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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1912
Page
2
Theodore Roosevelt signals he will seek the Republican nomination in a Columbus speech, saying his hat is in the ring and promising a Monday answer. The address champions direct elections, recall for judges, and direct democracy measures, framing a radical progressive platform.
In a Monday decision the Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s initiative, referendum and recall law amid a challenge by the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company over a new license tax. The ruling rejects the company’s claim of equal protection violations and condemns corporate effort to block direct democracy.
The Echo reports that Col. Roosevelt's extensive speech delivered before the Ohio constitutional convention will appear in full in next week's issue.
In a City Club speech in St. Louis on February 17 Attorney General Wickersham called the recall, initiative, and referendum insensate and likened direct primaries to postal card law making. He warned popular legislation undermines official dignity and drives away desirable public servants. He warned of fear from in office against the "brute force" of the common people.
The president opposes initiative referendum and recall. He argues that reliance on the public to distinguish right from wrong undermines popular education and implies that public schools are a miserable failure and offer little benefit to humanity.
Public school patrons are informed that all pupils within scholastic age must attend on Monday morning February 26. The notice is issued by Gay A. Hamilton.
A giant python at the London Zoo underwent a second operation after fracturing its jaw while swallowing a goat. The head and jaw were recased, shedding occurred, the bandage was removed, and after skin renewal a new plaster splint was applied. Six keepers entered the tank to secure the head with boards forming a roof as the snake fought. The creature cannot eat or see for weeks.
A concealed camphor lump hidden in a snowball is lit to burn and leave only a shell. The same illusion can be done with cracked ice in a dish when snow is unavailable.
A playful promotional verse touts Rocky Mountain Tea offered by City Drug Store. The couple roles are depicted with humor as the wife motivates the husband with the product.
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