Delaware selects Col Henry A Du Pont as U S senator
The Delaware legislature elected Col Henry A Du Pont United States senator for the constitutional term starting March 1 1905. The choice was largely unanimous. Du Pont, a West Point graduate and Civil War veteran, led the powder works bearing his name and rose to prominence as a wealthy industrialist and railroad director.
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State regulation debate and railroad control urged
The Indianapolis News argues for national railroad regulation and a federal law, questioning state leniency and urging action to break up harmful combinations. The piece outlines how states like Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey could counteract packers, bridge pools, and coal interests, stressing foundational government questions.
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Bryan boom at home and abroad in 1900s editorial note
In Berlin the AP reporter relays Col William Jennings Bryan’s reaction to Indiana and others backing his presidential nomination. He argues against private monopolies and calls for regulating corporations, while distinguishing democracy from socialism. Republicans eye a conservative anti Bryan candidate, hoping to unite business and core conservative voters to defeat him.
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Future of local governments in an era of federal power debate
The piece argues for stronger local government and independent state power against centralized federal control. It stresses that trustworthy local leadership can hasten reform better than distant national authority, and highlights tensions within the Democratic and Republican parties over Bryan Roosevelt and Hearst, with calls for pragmatic, localized action.
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Hearst Attacks Taggart and French Lick Gambling
Hearst presses a Sunday exposé accusing Thomas Taggart of controlling a vast gambling operation at French Lick Springs. The piece, by Evelyn Campbell, William Hendry Culver, and Rev. R. Keene Ryan, portrays Taggart as a principal target of Hearst’s crusade amid political battles with Colonel Brean and allies.
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Senators and loyalty in state senate appointments
Commentary on Judge A W Benson to the Senate and Senator Gearin’s Oregon plan loyalty. Praises Benson’s integrity and long Kansan familiarity, notes Gearin’s loyalty and independence amid Oregon’s popular vote and legislature dynamics, and laments Gearin’s departure as a grand old man of Maryland referenced by Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Whyte of Maryland A Storied Public Life Explored
Senator Whyte’s long career from Maryland legislature to governor and U S senator is outlined. The piece notes his roles as controller of Maryland treasury, boundary counsel, attorney general, and head of Baltimore city law department, and that at eighty one he contemplates another Senate run. It contrasts him with Gorman and Pettus and highlights his vigor and unique political arc.
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Dooley Seeks Limit on Money Man Can Have
In a witty exchange, Mr Dooley debates setting a cap on personal wealth. He argues for a fair limit to how much money a man may possess, contrasting practical constraints with social duty.
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Four Packers Convicted in Missouri Rebates Case
In Kansas City Missouri four major packing companies Armour & Co Swift & Co Cudahy & Co and Nelson Morris were found guilty of receiving rebates on shipments from Kansas City plants to New York for export. The verdicts came at 340 p m with sentencing postponed pending separate rail case trial.
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New York Wine Export Court Case Review
A legal filing discusses the rate of two cents per unit for wine export from New York to Germany. The case appears before a commerce commission panel, marking the first time such interstate commerce charges are challenged in this court. The court reviews rebate implications and the authority under which these duties are assessed.
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Commerce Commission
Halter Announces Candidacy for County Clerk
John C. Hazelet of New Haven declares his run for county clerk subject to Republican party convention decisions.
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