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

throughout the country for overtime
service rendered aimee the passage OF
the eight-htur law and previous to the
time when, BY the increase OF the car.
rier force, the Postofire Department
Was able to make the eight-atur Law
effective. The postmen will receive
1882, 943,SS The bill is pract!caily
sure of passage within the next fort
night.
Presidential COW. rsations Will be
tabooed in the evidence t. be brought
before the Congressional committee in
vssliga,ing the Ballinger-Pinchot con-
troversy. After short execU tive session
today, it mas announced thst the Plu-
cao!ites 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 Of the die ANA of ruling on the
subject, but there was considerable sur
prise that the PiDchotites did no! take
the same ait tn 1e Jdsy az on Saturday
when they demanded ruling. After a
short executive session, The ccmmi tee
resu med Its public sessions, with G ford
Plnchot, the former chief forester, on The
stand. Attorney Pepper tlok up bis
examinat on of Pinchot where he lett of
Saturday, 10 July, 1909.
Ultimate presidsLt al views that
apparently the chief executive never in
tended should become public we're dis.
closed when Pincho! rssd from the wit
pess stand letter to him from Presi
dent Taft, da:ed September Is, In which
TIE writer besought MIN net to leave the
public service because of the presidents
exonera'ion OF SECRETARY Bsllinges. The
latter indicates how cre.t'y disturbed The
president had been BY this tquabble in
his tficial femily, aud bis purpose to
triog to an end the chickering's between
different dspalt nsnts and buresu'. L.
cideut!y the president took ocoasioo t.
refer to certain alleged intsrVieHa given
oct by Ormsby McHarg, wben assistant
secretary of commerce and labor, cr!tl-
cising former President Roosevelt. Cor
earning NJ, II arg, President Taft wrote,
ale vas an afiiciept officer, but he
talked to much and wildly, and bis
withdrawal relieved me-"
Whether William Howard Taft, presi'
dert OF the United States, may be placed
on the stand before the Ballinger-PiDcho1
Congressional investigating commi e lie
pertinent problem In Washington =
day. The suggestion has been made to
the president, and bis altitude toward
The proposition was quite apparent. 10
response to the proposal be mentioned
tie precedent of Thomas Jefferson Who.
when president, was called up IN to testify
at the trial Of Aaron Barr for treason.
ferson, in response to summons
istutd by Justice John Marshall, the
famous consti'utionalist, argued that the
dignity OF his Office raised him above all
process Of law, and refused to sppesr.
Later Marsh I'll upheld his pos ton.
The on u ton otsp oroprlst ng $42, 900,
900 to improve The Missouri river from
S oux CITY 10 its mcu!h was considered
at hearing 5efore tae Senate committee
on commerce today.
The greatest government depart nett
Iuilding ever constructed ia proposed In
the SEQ bill which WAS recommended
to the Senate for passage by tbs commit
lee on public buildings today. It Is to
cost $12 900, 900 aud to be occupied BY
Q Dsps'tmeu ; of State, Justice and
Commerce and Labor. The plans are to
be sutjstt to approval by Congress.
The hand weighing Of god and silver
coins was today abandoned In the Phils-
delphia mint. The introduction of me-
chapIcal devices for this necessary opera
ton In thu mar 'acture of gold and Bill
YER coins will resu' t In agreat savings to
the government. Another labor saving
de7ics which goes into operation In the
Philadelphia Aiot today is so automatic
feeder which supplsntS tue Old method
OF feeding coins into the coming presses
by bandf Through this operation six
10 81 will do the wofk formally requiring
% men. The total saving By the i'm
proved mechanical methods will be more
than $67, 900 yesr, the services of ~
people in all being dispensed With. This
reform will not be confined to the Philas
delphia mint but will be put into opera
,ior as we'll st the Denver, San Frar-
cisco and New Orleans.
''Mr. Aldrieh's assertion that he
could run the business of the govern
msat 70, $500, 900, 900 year less than
it Is nov being conducted is plea Of
guilty to the Indictment OF tbe demo-
critic party" cried Representative Gu.
up, dem. Indy. on the floor Of the
House ,dsy. at proves just what
ne, on .his side of the II uIe, nave
been contendiug," he continued. "that
the republican party Ia the party OF &
.ravsgancs and waste"
Collect jrs of informal rsyenus genera
ly throughout the country vii: keep
their Offices open until late hour to-
night In order to receive the beisted re-
tarns Of corpt r,tions announcing their
income for the last calendar year upon
which is 10 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 cslla were received today BY
The commissioner of internal revenue
from various sections Of the country ask
ing in ext ansion of time In behalf OF
corpors tons that for one reason or an
other have not yet prepared their re
turne. To some few cases 1t was stated
that the cost of the telephone call would
nrnhahIY exceed the aNount of tax 10