Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-22
From Washington.
Washington. April %

MAKING the appointment, uo iaiu Oc'Oae
his advisers today the troublous situation
which confronts him In the matter. He
made Ii plain that be will name New
York man for the place II he can tiud
one Of the right csllbre who will sccept
The president his let 1t be known
that be would like to appoint Cover
nor Hughes, but he has been given to
understand that the New York gov
ernor would be tempted by nothing
less than the chief jnsticeshiP.
It is certain, however, that the place
will be offered 10 Hughes and II be de-
cIines the president can safely leave New
York without representation on the
bench, and sppoint q man from the
middle west, possibly Lloyd Bowers, the
solicitor general, who has been virtually
promised 3 place on the bench before
the TAFT administration ends. Mean
time the Eighth judicial circuit, the
middle west, which was represented BY
Brewer 10 clsmoring for the naming OF
his successor from that section OF the
county. Circuit Judges Hook, Van
Devapt.r and Sanborn have been Pot
forward from that circuit, and the friends
OF each are bringing all the Influence
they can command ID bear on the presi
dent. Judge Dsemer, of the Iowa Sn'
preme Ocut, has also been presented to
the president So Supreme Court timber,
ss well Is O score OF minor legal
lights In the middle west. Besides
Governor Hughes, New York has
presented the nsmss of score OF judges
of the New York Supreme Oou1t, and o
number of big New York lawyers as as
pirsut, for the place. The latest add
lion to the quota is Judge Frederick E.
Crane, OF Brooklyn, who heard the
famous Hams case. Few OF these are
entitled to serious consideration, however
The president has let 1t be known that
be will not consider the fact that a judge
has been involved in sny of the import
ant cases now before the Supreme Oou't
ss bar to bis appointment This sl-
lows judges HooF, Van Dsvsnter aud
sanborn, of the Eighth Circuit, and So.
licisor General Powers to enter the race.
Msior General franklin Bill, chief
OF staff OF the army, relirquished HE
Office at neon today. Several hundred
officers from the War Department, the
War College and Fort Myer came TO his
Office to cay good bye and President Taft
sent over a cougrstulstory message from
the White House. General and Mrs.
Bell will leave Washington for Fortress
Monroe this evening, where be will rest
for several weeks. Later Ia the summer
he will START for the Philippines. He
will assume command OF the Philippine
division next Jsrvlr7. General BslPs
successor, General Wood, who Ia now on
his way from Argentine, will not take
charge Of the Office until July. In the
interim General Bliss will serve IS SCI
ing chief of staff.
Apparently unable to maintain the
high price schedule which hss been en-
forced for some time psst, the meat
trust, through Its agents, informed the
local wholesale trade yesterday OF drop
la the prices OF sailed meats OF 81 bO to
81 per barrel.
Evidence that the attorney general 10
bis summary Of the CLAWS charges
against Secretary OF the Interior Balm
ger mIsstated certain facts was brought
ont by hot characterization of f. 0.
Flnney, assistant to the secretary of the
Interior, before the congressional In
vestigatlng committee today. The wit.
less admitted, after an exhaustive series
OF gu attloDs by Glsvis's attorney, l.. ID
BraudeiS, that Attorney General WlcF,
ersbam's 1t itement that ono steps what
ever" we're taken by CLAWS looking to
criminal prosecution of Alaska coal
claimant t. before the statute OF limita'
laiions began to run WAS erronetun
The witness declared that the record in
the Investigation disclosed that CLAWS
and Special Agent Jones, his subordi-
nate. had taken steps.
HIS imperial highuess Prince Tssi
Tao, u 1cle OF The emperor OF China with
suite OF sixteen members snd FIVE
servants, who srdved at Sau Francisco
todsy will be extensively entertained BY
the government upon their arrival 10
Washington. The prince Is the head
of the military commission which Is to
visit Europe aud lie accompanied by Ii
Ching Mai, son of Ii Hang Chang end
Ha Han Chang. Colonel Schuyler, who
has been detailed as military aid to the
party by the War Dpartmsnt, came with
them from Honolulu
Oomlpg from every known q1srtsr Of
the globe IS6, 745 immiglsot sliens,
we're passsd into the UniIed States by
the Buretu of Immigration during ne
month of March. This Is sn increase Of
IS 765 over reported admissions during
February.
Outlining a series OF speeches that
will Include no attack on the middle
vest insurgents, President Taft today
began 10 plan bis addresses for his COM
log western trip. The president will
talk politics throughout the trip, but he
has definitely decided that there will be
no criticisms Of anyone 10 the republi-
can psrty. The presidential party, which
will include Secretary Knox, will leave
Washington the evening of april 20 for
Buffalo, where April 80 will be spent.
The party will attend the annual dinner
OF the Buffalo Chamber Of Commerce,
where both the president and Secretary
Knox will speak.
The Outt rms court of Appesls created
by the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill orgsniz'
ed today. Arthur B. Shelton, for many
years secretary to Senator Aldricb, was
elected clerk of the court.
Rockefeller's Foundation, the sgency