Jackson Day remarks urge tariff reform and party unity
Leaders of the Democratic Party gathered for the Jackson Day celebration in Baltimore with Champ Clark as the keynote speaker. He urged faithful adherence to campaign pledges, opposition to Republican overconfidence, and a careful tariff revision using separate bills to address the most objectionable schedules.
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Baltimore
W. J. Bryan
Crothers
Champ Clark
Ways and Means Committee
Libel case targets Governor West and three others
Circuit Judge Knowles overruled Turner Oliver’s demurrer in a defamation suit filed by F. W. Gaines against George H. Currey Turner Oliver and Oswald West now governor. The trial centers on a November 22 1909 Observer article accusing Gaines of improper methods to obtain freight reductions and fee collection.
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Turner Oliver
F. W. Gaines
George H. Currey
Oswald West
Knowles
Observer
Oberver
Governor West
State Railroad Commission
Gaines
Geo. H. Currey
Carey
Oliver
Currey
Aton Gaines
National Banks May Join Reserve Association Plan
Washington plan proposes a national bankers reserve association to control currency in crises. A 45 member board would supervise operations and national banks could become stockholders with non transferable shares. Dividends capped at five percent and government share of earnings. Indianapolis reports John Kern elected US Senator to succeed Beveridge.
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Association—Board
Washington
Aldrich
Reserve Association, of America
Indianapolis
John Kern
United States
Beveridge
Muckrakers Debate Fights Over Reforms at New York Dinner
At a New York bankers dinner, Governor Black praised Roosevelt while J P Morgan applauded. Black predicted future generations will remember Speaker Cannon with respect for his clashes with reformers, as debates over recalls and other reforms intensify.
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Roosevelt
Joe Cannon
Morgan
New York
Black
J. P. Morgan
Speaker Cannon
Czarina in Poor Health Amid Fading Hope
In St. Petersburg on January 17 confirmation from palace attaches that the Czarina is in critical condition. Her recent trip to Bad Nauheim gave only temporary relief as her nervous disorder and melancholy return. It is feared she may not live much longer.
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Jackson
New Orleans
Republic
House
Republican Party
St. Petersburg
Bad Nauheim
Salem Senators Ban Smoking During Sessions
Oregon lawmakers pass a rule prohibiting smoking in legislative sessions. The House and Senate consider investigations into Food Commissioner Bailey over alleged petty graft. A separate memorial urges federal action on reclamation funds and harsher penalties for potential crimes. Washington debate on railroad eminent domain and rate increases continues with attorney John Atwood presenting the eastern shippers’ committee position.
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Salem
Oregon Senate
House
Orgon
United States
Oregon
Reclamation Service
Bailey
Senate
Washington
John At John Atwood
Eastern Shippers’ Committee
Atwood argues on interstate rates citing Wilcox ruling
Atwood presses contentions before the Interstate Commerce Commission that property value should be set at the time of rate increase, claiming the company gains from increased value. The Wilcox v. Consolidated Gas decision supports this view, and Atwood argues railroads with eminent domain power could similarly depress property costs.
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Atwood
Supreme Court
Wilcox
Consolidated Gas Company of New York
Girls Saved From Fire in Atlanta Shirt Factory Blaze
Firemen rescued one hundred girls from the third floor of a burning shirt waist factory in Atlanta Georgia. A score of girls were overcome and rescuers continued searches of the ruins for possible missing workers.
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Reacue
Atlanta
North Fork Emerges as Dry Rule Sparks Town Split
Special report from Summerville notes a new area called North Fork rising outside Summerville limits after a dry-town victory. Citizens sign petitions to reconsider City Recorder C. C. Hamilton’s resignation amid bootlegging cases, with mixed local support and disputed jurisdiction across districts.
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Summerville
North Fork
Hamilton
C. C. Hamilton
Justice of the Peace District
Ambitious talk on asylum site fuels Eastern Oregon buzz
Eastern Oregon towns including Union Baker and Pendleton press for a new state asylum site. La Grande officials say they will not fight Union and favor cooperation among counties to win the house. Local leaders in Baker and Union anticipate renewed activity after Governor West reopened Salem discussions.
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House Democrats
Oregon
West
Salem
Union
Baker and
Pendleton
Baker
la Grande
Evening Observer
Bodmnason
F. Dean
J. W. Stuchill
Bodinaon
Union County
Bakar
Dean
Himsel
Nalther County
J. W. Stuchell
Varon
Admiral Now a Private Man Visits East After Retirement
Rear Admiral Barry, reduced to private citizenship yesterday, began life as a private at the Palace hotel San Francisco. He plans no future program and will travel to New York soon after visiting friends at Mare Island. He retired yesterday under a cloud.
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San Francisco
Barry
Palace Hotel
New York
Mare Island
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