Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-20
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY
(From orr Special CoSresDondent.)

(From our Special CoSresDondent.)
Washington Jan. 20.-Representa
tive Andrew J. Volstead, Of Mime
sofa, author of the Prohibition law
has received hundreds of letters with
in the past week or ten days, some
classifying him as murderer,
others as assassin" and still others
sent anonymously, threatening his
life.
1t appears that every time the re-
port Of wood alcohol victim IS an.
nounced, Volstead is the centre OF
attack from the community in which
the victim resided. He is held direct
ly responsible for the death of the
poison victim. -
Up to date, however, Volstead has
not seen fit to call the attention OF
the Department of Justice to such
missives received by him nor to ask
that the Secret Service division de-
tail man to protect him against
possible bodily harm. But his life
lust now is not very happy one
and he is being made the target at
which all the dissatisfied elements
with prohibition enforcement are con
centrating their attacks.
Decision of the Republican caucus
to pass the foreign debt funding bill
and then the bonus bill reveals that
the bonus bill is virtually the white
elephant of Congress, giving rise to
troublesome and veXatious problems
of taxation that in the opinion of
many leaders. will cause serious los
ses for the Republican in the next
election. The Republican leaders do
not conceal the fact that they do not
know where the money for the bonus
is to come from. They exhausted in
the recent revenue law all the men
available means of taxation and arc
now confronted with the necessity of
raising much more revenue. lmno-
sition of sales tax, on top of the
present taxes, or of any kind of in
ternal tax would cause a vcritable
storm of protest, and the Republicans
are at their wits end to know how to
avoid it.
In the meantime. the Democrats
are standing by and taking advant-
age Of the situation in which then
Republican brethren find themselves
The people of the country will hold
the party in power responsible foi
the mistakes that are sure to follow
any move for the raising of the
money to pay the soldiers bonus.
On the authority Of member Of
the Cabinet much interested in the
subject. tits learned that the present
disnosition of the Harding admins
tration is to have this government
represented by an adequate delega-
tion at the forthcoming Genoa con-
ference. A decision to reject the in
vitaton it was declared. can only be
reached in the event that satisfactory
assurances are not received that FE.
ronean political nuuestions are strict
w. barred from the conference acenda.
This government does not object to q
discussion nf war debts ut the con.
ference. What this government does
not want to do is to enter conf""-
once that will make us reSDOnsible
for navmont of German r"Darations
r. wants tn avoid political consider
ations entirely.
A further conference was held to-
Earl Lang, the Gern'"" {"
Charge d'Affairo and Thomas w.
Millnr. Alien Property Custodian.
At this meeting the German Enhas-
sv on s street known as the "Wid-
ow's Mite" was formally rnl"aScd br
the Alien Property Custodian and
Turned over to the German CHARGE
rnnrnscnting the German govern.
mont. who at the same time was
handed Tho decd restoring the prom
ertv. This niece Of land was TIL"
ono bnnoht bv the German rovrrn-
mont before the war for the purnoso
of erecting a now Embassy. which
nln,s wnro sfnnne1 hv the war
The Alien Property Custodian was
also in conference with the Counselor
of tho Hungarian legation, recently
rcestablishcd in Washington. at
which time the Hungarian nrop rtv
seized under the Tradin" with the
Enomy Act was discussed.
| John Sharn Williams Senator from
the State of Mississippi, and regard
ed as the most brilliant man in that
BODY. is going to retire to MS farm
in Yazoo Citv. after his present term
| expires on March 4, 1923. He an
nounced three years ago that he
would not be candidate for re-ciec
tion and he intends to stick to thla
decision His presence and his abII-
itv will he missed in the Senate when
| he leaves the body.
! Isaac Gregg.