Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-27

be in line with Il definite scheme OF
Improvement. Eventually he hopes to
have a board OF engineers to advise
the congressional committees as to the
feasibility of project. In the past bills
have scattered appropriations here ano
there. and although the individual
items were small, they were generally
the opening wedge to long series OF
expensive improvcments. A river and
harbor bill which might actually APP
propriatc only say 500, 100000 might
be the basis for future improvements
Of twice that amounts The president
desires that every bill should indicate
not only the amount for each project,
but also and estimate Of how much Is
necessary for each project, so that nc
will know where the treasury stands.
No more will there be a river and har-
Dor bill. This is the edict which has
gone out from the White House instead
there will be an annual bill and reforma-
ton of the present scheme OF appro-
priation.
Seven committees assigned by Con-
crcss to make investigation are pre-
pairing to do the work and tell Congress
about i, early in the next session.
First to apply the probe in the Sell-
ate committee appointed to investigate
the police ordeal of the third degree. "
The House committee, OF which Rep
rrsentativc B,.rkc Of South Dakota, Is
chairman, will meet 1T Oklahoma
CITY in the first week in August to be-
gin the investigation demanded by
Representative Mcclure, Of Oklahoma.
Senator Gore had charged that cor
ruption was involved in an attempt to
induce government officials to ap'
prove contracts that ]. +. Nc
Murray had procured with about
10000 Choctaws and Chickasaws.
Members of the Ballinger-Pinchot
investigating committee will meet in
Minneapolis September 5. They will
spend the heated term in studying the
printed argument and testimony and
then will meet to see whether they can
reach IN agreement. A Senate COM
mittec of which Senator Burrows, oil
Michigan, is chairman, will meet in
Chicago on September 10 to pry into
the charge that William Lorimer, OF
Illinois. came to his seat in the Senate
as the result of bribery. Chairman
Olmstcd, of the House committee
which assigned the duty of invcsti-
eating charges of the sale of vast areas
of Friar lands in PHILIPPINES to the
sugar trust and various friends OF
officials has gone 10 his estate i'll Pen
nsylyania without announcing plans
for the inquiry. Congressman Hub
bard. of Iowa, member of the com
mitiec, said today that the general
understanding seemed to be that the
Investigation would be conducted dur
ing the recess of Congress. A Senate
committee of which Senator Clapp, OF
Minnesota. is chairman, was directed
to learn the extent OF the property
held bv the ChoetawS and Chickasaws,
the McNlurray contracts, whether the
compensation therein provided for Is
reasonable and whether the Indians
need lawyers. CIapp's committee hay
ing charge of Indian affairs has all the
information necessary TO answer the
questions propoundcd without calling
in witnesses. 1t is probable that the
committee will grant hearings next
winter to any persons desiring TO pres
cnt their views and will then prepare a
report to the Senate.
4 little bomily on insurgency,
prophecy OF overwhelming republican
success next November, and declara-
ton that in 50 far as that his candi-
dacy for speaker next session was con-
ccrncd was in the hands OF I republi-
can majority was the gist of rapid fire
interview TO which the newspaper men
at the White House. today subjected
Speaker Cannon. The motto OF those
who make hare pie. is first catch your
hare" said Mr. Cannon when a cor
respondent asked him about the speak
crship. Il may not be in the land OF
the living when the next session of
Congress comes around If | am
shall he in the hands Of the grand old
republican party If am living and
am Il member of the next Congress |
shall he in the hands Of the majority.
There are those who bark about czariSm
and that sort OF thing, and declare
chaos would reign if came back as
spcakcr-that is up to the majority.
In all my life. | have never seen situa-
ton so full of promise for victory-and
that means we are confident and sure,
1t has always happened that the demo
Gratis win, hands down up until election
day, and then the returns tell diff
fcrcnt story. God willing, I'll be
here next session, and it will be the re.
publican majority which will determine
who sb all be speaker"
Richard Evlyn Byrd, OF Virginia, one
of the naval cadets with the practice
squadron has been transferred to the
Royal Naval Hospital with typhoid
fever, according to dispatches received
today at the Bureau OF Navigation.
Other cases have appeared among the
cadets but there is no fear OF an cpl
dcmic as ii is believed that Byrd contract
ed the disease before the squadron sail
ed. Glenn \. Smith of Chicago, of the
first class, has also been taken to the
hospital.
Automobiles Burned to Death.
St. Louis. June 27.-Pinned in the