Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1902 — Washington Notes. [ARTICLE]

Washington Notes.

Mrs. Roosevelt entertained the delegates to the Mothers’ congress. President Roosevelt Is against civil service provision in bill creating permanent cansus bureau. A pneumatic mail tube lobby is trying to induce the House postoffice committee to recommend the scheme. Emil Paepke, whose <liainond|4ing case was the cause of the Philippine decision, wants SIO,OOO indemnity for his arrest. President Roosevelt received n delegation representing the city of Charleston and tWh expositiou, nnd promised to visit the South. River and harbor bill calls for a total of $00,700,000. including $200,000 for a Burvcy of the deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi. , House iinvnl committee by a decisive vote defeated attempt to secure consideration of the various Schley resolutions »w in the baud* nf a subcommitte-