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

greet that they did not vote for The Ieso'
Ia ion.
1t is reported here that the overthrow
Of Speaker Cannon will probably result
in the speedy enactment of the legisla'
tive programme; that the insurgents Will
not be excluded from the republican
party, and that net mere than one In
surgent will be placed on the iu'tS COM
mitlee.
A replieve for sky days vas today
granted by President TAFT to Charles
O'Neil, held st TIE Fort Lsavenwoito
military prison under sentence to be
hanged March 29 for killing bis sweet
heart. Toe delay is to enable the pardon
attorney to make further Investigation
into the factg. The people Of Kan az
have taken 8 gres. interest In thid case
because the law OF the state prohib IS
capt punishment.
A new procedure In dealing with
Chinese smoggled into this coun ~ was
Instituted today by the department. OF
commerce aud labor. By this plan 8
Ohinsmsn fou d to have entered the
United States unlswfnlly aud who csDDI
prove residence Of three years here will
be depor'ed by departmental warrant.
Heretofore every case has been tried 10
the courts or before a United SI tss court
commissioned. This has permitted OF 3
wide practice of fraud besides costing the
government an almost prohib'tVe sum
for The deportation OF each Ohinamsu.
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 the North
ern District OF New York, who last
week ordered five Chinese to be deporied
upon depa tnentsl warrant withCu
consideration by the courts. la the pal
the department has considered 1t lucky
year when they won so per cent. OF their
Chinese cases. Immigration officials pre-
dict that row they Will be able to put az
"a Elective cheek" on chinese smuggling
! which has increased enormously Of late,
| especially over the Mexican boarder.
Hopes are now entertained by mem
| bers OF the tariff board that the threat
ened com mercial war between Oapsds
and the United States may be aVerted.
When Professor Emory the head OF the
board and Charles M. Pepper cams bach
from their recent trip to Ottawa all thei'
prepos tons to the OaDadisD government
had been politely and firmly ri ct 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
today thlt be was more hope III.
! One OF the propositions which has been
submitted to Canada and the one which
| 1t Is believed stands the best chance Of
being accepted, is that the United States
shall give to Canada the benef: of iii
minimumErstes 10 return for concessions
| By Canada on about 80 articles Of Amer
! lean export including agricultural i'm
elements, iron and steel, etc. 1t Us No.
derstood here IL st President Tai! Ia 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 les
weeks resolution 10 the II u,e Of RsT
reSsntaiVes, so far ss legislation by tli'
| Congress Is concerned, will be foil dig
cussion on the floor of the Hou'e ilseli
ss to the 60 called Taft legislative pro-
pramme, 10 the opinion OF ipsurgent
| leaders who are canysssing the situation
today. "No mstter how the new con
mittee on rules is CO.'S ituted," declared
| Representative Norris, 'lt has been
settled that the House can decide for II.
| self Whit 1t waits to do. And no ma.
| ter how the special Jules that the con-
mIttee will frame for the consider ton
OF legislation are wordej, 1t Is 10 the
power OF the House TO say what 1t shall
do. | believe that last weeks victory Ii
st>p towards to iu 6llmert OF the plat
form pledges of The republican party
As to tle 90 called Taft legislative pre-
Qramme, many of US claim The right tt
| decide for IL selves concerning the form
Of the legislation. Many OF us who are
heartily In accord with the platform o.
the republican party claim tie right t
say how those pledges shall be redeemed
The change vFOV hit last week will give
US t1at right, whereas before the speaker
| framed legislation according t, his oSr
| idea and II Was up to as to take 1t Oh
Iesys It without The oppoItun " Of
ameadm ant. As for tie vote Oh the Bar
leson rssolotiou, WIS against it because
| II was an entirely d Fl rent proposition
| from electlrg sp aker. | would nc
vote , elect Joe Cannon speaker OF TIT
| II juse nov or at any Other time undsl
any cIrcums suces. Be, when 1t oome'
| {, oustiug him we must have more
g. ain. him than we have now. U lcle
| Joe has done nothing that ths rules did
not give him power ID do. As for biz
statement Saturday night, | regard tt;
s the silly vsporings of q foolish old
man who hiss lost his temper"
1t IL regarded IS seemingly improbabl:
that the insurgents will have anyone oil
the six republicans on the new commit
tee on rules. They will all 90 iut) re-
publican caucus and abide by the sslec-
ON made by the caucus. They do not
want anyone on the new commit Q be-
use they do not want the responsibility
| for tho actions OF the committee. Several
Of them stated today that, while the
changes 10 the rules would mean the