New Party Lines Shift as Southern Outlook Grows
An editorial discussion notes that party divisions blur as progressives and standpatters align within the same party. The Milwau kee Journal and The Charlotte Observer condemn protectionist policy while warning the South may realign toward the Republican camp due to economic changes and demands for regional benefits.
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Milwaukee Journal
Observer
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the Observer
Vanderbilt Wins Coaching Marathon At London Show
America’s Alfred G. Vanderbilt coaches a 24 in hand team from Hampton Court to the international horse show finishing in 44 minutes 5 seconds. Judge Moore of Chicago also impressed but balked his horses costing points as time and appearance counted. Debate continues on income tax with Senator Root and bankers opposing. president’s stance and Aldrich’s push for postponement shape political maneuvering.
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Southern Democrats Split Over Tariff and Tax Plans
The piece discusses a split among Southern Democrats and Bryan Democrats over tariff policy and allied movements. It notes potential party realignments, cites La Follette’s influence, and outlines doubts about advancing an income tax via Congress, warning of delays and state-by-state rejection risks. The article mentions Aldrich, Taft, and shifting alliances across Northern and Southern wings.
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Protection Republicans
Minnesota
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Strikers Conduct Themselves Calmly Amid Car Quarrel
The report notes orderly behavior by strikers despite suggestions of intimidation from burly pugilists. It questions the need for state troops and jokingly mentions a parade of comic troops and Cupid figures in the streets around Fourth and Main.
Confession in Sigel Murder Linked to Ling
The Tribune alone published last night a confession by Chung Sin fixing the Elsie Sigel murder on Leon Ling. The sensational report contrasts with the Leader-Press and Chron icle which did not carry the story.
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la Crosse
Chung Sin
Elsie Sigel
Leon Ling
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Leader-Press
Chronicle
United States
Governor appoints successor to game warden post
Governor Davidson selects a successor to Game Warden Stone amid questions over 1200 dollars given by deputy wardens toward Stone's 800 dollar campaign expenses.
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Davidson
Stone
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles
A poem by Roe L. Hendrick in Success Magazine satirizes moralizing Auntie Jane of Hespertown. It contrasts her praise of minor kindness with sharp eye for public figures, portraying grafting politicians, Night riders, and Black Hand agents, all framed by Auntie Jane’s judgmental tone.
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Auntie Jane
Roe L. Hendrick
Success Magazine
Still Small Voice Moral Turns Telephone Truth
A New York lawyer in a windowwatch incident uses a phone call to expose a flirtatious scene between a stenographer and a gentleman across the street. He declares he is their conscience, then ends the call. The tale appears in Everybody’s Magazine.
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New York
Everybody's Magazine
Exchange Over Amassing Wealth Sparks Public Quarrel
A brief Kansas City Times item records a sharp exchange about enjoying riches. One speaker quips about marriage as a means to wealth while the other asserts a desire to enjoy prosperity, reflecting a social chatty moment rather than a formal dispute.
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Kansas City Times
Witness Tell of Extraordinary Wedding in the South
A colored divine described to Booker Washington a wedding ceremony he deemed the most extraordinary he had witnessed or heard of. The officiating minister challenged a pair of Negro witnesses asking, Have you no witnesses.
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South
Booker Washington
Taxation debate on corporation tax in Washington critique
In Washington D C June 23 John J Hannan notes the debate over a possible corporation tax. He observes the challenge of crafting a law that includes needed corporations and exempts others and reports pressure from western creameries and cheese factories organized as firms. He mentions the bondholders Carnegie and Rockefeller and hints Aldrich may face committee opposition. The piece analyzes differing interests amid interstate commerce.
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John J. Hannan
Washington, D. C
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Strange Marriage Witness Turns Anew In Romp Of Folly
A comic tale from a rural setting shows a bride and groom seeking two witnesses for their marriage. The groom prefers a young gray witness, prompting laughter and a last minute confession to proceed without delay. Separate quips include a soda vs rat poison gag and a flirtatious courtroom exchange.
Two Sailors Clash and Rescue on a Stranded Vessel
A wrecked smack driven by storm and darkness drifts onto a sandbank. John Shil, blinded and clinging to hope, meets William Tankerlane who reveals himself as Transom and proposes a temporary truce to reach Conasea Island, while the pair conspire and improvise to survive the peril at sea.
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Tankerlane
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Shil
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Transom
Conasea Island
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