Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-16

safety, a disgrsce, aud sn unpardonsble
blot on the government OF the national
capital. Mckee, 10 stirring plea for
prison reform In Washington, told the
Brotherhood of the First Congregational
Church that The District Jail and The
"famous Black H de Of Oslctt 9" we're
10 the same category. Hs said that
1875 women are packed into cells DE-
signed to sceomodLtJ 4S. and that $50
men, white and black, ere j'mmed like
cattle into cells built for $40. Mckee
recon- amended the establishment OF In
duslrial Institutions instead Of jsils, asking
particularly that prisoners bs given a
FIVE hundred acre farm, which he said,
be could WORK, making the prisoners
reli- Il ppOrLIng.
"Ii you pass any legIsli ton u restrict
the operation of wireless telegraph, you
are clipping the Wigs OF American
genius" said III. O. Clay TO TIE House
naval commit es today. CLAY represented
the National Elet t lie Signalling Com
psny of which Professor FessendeD, the
wireless inventor Is the head. He de-
clared thai he represents the inventor
aud not the commercial company. A
protest against the McOnmber bill to
provide for Federal grading and elssslfi-
cation of grain was made to the SeDtt'
commit ee on agriculture today by re-
en!atiyes OF tie National g ain
Dealers Association, the Chicago Cham.
Der oil Commerce and the Baltimore
Chamber of Commerce.
The su'z Ter bill to place Gen. Sickels
on the 7, tired list IS lieutenant gor-
ersl, was rported from the House com :
mitlee on miItmy affairs. 1t is ex-
pected to pass the House next week.
Commander Peary will be given the
thank of Congress, The rights Of the
floor and a sum OF money eqasl to what
he would have received If he had been
promoted 10 rank. This decision was
reached informally today by members
of the IA 1use committee on naval affairs
1t Is III uyht that this proposition will
ne passed by the committee unsni-
mously.
Steamship aud railroad men who are
protesting against certain provisions OF
the Townsend Inter- tie Commerce bill
airsd their grievances today before the
House committee on interstate CON
merce. All OF them asserted that 1t
would be great hardship t, bring the
business OF wafer transportation under
the control of the LIT rstste Commerce
Commission. All they wanted just o.
present wac to be let alone.
A heorIc bronze 1t t1e of the late Ser
slor James Harlan, of lows, arrived q
the Capitol t,dsy ard was placed 10
Ststuary Hall between the tfigles o.
Blair aud Bel too, of Missouri. 1t Ia
Iowa's frat contribution t)st 't1ary Hall
snd wss made by Miss N. V. Walker.
Senator Il arlsn preceded Senator Allison
10 the senst'. The official unwilling Of
tae statue will Ike place 10 few days.
Big men 10 re mining world APPEARED
before the Senate committee on mines
today u urge favorable action on the
bill srecertly passed by the Hou's to
create bureau Of mines In the ILt.rio'
Department.
There is worry at the Wits House
owes the long delays that Congress seems
to find necessary 10 lis consideration oil
The presidential measures, and the prer>
Ident has reached the conclusion th,t
something must be done. Today he be-
gan calling up the senators who have
charge of his measures. Mr.. Beverage,
sponsor for the Arizons-NeW Mexico
statehood measure; Mr.. CaltT, of Mon
.aus, who introduced the postal savings
bank bill, and Mr.. Borab were cum
moned to the presidential sanctum to-
dry and each of them received sharp
call. The president is anxious to clean
up the minor details OF his programme
10 the Senate, In order that the big
or lscts msy have o clear way, when
they come up for consideration. He
sees no reason for delaying the ArIz)ns-
New Mexico statehood bill or the Alas
kan reorganization measures. For
weeks be has cslullly urged that things
be hurried along bat today he came out
10 the open and told the senators thai
the delay has gone far enough. Con.
gress has been 10 session ii weeks, and
the presidential programme Ia practically
unit ,hed. II Congress does not heed
tse Injunction OF the president a presi-
Dental message demanding action will
be 10 probable result.
The internt tlonal fisheries agreemert t,
arranged by Prof. David StMr Jordan,
OF Leland Stanford Univers ,, on behalf
OF the United STATES was today re u;ned
to the Slate Depsrtmer I, by the Senate
foreign relations committee for correction.
The action was unanimCuIly taken. The
q agreement relates tt0.ll international
waters between the Unitei Stats ard
Canada.
About dozen Sioux Indians called on the
president today. They had been in Wash
iDgton for week protesting before the Sen'
ate committee on Indian Affairs against the
opening Of their reservation, end they desired
to say "How" to President Taft before re-
tIrning 10 Montana, and to give him Crow
warshiri, thus making him q chief OF the
tribe.
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