Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-21
From Washington.
lCorrsvpondeuoe Of the Alexandria Gasetse'
Washington, February Il.

Senator Tillman continues 10 improve
| His physicians say the paralysis IL much
less than yesterday. His mind Ia very
clesr ADD memory excellent. The eu;-
look Is more encouraging than 1t any
time since his illness began.
Senator Smith at noon today vas re-
poit ID 10 be ia q satisfactory condition.
BE ID now considered well on the road
to recovery.
Representative Perkins, the republ;-
can congressman from Rochester, n. T.,
is very III at Garfield Hospital, suffering
from a bladder trouble.
The removal of the body Of Ambas'a.
dor Nsbuco Of Brazil to the MAJ flower
has been postponed because OF the fall
u.e OF the Brazilian bsltleship, Minas
Gsra,s, to pu. in an Appearance at MOI
folk. The body Of the late ambassador
was to hsve left Washington today for
Norfolk to be placed aboard the cruiser
North Carolina for the voyage to Rio.
The charges brought against Commit
sioner Of Labor NELL By Thomas &.
Dawley we're stamped as "sbsolotelY
Iuuf unded" by Secretary Nsgel today.
Dawley charged NELL with iucomPeu-
tency generally and With willlu' misreP.
resentstIon OF facts 10 woman and child
labor investigation now being made by
the labor bureau.
The Alsbama State franchise tax law
was todsy declared unconstitutional by
4 decision OF the United States Supreme
Court 10 the test suits by the Southern
aud Louisville and Nashville railroads.
The Judgement of the circuit court
of The United States for the Arkansas
district In dismissiDg the suit OF the
W. U. Telegraph Company against the
state to eniOin enforcement Of the cor
porstion tax lew passed May 10, 1907,
was reversed by decision In the case
today by the SapTeme Court OF the
United States holding the statute un-
constitutional.
That Frederick A. Peckham, Moses
Haas and Theodore II. Price, three oil
the parties to the famous ''cottDn leak
scandal" OF 1905, must facs trial for
their alleged participation, before the
cou,ts of the Drt,ict OF OoIu nbis, was
the decision Of the U. Z. Supreme Otu't
today.
Practically sll OF the claims OF the
st ia of West Virginia 10 the famous
o. uudary dispute of that Commonwealth
" tn the state of MARYLAND, as 20 owner
ship OF Preston county, West Virginia,
we're ,day sustained by decision Of the
Supreme Court.
I A delegation of negroes of the various
Congressional dlitricts of Kentucky,
asked President Taft t)dsy to sppoii
Albert s. White, OF Louisville, negro
lawyer, as minister 10 HsJti. The dele
cation wss presen MED by Senator Bradley
The state If MinneSo II is winner 10
the suit of the Great Northern and othel
railroads to test the gross earnings o.
1902. This Is the decision OF the U. 3
Supreme Court
Justice Lurton, the newest member oil
e the U. s. Supreme Otu to-day rendered
9 his fret decision 40 member OF thu
highest ecu t Hs read the opinion o
the cour; n the case of the comptroller o
Georgia against the Georgia Railway enc
= Baukiug Company, helding generally IL
favor of the lit y, 10 suit over tn
0 aorll:stion cf The Georgia Stat, law o
1908 tIxiug corpora tiOOs on the sum al
legged to be IL excess OF investment owe
pat OF the cap t i stock.
3 The corporations OF tle country baVt
declared a war agsIntt the corporation
tax. and President Taft Is beiDg made
ina bott of their attscks Oh the measures
The corporate interests, besides theil
Q general attack against the publicity
feature of TIA Law, have insugursted
j, movement looking toward the repeal o
the entire measure. As preliminsr!
scrimepe to the battle royal Represer t.
u tive Sterling OF Illinois today presented
}, to the president a hter signed by q
q corporal ions doing business 10 Blooming
!. ton, Illinois, asking tle president to rec
=, ommsnd to Congress that tie law b.
" killed. Despite the oppos on to th
b law which has developed all along iii
: line, on the line Of the corporation, III
Q pies Ident steadfslty mslptsins that lh
law should be 'given 8 chance" b.
Ia preparing } make 90 at mpt to seonr
an appropriation Of $50, 900 u max
operative the publicity haure OF III
Q law.
q President Taft will spend Washington
birthday 10 New York. He will lea7'
L Wsshinrt)u tomorrow morning, ant
:, reach the metropolis Ia the Of
& teruoop, going 10 the home OF bis brother
y Henry w. Taft. Inthe evening he vii
. attend the dinner of the Scott ty OF tb
y Cincinnati of New jersey at the Pltz
% Hotel, where be will be the tusst @
}. honor. The president will leave Ne'
York Wednesday fer Newark, where b
will address The Newark Board OF Trst
: Wednesday AFTERNOON. He will re un
J. to Washington Thursday morning.
d The gu ,stI, Of hlW far state ma
20 10 compelling railroads crossing thei
borders 10 provide facilities for passen
gels, was decided In the U. :, Saprem
!! court today 10 the cass OF the MsscuT
: Pacific agsiust the state of Kansas
!, The decision Of the Sup reme Court toda.
u Ia that the order must be observed AM
" uphoIds the states contention.
i The Arkansas St to law providing TO
!. a charter fee for foreign corpora tons be
t fore permitting them to do business II
the ststs wss yesterday afternoon de
clsred constitutional by the suprem
. Ooult three justices disseuding. Tn
II suit was one brought by the Wettsr