Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-29
From Washington.
Washington, April 2

be the visited The navy yard, the army
war college, the capitol, where be watch
ed intently the process of laws In The
making, and the Congressional library.
Secretary Knox gave him q luncheon
snd afterEsrd The party went down the
river on the May to NJ unt Yer
nou. Prince Tssi Tao accepts his honots
With The gres test dignity but is an affabls
and slert person, ut the task of "s:eing
the United S stss" seems to have pslled
a little. Not 80 with Lord Ii, son OF IL
Buog Chang. Lord Ii lie at least
six feet tell and weighs not
little over two hundred pounds. he
and President Taft would be In about
tie same class physically. He speaks
E 1glish Ausully and translates American
iokea 90 we'll that the prince himself can
see the point Of them. The party will
see Annapolis tomorrow. The cadets
will drill for them. The end OF the
festivities will be the ball aud dinner
given by the Chinese minister, Chang
Yin Tsng. Alter that they will go 10
New York.
q parcels post bill providing for the
establishment Of an experimental system
on the rural routes Of the O. u1try will be
reported by the House committee on
post. fIicts and post roads before the end
Of the presett session. A poll OF the
committee recently taken shows clear
m jority for the pending legislation and
the matter will be placed in the hands
of the tuo.commIit:e this week In order
tbi proper bill may be reported.
The COZ tasted election cases sgaiptt
Joseph F. O'Oonnell, Of Massschustt!s
and Albert E,topiDal, of Louisiana,
which have been pending before the
H Juse commiit,s on elections No. 2,
have been prsot cslly decided In favor Of
the present incumbents. There remains
only formal action t. be taken by the
committee. Represer tative OOonnelI
vss elected by less than dozsn votes,
tn. the committee found that the cleo
ton was net illegal. Ex Governor
Yarmouth, a republican contested Ei.
topInals seat on the ground thst he had
bsen barred from the democratic pri-
mary.
Uuless President TAFT breaks all pre-
cedent for nearly q century and nal,
Charles E. Hughes will remain on the
supreme beuch as an associate justice,
and not be elevated to the chief j1silcs'
ship 10 the event that place becomes
vacant. Current rnmors are that Gov
HUI yhes accepted the associate ju'ticesbip
on the underst inding thst ne would be
appointsd to su cceed Chief Justice Fal'
Ter, 10 the event OF the retirement OF
death OF that aged jarist.
Sscrttny Meyer appeared before The
naval af lirs committee OF the House
this morning for a fyt-mlnute alE. His
stay was extended to two hours OF hea''
ed discussion on the merit OF his naval
re.orgsuIza plan. Dir. Meyer asked
the com mi tee to insiru t Mr.. Ross to
consult with Senator Ferkins chairman
of the Senate committee and urge him
to insert 10 the naval appropriation bill
authority for him t, establish his plan
This authority was stricken IRON
| the House bill On q point OF order
Never had barely completed bis srgr
| msnt when Representative Hobson o
IAIatams, sppssred and underworld to
prevent the adoption Of the motion pro
posed By the secrt tiry and offered by MI
| Butler, Of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Hobsor
Iexpressed his entire disspproval OF Ih'
IMeyer plan and stirted ceyere cross
Examination OF the secretary. He ds
Iclsred that Mr.. Meyer had stirted tht
plan without authority OF Congress snt
should not now ssk f)r that minority
Members OF tbs committee cay that Sec
retsry Meyer was visibly perturbed
Represeutat've Butler finally ended th'
discussion by moving the previous qnes
lion on bis mtton which was agreed to-
Batterine is an immaculate food pre-
duct according to q statement made o.
II, O. Pirrnng, a manufacturer at Col
umhus, Ohio, ID the H)use committee o.
Agriculture t1dsy. He denied that TIL
manufacturers ever sold cleo as butte
apd said the greatest care WAS exercised
| in its manufacture, aud employees 10 tn
Iflctory are compelled 10 keep clean
House leaders make no secret OF thu
fact that they are much perturbed a
the failure of tine offer to push the presi
dents railroad bill through the House
without substantial amendment. They
are much gratihed that the Commerce
Court section was retained 10 the bill
but they feel that the amendment adopt
ed Yesterday includ ng the telegraph
and telephone companies in the measure
az common carriers may prevent ar
agreement between the House for many
weeks. They view the Presidents de
parture from Washington ct this time
with some concern as they counted or
him to assist them in bringing some o.
the less radical insurgents into line
lReprese NATIVE Stafford, OF Wisconsin,
member of the interstate Commerce
ICommittee said today that the amend
ment adopted yesterday would never bt
accepted by the Senate under any cir
cumstances although he admitted tina
liz had a substantial majority in the
House at all times. "If the House in
sists on this amendment" said Mr.. Stat
ford, 81 think it Is safe to say that con
gress will not adjourn until mid-summe
aud that this action may be taken without en-
setting a single line Of the railroad BILL"
The vote on the question Of recommen I'M
the passage Of q campaign publicity bill wa
again postponed by the Senate committee Oh
privileges and elections. II YVES decidei to
day TO refer several publicity bills pending
before the c1mmites TO a sub-eommitte
which will submit report on May Z.
The grocery store Of John II. Msgruder, q
Co 'necticut avenue and X street, was dan
aged by FIRE early this morning to the exteD
| Of $40 nlO LieutenAnt SantOn. Of No. 3 I'm