Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-10
FROM WASHINGTON.

members OF Congress. At the coming
session Of the House it will be deter
mined how many inhabitants shall be
required for each congressman. When
the state legislatures hear from Con-
eress as TO the member OF congressman
to which their states are entitled, they
will carve out congressional districts:
Then it is that the science of gerry
mander is practiced to the fullest
effect. The scheme is to make combi-
nations Of counties in order to give q
majority in the greatest possible num-
Der of districts to the party in control
OF the legislature. Districts grotesque
in form are made in many states in
order to carry out political advantage.
Ten years ago the big states had legis-
latures with republican majorities, and
districts we're constituted TO produce the
largest number OF republican congress
man. Now the democrats will have a
chance 70 exercise their skill in making
disr;c.s a d members Of the party are
confident that regardless of political
issues, this privilege will greatly in
crease tn members on the democratic
list during the next five congresses.
The districts will stand until the next
census is taken in 1920, States which
will be affected in this way are New
York, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia,
New Jersey, Maine and Connecticut.
President Taft, before leaving for
Panama, it was announced at the De-
partment of Justice today, signed a..
order postponing the hanging Of John
Wynne, a sailor from December 4 to
January 8. In the meantime he will
investigate the case and decide whether
WINES sentence should be imprison-
ment instead of death. Wynne while
drunk killed the third engineer of the
steamer Rosecrans, in Honolulu harboi
three years ago.
Inquiries regarding the condition OF
Senator Stephen B. Elkins. who was
brought here in a private car and taken
to his home on a stretcher, failed to
bring forth any satisfactory reply today.
AT the home it was said that Elkins'
secretary would give out statement,
but the secretary declared there was
nothing to say. He asserted that the
case had been greatly exaggerated and
that the senator would soon be all
right. 1t was denied that an operation
was contemplated. The general belief
here is that ElkinS' condition is far
more serious than the family is willing
to admit.
The postoHices OF the country will be
transformed into warehouses and
freight depots, express companies will
90 out OF existence, and rich corpora
tons no longer have the present al
legged monopoly in handling or con-
veying small packages in transporta-
ton if Samuel Gompers, president OF
the American Federation of Labor, is
successful in his campaign this fall.
Mr.. Gompers claims that although the
rates OF postage are very low for the
transportation Of mental food" the
government refuses to convey pliysi-
cal food" and large corporations and
express companies accumulate millions
annually as the result. These mil
lions he says are paid by the working
men. The corporations do not recog-
nze the working men. Therefore, the
American Federation OF Labor will
take up the fight before Congress this
winter for the establishment OF a par
GELS post.
A change in the attitude Of Germany
in the potash situation which now
threatens a tariff war between that
country and the United States, is said
TO have led to advices from the German
foreign Office that the German ambas-
sador here opened negotiations for an
amicable settlement with Secretary
Knox. The German ambassador today
spent an hour at the State Department
in conference with Secretary Knox.
Heretofore the negotiations in this
matter have been handled entirely at
Berlin.
The census Office today announced
the 1910 enumeration Of the following
states: Florida, 751, 1879, increase,
p ,597, or AL per cent. This gives
Florida another congressman. Ala
hama, 2,138 ,099, increase, 800, 1896, or
16. 9 per cent. Alabama also will have
an additional congressman.
A west bound P. A. Y. E. car on
the Capital Traction line struck a
heavily loaded Littlefeld and Alvoid
Express wagon from its tracks. The col
lision happened at Pennsylvania avenue
and list streets, northwest. The cars
windows we're smashed, the armor
plated front denied and the fender
completely smashed yet the express
wagon escaped without injury. No
one was hurt.
The suit of the United States against
Gustave F. Tissel and Thomas B.
Harned-an incident of the prosecution
of the sugar trust for an illegal con-
spiracy resulting in the collapse Of the
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
and the financial ruin Of Adolph Segal,
came up for hearing today before the
U. S. Supreme Court. Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham represented the gov
eminent, Joseph A. Choats, William
D. Gathre and George W, Belts, rep
resented the defendants.
Wall street Not Disturbed.
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