Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1920 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., March 17. The senate today voted down all the reservations offered in ibehalf of Ireland, Egypt, and Corea, and the fate of the treaty now rests with half a dozen Democratic senators who rae trying to decide whether to accept the treaty with reservations or reject it. The final on ratification is scheduled o take place late tomorrow night or Friday. _ . . - .» ' •. ■ ' Mr. Bryan insists that he is not a candidate for the presidential nomination, but is not prepared to refuse to consider it if presented in the light of a duty. The publication today of the letter written by Herbert Hoover to the president in April, 1919, advocating withdrawal from Europe, created a sensation in the senate today. Senator Borah welcomed Mr. Hoover to the ranks of the irreconcilables. Legislation designed to aid in stabilizing market values of Liberty bonds was recommended by Secretary of the Treasury Houston today in a letter to the house ways and means committee. The ordnance department in a statement issued today called attention to its course of instruction in the operation of tractors as of especial use to soldiers desiring to engage in framing after their discharge from the army.