Wagenen Seeks Iowa Governor Nomination on Railroads
Judge Anthony Vic Wagenen, Sioux City, is the sole Democratic governor candidate. He favors making government ownership of railroads a permanent party plank, opposes re-affirming the Chicago and Kansas City platforms, and Weaver declined to run, supporting Wagenen. The next Iowa Democratic platform likely emphasizes railroad and municipal utility ownership.
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Anthony Vic Wagenen
Sioux City
Wagenen
Chicago
Kansas City
J. B. Weaver
Iowa
Fear Socialist Gain In Germany Dispatches From Berlin
Berlin reports alarm over the growing Socialist movement in Germany. August Bebel forecasts three million Socialist votes and eighty Reichstag seats. Court circles fear the trend and act to restrain it.
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Germany
August Bebel
Mueller street railways bill passes Illinois legislature
Tue Mueller municipal ownership bill won a constitutional majority after a month of debate and hard fighting. Representative Stewart from Chicago, a Prohibitionist and chairman of the Prohibition national committee, cast the pivotal seventy seventh vote. The passage pushes public ownership ahead several notches.
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Illinois
Stewart
Chicago
Prohibition National Committee
Arrest of McKinley killer’s brother in Los Angeles
While President Roosevelt visited Los Angeles, the brother of Leon Czolgosz the assassin of McKinley was arrested and confined. He a cigar maker living in Los Angeles made no threats and offered no provocation beyond his relation to the killer.
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Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Calif
Czolgosz
McKinley
Pork packers fined then raise pork prices, quote
A Fisk County Citizen letter criticizes pork packers fined for entering a combine and notes they paid the fines then boosted pork prices to cover the fines and gain extra profit. The writer calls the system unfair.
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Fisk County
Railroads Win Change in Court Decision
The U S court ruling aimed at blocking railroad mergers is modified to align with railroad desires, a move critics say could be used to cripple labor unions, reflecting ongoing tensions between corporate interests and labor.
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United States Court
Elk County
Supreme Court Affirms Morrison Case Sentence
The Supreme Court has upheld the lower court decision in the Jessie Morrison case, confirming her twenty five year penitentiary sentence.
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Jessie Morrison
Patriotism Without Flags and Fanfare
S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald argues true patriotism is deeds over flag waving. He cites Dick Spears’s boastful show and a sheriff who cheated taxpayers, and argues justice, responsibility, and fair dealing define a nation's greatness more than whoopin’ and public triumphalism.
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Fair Land of the
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record- Herald
Bryanisms Prom The Commoner Overview
The piece critiques monopoly power and political finance, citing Standard Oil and Carnegie. It questions legislative bribery, calls for initiative and referendum, and argues for heavy taxation on wealth to fund public needs. It asserts populist views on conciliation of wealth, constitutional change, and the fate of private monopolies. Kansas Populist.
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England
Supreme Court
Congress
Kansas
Rockefeller Guarded in Bible Class Sunday School
An Associated Press dispatch reports detective accompanies the young millionaire Rockefeller to Sunday school and watches all who shake his hand. The piece condemns his wealth built on crime, noting the presence of police for protection during a religious setting and laments the irony of guarding a man preaching love and kindness.
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Detective
Young Millionaire
Associated Press
Democrats Face Socialist Tide and Backlash in 1904
Senator H. W. Young argues in Kansas Populist that Democrats must balance rising socialism with conservative capitalism. He notes Roosevelt draws Wall Street support while Bryan could block Cleveland’s nomination, and that regional loyalties and third-party voters will shape the 1904 race. He warns voters that individual choice won’t alter the overall outcome.
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Wall Street
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Bryan
McKinley
Kansas
Northwest
H. W. Young
Roosevelt the strongest rival against Cleveland in 1908 race
H W Young in the Kansas Populist argues western Republicans favor Roosevelt over Cleveland but warn that Cleveland could unite Democrats with businessman Republicans. He contends Roosevelt, if nominated, is the most formidable opponent to face Roosevelt himself for the presidency.
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Cleveland
H. W. Young
Kansas
Governor Bailey to Wed Ida B Weed of Kansas City
Governor Bailey again reported to marry Ida B Weed a Kansas City widow described as very attractive.
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Bailey
Ida B. Weed
Kansas City
Quote attribution remark reflects political dig at conservatives
The remark cites Ed Hoch and attributes a provocative line about conservatives as cowardly and fat to Elbert Hubbard's fame, illustrating a media style of pithy, controversial quotation sharing.
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Ed Hoch
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