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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1906
Page
10
A garbled, opinionated jumble cites weather, politics, and society. It mentionsFourth of July preparations, Taft era tariff talk, Jesse James, the czar, Oklahoma statehood prospects, and speeches by Bryan and Bailey, all in a loose, satirical newspaper voice with scattered references to public figures and events.
A political controversy centers on Hoke Smith and his letters to Judge Enoch Callaway and Hamp McWhorter. The pieces accuse Smith of flattery, seeking support for a conservative delegation to St Louis, then vilifying the same men once seeking their aid. The rhetoric portrays Smith as a chameleon with shifting loyalties for power.
The text recounts Governor offers and resignations around a Kansas Senate seat, noting Lane’s self harm precedent, Dr. H D Fisher as potential clergyman replacement, George R. Peck’s declined appointment, and Senator Benson’s defiant bid, with fear of a Hoodoo retirement once legislature elects a successor.
The article analyzes the looming Standard Oil prosecution led by Attorney General Moody, noting public curiosity and the broad public knowledge of Rockefeller’s empire. It outlines legal strategy, potential penalties, and the looming battle to uncover and prove extensive monopolistic practices at 26 Broadway through a rigorous courtroom ordeal.
A Georgia newspaper organs attack Mr Hoke Smith over widespread Negro appointments in the interior, claiming the public is shocked by salaries and postings. The piece denounces the practice as common, arguing accountability lies with Congress and officials, and flags dismissals for incompetency and drunkenness.
Letter recounts October 1904 meeting at Piedmont hotel Atlanta where Hoke Smith urged the Democratic executive committee to bar from future primaries anyone who voted in the state primary and then opposed the party in the national election. The writer opposed the plan, noting it would harm the party, and states Smith pressed for a Georgia statement dated October 28 1904.
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