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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1908
Page
2
Democratic state convention set for Thursday in Sioux City with party officials and delegates expected to attend. Local caucus leaders urge participation and discuss platform priorities for the upcoming campaign.
A collage of notices from Cass County announcing candidacies for Iowa offices including Representative Clerk of the District Court County Superintendent and County Attorney. The names listed include John W. Scott Lawrence R Forsythe Bertha A Johnson A Meredith G L Edwards B A Goodspeed A H Mountain Byron J Still with primaries set for June 1908 and 1905 in some entries.
An old newspaper snippet discusses hair color and character, claims baldness signals concern for others, cites Prof. Sabouraud of Paris linking dandruff germs to hair loss in a rabbit, and promotes Enro's Herpicide with sample offers from Atlantic Drug Company and leading druggists.
The Republican delegates of the Fifteenth Judicial district of Iowa will meet in Council Bluffs on June 30 1908 at 11 a.m. in the south courthouse room to nominate a candidate for district judge and conduct other business. Delegates and alternates from each county will be chosen at forthcoming county conventions. County representation totals Harrison 12 Shelby 10 Audubon 8 Pottawattamie 28 Mills 10 Montgomery 11 Fremont 8. Signed May 7 1908 by secretary W. G. Ratcliff and chairman D. E. Stuart.
A city paper rails at the Telegraph for insinuations about Goodspeeds return while mocking Andersons stances and the gangle of local politics. The opera house meeting is billed as a corker and Taft managers claim strong nomination prospects amid Democratic skepticism about Republican loyalties. Neddie rebukes the Telegraphs credibility and politics.
Congressman B P Birdsall cites William B Allison as a long serving, influential leader in the Republican party and U S Senate. He praises Allison for four decades of national service, fiscal scrutiny, and trusted counsel to cabinets and presidents, noting his stainless private life and role in safeguarding national honor and credit.
The twenty fifth anniversary issue of the New York World is the largest edition yet with 200 pages. It highlights Joseph Pulitzer on its first page while ill and blind, yet directing the paper. The piece notes praise from editors nationwide and contrasts political views in a local Cass county context.
Senator J. C. Burrows of Michigan was chosen as temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention. M. J. Tobin of Vinton, Iowa, was selected as one of the assistant secretaries.
The passage notes Anderson's continued use of his personal spleen in editorials since the paper announced a policy shift. It frames his role as reading columns against the party line, deeming it proper for him to shoulder that duty.
Mr Pine comments on the Goodspeed bid, emphasizing a clean, decent campaign and trusting voters to judge in a calm, measured way. He states he will leave the decision to the public's rational judgment.
A Denver News Times item notes Mrs Newed plans to spread poison on angel cake in the parlor to attract mice. The exchange reveals intent to use poison rather than waste it on other methods.
Des Moines Capital analyzes the 1906 convention dynamics showing Governor Cummins pledging not to oppose Allison to win Torbert's backing and secure the governorship. The piece frames the Torbert letter as a caucus and convention strategy, with implications for Perkin’s fate.
The letter warns that a political pledge broken harms trust. It contrasts Theodore Roosevelt and Cummins, questioning whether Cummins can remain a candidate after writing the letter. The piece urges restraint and calls for bold, honest action if he were to quit.
Questions target Albert B Cummins asking why in 1906 he claimed not to be a candidate for Senator Allison s seat and requested supportive speeches why he sent holiday greetings to Allison and other actions during that year and why he praised the Roosevelt backed Iowa delegation. The item questions campaign finances reform votes passes and passes history noting tax increases and state treasury deficits and asks for public answers from Cummins.
Congressman B P Birdsall criticizes Governor Cummins for seeking to supplant Senator Allison, recounting private assurances from 1906 that Cummins would not run against Allison. He asserts Cummins’ ambition overrides honor, while noting his own support since 1901 and eventual break over the pledge.
A reprint notes Iowa state taxes rose under Governor Cummins. From 1902 to 1908 the levy totaled 13,866,579.67 compared with 9,688,988.47 from 1896 to 1902, an increase of 4,227,591.20 or 44 percent. Farmers, owning land and live stock, bear 62 percent of the higher burden.
At Cincinnati Ohio the funeral cortege of William J Murphy vice president of the Queen and Crescent line and president of several railroads passed the eighth street viaduct to St Josephs cemetery. All railway business paused for five minutes with trains halted and workers ceasing labor as a mark of respect to the late chief.
The Duke of the Abruzzi arrived in Rome from Naples and conferred with King Victor Emmanuel at the Quirinal on his intended marriage to Miss Katherine Hikins, daughter of Senator Stephen B Dikin of West Virginia. He lunched with the king and queen then visited Dowager Queen Margherita and Princess Letitia.
Chicago magnate John G. Shedd head of Marshall Field & Co. suffered serious injuries in a mountain automobile accident in Switzerland. He is under expert care and progressing as well as could be expected, according to doctors and nurses.
Night riders torched the large barn of William Whell near West Union Ohio under Captain Darnell’s soldiers. One witness saw two raiders approach on foot and set the blaze. Whell, an independent tobacco grower, is a member of the Law and Order league.
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