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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
4
The state G. A. RK. encampment is scheduled for Kokomo from May 19 through May 21. Organizers call for participation by local posts and members to attend ceremonies and related events.
The piece notes canards roorbacks and boomierangs being prepared for the Chicago convention, signaling a heated political scene ahead. Subtleties of misinformation and noisy tactics loom as organizers ready campaigns and messaging for delegates and voters.
Greensburg shows ongoing construction and healthy outlooks for the future as activity and development continue in the town.
The city earned fame as a show town last week with the new opera house opening and two nickeles attracting rushed business.
It is understood Governor Hanly will place Fairbanks in nomination at Chicago, replacing the earlier proposal to nominate Senator Beveridge.
The Standard acknowledges an invitation to attend a reception for the big Pacific fleet to be held in Portland Oregon during the first week of June.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr and two others completed a balloon flight last week. Mrs. Longworth discussed trying it but withdrew at the last moment.
Attorney General Bingham orders elimination of brewer owned saloons in Indiana shrinking total from about five thousand to twelve hundred fifty. The action targets state saloon licenses and reshapes the local alcohol trade landscape.
Indiana Republican editors plan an annual outing on May 16 and 17. They depart Louisville on the Ohio River, travel to Cincinnati, and return.
Senator Beveridge relinquished his claim to the Indianapolis postmaster vacancy last week after Postmaster Bennett resigned and the filling of the job was referred to Congressman Overstreet who appointed Robert H. Bryson.
It is arranged that Senator W O Bradley of Kentucky will tour the South to advocate Vice President Fairbanks. Bradley, an admirer of Fairbanks, will present strong reasons for his nomination for the presidency.
The United States accounts for 78.8 percent of world corn and 71.3 percent of world cotton. It also provides 4.2 percent of pig iron, 57.5 percent of petroleum, 62.5 percent of copper, 35.5 percent of silver, 22.1 percent of gold, and 37 percent of coal, while comprising only 5.9 percent of the world population.
Billy Sunday ended a five week revival in Decatur Illinois by closing sixty nine saloons boosting church membership among saloon keepers and bartenders. The final night offering topped seven thousand dollars.
The statewide tally shows 745 254 voters with 17 065 colored. Averages per district are 57 327 for congressional, 7 452 per senatorial, and 4 968 per representative. Decatur county presents 5 663 voters, while Marion county’s 72 986 will prompt redistricting and potential county adjacencies to form balanced districts.
Cotton orders county superintendents to audit records of justices of the peace and mayors to show whether fines unpaid to the school fund are diverted. He directs actions before grand juries if records fail to disclose voluntarily and aims to boost the school fund by uncovering honey withheld from public records.
The Shelbyville convention picked Judge William O. Barnard as the sixth district Republican candidate after a 384 vote count. The New Castle Democrat endorses Barnard as a clean citizen with the ability to represent the district, noting this is Henry county’s first congressional bid in thirty years and urging local pride in the choice.
Decatur County records show 5,663 voters with Wash ington township home to 35 colored voters. The figures identify residency and racial category within the county voter rolls.
The president urges Congress to advance labor protections and corporate regulation, supporting postal savings banks and stronger interstate commission powers. He notes doubt on restraining injunctions and expanding federal oversight of large interstate firms, warning against class consciousness and demagogues.
The speaker discusses injunctions and contempt in labor disputes. He notes bitterness among citizens from Supreme Court use of injunctions and urges legislative limits to prevent grave harm to labor rights while preserving essential authority. He cautions against repeated unrest and aims to temper the instrument rather than abolish it.
The piece argues for strengthening national anti trust laws to curb abuses by corporate wealth, aiming for effective oversight over interstate business. It praises a middle course to avoid plutocracy or socialism and warns against both government ownership and unregulated individualism.
The author argues antitrust laws were insufficient and misused twenty years ago, urging stronger federal regulation. He supports national incorporation, empowered executive review, and enlargement of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Bureau of Corporations to curb abuses and advance public interests.
The supreme court decisions in Minnesota and North Carolina show dual state control of interstate commerce is impossible. States can only regulate intrastate trade, while national power alone can manage the vast interstate system. Without federal action, regulation rests with an ineffective judiciary.
The text argues for an efficient executive body with broad powers to correct abuses and handle complex national problems. It warns that any powerful government organ risks abuse, and thus urges either a national incorporation law or empowered executive bodies to approve or prosecute interstate combinations. It also calls for national supervision of securities issued by interstate businesses.
A strong push argues against total labor exemption from anti-trust actions. The piece warns such a carveout could render the bill unconstitutional and stresses shared responsibility between legislature and courts. It supports wage workers forming unions and peaceful strikes, opposing boycotts or blacklists and urging balanced policy.
Maude E. Forgie of Leesburg Virginia reports months of feminine ailment ended by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After writing for guidance and following the prescribed treatment she says she now feels like a new woman and is strong and well.
A 19th century promotion for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming it cures female illnesses and invites women to write for advice. It cites safety against inflammation, ulceration, fibroids, irregularities, pains, backache, and nervous prostration and provides the Lynn, Massachusetts address.
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