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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1910
Page
10
The Star quotes Cal Roosevelt at the Birmingham Child Labor Conference praising the South for ten years of rapid progress in industry and agriculture. He predicts the region will lead national growth, noting the Panama Canal will accelerate development and foresees a half century of prosperity driven by Southern energy and enterprise.
From Montgomery dated March 11, E R Norman of the Birmingham Ledger reports the Senate, with only 20 present and nine away, passed the Screws bill by 11 to 9 to reestablish saloons in Montgomery. Moody and Sprott urged rejection to uphold the Democratic platform.
Some lawmakers who championed local option now block a liquor referendum. If Calhoun County farmers grow enough home supplies, they could prosper this fall on Easy Street.
The piece argues Lorimer’s seat amid a bribery scandal strengthens calls for a constitutional amendment to let voters elect U S Senators. It cites trusts and monopolies opposing direct elections, notes past corruption, and predicts Roosevelt would not dine with Lorimer despite Senate whitewash.
A Birmingham Ledger correspondent questions administration troop deployment to the Mexican border, alleging Wall Street financiers drove the action to protect their interests. The piece urges Congress to investigate, demand public knowledge, and assert that war powers rest with Congress.
The Hon. W. J. Bryan spoke in New York presenting a declaration about a great political menace facing the nation and urged public action to counter it.
Col. Bryan warned that editorial and news columns are polluted by vested interests that steal from the people. He said major papers are owned by groups with hands in readers' pockets and use outlets to chloroform the public.
The public expects ratification of the Canadian Reciprocity treaty and aims to reduce the Payne Aldrich tariff. Big interests will not control the new Congress, and the masses anticipate some relief.
Gilson Gardner reports Bal linger resigned fearing impeachment by Congress. Champ Clark urges an investigation into Ballinger's Interior Department transactions. He also notes overdeveloped West farmland prices leaving average investors priced out.
The line of Missouri mule team and Champ Clark promises a spectacle as they travel to Washington. Buffs and spectators prepare for a notable procession through Pennsylvania Avenue reflecting political pageantry and state pride.
A press dispatch notes Congress is likely to demand justification for troop deployment to the Mexican border. Theodore Roosevelt is imagined seeking political edge, while Madame Sarah Bernhardt plans another farewell tour and Rockefeller’s pastor contemplates a California post.
Ballinger supporters hope for a peaceful season with fewer distractions as expectations rise for the upcoming year. Community leaders emphasize stability and steady progress across local initiatives.
J W Kennebrew and others obtained an injunction against Harbison-Walker Refractories Company of Piedmont to stop blasting near the city. Sheriff C T Brooks served the order Tuesday after Judge Coleman granted relief following last week’s hearing. Complainants allege rocks were hurled into town endangering lives and property.
Jose Yves Limantour arrived in New York and stated that no sensational developments are expected in U S Mexico relations. His meetings with New York financiers were private and discuss far reaching affairs kept confidential.
Chicago March 15 Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri says Go South not Go West. He predicts the South will become the richest region, urges moving south to share in progress. He praises lettuce profits and pledges limited talks on suffrage, tariff, and reciprocity.
United States Deputy Revenue Collectors G P McClurkin and W W Battle conducted two raids Tuesday in Cleburne county near Borden Springs. They destroyed stills mash beer and whisky but made no arrests due to lack of arrest authority. Five to two men were at the plants pushing the fire to the furnace as officers surprised operators. The product was genuine corn juice with no additives.
Ambassador David J. Hill, assigned to Germany, is recalled to Washington to confer with state department officials on pending matters. The potash dispute, now under diplomatic negotiation, is described as the main topic for direct talks with Mr Hill.
Attorney General Thomas F Carmody of New York was said to seek to supersede District Attorney Whitman in the Carnegie Trust Company probe. Pressure from Tammany politicians allegedly led to Gov. Dix rescinding the order, though he denied political influence and said Whitman should confer with the state attorney general.
Congressman Clark, speaking at a church, criticized GOP committee appointments and warned that those who oppose them could "take advantage of the great American privilege of Russia." He framed his talk as a lecture, distinguishing it from a paid speech.
The House approved a bill to establish an inferior court for Woodlawn East Lakes Avondale and East Birmingham by a 38 to 32 vote. It abolishes twelve justices of the peace and ends the fee system. The Walden pension fund increase and public school funding measure were also acted on while a reform attempt on Montgomery saloons faced a failed reconsideration. A revenue bill rush was decided in a leaders conference with the governor.
An old advertisement for Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine lists cures for fever coughs colds rheumatic pains and many other ailments. It promotes free medical books and states the medicines are sold by druggists or mailed from New York. The copy uses many archaic spellings and numbers.
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