Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1902 — MAKING LAWS AT WASHINGTON [ARTICLE]

MAKING LAWS AT WASHINGTON

The Record in Brief of Legislative Work in Senate an<j House. NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL Navy Department Will Pay no Attention to Captain Mahan’s letter in the Schley Controversy—Brilliant Ball at White House. Thursday, January 2. President Roosevelt gives his first state dinner in the White House, with, the members of the cabinet and their wives as the quests of honor. Admiral Sampson’s condition is regarded as hopeless, medical treatment being futile. Friday, January 3 Illinois and other politicians at Washington suggest Lyman J. Gage as senator from Illinois to succeed Mason in the event of a deadlock between Mason, Hopkins and Dawes. Brilliant White House ball, the first of the kind since the days of the Grant regime, is given in honor of the Washington debut of Miss Alice Roosevelt. Seven hundred guests were present, many cities being represented. Navy department will pay no attention to Captain Mahan’s letter to a New York magazine editor, in which he comments upon the Schley-Sam peon controversy, holding that he mentioned no names, and criticised nobody in actual words. Miss Alice Roosevelt accepted invitation to christen Emperor William’s yacht. Saturday, Januray 4. Governor Shaw, soon to be secretary of the treasury, has created a favorable impression in Washington, and eastern financiers are assured that he will not upset the existing system. Suggestion that whole isthmian canal problem be referred to President Roosevelt for settlement finds favor among members of congress. Senator Morgan declared that a canal at Panama would cause too many complications.