Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1920 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., July 15. The bad getaway of the third party in Chicago brought relief to both Republicans and Democrats. They believe the new party will cut little figure in the presidential campaign. Prediction was made that it would draw its strength chiefly from the Socialists. —o—- , Even a Democratic landslide would not give the party sufficient votes in the next senate to ratify I the league of nations in the form 1 desired by President Wilson, according to an analysis of the makeup of the next senate prepared by the Republican senatorial committee. ' The deficit of the railroads, which the government must make up, for , the three months following the passage of the transportation act, totaled $225,000,000. At this rate it i will cost the government $450,000,1000 for the six months guaranty , period ending Sept. 1. Postmaster General Burleson has failed to indicate so far any intention to allow superannuated employes of the postal service to reitain their places. This will hit 200 employes of the Chicago postoffice. —o—i The prospective agreement for the resumption of trade between Great Britain and soviet Russia will not cause the United States government to go farther _ than the recent action lifting restrictions on trade. Lafayette, Ind., July 14—The Lafayette Country Club has scheduled a golf match with the yHazeldon Club at George Ade’s summer home near Brook, to be played Sunday, July 18. Burr Swezey has been chosen captain of the Lafayette Club. It is expected that about twenty players will make the trip in automobiles, the party starting at 8 o’clock. The players will be accompanied by their families and will take a picnic lunch with them. This is the first match that has ever been scheduled between the local club and the Ade farm golfen.