Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-26

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II use today. The president will leave
Washington the night before Memorial
Dsy aud will retnrn the next night,
spending but single day In New YORK.
Secrecy continued to be the rule To-Day
with the sob. committee S,nate judiciary
commi tee that is investigating the da-
mIsssl OF District Attorney Boyce and
u. 8. Marshal Sutherland, OF ALASKA.
There had been discussion OF possloll'
ity of the hearings being inside public
bnt chairman Nelson held to the COL
trsry, on the ground that the hea'ing
pertained to The executive business OF
the Senate. The evidence taken ID
secret gradually has become public aud
when the tus-commIttee met today 1t
considered the avissbilty of opening the
doors. The only objection TO such a
course lies in the fact thst the seton Is
being taken 10 connection with the hold
ing % by the Semitic OF nominations by
President Taft of successors for the men
removed and may be considered part
of The "executive session" OF the Senate.
The charge was made to the committee
that agents OF the Guggenheims spent
$40. 900 In 40 effort to keep one Of their
employees cut of prison. Vouchers,
itemizsd to an extent that left no doubt
as to the use thst bad been made OF the
money, showing sn expenditure oil
Al. 800 In an eff1lt to 10 6usnce court
proceedings, wtre presented to the In.
vestigators. The claim was made that
United States Dltrlcl Attorney John b
Boyce and Uoited States Marshal ID. A..
S sutherland we're dismissed because, after
couvictiDg a Gugeuheim employee, they
began work of securing indictments
against ''men higher up" Senator
Nelson's reason for objecting to open
sessions Is said to be that the question
before the committee Ia whether the
uomins tions of the successors to Bryce
and Sutherland should be confirmed.
The consideration OF nominations In
committees and In the S,nste is always
10 secret session and the Minnesota
senator feels thst the rule should be oo-
served In the Alaska case.
The House public building bill, which
is being framed by the committee on
public buildings, was taken up Wt1
President Taft today by Mr.. Bsrthold
(rep. Mo. as chairman Of The committee
Ba.thold laid before the president the
,stlmate for the bill as submitted by the
various subcommittee, 10 their pres
ent form these smount to $50, 600. GOO
B,rlhold il of the opinion that the bills
should not carry more than 500, 900, 600,
aod the president is generally understood
70 favor an even smaller bill. The pres
Ident will take up the matter With
numher of senators and representatives
and it Is expected that the bill will be
shaped within the next ten days. There
seems to be no doubt that the bill will
20 through this session.
The United States delegation to the
Pan American Conference next July
met at the State Department today aud
held a short conference with Secretary
Knox regarding the measure To- be
taken up. The delegation will hold
daily sessions beginning next Tuesday
to map out their work for the confer
ence. They will sail on the Army Trans
port Summer for Buenos Ayres on June
~.
Announcement was made by Senator Scott
that no further meetings of the committee on
tensions will be held during this session, lie
said that one third more pensions had been
reported at this session then ever before In
legislative history. The action Of the Senate
committee followed that taken in the Ho1se.
The state Of Louisina could be ruled entire
ly from Washington today, by the Louisiana
delegation which arrived here to boom the
CITY of New Orleans for the PANAMA canal e1-
position 10 1915. Governor Sanders and the
entire Legislature of the state are smong the
delegation, as well as the mayor Of New Or'
leans. end the mayors Of other cities through
out the state. Senators McEnery and Foster,
the Louisiana Congressional delegation, and
the permanent New Orleans exposition COM
mittee located here are entertaining he visi'
tors. They appeared before the House com
mittee on foreign 6 Il airs today, and presented
the claims of New Orleans for the exposition
This afternoon they will be the guests OF the
Secretary Of the Navy Meyer on a trio to
Mt. Vernon. Tomorrow the visiting LOnisl
anans will be received by the president and
Mrs. Taft at the first Whit9 House reception
IN he held on the White House lawn,