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

who writes 10 me | will write 10 her. |
SIN q doc u. ! have cure many sick
woomsns and horse. wart good
wiise. / will not eend no likeness TO no
woman OF all. / will not have 1t taken
By no means tux / will write letter II
yen will send me name OF woman"
In an opinion which nqu'rsd two
hours t, read Juitice Wright Of the
Supreme O)urt OF the District oil O)lum.
bia today administered a scst1sng rel uke
t, the United Sntss Senate. Justice
Wright held tbs { the cout had iuiis6e'-
ion over the actions of the j1iot CON-
mlttee on print ng Of Congress becsu,e
1t Is constiiu ed by ct t1ie. he emphsii-
cally averred "no psrScu is above The
lsR no ms er how exalted his station"
Nearly t1e entire opinion was devoted to
Justice Wrights' answer t, the Senate
rsso ion which declares tist he had
both invaded the cont tItiopal prerog-
arlvts of the Senate" is issuiOg rule
t. the members OF the joint committee
10 show csuie why msndsmrs should
not be Is u d 10 compel them to consider
the bid Of the Valley Paper Co., Holly
Joke, Mass. to supply pspsr fol- govern
mel printing.
The court snnt 1ced It, willingness
to go ahead with the proceedings but
Fred B Rhodes, Of The Valley Paper
Company, asked until Friday for further
pleadipgs. At that time he will ask
that the appearances Of the House mem
bers of the COMMITTEES be dlsregarded be-
cause tie Senate has not PERMITTED It's
members to sppssr, and that, as pro.
yided by Law, the case be heard ex-psrte
through The default OF the congressional
committee. Meanwhile the Senate may
elect to appear and plead to the merits OF
the case for it NUT 90 to the paper COM
pany fer default. 10 either event, I is
certain that the case will be appealed to
the Supreme Clu't on the question OF
jurisdiction by the House members oil
the Committee who we're direct ID BY The
Ii u 10 take this action.
In iguoring the order Of Judge Wright
TO APPEAR In c0ut, The Senate commit
tee on printing was guided by The advice
of the Senate committee on judiciary.
Members OF the lat or say that the action
of TIE committee was matter OF d :hut
and not cor mpt Of cut They are OF
the opinion that the Valley Paper Com
psny will loose the case on the evidence
and that, therefore, the question OF the
power q Judge Wright t. summon con-
pressmen to court, will net be determin-
cd 10 this proceeding
Impeachment OF the president general
o. the d. A. R., Mu. Julia @. Scott,
for violating the cont tuition Of the
order is openly talked' OF 10 local ID. a.
r circles here. The immediate cause
of the row is Mrs. ScotPs summary dis.
missal from the employ of the society
Of Miss Agnes Gorald, a clerk st ID. A.
R. headquarters, who wss private secre-
tsry t. Mrs. Donald McL'an during her
two administrations IS president general
Miss Gsrsld's friends assert that the
charge of characterization upon which
she was dismissed was subierfuge, and
thst MIS-. Scott was Influenced in her
action by Miss G raids refusal to speak
to Me. Amos G. Draper, the chief lieu
tenant of Mira. Scott, and BY the fact
that the young girls mother Is one oil
the most on spoken Of the sdhereats OF
Mrs. William Cummings Story, who ran
sgsin.t Mrs. Scott for tle office oil presi-
dent general.
Chairman Moore, Of the special com
mitiee investigating the cost OF food 10
Inc Diatslct OF Columbia, met tocay and
IEt,ned to the testimony Of Albert M.
Read, secrelsry of the National Ware
house Mems Association, aud Frank A
II )rn, aecrttary OF the MerchaLt' Re-
frigela tIng Company, Of New YORK, and
the Merchants ReIrlgerstiDg Company
of New jersey. The six other members
of the House committee, that are sup
posed to be investigating With Mr.. M0oro,
failed 10 mstsiiR IL, 80 he.went ahead
all By himself. The witnesses; who are
both cold storage men, testified to the
benign influence which their business
has u pom the property Of the country
and very warmly asserted that II there
was q Combine" among them, 1t had
slipped 10 withtu. their koowlege and
they didn't even know of its existence.
An interesting legal question involving
the right OF anu licIpslily to list and
tax as loans and Investments, the polIcles
and loans on policies Of 3 life Insurance
company, was decided today by the U 5.
Sop'eme.O tutt 10 the case oil the City OF
New Orleans against the New York Lille
In.u auee Company, The count held that
.u,h a view was unienable 10 the eyes oil
the Law. The board OF assessors OF New
Orleans assessed the New York Life for
taxes on ell loans made by them to
policy holders. The insurance company
was victorious in the courts 10 their cor =
teution that the city had the right only to
tax their actual money on hand, In their
branch Office at New Orleans.
Louis Ksmaiky aud J. Sapheut u o,
two Of tie lsadiug Jewlsh journalists Of
the country we're assured, by President
Taft todey that the UDit,d st tss Ia
making every effort TO secure Russian
recognition Of American passports In the
bands Of Jews. Kamaiky aud S'pher-
stein we're among the delegation Of the
Americsn Associl ton OF Foreign News
pspers, which called on the president TO-
ds7. The president showed them some
of the correspondence between Washing
ton and Ambassador Rockhill st 81.
Petersburg bearing on the passport queE-
tiop. he told them that The ambassador
Is arranging a personal audience with
the Car 10 order t. press the ms,ier
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