Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-05
From Washington.
Washington, May 5


Washington, May 5
Just to give the president a chance to
see what complete wreck looks like,
the Senate regu ars RETAINED from a1y
effort to patch up the railroad bill today
They desire him to see the BIZ ttsred favor
lite OF the administration at bis worst IN
the hope that he will be moved to US
the big sick in the f ght to get some.
thing through Congress. 1t was just at
nounced thtt the programme for today's
session would call for couple OF long
speeches thst would leave little or no
time for the consideration OF the bill,
That would leave the measure In the air
uu,il The president arrived tomorrow and
give him an opportunity 10 suggest plans
Tor disposIng ofsthe wreck. 10 their
hopeless state the leaders st both ends Of
The Capitol feel that they cen accomplish
pothiug ualess the president will co.,
sens to tske an active part in the contest
la SsDa.e veteran declared to friend
today thst be proposed TO tell the pres'-
! dent point blank that be had no business
to be travelling around toe county when
bills of Importance to the party were in
danger Of failure. "It may take. me P
week to see him." be added "tu. l will
tell him what think OF it." Open mr-
tiny has broken Gu. among the stsmpeded
regolars 10 the House. tits custom ths!
when rollcall Is to be tskeD in the
House to sigaal the fact on electric bells
plsced throughout the H1use end
of the Capitol and the office build
! ing. To cast record vote bss always
been accounted an important scs oy
con grs ssmau and it has been their In
variable custom to hustle, when call
ed 10 the chamber fer that purpose.
| 10 contrast With this Ia the fsc' that or
| recent rollcall 80 OF the regulars So: in
their Offices and refused to respond 10 the
call Of the bells. The republican whip
visited them and By personal esh0rtstion
tried to secure their attendance. Their
| answer vac, In substance: "The pres-
dent is running around and If he does
cot care for ibe bill why should re
! bother abtut it," Progressive senstjrs
| are dIsIrclioed to talk about the presi'
dents charge that they are RESPONSIBLE
! for the muddIed condition of sffsirs be-
cause they desire to avoid personal
| controversy with him. "Not now"
| said q progressive who was asked for o
| statement, "but this is going to lead to
40 acute situation. The real csuse OF
the falldowu however, is that they had
| the foolish idea that they could write
bill covering as much important GROUND
az does this one, at cabinet meeting,
AID then expect everybody to vote f!r 1t
precisely as they sent it to u.s."
After insisting that be had no intep-
ZION of interfering with the work OF the
| Bsllinger-Pinchot Investigating commit
ee or n fl actiug 90 the altitude of tina;
| body, Representative Harrison of New
York today asked judiciary committee to
! N ske favorable report on bis resolu ion
calling upon the at orney general TO tran
| smit 10 the House those docu ments bear
| ing on the investigation which have been
withheld By the committee, MIR. HaI-
rison declared that be based bis Request!
on q I'M belief that the country was
aux;ou, to have every possible fact placed
before the committee ard on the sthts
meut OF Mr.. Bsodels, Attorney for
CLAWS, that These papers would have
an important bearing on the case.
EMr. Harrison's Statement! Mr.. DENLY
of Michigan, member Of the judiciary
| com mit,ee aud also of the invest gstiug
| com mittee made rather bested state.
meut in which be asserted that The only
| reasons which would have prompted the
li,t,odu :tIon of the reso u,icns wers
either desire to show that the attorney
| general and the president had sctei in
bad fai b or to discredit the invest gat-
Ing committee. Mr.. Harrison answered
by saying that II the papers had no
bearing on the case a great deal of mis-
apprehension as 10 their purpoit wou d
be avoided by having them presented to
congress. The committee took no action
on the resolution,
By common consent truce was de-
Glazed yesterday evening between the
regulars and the insurgents on the rail-
| rosd bill, and it vas agreed that no vote
should be taken until Monday OF any
amendment to the bill. This will give
the president, on his return, al oppor-
tuuity to snslyzs the stu aticn before The
next move Is made. Sc iator Aldricb
went to New York yesterday afternoon
and will not return to Washington until
Sunday nigh. Anyhow the senator
will not return to the Senate until TUES
day. In bis absence the regulars de-
cided 70 prevent any action of conse-
qoeuce being taken on the bill. They
also decided that, If possible they would
adi:u.n the Senate from todsy's session
unlil Monday. When Mr.. Aldrich de-.
parted he EXPORTED his lieuseDauts to do
everything possible to pledge majority
Of the Senate to the support OF the presi-
dents measures. The regulars claim to
| hsve 40 senators 10 line and they are
working hard ID get The other seven
| needed for usjority from the ranks CT
| Two republicans. Ittbst fails, 80 effort
| will be made to draw on the democrats
| for a few votes. There is lack of ha.-
uony among The progressives that rer-
de,s uncertain their course on the bill.
They have never had compac! orgsp-
'zstiou becsuse the range of their mem
bership is from radicals to aenstors who
are insurgent only on part cuisr qaes-
lions. They may be expected, however,
to stand together rs they have in the
past for progressive policies.
Secretary Of the Interior Bsllinger
aoain took the stand today when Inc