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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
3
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A Republican push for higher official salaries sparks criticism over taxes and state expense. Norman E. Mack and Urey Woodson elected leaders at the national level. Oklahoma Governor E N Haskell named treasurer as the party faces local option questions and state fiscal strains.
Shelbyville editor John J. Wingate predicts Indiana will favor Democracy in the coming election while Republican hopes look gloomy. He cites harmony in Democratic ranks and Bryan Kern popularity, but says Chicago’s convention hurt Indiana Republicans and leaves a weak ticket and labor opposition ahead of Election Day.
In a May 30 speech in the National House of Representatives Hon G M Hitchcock of Nebraska denounces the 1897 Dingley high tariff. He blames trusts, rising living costs, bank panics, and unemployment on tariffs while urging repeal. The speech frames tariffs as perverting the protective idea and aligning with the Democratic party’s long opposition.
A Republican administration is blamed for extravagance in public spending and high salaries, leading to higher taxes. The ad promotes J. J. Bullett & Son for building materials with a complete stock and quoted prices.
The piece argues Peruna’s ingredients are valuable for chronic catarrh and that the remedy reflects combined medical knowledge, pharmacy skill, and Dr. Hartman’s experience. It touts large scale production, honesty in labeling active constituents, and home delivery at fair prices, asserting widespread patient relief where doctors failed.
A Corydon Republican column argues the 1907 cost to run the Reporter of the Supreme Court was 10350 versus 5700 in 1898 under a Democratic officer. It questions the rise, notes claims of earned salaries, and compares to tariff beneficiaries, then digresses into anecdotes and a medical ad for Kodol.
The text notes reporters boasting annual salary raises from twenty thousand to over one hundred sixty thousand and the claim that those raising the pay see their office as improved. It questions how the public, as funders, can endorse such increases given the lawmakers and beneficiaries.
The London Chronicle laments cruelty toward birds and nests, noting baited hooks and breaking eggs as examples. It cites a country lad's grim description and argues only harsh reform, even a birch, could curb such heartlessness.
A quip recalling Sydney Smith on religious display and ritual excess. The passage critiques fixed poses, bowing and curtseying as a social theater, highlighting the burdens of ceremonial mannequins and grand millinery.
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