Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-28

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dent Cleveland commuted bis sentence
to life imprisonment and Prssldent
Roosevelt. refused u interfere. Today
President Taft issued the pardon. Some
time since petItitn was sigaed BY large
number Of Alexsndrians requesting Mr..
Roosevelt. 10 interfere in the cIse, but ne
refused, and since Mr. Oarlin has been In
Congress he has been active 10 securing
clemency for Taylor who has sister
living In Alexandra. The president
held that Taylor should have been con-
victed of murder In the second dfgree
Instead OF in the fist degree aud ihloks
that the imprisonment he has slrtady
served is sufficient punishment.
There was sn echo from the famous
Cassie Chadw when the president t J.
day issued pardon to Arthur b Spear.
Spear was the cashier Of the Oberlin
Nstlopa Bank, of Cleveland, OSio, and
he was convicted of falsifying bis sc-
counts and Of certifying the checks oil
Cassie Chadwick when there was no
fluids to meet them.
With the air OF martyr, Mrs Gladys
Gerald, storm centre Of tearst tempest
that threatens an upheaval OF the naIior-
al organization OF the Daughters OF the
American Revelation, resumed her work
in the offics of the Daughters today,
despite the fact thst she hiss been dis
missed By the President General, Mrs
| Tnlia n scott. Miss Gerald, who was
dismissed for ''intu bordinatiou, declares
that the real reason for Mrs. SCOTS
action was "snub" administered BY
the insubordlnste" daughter to Mrs.
Amos o. Diaper, chief lieutenant OF
Mrs. Scott. The fact Is also mentioned
that Miss Gsrsld's mother Is In the van
of the 'fnsuvgenls" fiction of the daugh-
tiers, which is opposing The Scott sdmir-
Istrstiop. There are black looks and
whispered conferences at the d. A. K.
Offices today while Miss Gerald works
| iuduslrlcusly, uumoved 10 the storm.
Representative "Jlm" Tawney, chair
man Of the Hou'e committee on ap'
proprIAtIous, is today gathering his CO.
horts for fight sgainst President JsiPs
naval programme, as prepared by Secre'
tsry Of the Navy Meyer No billions or
bsttleships while Tswuey guards the
treasury in the House, II the Minnesota
legislator can prevent. He Is bitterly
opposed 10 the presidents scheme for
two q. 900 ton wsrships at this session,
and today he talked right out about H.
Gas well as could be expected" Is
the anything but resssnring news from
the sic tx bed Of Representative Perkins,
of New York, who has been In danger.
ous condition for the past two weeke.
The copgreasmsn'G physicians say that
there had been no distlnct relapse al
though they are not yet willing 10 say
that Representative Perkins will recover.
In the U. s. Sapreme OcH't today
the government presented q motion to
set sside the writ granted Friday BY Jun.
tin Lurton to bring before the lhighest
court the case of Charles r. He'ke, the
sugar trust employe, now under charges
for alleged customR frauds After bit
ter wrsngIe between attorneys, the court
DOS tpoued It's decision on tae govern
meut's me- ton for one week.
Shall private presidential uttAsnces
on the beet OF conservation be dlVulged
to the Joint committee now inye.iigsting
| the diverse views on that subject oil
former Forester Plnch0s end SscIttuy
| of the Iolerior Balllnger? Shall Pfesi'
ldsnt Taft. ia effect. be made party I
| the squabble already bsing aired? Such
are the Two int,rrogstOrles which sTe
giving Chairman Nelson's Investigators
considerable food for thought The
question came up Saturday, when Atsor'
new Vertrees, counsel for Billinger, Oh
iscted to the relation by Pinchot OF the
salssnce of conversation he had witt
| the presidsnt about April 20, 1909
"PublIc policy" was the warning note
sounded by the attorney. The commit.
tee decided 10 consider tae matter and
make ruling tomorrow. The suspicion
grows In wel!-lnformed circles here that
| The Piuchotities Iurpcsely brought the
auestion II an su'. II the former
foret ,r Is permitted ID tell on t1e stand
his recolel ton of what the president said
It) him In answer to Pinchops protest
sgsiult the Ballinger programme OF con e
seryst' on, Attorney Pepper, counsel fol
Piuchot, expects to have weapon with
which be will force Secretary Billinger,
when the latter asIu mes the stand, to re-
late shy 1t was that on April 20, imme'
dIttsl after having seen the president,
be hurried to his Office, and Immediately
reversed the policy he had inauguraied
that OF restoring the water power sites
witldrawu by bis predecessor. Il, will
demand to know jast exactly what the
president told his secretary OF the in'
terior. II, how yer, the committee rules
thst there NUT be no tsstifying as to
conversations with the president tie
"prosecution" will make the most Of
spreading the rumor that "Whitewssh"
| Is being prepsred for application and
that 40 attempt was being made to sup
press fscts bearing on the casus balli'
There was q rnmor current today that
perhaps President Taft wtHld solve the
dilemma by himself asking to be heard
before the committee. Su,h action would
| be a shstteriDg of all precedsnls.
| Aitsr q conference between Senator
Root and the president ST the Whit
| House todsy 1t was definitely decided
| that Frederick b. Bngher, deputy police
COM missioner of New York city will not
be appointed surveyor OF the pOlt Of
New York. Bucher who Is a democrat
was the personal choice of President
Taft for the position and was practically
without any other support,
Arolher babel seems to have gathered