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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1900
Page
1
A Turkish mission renegotiates a rail agreement amid lingering concerns from opponents. Officials emphasize the project’s strategic importance while critics cite costs and sovereignty issues. Negotiations continue with no immediate breakthrough expected.
A fragmented OCR item mentions airproof service and music rate vector terms amid unclear wording. No clear event, date, or entities establishable for a concise card.
Fragments from a bustling election scene show references to candidates Corrigan Black and others. Voter access and court questions murmur through the page as campaign efforts unfold.
Senator Quay's supporters move to set a final vote on the Quay case. Debate centers on seating Quay and whether to grant a vote or delay, amid Republican opposition and calls for fair hearing as Porto Rico tariff provisions are considered. The debate touches constitutional reach and relief measures for Porto Rico.
Washington March 6 The bill to establish a civil government in Porto Rico is nearly complete in the house committee on regular affairs. The sub committee has added provisions on corporations and continues to refine the bill before presenting it to the full committee.
A historical text describes restrictions on issuing stock or bonds except cash, bans public franchises by private bills, and preserves a general franchise law. It prohibits banks of issue and agricultural corporations to keep lands from accumulating in big corporate hands. Banks with land liens must sell within five years.
The Porto Rico bill passed by the senate provides 2 095 455 dollars from customs revenue for the government and public education in Porto Rico. It permits the president to use the funds for current and future government, public works and related purposes, drawn from unappropriated treasury money.
Washington officials face heavy workload as the treasury handles the conversion of old long term bonds into new gold bonds at 2 percent interest. Applications received by mid March total about 27 million dollars, with roughly 2 million remaining unissued.
The Democratic state executive committee voted almost unanimously to拒 submit the prohibition issue to voters at the May primary. It held that prohibition would not be an issue in the state election, and that the sub committee report was adverse to a public vote.
The Prohibition Memorial petitions the Democratic Executive Committee at Atlanta to submit state prohibition to the white primaries. A sub committee led by Boykin Wright will study the proposal, urging that the primary ballot mark For State Prohibition or Against State Prohibition.
A recovered fragment reports Democratic State Committee adjournment amid discussions on prohibition. Judge Freeman argues for a people’s vote and cites ninety two votes in favor, stating the measure reflects public will. Georgia Prohibition Assn. president R. Prings advocates ending alcohol temptations to aid families and schools.
In Atlanta yesterday the State Democratic Executive Committee met amid discussion on national banks. Clerical staff at the office of the Comptroller of the Currency is reviewing applications to establish national banks under the new law, many from small towns barred previously by the act. About 200 applications have been received with favorable actions on several, and several state banks seek to convert to national banks.
The American Tobacco Company discharged all workers at its New York cigar factory on Fifty second Street and East River and will relocate to Richmond Virginia Baltimore Cincinnati and Lancaster. Manager Gordon cited high labor costs as reason, signaling a broader corporate shift. The report then shifts to Georgia political activity with prohibitionists pressing for a statewide referendum on prohibition and arguments by Colonel Pringle and Judge Alvin Freeman urging public vote. Continued on second page.
The Georgia State Democratic Committee held a harmonious session yesterday outlining a streamlined by direct vote for United States senator at the general primary, with one state convention and one primary planned for May and June. The committee endorsed direct senate voting, retained existing county representation rules, and organized a circuit judge and solicitor election process that will reflect the people’s choice on a state ticket.
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