Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-11

and look after politics there seems little
hope OF an adjournment before that date.
The FRS! vote to be taken on an amend
mept to the Taft Elkins railroad bill is
promised as feature Of the afternoon
proceedings today. Mr.. Heytu'o is the
suthor and he promises the establish
ment of system OF laud courte.
The first real sight Of Ealley's CONT
from this country was claimed today by
Professor Assph Hall at the United
States Naval Observatory. 1t was 4:l5
o'clock and the comet Was 81, 600, 600
miles away but there ia no donbt that
Professor Hall has spotted 1t because be
says It is just like the press notices said
it would be. This is no small honor for
the professor 80 all the mlghtiess tele-
scopes In the world have been sweeping
the sky aloog the supposed coutse OF the
cnmet for months. Professor Willis
Moore has istu.d bulletin to sllay the
rsars of timid ones in which be pooh
poobs the idea OF collision between the
eatt1 and t5e CONT.
Despite the declaration of the Pullman
Company that 1t will appeal from the de,
cision oil the Eaters ala Commerce Oon:-
mission, towering sleeping car chsrgse,
railroad men t,day declare that the sp'
peal will only delay the re6u ,tion which
they say is inevitable. The commission
10 its investigation Of the matter devel.
oppd that the Pullman Company since
1899 has distribCt,d In regular and
special dividends, Sl13, 500, 600. In
1898 the capital stock OF tue company
was $50. 900, 600, while In 1908 it had
Increased to 800, 900, 600.
The feeling thu somebody "overlooked
bel' when the administration fsiled
10 send a representative to Europe t.
meet Dol. Roosevelt became pretty gen.
eral in official circles today when it be.
came known that Clifford Pinchtt spd
the former president took q long walk
together this morning at Porto Mautizlo.
rns name of Clifford Piuchot was cheered
8 tarday night 10 the face OF the presl-
lent q! the Republican Club barguet.
Nick Longworth mentioned it 10 making
a point 10 defense OF the tariff and re-
fetred to Pinchtt as the highest su:hor.
ty on forestry in tois ctuatry. Inc
diners decided that was The place TO
cheer and Interrupted his line OF argu-
nent. The president was clearly dis
pleased and bis close friends looked upon
the incident 80 little short OF insnltiDg."
+, reply to cablegrsm from Pres:
dent PsglEsnc of Porto Maurizso, tell
Ing of the reception Of Dol. Roose.
veIt and sending greetings, President
Taft today cabled Pagljauo: 81 have
received ;cnr courteous csb!egram az
Of u aciug that former President Roose,
yelt arrived last night st your city and
wss received enthusiastically By the
whole population and that your city
ia proud to welcome him. "a reply
I beg ID assure you and all your ctua-
trymen that the American people are
very grateful for, aud greatly appreciate,
he reception which the Italians, from
sovereign to the humbleSt sufj sct, have
accorded to our most distinguished citl'
zsn."
Ga account of the fat that there are
only seven members CT the Sapreme
Court GOV sit ing, Onief Justice Fuller
today announced that the appeal OF the
Standard Oil Company in the dissolution
nit Brought by the United States Sill
| be restored TO the docket and be rsheard.
The same order was entered 10 the to-
tacco trust case. Chiei Ju:t!ce Fuller
! n ia the encouragement in The bsrest
terms, shortly after the eou't conVenec'
It means that there will be 40 tinsi de-
termination OF the big antitrust cases
until next fall. The court will a'Journ
for the term probably en- May 81, and
attorneys sgres that 1t will be impossible
for the ,ehsaring to occur in the Inter
vsnlpg period, That The court Is ire
eoucilably divided on the merits OF the
two cases is the opinion of the prscsi.
tiouers. II is the opioion OF those most
ultimately associated with the work OF
the court that up to the time OF Jn:tlcs
Brewers desth the eight Justices CT the
;ribuual stood 4 TO t. His removal from
he bench resulted In q breaking of that
lie. The decision to rehear the litigs-
ton vas arrived at because Of the fact
that there is at present only one justice
on the bench above the six required by
law to conatitatess msjority, and because
the tribunal ielt thu! public Interest re-
qulred fuller membership on the bench
to weigh the uost important suits the
government has ever Instituted against
trnsts. Postponenent of a definite de-:
cision in the two suits mesua, practically
that all su,ls under the Sherman anti.
trust Ian ~h!ch now may be 10 cont IN.
plstiop, niue. be held In allegiance. In
The face OF the couit's dtt,rminatiou tc-
day to rehear cases, it is confidently
anticipated thst President Taft will at
any early date anntu1 zee his section OF e
uew member OF the tribunal, to sncc eed
the late Justice Brewer.
The appointment of Msjor General
G gorge NJ. Randall 10 succeed the lst'
General Hawkins us governor OF the
8 ,ldier's Home, In the District Of Dol.
u bia vas announced Today BY Secretary
of War Dickinson.
More luno,s OF Cabinet changes are In
c'rtust On today, the last being that ell
the membe but Secretary Myers, of the
navy and Attorney General Wiekershsm
viii soon retire. One rumor had it,
Roosevelt had read the riot act via aud
Messrs. MscVsagb, Ballinger, Nagel,
Hitchcock aud Knox we're to be replaced
BY Roosevelt "6ghsers, for the good Of
the party.
By the breaking of railing around