Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1920 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., March 2. President Wilson is not a candidate for reelection and has opened the way for the untrammeled announcement of candidacies in the Democratic party. Attorney General Palmer is off, soon to 'be followed, it is expected, by William G. McAdoo and Herbert Hoover. None of them will have the 'indorsement of Mr. Wilson, who will endeavor to hold the administration aloof from the contest. —o—- — Lodge reservation to the league of nations eovenant safeguarding the Monroe doctrine was adopted without change by a vote of 58 to 22 in the senate today. A mild substitute offered by Senator Hitchcock was defeated by a vote of 43 to 34. ’ —o — The Illinois delegation in congress received telegrams from Nathan William MacChesney, campaign manager in Chicago for Gen. Wood, announcing he intended to organize Wood committees throughout the state and asking suggestions in regard to men favorable to the general in each congressional district. In a joint telegram the delegation advised Mr. MacShesney of its firm belief that the state of Illinois was for Gov. Lowden and that it regarded Mr. MacChesney’s telegram as offensive. —o — Spokesmen for the American Legion- opened hearings before the house ways and means committee on soldiers’ bonus legislation. They suggested the adoption of alternative schemes. Senator Reed of Missouri today introduced a resolution ordering an investigation of the charges made by the federal grand jury at Spokane, Wash., that officials of the United States. Grain corporation took advantage of theß Official positions to profiteer in wheat. Mrs. Opal Hafley was the guest hero this week of her aunt, Mrs. George Kennedy. She had returned from Colorado Springs, Colo., where she had visited with her mother, Mrs. Violet Pollard. From here Mrs. Hafley contihued to her home in Indianapolis.