Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-15
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY
(From Our special Correspondent

Washington, April 15-The letter
of former President Wilson TO the
editor of the New York Times re-
pudiating an alleged utterance on
the part of the former Democratic
President and read at the Jackson
Day dinner i'm New York given to
former Governor Cox is taken here
to mean that Mr.. Wilson and Joseph
p Tumulty, his former Secretary,
have come TO the parting of the
ways, as it was Mr.. Tumulty who
carried the alleged message from
Mr.. Wilson to the diners in New
York. Those who know the former
President feel that there cannot be a
reconciliation.
1t is believed that the letter writ
ten by Mr.. Wilson to the New York
Times is also Q reputation of eff
forts that frequently have been
made to get him TO break his policy
of silence on domestic as we'll as in
ter national issues. This policy of
the former President has been ad-
hered to rigidly and without devia-
ton but Tumulty and many others
have tried to get Mr.. Wilson to pub
licly express his views on current
controversies, but without success.
Those who watched the White
House closely during the last part of
the Wilson administration have
known that the close friendship be-
tween Mr. Tumulty and the former
President began to be dissolved
shortly after the second election Of
Mr.. Wilson, and, although no par
ticular act marked the beginning of
the severance of friendship it was
known by those who called at the
White House every day that Mr..
Tumulty was being consulted less
and less by the chief executive.
During the last year of Mr.. Will
sons administration, in which very
little business was transacted due
10 the fact that the former President
was very i'll, Tumulty was practi-
cally left out of all matters pending
before the President. Mrs. Wilson
and DR.. Cary T. GraysOn were prac-
tically the only persons in the con-
fidence of Mr. Wilson except his
confidential secretary. Mr.. Tumulty
went to his Office at the White House
every day however, but attended only
TO the routine matters.
Confident that he has enough votes
TO report the bonus bill, Chairman
McCumber Of the Senate Finance
Committee has called meeting of
the Republican members of the Com
mittee for Wednesday at which time
the Chairman plans to test the
strength between the proponents
and opponents of the bill.
According to the calculations of
the bonus raiders. they will have six
votes as against four among the
Republican members of the Finance.
Committee 10 report the bill to the
Senate with only two changes.
These proposed changes in the bill
will not materially affect it as it
passed the House. 1t is understood
that Senators McCumber. of North
Dakota, Sutherland of West Viz
ginia, Mclean, of Connecticut. La
Toilette, of Wisconsin, Watson of In
diana and Curtis Of Kansas will vote
to report the bill with these two
changes, while it is understood that
Senators Calder of New York. FIRE.
of New Jersey, Smoot of
Utah and Dillingham; Of Vermont.
will vote against it in its present
form.
If the bonus bill is reported, as
Chairman MeCumber plans. it will
not be reported without a fight as
Senator SmoOt viii offer a motion
to annex the sales tax to the House
BILL which motion will PROBABLY be
voted down as well as a motion by
Senator LaFOllette to pay the bonus
through income and excess profits
taxes. Various other efforts to
change the bill will all be defeated.
according to Chairman McCumber.
Americans are rushing to Europe
IN unprecedented numbers, according
to figures furnished by the State
Department. The rush is so great
that the passport division of the
Department is unable to keep up
with the demands and Americans
planning to go to Europe are advised
to make their aDplications for pass
ports early. While most of the
passports asked for are to Europe.
other. parts of the world are attract
ing the curious interest of travelling
Americans. The number of Ameri-
cans going abroad, the Department
saws Is likely to reach the highest
figures recorded in years.
An average of 1881 passports
were issued monthly from December
TO February, while these figures in
creased over one hundred per cent
during March. With the advent of
Soring 44S9 passports were issued in
the first week of April and the State
Department estimated today that the
tureS will run close to 10000 for the