Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-14
From Washington.
Washington, April IA

Preaching a new gospel OF qualify,
not qaal tity," In children, Mrs LIS
Refine Helen Baker, OF Spokane, Wash
iupt,a, who is here attending the coz
vent on of the Rational Woman Suffrage
A.socist'on, today denounced the human
race. and the Roosevelt race suicide
theory 10 good round terms. Roosevelt,
poor. ipnors1 man." said Mra. Baker,
"urges large families and Anthony Com
stock will cry tutagaiust obscenity When
the tj:ct OF eDgeucies is bEosched.
Bot I tel, you 1t is GUILTY. We want 10
children, net quantity. Woman suffrage
will produce better children for it will
reproduce tier thinking. "My studies
of children ali over the wosld have con-
vipced ME thst no. more than ten per
cant of them are children of love. The
other nioety per cent are not wanted,
snd this lsada me to think that ten years
hence to be the father Of ten or twelve
children will be ss much OF disgrace es
being 6 confirmed dluaksfd Is at pres:
ent."
The Gordon of police ard Its squad Of
secret serviye men tba, guard the White
House we're strengthened tjday, for the
suffrspettes came 10 t)wD, and there
we're whisperiDgs Of bitter strife and
sore dispute as result OF President
Tslt's engagement t. address the SUI
f,splsts' convention tonight. The cou.
vsntion which opened t,dsy has been
heralded as the most spirited woman
suffrage me, ting ever held. Ioia3's
session vas devoted TO the reports OF
national and ststs officers. Tonlgbt's
gathering will be the ffss real session,
ghsn Anna Howard ShsW. president o!
The association, will deliver her annus!
addres, and President Taft apd Senator
Owen, of Oklahoma, will SPEAK.
Tnat Governor Hughes Is on the job
t, stay Is this opinion of the members OF
the New York delegation 10 the House
of Representative here today. "He
would be IN crnaEent to the Suprems
bench" explained Representative ].
Slost Fass.ts (rep. N. W, "bu. be
wouldn't ;ske the job if it were offered
him. What We folks up in New York
ought to do is to increase the salary Of
the governor to s25. 900 aud rl-slect
O.arles E Hughes" Privately all OF
tae New York delegation expressed the
belief that the governor was having too
much fua out of his presebt job to
settle down on the bench--eVeu il 1t
were that of the highest court. II there
has been any presnre brought to bear
on President Taft to offer The place to
Hughes, none of them have heard OF 1t.
All OF them we're certain that Hughes
would decline the ofi:r at once.
The original Panama canal IS planned
in the minority report Of The interns-
,ional board of engineers and approved
By Congress is now dug. This irst plan
called for the excavation Of lOS. 1875, 900
cube yards. 81 the end of March the
the total of excavation gas JOB, 205, $50.
More than 5000 yards hsve since
BEEN e1ss7stsd Bringing the total be.
yond the Sgures of the original canal
plan. Changes msde By the order of
the president added 70,S7l, 59f cubic
yards, and THE sddi!ioDal amount Ia be-
ipg tu. down at the rate of 5000, 600
Yards q month. There still remains 10
be excavstsd sbout 100000 cubic
Yarda.
According to Sscrt tary ofthe Treasury
IL eVesgh there are no prosecutions OF
trusts nor Indictments OF linen higher
up" in the gu gar trust in cottemplltiop
By the administration at the pnHsn.
time.
That reciprocity agreement with
Canada will be work of long draSn-olt
negotiations and study is the VieN of
the situation expressed By Senator Root
as he left tbs Wits Htn'e todsy sitter a
conterenbe with the president. III is
Obvious" said the senator, ''tbat there
csn be no reciprocity agreement between
Csnads sad the United States 80
FIR ss manufactures sre concerned.
Oarsda has Put i1Io operation
protective tariff to build up her
industries, snd 8 reciprocity agree.
msnt regarding manufactures would
apsst the Rhole:Rrii scheme between