Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-07

Country lIlOuSH 'iS eo'i5' 'AS''S -
Theodore Roosevelt to an inconsplcuous
place in the funeral procession OF King
Edward VII, Congressman Eugene F.
Kinkcad (dem. n. j. has prepared the
following resolution which he will intro
duce in the House; Resolved, that on
all state occasions to which representa-
tivcs of foreign countries are invited,
precedence shall be given to those rep,
rcscnting republics. Mr.. klekcad
claims that as civilian, without royal
or military rank, Mr.. Roosevelt was
forced to follow nine kings, many minor
princes, dukes, generals and officers III
the royal funeral. Roosevelt was ac-
companled by the representative OF the
French Republic, two Of the greatest
nations in the world thus giving prece-
dence to all the minor kingdoms and
principalities.
Facing another railroad rate confer
ence today, President Taft devoted HIM
self to the scanning of the eastern rail-
road rate situation, hoping to obtain an
agreement from the eastern roads SINH
lar to that reached with the western
lines last night. 1t is confidently eX-
pectcd by the administration that there
will be little difficulty in pcrsuadlng the
representatives OF the eastern lines to
maintain their present rates until the
new railroad law can go into effect,
giving the Interstate Commerce Com
mission the power to supervise and APP
prove or disapprove all rates before they
90 into effect Today conference Will
be of greater scope than that OF yester-
day, for on its result will depend the
attitude to be maintained by all OF the
great eastern trunk lines, and probably
all of the other lines i'll the country.
Yesterdays agreement covered only the
- roads in the Western Traffic Assoc
citation, very minor portion of the
country's transportation interests.
Two hundred and ninety-seven law
yers were graduated at the Georgetown
University and the National University
last night. Congressman Carlln made
the address to the graduates OF the Ma
tionai University.
George W. Perkins, of J. P. Morgan
4 Co.. who arrived in Washington to-
day to take up legislative questions
affecting railroads and the rate increases
today discussed the rate agreement as
follows: The railroad question affects
managers and owners of railroads, the
managers of the government, shippers,
investors and the public. The arrange
mcnt which President Taft and Atty.
Genl. Wickersham have negotiated
gives to all these interests what We have
never heretofore had in this country,
namely an equally fair plan OF pro-
ccdure. When it becomes effective,
Which will be in the very near future,
the railroads, shippers, public, invcs-
tors and the government will no longer
be continually at variance with each
other and the iar-reaching, beneficial
and permanent effect Of this. can scarce
" be overestimated. "
Final details of the agreement under
which the railroads i'll the western
Traffic Association will withdraw their
propose rates increases were gone
over at the White House today by
President Taft, ATTORNEY General
Wickersham, f. P Ripley, president OF
the Sante +, and f. A. Delano. presl-
dent OF the Wabash The railroads
presidents called short time before the
cabinet meeting began and talked over
various smaller matters connected
with the agreement reached yesterday.
They arranged Immediately npon their
arrival in Chicago to communicate with
the various railroads in the western as
ISOLATION, and have the disputed rates
Immediately withdrawn The railroad
men expressed their satisfaction at the
conclusion reached in their dispute
with the government, and said that
they we're, on the whole, well pleased
with the agreement. They will leave
Washington today for the west.
Al least twenty-five insurgent House
republicans, according to Mr.. Nelson,
today stand ready to vote for the accept
ance of the railroad bill as ii passed the
Senate, rather than trust the measure
to the hands of the conferees of the
House and Senate. Mr.. Norris says
that there are good many regulars VIII"
will support this plan likewise. The
doubt which yesterday lay entirely with
the insurgents has today switched to
the minority party. Mr. Underwood
saws that he will not vote for the Sen
ate measure because of the rebate
clause" which in his opinion places so
inadequate a penalty on railroad 5
quoting wrong rate to shipper
that it is likely to cause return to the
pcrncious old scheme of rcbatlng. Be
sides the little clique that is apt to fol-
low Mr.. Underwood, three democratic
Senators. Shively, Bacon and Hughes,
are attempting to stir up an opposition
to the Senate bill All Of these IN
tiuences make the democratic party an
extremely uncertain quantity.
Chairman Dalzell of the rules COM
mittee today called a meeting of that
coinmittee for the purpose Of consider
ing debate and amendment rule
on the postal savings bank bill. This
rule will be brought into the house as
soon as the railroad bill is disposed Of
and Just a little bit before the members
get their second wind from the railroad
fight they Will have to start i'll on the
postal savings row, The ardent hope
of the regular republicans is 10 limit all
amendments on the postal savings bill
to those reported from the committee
Oh post offices where the bill was made
up. II this can be done it will he but
a matter of Il fey days before the bill
can be put through the House.