Assembly Probes and Adjournment Battles Grow
The Ohio Assembly draws toward adjournment amid clashes over a partisan inquiry into state departments. The Meek probe faces delays as party lines and personal ambitions influence reports and votes.
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1908
Page
2
The Ohio Assembly draws toward adjournment amid clashes over a partisan inquiry into state departments. The Meek probe faces delays as party lines and personal ambitions influence reports and votes.
A Washington dispatch reports a Republican House poll showing Taft with 120 votes, Cannon 33, Knox 25, Fairbanks 19, Hughes 19, La Follette 3 and 19 noncommittals. Taft leads across regions, with strong support west of the Mississippi and in California and several key states.
Edward R. Spaulding a Buffalo banker who winters in Santa Barbara was thrown from a buggy five miles south of the city. He suffered a concussion and other injuries that may prove fatal. he reportedly fainted and lost consciousness before the accident.
Louis H. Curryer a prominent estate man in Fort Wayne was found dead in his bathroom this afternoon. He is reported to have died from burns caused by leaking water from a heater.
Washington April 5 Representive Don C Edwards of Kentucky has authored sixty four laws in the Fifty ninth Congress the highest total ever for a single Congress He favors immigration education tests arguing they would bar anarchists from Southeastern Europe and reflect laboring men’s wishes in Kentucky’s Eleventh District He serves on the Immigration Committee and aims to keep out immigrants by stricter requirements while praising Northern Europe’s educated class as more capable voters
Secret Service agents John M. Boland of Cincinnati and Charles Halls of Indianapolis arrived in Hamilton Ohio to investigate counterfeit dollars and quarters circulating among local merchants. The coins are poor imitations and no arrests or clear origins have emerged from the inquiry.
The Board of Public Service awarded paving contracts on Eaton avenue with sheet asphalt for 10 336 Black street with brick for 6437 and Cottage street with sheet asphalt for 1752.50 The property owners choose materials and the board will apply this to future streets.
Police yesterday arrested a man who calls himself Fred Meier a Toledo porter. He is tied to an endless chain scheme and will appear before Chief Millikin today.
Monarch summons Herbert Henry Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, for conference. Asquith, noted for ability and administrative capacity, is praised for deputy leadership but questioned on his skill at managing men. Wife described by Gladstone as clever and a valuable political hostess for the new role.
The article recounts Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's rise to prime minister in 1905, his leadership of a fractured Liberal party, and the reconciliatory efforts by George Armistead and, notably, Mr. Birrell. It highlights his steady leadership, humor, and impact on the House, while noting lingering internal tensions and his health affecting attendance.
Dr. James R. Day of Syracuse University spoke to the Harlem Y M C A about a strong postwar economy. He argued wealth exists enough to invest and warned the dangers of concentrated power, urging young men and women to pursue work and support education.
In Dayton Ohio April 5 a brighter business scene emerges with plants rehiring and expanding, real estate transfers rising, and banks seeing money return. The Cash Register plant adds 3,000 workers toward 5,000, Davis Sewing Machine 1,700, Dayton Motor Car 1,050, and Computing Scale 400 as orders surge and optimism grows post Aldrich bill passage.
American novelist William Dean Howells and his family departed Rome today for Leghorn. The group’s move follows a stay in the Italian capital as they continue their travels in Europe.
A thief entered St. Ludwig's Church at Eighth and Walnut yesterday and stole two altar cloths valued at 3 dollars. The incident follows other church-area larcenies and prompts police investigation.
In Almeria province, a leading tax collector reportedly fled the country after allegedly embezzling 400000 dollars of public funds. The case centers on the loss of state money and the official’s abrupt departure.
The Rev. Edward Abbott pastor emeritus of St James Church Cambridge and brother of Rev Dr Lyman Abbott died at a Boston hospital. He was a noted preacher journalist and author.
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