Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-20
iCorrespoudence Of the Alexandria Gazette,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 90.

ceptlOD was Qelo GU 'uiS uCVhsiou, ouo
Mr. Carlin was most Hospitality enter
tanned.
Mr.. 3. st. George Tucker is In the
city and today entertained number OF
friends at luncheon at the Willard.
Amo.g It's guests were hessrs. ]. A.
Marshall. s G.. Brent. r. s Barrett
aud G K Picket, OF Alexandra.
s'R ,os. vel for sp akpr he House
in the next Congress, Is the talk OF
soma here while others laugh at To
idea. According to the report, Mr..
Roosevelt will have he support o! Pres
ident TAT. In the proj cted struggle for
tbs speskership. he will be accorded q
mage 6cent reception on hia rs'usn to
New York Ia Juue, and there, the re-.
port has l., the boom will be launched
with spprop,iute ceremony. Mr. Taft
will s,tend, and give thu movement bis
blessing Tho great hur'sman has
already made 1t known that he doas COZ
ysnt " 10 thu Ssuste from Ne~
Yrs. H nas rspussd the idea ;hat
ue might sgain become governor OF New
York. Bot be has declared to peraouai
friends that the speasership Is the mnst
Important post In the federal goVernneu,
after The presidency. So dame rumor is
busg. She has already planned rhs
Representative Cocks, of the New York
district embracing Oyster Bay, is 10 step
into Diche among The mar'yrs to make
room for ,osevet. Representative
Cocks ca led at the Wbite Il ,ase this
moru:pg aud heartily endorsed Tide pro-
ct. He said that he would gladly re-
tire from The contest 10 his district if
Ool & Josevelt would run wish the uc-
dera.an iiOg sha! he Sas 10 make fight
for the speskefship.
II de2is,nn rendered today By the
lot, rstst- Commerce Commission II was
held that transportation charges 90
asparagus of IS cents per Crate f.nm
Ooa,le.ton, SIuta Osrlliua, to New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore aod
Washington, sod o! 90 ceata per crate
10 B,slon are found to be unreasonable.
The proper rate according to the cum
mics on should be go cents to New York,
IS cents TO Philadelphia, Sc cents to
3 more and Washington aad 70 cen'a
10 3 ston. This decision was rendered
co complaint made by the Asparagus
Groves Association of Charleston
county. Soulh Carolioa, against the Al.
lantic Coast line and other railroad com.
psaies.
Tic Taft federal Incorporation schsms
has besu pigeon. doled. The president
tacitIy abandoaei thu measure, in the
lace of we'll developed opposition in
Congress.
A csiioet officer is going to take a
baud lie the forthcoming elections to d II
the seat Ct ins late D. A. De Almond OF
Missouri. 8 Secretary of Oou1mercs aad
Labor Nsgai viii! leave Washington on
Saturday next for short stump around
his ho ne state In the interests ct Philip
S. Gt;fR b, of Grseo6sld, republican
candida for O1naress in toe sixth
district. The democratic Candida is O..
@. Dickuson's former stats senator sud
the district Is democratic by over 2, 200
Official Washington today paid Its
last tribute OF honor to Senhor joaquin
Nabuc,, the late ambassador from Bra
iii. whose funeral wfs held from s..
Matthews Church. President Taft and
mem bers of bis Cabinet, members of the
diplomatic corps, officers of the army and
navy and host OF civilian admirers OF
the dead statesman snd diplomat filed
the church, where the impressive solemn
high funeral MESS vas celebrated BY Mon.
stsuor Lee, rector of the church. Mrs.
Taft ssoon panied the president II the
funeral servicep. The following scted as
honorary psllbsar.rs: Baron Eanondo,
Mayor de Plapehes, ambassador from
Italy; Baron Hengelmuller von Hepger.
var, ambassador from Aus!ris; NJ j. j..
Jussersud, ambassador from France;
y,sccunt de Ale, minister from Porlu-
gal: sanor don Anibsl Cruz. minister
from Chile; Secretary of State kn9z;
Senator Root, Jos'ice HolmeS, Repre-
sentative Perkins, Senator Oullon, John
Barrett and Admiral echley. A military
guard of honor escorted the body of Sen
or Nsbuco from the embassy to tie
chrrcb, end after the ssrvices TO Rock
Greek cemetery, where 1t wss p'sced 10
a vault, to await transportation to Bra
iii. President Taf's yacht, the May
Aower, will carry The body from Wash.
sugtou to Hampton Roads, where 1t will
&c p!sced Oh beard the bsttleship Mon.
tsDs. The warsbip will take the body
to Brazil.
"They did not have quite enough
nerve to throw both James and Rainey
cut."-Chanp Oiask. ut YVES entirely
wrong. Toe republican caucus had no
business to take up the matter at all. -
Representative Cooper, irsorgeut rePu1-
licsn from Wisconsin. "We acted IN
disnifed, straightforward manner and
showed the minority the err, OF it.
WAYS as we'll az treating the democrats
with all possible consideration. Rep
rsssntat.ve Goebel of Ohio who iotro-
ducsd the resolution thst WAS finally
passed By the caucus. You can pay
your money and take your choice. All
parties In the free for all scrap for mem
bsrship on the Ballingef.Pinchot invss'
tigating committee profess to hsileVe
that they have cause for congratnlation
over tbs way the matter stands today
and it is quite likely that when the eau
ems nominations come up for ratification
on The flor OF the House, the slate will
20 through without change. By its
scion In accepting Mr.. James, OF Ken.
lucky. and throwing cut Mr.. Henry
Rsiney, OF Illinois, the two committee
nominations made By the democrats Sat
.i,ht tLo ,annhlican mkiority as,