Congress Slips Extra Month's Pay to Lawmakers
Reported June 13 in Washington describes a furtive move during the session granting every House and Senate member an extra month's salary. The plan funded through Republican committee loans led recipients to surrender half their pay to campaign coffers, netting about 40 000 dollars for party operations while none of the funds were refunded. Overstreet and Krader are named in accounts of the alleged scheme.
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Germans rally to Bryan in bid for control
In a New York Journal piece Julius Harburger reports strong German support shifting away from McKinley. He cites a large foreign-born district now favored by Bryan, noting currency scares of 1896 faded and Americans seek liberty under the constitution with Bryan’s push seen as favorable to such ideals.
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Try This Youll Be Satisfied Cure All Tablets
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Quaker Valley Mfg promotes free silver sugar shell gift
The ad claims a no cost elegant silver-plated sugar shell to every American woman who writes in. It requests only the recipient’s name and promises to send a design from 40 cent options. Quaker Valley Mfg Co, Chicago addresses issued the offer and hints at a nationwide audience.
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Paris Letter on Expositions and American Displays
The Paris correspondent discusses Senator Hale’s criticism of the Paris Exposition calling it a bad performance. The piece compares expositions to a grand advertising scheme, notes the American exhibit’s modest footprint, and questions the American commission’s lavish comforts in Paris while pondering a future Nome exposition.
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Convention Sidelights on Indiana Delegates at the Democratic Rally
Indiana delegates warn of a hard fight at the convention with Mayor Taggart of Indianapolis expected to succeed Jones of Arkansas as DNC chairman. Stories mix politics with hotel mishaps and Powhatan Indian Isham Norris a political delegate, while McKinley’s lack of enthusiasm contrasts with Hanna and Roosevelt at the gathering.
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Senator Depew Tours Philadelphia with Blithe Remarks
The senator Chauncey M Depew and his son tour historic sites in Philadelphia guided by a cabman The driver points to Independence Hall the grave of Benjamin Franklin and the birthplace of the first American flag The trip ends with a jab at Depew by his son and the driver notes John Wanamaker lives nearby Meanwhile H L Swords longtime sergeant at arms says he will not seek re election according to the New York Tribune.
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The Senatorial Bosses And Their Election
A historical argument on how U S senators became party leaders and the push to elect them by popular vote. It notes the shift from state legislature selection to party control, and how direct senatorial elections could restore focus to federal issues and reduce local corruption. The piece cites Lincoln and Douglas as a model of national debate over state politics.
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Handsome Spring and Summer Suitings At Fairfield
Announcement touts a carefully selected line of fashionable cassimers chev iots and worsteds in stripes checks plaids and original weaves. It emphasizes high quality trimmings and a guarantee on garments, inviting early inspection by patrons and friends.
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Movement to Direct Election of Senators Grows
The Des Moines Leader argues for a constitutional amendment to shift Senate election from state legislatures to direct popular vote. It claims state politics would diverge from federal politics and corruption would be reduced only if voters force lawmakers to back the reform, noting past legislative votes and urging public action.
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Patent pamphlet on U S and foreign patents by Snow Co
The experience of C A Snow & Co in obtaining over 20 000 patents for inventors aids in answering questions on protecting intellectual property. They offer a pamphlet covering United States and foreign patents, cost, procurement, trademarks, designs, caveats, infringements, and key patent decisions, sent free to writers in Washington D C.
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