Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-10

been elimins tsd-the pooling agreement,
and the merger clsuses-and two foreign
features have been sdded-!he long aud
| the short haul clause, snd the physical
| yalu alton provision. President Tai; say 8
that the bill is not materially changed,
and by no means has been emasc1lated.
~ am not as familiar with the cor
dition of the bill 10 the House ss am
| In the Senate" is the say be puts it
| "gui think that possibly the state.
ment OF the bill in the Senate will show,
what is the fact, that the bill has not
been emasculsted in either House and
thst it contains almost all OF the rene.
dial features of the original admins
tration bill, and that these things which
have been ommit.ed are neither sub.
s!au.isl nor vital" House regulars are
sure that the bill, what there Is left OF
1t, will pasp, but meantime they are
little nervous. Mr.. Dwight, the repub.
licau whip, with band OF assistants
was on hand early today, lining up the
aaveriug votes. They argued maniuly
against eleventh hour objections, aud
sought to obyiate every "osd cold" or
"sickness in the family" or similar
| misfortune, that might keep membsr
away from the final roll call.
Mr.. DRight called at the White
House before the House went into SEE
sion today 10 resssars the president as
to the prospect of the railroad bill, h;
| said that the regulars were in better
lighting TRIM than they had been this
| SESSION, and said the passage of the rail.
road bill wss certainty.
There Is much admin istrstion OF jac-
ton to long aud short hsul clause In
the bill, but the insurgents and mauy
regulars are behind the provision.
President Taft has animad7er!ed time
and again against the danger Of "mile-
sge freight rate basis" ''But We are
I going to stand behind that long and
I short haul clause" said an ipsurgeDt to-
cay, "all along the line, and /! will stsy
in the bill until skating becomes 8 pop
ulsr amusement In hades. And | think
the II ouse conierees will have to insist
on that clause" The hope OF the ad.
| mobilization supporters now is that the
| real bill will be made by the conference
| committee.
The report of such committee cannot
be amended but must be either adopted
into or to rejected. The conference report
Is convenient thing for member who
isvors bill that is unpopular with bis
constituents. He can oppose features cI
it. or AVOID votss while i! is under con-
siderstion snd then vote for conference
| report, with the excuse that he could
oct amend it, snd that he had to vote
| for it as q party measure. The regulars
today took the altitude that the bill as
| 1t stands is satisfactory, following Preai-
dent Tafs's lengthy dissertation on the
Q ,od features remainin 10 the Dill st
Passsicllast night.
On his return from Passaic, N,
j., az, the president reached the end
of his immediate travelling programme.
| A TITO to New York on Thursday, and
| trip to Atlantic City on May 81 have
been cancelled, aud it has been prscti-
! cally determined that be will abandon 8
proposed visit to Ohio aud Michigan,
| scheduled for the frat week 10 Juae.
Probably the main factor that deter.
! min ed The president 10 cease for time
l to be travelling man was his absence
from the cit, when Congress began to
chop holes 10 bis railroad bill. Ga his
Iryurn from his western trip when the
railroad bill was under the axe, legis!a-
tive leaders, as we'll as Newspapers all
! over the country criticised his absence.
1t was recalled thst when the inlurgeDts
! began their attack on Speaker Cannon
aud the rule committee, Mr.. TAFT was
! taxing another eight day jsurt When
he resched Washington The battle wss
over. every time l get sway from
Washington, they start somfthiDg," is
! the way Mr.. Taft feels sbtu! 1t, and he
has determined 10 be on hand the next
time things happen.
With q vote Of to 2 the Ballinger-
Pinchot invesliga committee today
thrt tiled an attempt on The part OF At
torney L1uis B;andeic to drag in g con-
net tom between the election OF Senator
Samuel H. Piles, of Waahir gt,n, The
appointment of Mr.. Ballinger, SIS COM
/ missioner of the general land Office, sud
the political activities of The Gaggen-
hsim. Cunningham sffi listion Ia WASH
ington.
After thinking for a month to 6ud
man acceptable to both sides Chairman
Knapp of the in'erststo commerce com
mission and COMMISSIONS Of Lsbor Neill
today announced the appointment of
William L. Chambers, OF this city, as
third srbitrstor in thependiog CONTROVERSY
between the railroads ives. of Chicago
aud the Brotherhood OF Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemeu. Mr.. Chambers
was formerly member of the Spanish
treaty claims commission. h will leave
for Ohicsgo tomorrow aud il is expected
that thu arbitration proceedings will
begin in hat city Friday morning.
Forty-ssven railroads are concerned In
this case. The questions 10 be aroitr,tsd
are msinly related 10 demands for in-
creased wages. There ID involved, hox-
ever, dispute between the Brotnerboot
OF Locomotive Fremen and EagIuemen
and the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers az to which organization ID
eoa!led to represent in disputes with biz
employers iremsn who has been pre-
NOTED to the position of engineer.
Charge Monroe informed the State
Department today in dispatches from
Sau Jose, Costa Rica that he is nov
,o-i,;co tnot mn ame,icars uera in.