New Tariff Bill Critique From Sun's Columns
The piece rails against the tariff act linking it to Aldrich and Rockefeller. It argues big trusts gain from duties while farmers and small dealers lose, predicting continued profits for oil magnates and rail barons, with ordinary voters paying the bill but potential reform possible through educated, united citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Beverly
Washington
United States
Ship of State
America
Rockefeller
Russia
Aldriches
Rockefellers
Big Trust
Ballad of Life in a Medley of Fancies
A reflective verse compares life to a gambling wheel where many stake desires and fortunes. The Kaiser, Englishmen, and artists are cited amid imagery of redemptive forgetfulness and the restless chase of pleasure, art, and fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dame Fortune
Frances
Whistlers
Vances
Comic Tour Follies and a Streetwise Car Joke
Perkins tutors a lord who falls for a Swiss peasant during a Geneva tour. The letter from the morchioness tells him to marry her. A separate vignette shows a motorist regretting a pedestrian dog accident and a street hustler recycling a past tale, ending with a prison confession.
Double-Cross Politics In 1906 Campaign
A satirical discourse on political double-crosses in old campaigns. It recounts Lew Shank and Newt Harding clashes, Metzger and Logsdon animating Stalnaker efforts, and the paradox that if no double-cross existed, voters would have no fun. The piece reflects on election theater, party machines, and the sway of promises over votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WU. S
Lkely
Newt Harding
Lew Shank
Newt
Shank
Frank Stainiker
John Kern
Charley Clarke
Chiffante
Harding
Beco Metzger
Buckskin
Bob
Walnut Grich
Bovy
Lew
Jim
Republicans
Bookwalter
Frank Stalnaker
Frank
Metzger
Boon
Ed Logsdon
Stalnaker
Logsedon
Charley Book
Book
Bob Metzger
Bookwalters
Rod’ Metzger
Mr. Stalnaker
Bob’ Metzger
Bookwalter Beck
Machine Boys
Butler
Paiot
Harry E. Rouse
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The
Indianapolis Sun
Willis S. Thompson
Sun
Ohio Street
Smith & Budd
Brunswick
Fifth Avenue
New York
Tribune
Chicago
Third ‘National Bank
St. Louis
Post Office
Association of American Advertisers
New York City
Aldrich
Rhode Island
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Free Petroleum
Roosevelt
Aldrich-Rockefeller
TaNou
Boston
Powers
efken-Journal
Shesworth
Siri
Coury
Andrew Lang
Perkins
Gether
Geneva
Bebbe
George W. Stout
Maggie
Missus Wiggins
Pone
Luna
Cince Froggie
John Wiggins
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