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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1910
Page
4
The Long Branch Record reports on Taft's annual message defending tariffs amid strong voter backlash. It argues the tariff benefits trusts, criticizes protection for home industries, and notes calls to reform schedules via expert inquiry rather than broad tax shifts. It references Democratic prospects and state taxation reform plans.
A chunk of Taft humor notes the corporate excise tax as a well collected net income levy. Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson is quoted on executive influence, legislative process, and the governor's persuasive power over public opinion rather than formal powers, stressing open debate and simplified action as key to reform.
The piece argues that a Governor must debate and justify actions, denying any executive usurpation. It notes clear, explicit boundaries for gubernatorial power and criticizes ongoing partisan meddling by New Jersey press allies. It ends with questions about Supreme Court mention and eligibility lists, implying political maneuvering.
Editorial items discuss safer telephone use versus letters, praise for Roosevelt backing a progressive like La Follette, and a quip about Roosevelt knowing only one trusted progressive. Then population data lists cities over 500000 and the world’s ten largest cities. The piece touches Taft and Supreme Court vacancies, noting Narrow Senate dynamics and the improbability of a Root-backed Chief Justice selection.
Dignity of the nation spans presidents and vice presidents, with Chief Justices like John Marshall shaping constitutional law. Taft has twice refused Supreme Court appointments, with a note on his forthcoming choices, reflecting on the court’s long history and its pivotal cases. The text also includes excerpts of Alfred Austin poetry about aging and seasons.
A reflective line by George Macdonald about life's journey. It urges steady effort, caution against avoidance, and belief that progress requires walking the road fully and paying the price. The message emphasizes perseverance, discipline, and the inevitability of hard work to reach welcomed opportunities.
South Carolina held a state election to choose delegates to a secession convention. A select committee was appointed by Congress to consider measures for the perpetuity of the Union.
In Kirkwall Orkney Islands on December 6 a German aeronautical tour balloon due to a Munich gale broke from its course. One seronaut died and two survivors, Distler and Captain Joerdensen, were thrown into the waves after fog hid their position. They landed inland bruised near fences and walls, while Capt Joerdensen endured more injuries. One companion Metzger was missing.
Atlantic City reports the three masted schooner L. B. Wishard bound from Jones River Virginia to New York with railroad ties ran aground on sand bars near Little Egg Harbor amid a February snowstorm. Government crews aided six crew members to shore, warning the ship may be a total loss. The incident follows days of shoal confusion and pilot error as reinforcement by cruisers failed to release the vessel previously.
The Aero Club of New Jersey filed papers in Trenton to promote aviation tests and schools. Headquarters will be in Hackensack and incorporators include Harry P Wank William M Jacobus James K Duffy Augustus Post W R Brinkman and others. Albany reports Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport incorporated with 20000 capital. directors Glen H Curtiss Lena P Curtiss and G Ray Hall.
Charles J. O'Hara, president of the Northern Valley Paper Co, is dying from a fractured skull after an automobile crash on Hook Mountain near Nyack, Englewood, New Jersey. The chauffeur said the car skidded as he turned to let another car pass. O'Hara and policeman Tho O'Neil were thrown from the rear seat. O'Hara inherited substantial wealth after his father's death.
Unprecedented storms sweep Mindanao and Zambonga causing twenty deaths and $250000 in property damage. Reports from other districts are not yet received. A separate Paris notice records the death of Robert Louis Philippe Hugene Ferdinand dOrlean, duke of Chartres, at seventy.
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