Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-21

~ tQ6 Insurgents, DAY tCht lucy ~" -
greet that they did not vote for The leso-
In ion.
1t Is reported here that The overthrow
of Speaker Cannon will probably result
in the speedy enactment of the legiSia.
tive programme; that the Insurgents Will
not be excluded from the republican
party, and that not more than one ir-
surgent will be placed On the iu!fs COM
mittee.
A rsplisve for six!y days Was today
granted by President TAFT to Charles
O'Neil, held at TIE Fort Lsaven8oita
military prison uoder sentence to be
hanged March go for killing his sweet
heart. TIE delay Is to enable the pardon
attorney to make further Invests ation
into the facts. The people OF Kan as
have taken q great interest in thid casa
because the law of the stste prohib IS
capital puaishment.
A new procedure in dealing with
Chinese smugglsd into this coun ~ was
instituted today by the department of
commerce aud labor. By this plan 8
Ohinamau iou-d to have entered the
United States uniawfnlly aud who CAM, t
prove residence OF three years here will
be dspor'ed BY departmental warrant
Hereto off re every case has been tried 10
the courts or before Unite d Sts tes court
commissioned. This has permitted of 8
wide practice OF fraud besides costing the
government an almost prohibitiVe sum
for The deportation OF each Chinamsn.
The new plan has long been advocated
by Special immigrant Iospector A. W..
Parker, bot the department has been
skeptical of it until its approval by Judge
Ray of the Federal Court for t1e North
ern District OF New York, who last
week ordered five Chinese to be deporIed
upon depa tnentsl warrant withcu
consideration BY the courts. In tie pas
the department has considered it lucky
year when they won so per cent. of their
Chinese cases. Immigration officials pre-
dict that row they will be able to put an
., Elective cheek" on chinese smuggling
which has Increased enormously Of late,
especially over the Mexican boarder.
Hopes ere now entertained by mem
bers OF the tariff board thtt the threat.
ened COMMERCIAL war between Canada
and the United States may be agerted.
When Professor Emory the head OF ths
| board and Charles M. Pepper cams bach
from their recent trip to Ottawa all thei'
prepos. tons to the Oapadisu government
had been politely and firmly rej.et d.
Now that President Taft has personally
taken the matter 10 hand with such men
! as Early Gray. Administer of Finance
Fielding, representing the Dominion
government. Professor Emory said
t7day thtt he was more hope VI.
One OF the propositions which has been
submitted to Canada and The one which
| it IL believed stands the best chance Of
being accepted, is that The United States
shall give to Canada the benef. of lie
minimumsrates in return for concessions
By Canada 90 about so articles of Amer,
lean export including agricultural i'm
elements, iron and steel, etc. 1t is ~
| derstood here that President Tai! is urg'
log the acceptance of this compromise
Which, because OF the elasticity of the
| Canadian / riff could easily be arranged
By the Doninion goAernment.
The most far reaching re ut OF lss
weeks resolution 10 the Ii u's of Req
resenta,iVea, so far IS legislation by t1l=
Congress Ia concerned, will be foil dis
| cussion on the foor of the Hou'e iIsell
| So to the 60 called Taft legislative pro.
pramme, In the opinion OF insurgent
| leaders who are csnvaesing the situation
today. "No matter how the new con.
mittee on rulee is cons ituted," declared
Representative Norris, ''it hs5 been
settled that the House can decide for 1t.
self VIII t 1t watts to do. Aud no ma
ter how the special rules that the con-
mittee will frame for the considerr ton
of legislation are Wordej, 1t is 10 the
power of the House to cay what 1t shall
| do. l believe that last weeks victory IL
| a st> towards to iu 6llmart of the plat
form pledges Of The republican party
As to Ire 90 called Taft legislative pre-
pramme, many Of US claim The right tt
decide for u selves concerning the form
| OF the legislation. Many OF US who are
| heartily ln accord with the platform o
the republican party claim tie right t
saw how those pledges shall be redeemed
The change WroN ,ht last week will 6 I've
US taat right, whereas before the speaker
framed legislation according t, his oSr
| idea and 1t vas up to as to take it Of
lesvs 1t without the oppoltun t. o.
amendm ant. As for tle vote on the Bar:
leson rssolotiou, I WIS against it because
it was an entirely d # rent proposition
from elettirg sp aEer. l would nc
| vote t /, elect Joe Cannon speaker Of thu
H ,use now OF at any other time undo
any circums auces. Bot when 1t come;
| t, oustiug him We must hsVs mor'
a. ain: him than We have nov. U lcie
| Joe has dons nothing that tbs rules dir
| not give him power to do. As for bi:
statement Saturday night, regard tt;
8 the silly ysporipgs of foolish old
man who has Lost his temper"
1t is regarded as seemingly improbab!:
that the insurgents will have anyone o!
the six republicans on the pew commit:
tee on rules. They Will all 90 iuto re-
publican caucus and abide BY the sslec'
ton made by the caucus, They do not
want anyone on the new commit o be-
C use they do not want the responsibility
| for tho actions OF the committee. S.vsra
| OF them stated today that, while tht