Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-07
From Washington.
lCcrrs.ponderos Of the Alexandria Gssstte
Washington, April 7

ference from tbs result OF tnese elee L'Ous
thst would indIcsts the trend OF public
opinion toward fall congressional cleo
lions seem to end in cbaos, although
democrats are claiming that tle fact that
10 a msjolity of the places where cleo
tons were held, the democrats Won. is
forerunuer of republican defeat In the
fall Especially Significant, 10 this re-
gard, they claim Is the result OF the
municipal election 1t HARTFORD,
Connecticut, where for the first time 10
eight years the democrats elected
their csndid,ts fol- mayor. Ibis
coming dose on the heels OF the
oveit1ruiUg of g republican msjoriiy
10 the IAN Massachusetts Congressional
district in eleetiug successor to the
late Representative Lowering, bias leo
tie democrats to claim tia. rock bound
republican New England Is breaking
away from the party OF protection. They
are also elated over the democratic sue
GEES 10 securing control over the Chicago
city council Missouri, Kansas, and
Oklahoma victories are also the source
of sstistsctiou to the democrats. The
election OF q socialist mayor and CT uncll
in Milwaukee, however 10 botheting
both democrats and republicans. Many
believe that 1t forecasts the return OF Inc
socialist congressman from Milwaukee
10 the fall.
Baudle wrappers and cash boys IN de-
psr nent stores we're today placed 10 tle
thIph brow" cla.s OF "meots! workers
By Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
Nagal when be ordered tle admission
INTO Porto Rico Of two Spanish boys con-
tracted for by merchant to tie sttlpg
and Dust counters while they learned toe
tu,ines,. Under the contract labor law
M ,killed or unskillsd lsborer may er-
tr the UoIted S stes or liz Islands under
contract. Porto r cans have loog klcEed
sgainst the practice OF bringing spanish
hoys into the island because they cay
the merchants should give their boys
chsucp. They tried to have the SECRETARY
ou,t these two under this Law. Long
observance, however, had convinced him
that boys In this class Of "ofi cisls" were
Ike unto the lilies who 'toiled not"
onA he ssid be did not feel justified In
sTcIu3ipr a cash boy as a "laborer."
The American minister at Gustsmala
city was Instructed BY the Sta;.-c l'sDah-
meut today to insist upon prompt and
ADEQUATE redress for The sssauling and
wOundiug Of two American negroes b.?
ths Gaalemaap commanding officer at
Pspz's. The officers made The attack
while Intoxicated, sitter imprisoDiug the
negroes and refusing to permit friends to
dress their wounds. The consular agent
at Livingston has been directed by the
department to attend the trial of the
officer to assure just treatment OF The ne.
groes. This incident 10 one OF several
4 the same nsture which have been call
ed 10 the departments attention.
TIE Navy Department today verified
The report Of so accident on the cruiser
MARYLAND of the California coast In
shich four boiler tubes burst, iujuring
two men, one OF whom, W. Anderson,
a coal pssser, died on Wednesday. Am
berson's home was st 795 Kensiugton
avenue, Kansas City. Rear Admiral
asrber, commaOdsr-in-chief of the Pa
cIfic Gee Who wired a report on TIE &C.
cjdeut. also iDfOrHed the department OF
! similar mishap on the Colorado, 10
which two hoiler lrbes batst, without
sny casualties, however.
A reprint Of the administration RAJ,
road bills was ordered today 1t Will
| contain all the amendments, more than
one fuadred, that have been offered up
to this time. There will be no further
discussion of the railroad bill uttl
Monday and the Senate will adjonru
u It'll that date.
Declaring to President TAFT that
Charles M. Sshwab had threatened to
close down the Bethlehem Steel Works
If a delegation OF Bethlehem business
neu IVES net sent ID Washington t
countersct the efforts Of the strikioe
I s,eeIworkers 10 divert government con-
tracts from the plan, committee Of the
strIkers today asked the president u
have the character OF government WOLF
done at Bethlehem investigated. The
delegation signifsd Its willingness tt
have the dicpute between the strikers
and the company Judged on the basis
of report of an investigation made ~
| the Department of Commerce aud Lsbo'
as to the character of the work ;utuet
out at the government plsut. This ID
vestlgsticn was demanded by the strik
era and scquiescsd by the company
The strikers told The president that the
| figh. at Bethlehem WAS notsn organic
labor difficulty, but t1st the men had
| s,Iu,k because they we're forced " WORE
seven DAYS week at wages which they
copsid red too 10y, and because OF The
| crest influx OF Foreigners, who, theJ
I said. ~ere imported to take the place o.
| American labor, The president sale
| that the organized labor asset OF 'h'
strike was not material, although be re-
marked that 1t favored labor organ'z''
! ton. The president told the ddcgaieI
lt,at cslled on him today that spy proc
It,ey mia BIT offer Of defective work at lh'
Bethlehem plant would be considered
| and the strikers srrlnged to submit a erit
ten brief to the president today. The!
visited The secretaries of war snd nhVy
aud tie Department OF Commerce ait
Labor.
Thc ssuste comm tee for the 1--we.
igation Of food prices recommended Il
the Senate today that law be passed