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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1912
Page
4
A Wyoming newspaper accuses Senator Francis E. Warren of using federal funds to pay relatives and private employees on the government payroll. The piece says the charge is false and calls on Warren to deny it, urging Citizens not to reelect him.
An editorial in yesterday's Leader accuses Senator Francis FE Warren of using government funds for relatives and private employees. It cites salaries paid to his son Fred Warren and others, claiming forged payrolls and hidden accounts. The piece questions whether Republican editors and Wyoming papers will respond.
Governor Johnson of California urged a new progressive platform focused on human rights and labor reforms. He backed a minimum wage for women, an eight hour day, a weekly rent cap for workers, extended eight hour shifts, prison labor programs, and wage transparency, drawing loud applause and shaping Wyoming politics for the coming months.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer urges Wyoming progressives to retire Senator Francis H. Warren in the coming election. The paper criticizes Warren and Senator Clark as stubborn reactionaries, noting Warren’s long tenure and role as chairman of the appropriations committee.
Robert Kenneth MacLea, consulting expert of the tariff board, argues that the Payne Aldrich tariff costs Americans about 49 to 88 million dollars yearly for cotton goods. He contends a reduction would relieve consumers while exposing tariff graft benefiting rich manufacturers. The World publishes his findings drawn from 100 cloth samples and analysis of the tariff board's cotton schedule.
A Washington summary argues the Senate and President vetoed tariff measures passed by the Democratic House, claiming if enacted they would have saved the public hundreds of millions annually. It cites proposed free lists for farming, sewing, lumber, meats, shoes, salt, and other items, plus adjustments to metals and sugar duties.
Bishop Charles C. Grafton of the Fond Du Lac Episcopal diocese died today in Fond Du Lac Wisconsin. His death marks the loss of a key church leader in the region.
In Elmo Missouri Mrs. Sagan J. Stuart says doctors gave up on her uterus and tumor. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered and now has a healthy baby, praising the remedy for female ills and displacement relief.
United States marines arrived at Cristobal on the transport Prairie and immediately entrained for Panama to board the cruiser California for Corinto. The report notes the departure context with mentions of window glass and the Sherman Co, indicating uncertain OCR fragments.
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