority. he says present high aud IN:
creasing cost o. the necessities OF life In rel a.
ton of this question TO the tariff and the split