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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
2
Increased dividends of the Southern railways provoke unease among Southern politicians. The number of failures in April is lower across all sections than in April 1899, suggesting improving prosperity in a presidential year.
A viewpoint argues that Aguinaldo should send six delegates to a Kansas City convention not to vote but to raise a sympathy collection. The proposal frames the action as a moral display and fundraising gesture. The remark suggests a strategic use of delegates to garner support.
In the 1896 campaign the Democratic ticket had the cooperation of the empty stomach. Thanks to Republican legislation, it will cut no figure this year.
A political observer warns that a Democratic president premiering a handover of the Philippines to the adventurer Emilio Aguinaldo would present a striking and troubling scene for the American public to ponder.
The News salutes Alamogordo on its new board of school directors noting three capable men were elected and lamenting that three others were defeated.
Hon. Joan G. Cantisie no longer regards himself as a Kentucky resident. Mr. Carlisle has held a poor view of his former political allies since Bryanism led them to hurl stale eggs at him.
Tennessee produced nearly a million tons more coal in the previous year than in 1895, with virtually all of it consumed by the state's factories, offering an industrial lesson for the South.
Democratic managers pursue the tactic of injecting foreign questions into the race hoping to distract voters from earlier Democratic misgivings and the fulfillment of Republican pledges.
Tur export trade of the south for the past twelve months totaled over 400 million dollars, more than one third of the nation’s total. The figures challenge southern politicians who contribute to the Congressional Record.
Of thirty five American ships entering ports with European cargoes last year twenty eight were from the American line. The twenty eight came from only four ships on repeated voyages. Fewer than twelve different American ships entered with European cargoes while thousands of foreign vessels did so.
The piece argues the Wilson Gorman tariff is the only national law attributed to Democrats since Lincoln and describes it as despised by its authors and ruinous to supporters. It notes a Washington meeting where colored Methodists lament England’s war impact on natives in South Africa and accuses Democrats of opposing a brighter future for the colored race.
The excerpt compares Savines deposits in 1804 and 1899, detailing deposits and depositors with totals in hundreds of thousands, notes European vessel clearances, and the American line. It cites export shares to Europe and per capita figures in the United States, then shifts to political commentary pledging Democratic prospects tied to McKinley and the Chicago platform.
Records show United States mail matter across all classes in 1899 weighed 1 565 666 508 pounds filling 39 142 freight cars. The surge is the largest in the nation's history due to current prosperity and unprecedented business activity, contrasting with declines in dull Democratic periods.
The year ending June 30 1899 saw nearly thirteen hundred million dollars of merchandise move between the United States and Europe, with American ships other than the American line handling less than three million and the line named Jine carrying about forty million. Foreign ships carried twelve hundred and fifty million, while foreign lines oppose the sole American line in transatlantic trade.
The article notes foreign vessels carried 97.85 percent of U S Europe trade last year and two thirds of all U S foreign commerce. It criticizes Democrats for decrying a treasury surplus while alleging trusts, cites Ice Trust probes linked to Tammany Hall, and contrasts Bryan’s 1896 prophecy with current want ads showing gendered job listings.
Kansas reports a drastic drop in its poor farm population. The lone inmate, aged and feeble, now occupies dining halls and bedrooms once filled with the idle and needy, a stark reminder of past Democratic policy and claimed destruction to American industry.
An article extols Graphophones as the practical talking machines surpassing early Phonographs, highlighting the Grand model with superior volume and tone. It promotes Columbia Phonograph Company catalogs, notes stanzas on stoves of invention, and includes short quips and a 25 cent stomach tablets ad.
In Roswell New Mexico Ralph E Bates files for final proof on land claim SE NE section 7 and S NW section 8 with witnesses from Elk and Roswell. A divorce suit Plor ence L Henry vs James A Henry seeks custody of Ida Bell and Annie Jane with default judgment possible after July 2 1900.
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