Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-02
.REAS5EMbLINC Of
CONGRESS TODAY
Nearly Score of Senators
Limp Many Lame
Ducks in House.
EXTEND CONDOLENCE.
Republicans Predominant Among
Cripples-Last Stand of Old Guard
Committee to Get to Work.
EXTEND COINCIDENCE.
Predominate Among

assembled today with the usual for
malities. An average crowd of spec
tators was in attendance.
In the Senate, the "lame ducks"
there numbered nearly a score. The
Republicans were: Burnham, of New
Hampshire, Crane, of Massachusetts,,
Guggenheim, of Colorado, Bourne, of
Oregon; Brown, of Neb.; Dixon, of
Mont; Richardson, of Della; Gamble,
of VT; Cullom, Of Illinois; and Briggs
of N. J. The Democrats who began
their valedictory services were Bailey,
of Tex; Foster, of La; Paynter, of
KY; Percy, of Miss; and Watson, of
West, Va.
Senator Smith, of Maryland an
nounced the death of his colleague,
Senator Isidor Rayner.
With feathers badly ruffled and
quacking distresses from the recent
election, scores of congressional "lame
ducks" as the defeated at the recent
election were extended the coincidence
ard joshes today in the House. Many
gazed upon the opening scenes for the
last time. 1t was the last stand of the
"old guard
Republicans almost totally predom-
mated in the ranks of the "lame
ones. A scattering of unsuccessful
Democrats jointed in the serio-comic
felicitations.;
Prominent among the defeated ones
were "UncleiJoe" Cannon, of Illinois,
finishing thirty years of public SER
vice. In the same boat with "Uncle
Joe" from the "Sucker State" were
Reps. Rodenberg and Thistlewood.
Rep. "Nick" Longworth, of Ohio,
son-in-law of Col. Roosevelt, was also
prominent among those who lost their
political scalps. Longworth lost by
less than one hundred votes. He fail
ed to line up with his father-in-law.
Demand that the Pujo money trust
investigating committee get down to
work Immediately was contained in a
resolution submitted to the House to
day by Rep. Lindenbergh Progress
i've Minnesota), emphasizing the ne
cessity for currency legislation.
ffiaatwlzu; 'vshr mht mht mhtmht
That the monetary commissions
report "failed to disclose any facts"
in relation to the money trust, and
that full information as to the exist
ence or non-existence of such a COM
bine was needed was Lindenbergh's
declaration. He charged that the
Puio committee was pursuing the
wrong tact in it's investigation, ap-
parently "plannin an ninvestiagtlo.
as if for Indictment" instead of secur-
ing facts as the basis for remedial
legislation. That attempts to prove
existence of a money trust were use
less for purposes of punishment was
asserted by Lindburgh. The COM
bine, he said, was effective because
it had no definite organization,
though a group of interests always
were found combining to exert infu-
ence in finance
One of the first bills introduced IN
the third session of the 62nd congress
was one drawn by Representative
C. C. Carlin, in the interest of Cap
tain Armistead Rust, of Loudon coun-
ty. The bill has for its ultimate pur-
pose the transferring of Captain
Rust from the retired list of the navy,
where he was placed by the navy
plucking board to the acting Hls1
therefor.
Harry st. George Tucker attended
the opening ceremonies of the House
today.
The annual report of the Chief OF
Army Engineers was sent to Congress
today In his report, General William
H. Bixey, states that the work of i'm,
proving the harbor front of Alexan,
drla has been completed and 70 addi
tional appropriation is necessary. The
Chief of Army Engineers in speakins
of the work at Alexandria says:
"The work of Improvement durins
the last fiscal year consisted in dredg
ing 3S2,497 cubic yards of materia