Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-05
The State Dapartman, slill maintains i,s

The State Department still maintains its
rigidly noncommital attitude and will do
SO until further development in the
Nicsraguan situation. Today's dis.
patches state that the family of Senior
CASTILLO is we'll and unmoIes;ed.
The administration will hold of q
while on appointments In the Districts
represented in Congress by insurgents.
In the mesDRhile 1t will assume its
favorite attitude of thinking 1t over
and leave the insurgents to do the
same on the thropy side of the po-
liticsl field wondering. This determiua-
lion of the administration vas voiced in
an informal discussion OF the situation
today by Postmaster Gsneral Hitchcock.
1t is unreasonable, in the opinion of the
postmaster general TO, expect the admin
istvstion to extend to the insurgents
these courtesies when there vas good
reason to believe tina! after the
appointments we're made the congress-
men and Office holders would use the
power thus given them against the
adm nis,rstion, He also pointed out
that in every district represented by
insurgents there are strong regular
organizations which are pushing there
claims upon the president and that
these mu.t be given consideration. The
administration, he emphatically, stated
would not allow past actions to enter
into what Discrimination against con.
gresham might be decided upon though
be did not state 10 what way they hoped
10 judge future attitudes without this as
a starter. There are certain measures that
the administration is trying 10 put
through Congress aud their course, he
stated, will be decided entirely upon the
congressman's attitude towards these
bills.
The presidents message on the anti
trust and interstate commerce laws will
60 to Congress on Friday providing
President Taft and bis advisors do not
sgain changed their plans. TIE mes
sage dealing with the GlaVia charges
sgsinst Secretary B,llinger will reach
Congress tomorrow. This announce
ment was m,ds ut the White House to-
day. The presidents MUD has changed
four times in the last three days on The
dates for the message.
The conference on the question OF the
switchmen's STRIFE between Chairman
Kuspp, Of the commerce commission;
Dom missioner of Labor Neil and q. B.
Perhsm, chief OF the railroad section OF
the American Federation of LABOR wss
rssumsd today. Commissioner Neil re-
turned todsy from Chicsgo where he az
slated ia the choice of the third arbira-
tor 10 the telegrapher's strike aud, in.
cideutallg, procured some first hand in
formation regarding The strike of The
switchmen. Mr.. Perham said today
that he WAS so hopeful that as result of
the pending conference method would
be devised whereby an amicsble arrange
meut could be reached between the rail-
roads and their striking sTiichmen. He
refused to indicate upon what lines be
though; an agreement could be reached
an invitation TO attend the Appala
chraa Exposition, to be held q! Knox.
Vile, Tennessee, september 10 10 Octo-
Der Is, WAS extended to President Taf.
today by delegation headed BY Repre-
sentative Austin, OF Tennessee. The
president promised to alteod if possible.
The EXPEDITION is TO exploit to products
of The Appalachian ststes.