McKinley tariff stance in dispute over Porto Rico bill
From the Nation's Capital Feb 5 1900 a critique notes President McKinley may shift to support the Porto Rico tariff bill with 73 percent duties, arguing it expands constitutional power over territories. The piece questions legality and hints at political pressure amid Gage Alger and Hanna dynamics and ship subsidy opposition. It condemns shifting positions and disputes over constitutional reach.
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Wasaxeron
D. C
McKinley
Waya and Means Committee
House
United States
Porto Rico
Congress
Supreme Court
Marshall
Union
Gage
Dcans
Venras
Alger
Hobart
Hanna
Treasury
Mark Hans
Ohip
Queston
Our Columbia Letter on State Legislature and Local Elections
A Columbia column critiques state politics, noting sparse candidate interest in penitentiary and college trustee races and the role of legislators in securing lucrative posts. It surveys bills on liquor control, bonds for town improvements, a prohibition measure, anti-lynching sentiment, a fertilizer factory plan, and pay limits. It laments legislative delay and trash, blaming solicitors and governance inertia as Crane-Hanrwedt M. Aven.
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Coluunta
Veh. A
Kentucky
South Carolina
Winthrop Colleges
Senate
Boards of Control
House
Winthrop
Plana
Legislative
Hanrwedt M. Aven
Of Interest to Pensioners Township Boards of Pensions Meet
Township Boards of Pensions will convene at their usual meeting place at 8 p m on February 10 1900. Pensioners must report to their Township Boards as these bodies will prepare a complete list of pensioners. The County Board of Pensions meets February 19 in J J Gilmors office. township boards should report by then. It is believed the Nicaraguan canal bill will pass Congress and become law within thirty days.
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Township Boards of Pensions
County Board of Pensions
J. J. Gilmor
Retary
T. GneEx
Ee Hoard
J. d. Gui Llan
Congress
Jonesvill
Union ‘Times
Milton Kennett
Tehicken
J.B. Earle
W. HL. Lyles
Columbia
Furman University
General Assembly
State Board of Control
Pin Casey
Enoreemot
Hiatiome
Casey
South Carolina Jockey Club Racing Asgontation
Charleston
Washington
Jockey Club
Library Association
Nashville
Philippines
J. M. Valiner
Southern General Assembly
New Orleans
Louisville
Charles Broadway Rouss
Phere
IHS
U. S
Otis
Lnat
Mississippi
New York
Paris
Josiah Emerson
McKigley
Bryan
Enwion
Glynn
United States
P.C. Torry
Wisconsin
Torrey
Lougago
Whateever
Charles H. Cramp
England
Germany
Goebel Shot In Ambush At Kentucky Capitol
Reports from Frankfort and nearby towns recount Senator William Goebel wounded by gunfire as he entered the capital grounds. The assassin’s identity is unknown. Martial law and armed guards accompany a tense, possible civil conflict amid a split gubernatorial dispute between Democrats and Republicans.
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Praxkrom
Goebel Wan
Goebel
Capitol Hotel
Acsi. Am
Goebel ix Md
Capital Hotel
State House
Taylor
Govbel
Frankrory
William Goebel
Kentucky
J.C. W. Beekham
Naxcigg
Court of Appeals
Fraskrorm
Bebb
Fluetus Goebel
Frankfort
Louisville
Galt House
Taylor Ia
London
General Assembly
Mall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers $100 Reward
A vintage newspaper advertisement touts Mall's Catarrh Cure claiming internal blood and mucous membrane action to cure catarrh. It promises a $100 reward if the remedy fails and endorses Hall's Family Pills as the best.
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Halla Aages
Mall
Auchais
Thersby de Fe Foundation
Drogsiats
Hall
Notable political and civil events from Greenville era
State news summaries report Boyd of Greenville as a candidate for railroad commissioner, new capitalists proposing a 1 million dollar ration mill, and Charleston hosting a convention with plans for a Panama Canal treaty. Other items include a deadly timber and cotton fire in Rock Hill, a Palmetto Baptist church council event, and Palmetto University charter renewals.
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Vols
Boyd
Greenville
Clieton Propons
National Inventional Association
Charleston
Tinkney
Senate
Calwmiblit East
Rock Hill
Pinckney Shoehey
Barksdale
Greenville & Laurens Bill Road
Bowla Bradbary
Penn University
Canton
Piret Baptist
Spvetanbar
Laurens
Criminal Cour Greengilly
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B.C. Evans & Co
Spot Cash Clothiers
Vandiver Bros. P
Anderson
King Bros
Jeane
EB G, Evans
R. B. Dax
M. D. Evans
DAY Pendleton
Saas Bay
Alfuesdo
Wond
Sted
Tras
Wood
Sake
W. Wood & Sons
Seadsmen
State News
General Newstems
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