Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-17
Il CARRYING annroxin,ately $40. 900,

will he in shape 10 report tothc House
tomorrow or Monday. and will be put
through during the closing days OF the
session.
Chairman Burrows Of the Senate
committee on privileges and elections
has called meeting Of the committee
I, be held tomorrow for the purpose OF
considering the charges that brlbcrp
figured i'm the election nf Mr.. l"rimer,
of Illinois. to the Senate. As Lormcr
has asked for IN investigation and as
formal charges or bribery have been
filed the committee may recommend
that the Senate turn on the hight.
There are no charges against Lormcr
personally, but the claim is made that
the bribery Of legislator was i'll his in
tcrcst.
The House committee on interstate
and foreign commerce today reported
the bill requiring that all Theoretically
sealed oysters, canned after January
list. 1912. must contain on the cans
the net weight OF the contents. 1t
is provided, however, that If the case
contains 80 per cent Of the stat Il
weight. the Gamers shall not be guilty
of Il violation Of the pure food law.
Vigorous protest against the pass
age Of the bill 10 increase the member
ship Of the army engineer corps and to
give The president authority tosup liant
+. II. Newell. chief OF the Reclamat II
Service. with IN army engineer was
made by Il minority of the Senate com
mitlrc ON military affairs today.
Acting upon pressure from The White
House. thr ways and means comml tee
of the House today decided TO report 4
hill providing for $20.OuO,U0o bond
issue tur reclamation purposes. The
Senate recently tackled Oh IN amend
mr,i 10 the conservation bill royiding
! for I'm issue Of go 900 '1u Is. The
House leaders lined up in opposition to
lhis amendment. Yesterday the rrcSl-
dent called in Chairman Payne. OF tie
House WAYS and means committee, ami
Speaker Cannon and. ii is understood,
told them cmphatically that the tw"
houses mus; get together on BOND
issue. The ways and means commit
tee met today AMI finally compromised
ul,on IN issue of $40. 900. 600 or ten
millions less than that recommended
bv the Senate, Ii is thought that IN
conference an agreement may be reach
ed bv which the bill will pass both
houses III this session.
President Taft spent the greater part
Of the day Strengthening out the lcglSl'-
Tive Siluatiom with members OF the
lIuuSc and Senate and IN gre#Sng the
ways for IN early adjournment. Hcl
held various conferences with Senate
and House leaders. The main stnm-
bling blocks wurryin" the president
Just now are the statehood and conScr"
Walton bills. The executive Is seeking
n compromise whereby the House will
accent the Senate withdrawal bill with !
the provision for II bond issue. pcrhap"
slightly re- tuccd. in return for the Sen
ale accepting the House postal saving |
bill Ii is considered likely that TN"
House will adopt Il special rule ami
bass the withdrawal oil. reducing the |
bond issue of $40, GOO. 600 provided 10y |
Tn. Senate for complete irrigation
work hi reducing the total to per-
haps $40. oOn. 600.
On the application of the General
u,anayrr> Of the railroads operating IN |
The southeastern territory including all
roads south OF thr Potomac and east OF
the Mississippi thr'ii>pulc between them
and their employers over the question
Of WAGES has been referred under the
Er,man act Ia Chairman Knapp of tn"
Interstate Commerce Commission ana
Commissioner of Labor Neil. 1t Is |
expected that the difficulty will he re-
Trrrri Ia ar'iiraturS.
Almost dcSpar"l OF by President
Taft vino had mistakenly demanded us
laS>a"r. tin. Statehood bill has at last
gotten rs far rs conference and the |
democrats IN the Senate have pretty |
well a. Il. report and final Il, ccpt-
ancc of the confcrc"S agreement by !
~ ne that they W'n. "a home until !
the report * accepted and the statehood
conrrlcl"d The bill rs passed by the
HOUSE, Iil'l 'Nl'll'lif, lH'N'N'I. va -
greatly that there are many who doubt |
ii Senator Nelson can make good on |
his promise 10 reach IN agreement with |
the House cunfrrccS in two or three |
days.
\ v"'run ,hr hill Ia require the pub
licaliun rf campaign contributions and
expense. is promised rs one Of the
features az the sessions closing days. !
The bill has passed the HOUSE and Is on
tn. senate calendar.
Cobra smith. culorcd. - years old,
jumped from the third story window |
Of \ hou>, ri Third and NJ streets south |
west. early this morning and was
killed.
10 E.nk SPOT Ol' SURRENDER.
\ conference will he held in Rich |
munl on Saturday with the governor,
by invita'iHn. hy 4 committee Of the
Yorktown Historical Society of the
United States. This includes Rev. |
George Washington Dame of Baltimore:
Conway II. Shirld. Of Yorktown. and
!. \. ~.ubh>. OF Woods Cross Roads, |
Va. and i in relation to the selection