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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1925
Page
6
The piece recalls how a 40 40 tie on Warren for Attorney General sparked debate over General Dawes failing to arrive to break it. Senators balked at Dawes presiding amid calls for modernizing Senate rules as the Capitol's gustiness subsides and the House adjourns.
A New York District Attorney drew $1,500 from personal funds to buy evidence for padlock prohibitions against fourteen Gotham venues. He paid up to $25 per bottle, possibly purchasing sixty bottles in a week, with one assistant and several lawyers and ladies. The piece mocks critics while praising his spending.
A more definite program than the general belief that the government employs too many workers must be developed before President Coolidge’s proposal to shrink the payroll can be put into effect. The effort to reduce the number of employees is expected to be difficult.
A discussion on trimming federal payrolls notes 821,085 active salary claimants earning 1.047 billion annually. Post office and military personnel form the bulk, with 177,111 in other departments, while the budget director proposes changes in 26 of 30 departments for next year amid a push for new agencies and job growth.
The remark humorously suggests that when parasites lose their usual prey they will target politicians, implying they will never starve. It frames a pessimistic ecological image with a political twist.
The piece notes Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Kermit Roosevelt planning expeditions in the borderlands between Chinese Turkestan and Thibet to hunt the unknown wilds and endure peril. It adds that Theodore Jr paths toward New York Republican politics in 1926, echoing his father while reveling in public attention.
The piece argues against expanding federal subsidies for state projects including roads education health and arts. It contends such schemes raise taxes penalize richer states create bureaucratic jobs threaten liberty and resemble socialist plans, warning of growing federal control.
Morris reports a sharp critique of European actions seen as repeating missteps in policy or behavior. The piece argues Europe clings to flawed approaches despite past consequences and misjudges appropriate venues for influence.
The Washington column argues that under Charles Evan Hughes the State Department established a role as a global financial arbiter. It describes the 1922 flotations policy and its aim to channel American private capital to productive, peaceful uses while protecting U.S. interests and aiding reparations settlement.
The excerpt reflects on belief in Christ as personal Lord and Saviour and contrasts paths of the soul. It cites Jesus telling John to report what he has seen, praises faith, and seeks a holy union with God through prayer for knowledge and unity among people.
President Coolidge proclaims American Forest Week for April 27 to May 3 1923 urging Arbor Day observance. He warns of forest neglect risks to economy and national welfare and calls for coordinated action by federal state and local governments.
A compiled Q and A page lists inquiries and expert replies from the Helena Independent Information Bureau directed by Frederick J. Haskin. Questions span education, London fog causes, hibernating snakes, ocean wave height, order of presidential succession, religious affiliations at Literary Digest, definitions of a city, poetry, acids on iron, and U.S. post offices with figures for January 1, 1926.
President Coolidge names Bun ker Hill sesqui centennial commission and issues American forest week proclamation. John W. Riddle resigns as ambassador to Argentina. The Senate opts against re submitting Charles B Warren for attorney general. Charles C Eberhardt named minister to Nicaragua and George T Summerlin named minister to Honduras. Lt. Col James E Fechet confirmed as assistant chief of the army air service with brigadier general rank. Lampert says Brig Gen Mitchell vindicated in aircraft equipment deficiencies testimony.
A Philadelphia Record quip notes American reporters and British correspondents both chase sensationalism. A fre quent claim holds British papers are tidier, yet one dispatch about the Prince of Wales training for travels to South Africa and South America mocks the method as dancing fox trots.
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