Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-03
From Washington.
Washington, May

From Washington.
Washington, May 8
A concerted move among the Central
American republics themselves for the
restoration Of peace in Nicaragua wss
reported to the State Department today
Ia dispatches from Consul Thomas P.
Moffats, at Biue6e!ds. This takes the
form of unanimous resolution by the
Central American Court of Justice st
Carriage appealing to both Madriz and
Estrada to establish delay of days
during which to arrive at an agreement
with the mediation of the court.
The tbrestsued customs fraud explo-
sion before the House comm ttee on ex-
peuditures in the Treasury Department
was equsIched today by the sbseoca Of
Col. VIVA. P. Hepburn, the chief witness.
Representative Hsrrisou (dem., N. W
sssured the committee thst Colonel Hep-
burn would appear If another date were
set and the committee sdjouroeG pend
ing word froa Colonel Hepburn.
Chief Wilkie, of the secret service of
the Treasury Department was notified
today of the ares. at Superior, Wiscou-
sin, of Hiram Lspper, alias Charlie
St,alio, described So dangerous couu-
ter6tter. His specially was the raising
of one dollar notes to ten dollar notes.
Just how baat to avoid the embarrsss-
irg question presented in Mr.. Harrison's
resolution calling for the production Of
the information by the attorney general
which the Bslliuger.Pinchot investiga-
ton denied Attorney Brsndeis laet week,
is worrying the republican machine lead
ers in the House today. Mr.. Harrison
took Attorney Brsadeis' request that the
cabinet officer be required to produce al
information tending to show when his
summary of the CLAWS charges was pat
pared, and wove it into resolution oil
inquiry. A measure of this nature is
"privileged'' under the rules Of the
House. The committee on rules, 10
which theHsrrison measure wss referred,
mrst. under the rules, report 1t back to
the House within seven days. If they
fsil 30 t, do, Harrison may call the mat
ter up on the floor, after eight days and
force considers ton ia the House.
The only way in which the rules CON-
mittee can kill the bill is to report it TO
the II u,e with the recommendation
tina. it lie 90 the table. But here again,
such q motion must be carried, aud 3
record vots will be necessary in the
House. it was stated today at the Honse
that the entire iusurgent vote would be
csst with the minority for the resolution.
Mr.. Madison, member of the Bsllipger
committee, who voted with the minority
Ia favor of Brandeis' request, ia MEM
Der of the conservative branch OF the In
surgents, and bis stand is taken to indi-
cate that sill the "neicerized insurgents"
will iudorse that position. A republican
leader ct the House today was vigorous
IN his denuucistlon of toe action of The
Ballinger committee. "They are placing
the republican party in defensive IT,
tude," he said. "They might have
known that what hss happened would
octur. 1t would have been 8 Thousand
times better not to graft anybody a
chance to say that an sttemp. was being
made to shield anyone. Just now thst
Is Whist every body thinks"
With tine news that passenger rate; as
we'll as freight tariffs are to be increased
By the railroads, the suggestion came
from official sources today that perhaps
su effort is being made to forestsll The
railroad bill pending In Congress. At
present tue Interstate Oommerce Com
mission cannot protest sgaiust increased
r,tes uutil they 90 into effect. Then
only upon the couplsint Of shipper or
passenger can an Investigation as TO their
be made. Uoder the
pending law, as proposed, the commits
sion may suspend increases until sn 10.
vestigatiou is inside. As none of the in
creasss now on file are effective before
Juue l, it is possible that the commis-
sion may yet have authority to sct In
advance ifit desires.
Driven to The walls and forced to sue
for terms, the Ssnsts regulars, hunili-
tstsd snd with q striking absence Of
their old time dominating tactics, entered
the fight for the Taft. Elkius railroad bill
today ready 10 make heavy sacrifices in
an effort to save at least shattered rem.
paut of the measure. The differences In
the Senate and House bill thresten the
defeat of all railroad legislation at this
session. The Senate regulars in an
effort to avert complies failure have
sgreed to surrender two OF the most i'm
portant sections of their bill ald II sp
pesred today concessions In all probs-
bility would be demanded of them before
the 6nsl vote Mr.. Aldrich and his cab
met of about 10 leading republican
sensiors are busy devising means CT COW
ering their retreat. All that will be left
OF the Senate bill will be the sections
creating commerce court; giving power
to the Iuterst,te Commerce Commission
to Initiate Investigations on its own COM
plants; masking it obligs tory upon rail-
roads to quote rstes correctly to ship
e.rs and providing for so dsy suspen.
sion of rstes pending investigation BY
the commission. Even the sacrifices
necessary to get some kind of a bill
through the Ssnste do not epsnre the