Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1910 — Washington [ARTICLE]

Washington

Some of tJhe Things That Are Going On at the National Law Making Shop on the Potomac. Indiana democrats are trying to get a fat job for Stokes Jackson, the chairman of the democracy of the state. They want him appointed ser-geant-at-arms of the national house. It pays *6,:>ou and perquisites. The latter consists of fees for arresting members of congress to compel their attendance when it is necessary to have a quorum. Of course, there are otheT candidates for this plum, hut “the Hoosier bid is in good-and early and Stokes Jackson looks like he -might land it. There is considerable talk again about the possibility of war with Japan, and about the unpreparedness of our Pacific coast defense. The war scare is probably a “bogey” startei by newspapers. Champ Clark, the probable selection of democrats for speaker of the house, has given out his platform, and it looks like it is diplomatic enough to elect Champ to almost anything. He is going to do everything the majority W’ants him to do whenever they want him to do it and promises to never forget that he is a democrat. Friday was a dull day in congress and all was "quiet on the Potomac.”