We Want That Canal and Route Debate in Congress
Atlanta February 8 1902 The letter argues Congress should decide the isthmian canal route now via a Spooner substitute and expert advice, criticizes Post and lobbyists delay, and asserts the people demand a canal. It also mocks Crumpacker Moody as seeking black support to influence votes and questions representation by voters.
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Post
Congress
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Spooner
Cuba
Philippines
Toboggan
Republican Party
Joe Cannon
Force
Jourpie Davenport
Crumpacker
Moody
Philadelphia Press
Dickey
Tuckey
Massachusetts and Colorado voting power in apportionment debate
A critique of using untrammeled voter counts for apportioning seats, noting Massachusetts totals for governor and president, Colorado’s 1900 and 1909 figures, and the swing in representation between districts. The piece questions Moody and Crumpacker Moody’s methods, cites Alabama and Massachusetts districts, and ends with a satirical close about the broader fairness of population-based representation.
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Massachusetts
Richardson
Alabama
Conry
Moody
Bell
Colorado
Crumpacker
Gubernatorial Voices Weigh In Across Georgia
A jumble of editorials from Perry to LaGrange weighs the 1900 race among Estill Guerry and Terrell. Papers forecast debates, campaigns across counties, and shifting support as candidates appeal to voters in a heated political season.
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Thomaston Times
Warner Hil
Joe Terrell
Mr Hil
Guerry
Estill
Nownan
Wate
Savannah
Georgia
Govenor
Irwin County
Terrell
Waynesboro
Atlanta prison opens amid talk of expanding facility
A garbled column discusses the Atlanta prison, noting it has opened with six prisoners and payrolls for fourteen staff, amid rumors of expansion to hundreds. It references Atlanta politics, local figures, and various Georgia papers, hinting at gas booms, sensational legal fights, and depot plans while lampooning city leaders.
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Fitzgerald
United States
Atlanta
Senora Enterprise-Gazette
Prince Henry
Thomasville Times-Enterprise
Waynesboro News
Athens
Bannett
Mims
Gate City
Savannah
Madison Advertiser
Atanta
Prince Heinrich
Brunswick News
Savannah News
Atlante
Roosevelt presses Cuba tariff concessions amid Republican opposition
President Roosevelt urges Cuba tariff relief and negotiates with House leaders to back reciprocity, while Republicans split over protecting beet sugar interests. Special Commissioner Rockhill pushes open door aims in China treaty talks with Peru and broader commercial reform.
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Dalzell
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China
United States
Perkin
W. W Rockhil
Hay
Rockhill
Uncle Lon and His Home Offices in Georgia Posts
Washington reports GOP leaders fret over rep in fifth Georgia district who trades home offices for postmaster jobs. Col Levingston claims Conyers as home, seeks Monroe post for rewards, while rivals cry foul. Sen Clay contests high court pay rise, arguing salaries need restraint amid reforms and Blah.
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Willie Sheats
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Taft Commission
A Park for Atlanta Plan by Captain Powell Seeks Peachtree Creek Park
A proposal to entrench a national military park on the Peachtree Creek battlefield seeks federal support. Captain Evan Powell urges the project as a hallowed Georgia memorial to Hood Sherman and the Civil War armies, praising valor and patriotism. In Americus, Ga a large cotton sale reported with 300 bales at favorable middling class, prices around 7 74-26 cents.
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