Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-24
SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS-.
SENATE

SENATE
In the absence of Vice President
Sherman aud because of Senator frye $
illness. Senator Smith (rpn. Mich was
designated to serve as president pro
tenn.
The credentials Of ". $. Kenyon, OF
Iowa. and \. p. Bryan, of FLORIDA
were read in the Senate today and they
subscribed to the oath of office.
The matter Of committee reorganiza-
ton was brought before the Senate to.
day BY Senator Gailinger. He SAID
many inquiries had been made. de
believed full report would be ready
Thursday 1t might run over day OF
two but he believed Thursday would
afford sufficient time. There remained
much work to be accomplished.
Does the senator mean work OF
pacihcation p inquired Senator Bailey
Both, !" replied Mr.. Gallinger with
a laugh.
If it were pacification no time
would be wasted" interrupted Senator
It OlbcIlG
The usual motion to adjourn ove1
until Thursday was adopted after Sena
tor Martin explained that the demo
cratic committee assignments had al
been made and were ready for submls
sion to the republicans at any tune.
A bill was introduced by Senator
Crane to reimburse those who con
tributed to the ransom fund for Eller
NJ. Stone. It is almost identical Will
the bill offered by Mr.. Lodge las
session.
Miss Stone was missionary captured
by Bulgarian bandits. Religious socle
ties and individuals raised a ransom
fund aggregating about 100000. 1t |!
proposed to reimburse these contrlbu
tors by an appropriation OF government
funds.
Chief Clerk Jerry" c, South, OF th'
House, made bis bow to the Senate
today. He succeeds Mr.. Browning
who lad delivered messages from th'
other body for 16 years.
| The Underwood bill to make effec
tive the Canadian reciprocity agree
ment was presented by Mr.. South, VINO
made brief but nowery speech, which
caused many senators to smile.
The Underwood bill was referred tt
the committee on finance.
Contrary decisions on the same Ques
ton by two United States Judges II
the State OF Washington will adorn the
congressional record Mr.. Jones Crpn
!. WASH presented in the Senate today
the decision Of Judge Rudkln OF eastern
Washington district, who decided Il!
favor OF the government IN case IN
: volving indictments based on ALLEGED
unlawful combination By holders o
Alaska coal claims. This will balance II
, the Record d decision Of Judge HanforC
Of the western Washington district
based on precisely the same evidence
as that ia the eastern district cases
which was against the government ant
which was recently printed IN TIT
Record.
HOUSE.
| Disclaiming any free trade sentl
ment Mr. Fitzgerald today had tht
Record corrected to eliminate remars
made Friday by Mr.. Fordney (rpn
Mich) in which Fitzgerald was de-
scrihed as a flee trader.
Mr.. Fordncy in revising his remarks
inserted the words free trade" in the
following statement:
NO one can be elected from the
gentleman's district in New York with.
ont expressing the gentleman ssent'
ments Of free trade. "
The republicans heckled Mr.. fItz'
gerald for his disclaimer Of free trade
but the words we're stricken from the
Record.
Harsh words for what he termed a
fake policy Of economy on the part OF
the democrats in the House, made by
Mr.. Mann, minority leader, caused a
! furry in the House this afternoon
Mann discovered that a bill under con
sideration carried an appropriation foI
six committee clerks at So per day each
and insisted that this was duplication
OF an appropriation already made il
the legislative appropriation bill.
He profeSsed TO see a plan to nnc
places for democrat patriots BY giving
nine committees two clerks each
Furthermore. Mann declared that these
clerks we're to be attached to commit
tees which the democrats have already
abolished.
| Democratic leaders registered heated
denials to these charges and said that
The clerks were to be assigned to new
con- mites. Mr.. Fitzgerald declared
that the appropriations were not dupil-
Gated and that the present one was only
to June 80.
Demanding full and complete infor-
NATION as to the Beers robbery IN
cident at the Annapolis Naval Acad-
envy, following the apology Of the
Academy officials, representative
korhly dem. Ind } today ina letter to
Secretary OF the Navy Meyer declared
the apology can not close the inc dent,
Horribly declared that Myers letter OF
Saturday in which he assured the
representative that proper apologies
would be made was insufficient and
that he wanted to get at all the facts IN
the case.
A bill correcting errors in appro-
priation measures passed by the
House last Congress was put through
the House today. 1t was discovered
that among other things, the COM
mission 10 investigate the magazine
postal problem had been twice created