Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-02
From Washington.
'orregpondense Of the Alexandria Gazette


GINA, to be Com missioner IF Internal
Revenue.
Ouce more The tariff is to be dragged
forth into the light OF day, this me by the
lsriff board, If President Taft has bis
way. The president has asked 70, $751;
900, 10 one Of the appropriation bills
soon to be introduced, enable the
board TO do the work. The proposed in-
yestigation is to be conducted along
lines on which the tariff board is now at
work. A comprehensive plan for a
scientific inquiry is being solved. The
Payne tariff law provided such an in.
vestiRation as the president proposes,
and its necessity, the president thinks,
Was adequately shown in the debsLe Oh
the Payne law.
The latest declaration from the insur.
gents of the Ia )use that they will uu.
equivocslly support the Taft postal saw
iDgs bank, conserysl lion, interstate COM
merce and anti-ipjunciou bills makes
the president, for the time being at least,
the absolute master OF the republican
party, and political prophets are dsc'ar-
log today that he will secure the passsge
OF sill the legislation he wants before
the roses bloom. The only fear in the
hearts OF the administration republicans
Is tina! some of the quieted insurgents
NAY get stirred again over something 10
the HOUSE, and kick over the traces once
more. The fact that good msny of the
insurgents have made their campaigns
at homo on an anti-OAnnon platform
complicates the silultiOn considerably.
of their constituencies should get it into
their heads that these members are
backslidingor "plAying in" with Cannon,
they might do little proddlpg from
home which would force the now quies-
cent insurgents to again quasi their
teeth and make more faces at the
speaker How to sppsar IS implscsble
foes of Cannon and the rules and At the
same time retain the support Of the
president who "stsnds BY" the speaker
has been a very difficult feat TO execute.
As the situation nov stands the insDr'
gents have promised the president to
BIS good" until the end of the present
session of Congress which is equivalent
to saying that they'll not Kick up
any more trouble until after
the summers congregational campaign.
After the next II uis Is elected neither
the president nor any one else except
Speaker Cannon cares very much how
many bricks ihsy throw at the rules, and
| il tho speaker can still swing the votes,
he wont care either. The only GisCor.
dant note now heard in the republican
music hall Is the ltu1 discord emsualing
from the horns OF the La Toilette. DOlli.
yer. BriscoW corner. II business is real
good next summer the administration is
hopeIui that the country will turo deaf
ear to the progressIves and send back to
Congress only th9se good little congrfsi'
man who keep their eyes on the conduc'
tor 10 The White House.
Per contra, MI Norris inside stste.
ment todsy in which he unid. "The
machine Ia trying to use q club to get
US into line by threatening that If we
do not cease our fight on Cannon, the
machine will block legislation and blame
us. eve will not be dubbed into line
nor be put into false position. As a
matter OF fsct the speakers committees
have charges or legislation and have not
reported any one of these measureS.
Why uotf The speaker controls all the
committees. Ifbe fayors this legislation,
why don't his committees bring some
of It out of their pigeon holes.
The truth is that the organization sses
that it Ia compelled to pass some sort of
progressive legislation and Is afraid to
open the door to really good legislation.
SO they want to bold csucuses on this
legislation and get us pledged 10 certain
bills that seem 10 be progressive bat in
reality are fall of vicious jokerG. That
Is the whole conspiracy md 1t will not
be put through 50 fsT as The insurgents are
concerned. We will not stand for turn.
Ing over the legislative powers OF The
House to the republican csucus."
The denocrRts OF the House are plsn-
nIpg to make Strenuous effort to amend
the present tariff lava go that gil food
stuff will be placed on the free list.
This announcement was made today by
! Mr.. Champ CLARK. ave woud have
brought the matter up the other day."
said Ma. OIsrk, "wheu Mr.. Payne TO-
troduced his bill for The payment OF gov
eminent indebtedness 10 gold. but were
given to understand that M Payne
would make q point OF order against The
move. The chair would have been
Obliged TO sustain the poiut Ell order and
nothing would have been accomplished.
At the first favorable opportunity, how
ever, the democrats intend TO bring the
matter up and will endesvor to secure
az open vote on the subject"
Speaker Cannon Is smiling today, for
be has delivered his mind of some bum
Ing thou Shts ou undesirable citizens,
Including sensational Journalistic, muck
rakers, insurgents, aud rebsllious
ninorlties. Last evening at the banquet
Of the Loysl Legion, be charged practl-
csly every misfortune that has come
upon the country, from the civil war to
the high coat of living, to the perpicions
"yellow press" With q wealth Of
yituperalion he declared that to The
newspapers could be traced the murders
of Presidents Lincoln Garfield and
Mckinley.
William Loeb, it,, collector of GUS
toms st New York wss 10 town today
and had consultations with treasury
officials and with President Taft. 1t is
declared that his call Gt the White