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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
4
Publication details for Aberdeen Washington weekly edition edited by Joan J Carney announces mailing status and subscription terms. It invites notices of births marriages or deaths printed free and requests correspondence from county readers with author name for public interest pieces.
The Herald asserts it is the oldest Grays Harbor paper and Chehalis County’s official publication with the largest circulation, warning contracts will be forfeited if the claim is not absolutely true. It also notes editorials on Michigan censorship and Republican politics.
Spanish generals warn of American victory yet poor campaign results. Eastern Democrats who left in 1896 consider reunion for new issues. Cubans and Filipinos deserve freedom per resolutions. government derives power from consent of the governed. Also, Superior Minnesota plans a vast ore dock to hold 1,000,000 tons with eight rails.
The writer recalls opposition to acquiring the Philippines as a gift and questions McKinley’s war policy without Congress or public consent. The piece contrasts Democratic calls for enforcing federal law with proposals for new legislation and constitutional amendments on trusts.
The piece argues constitution protects trusts to block private monopoly and contrasts Democratic and Republican stances on ending the Filipino war. It questions annexation, suggests independence for Filipinos, and warns about labor and racial tensions from bringing in unskilled and skilled workers.
A farmer owning 160 acres cannot cultivate much and abandons his plot to seize a crowded city market garden. The National Watchman labels him an expansionist, while others call him a fanatic, a bully, and a fool. The quote contrasts rural ambition with urban overreach and reflects historical tensions.
Financiers doubt Secretary Gage on funding the Philippines expedition without new taxes or bonds. They cite a last fiscal year deficit near 90 million dollars and note internal revenue agents studying stamp taxes for possible further legislation.
The piece argues the U S may join Britain in a world conquest policy, with the administration allegedly concealing such aims while signs emerge. It notes suspected steps toward this policy including the suspension of Dr Bedloe, U S consul at Canton, tied to issuing papers to an armed American vessel and certificates to Chinese merchants trading with the Philippines.
The piece argues the United States should stick to its own affairs and resist imperialism. It credits Washington era restraint with national greatness and warns foreign conquest glamour could mislead, citing a shift back toward democracy and a democratic party revival as evidence.
Editorials from The Washington Post denounce the expansion efforts noting no clear gains in Cuba or the Philippines. The piece laments wartime chaos in Luzon and discontent in Cuba, arguing the regime is a military autocracy and that the policy fails to establish law and order or beneficial governance.
In Chehalis County Washington the administrator of the Joseph Bauer estate will sell at public auction on September 22 1899 at 10 am at the county courthouse Montesano the following Aberdeen parcels Lot 1 Block 54 Weatherwax and Benn addition Lot 7 and 8 Block 8 Weatherwax and Benn addition sale terms one half cash and the rest on six months credit secured by a mortgage First publication August 31 1899 John A Gilkey Administrator Probate No 186
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