Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1909 — ACT ON ROOSEVELT HINT [ARTICLE]

ACT ON ROOSEVELT HINT

No Poll Tax In Hawaii If You Are the Father of Six. Honolulu, March 2.—The house of representatives has approved President Roosevelt’s views on the advantage to the state of large families. It has adopted a bill which provides that fathers of six or more children shall be exempt from poll tax. Beats Record Made by Roosevelt. Piqua, 0., March 2. —Dr. G. C. Throckmorton, sixty-five years old, beat the military ride of President Roosevelt of ninety-six miles, military gait, when he rode three horses in relays from Sidney through Piqua to Troy, twenty miles and return, three times, 120 miles in all, in thirteen hours and forty-five minutes. Attack on Roosevelt Within Rules. Washington, March 2.—The special committee appointed to examine the speech of Representative Cook, in which he violently attacked the president, reported that under the rules there is nothing in the speech whereby it should be stricken from the Congressional Record. Proposes Monument For Garfield. Washington, March 2.—A $50,000 monument in memory of President James A. Garfield is proposed In a bill introduced by Representative Langley of Kentucky. Nurses' Pension Bill Passed. x Washington. March 2. —The senate has passed a senate bill pensioning at the rate of sl2 a month dependent volunteer army nurses of the civil war.