Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1919 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., Oct. 27. President Wilson vetoed the prohibition enforcement bill and the'house ’of representatives promptly repassed the measure over the veto by a vote of 176 to 55, which was twenty more than the requisite two-thirds majority. The senate is expected to take the same action, making the bill a law probably this week. —o — Although the president and cabinet still hope that the bituminous coal miners will not strike in defiance of the government’s decision that such a strike would be a crime, to be prosecuted as such, they are making all possible preparations to deal drastically with the situation if the miners insist upon force. Force, they say, will be met with force. Ndtfiftig has been heard from the mine leaders, but nothing is expected until the union executive boards meet at lndianapolis Wednesday. k ■ —o — In defeating the Johnson amendment to the league of nations covenant the senate went on record as approving; six votes for Great Britain jn the league assembly while the United States has but one. The amendment was rejected by a narrow margin, the vote being 40 to 38. Nine republicans voted against the amendment. —o— Delegates have arrived from twen-ty-six countries for the international labor conference under the peace treaty, which convenes Wednesday. Conference, once convened, can proceed with its business regardless of the status of treaty ratifications, dealing with international labor problems. ,/ ■ . ■. The senate honored the memory of Theodore Roosevelt on this, the occasion of his sixty-first birthday, arid listened to an impressive address by Senator McCormick, of Illinois, who called upon congress to follow principles laid down by Roosevelt in dealing with “fantastic-inter-nationalism,” as exemplified by the league of nations covenant and also in the problems of radical unrest now distracting the nation. Both houses of congress showed a disposition today to support the government in its firm attitude against the coal strike. Resolutions of support are pending in both branches and action is expected shortly. ..