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Newspaper
Mckean Democrat
Location
Smethport, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1919
Page
2
A typed political notice announces two candidacies for Melman County offices. Thomas H. Clark seeks county commissioner under Democratic primary rules in Port Allegany with July 31 1919 date. A R Anderson announces bid for recorder of deeds in Clermont Smethport with September 1919 primary.
Editorial notes Port Allegany Lt J J O Connor announces his bid for County Commissioner in the Democratic primaries. The World War I veteran rose from private to lieutenant, serving as Chief Aeroplane Mechanic and training officer, with rapid schooling and overseas deployment planned before the armistice. He holds Aero Club of America membership and leads Port Allegany World War Veterans Post.
Congress debates show Republican leaders pressuring the Foreign Relations Committee to include anti League of Nations members. Democrats allege a deliberate stack to oppose the President, with Senator Williams of Mississippi challenging Senator Thomas of Colorado as the floor clock ticks. The dispute centers on committee composition and party strategy in the Senate.
Senator Williams accuses Republican leaders of packing the Foreign Relations Committee to defeat the covenant of peace and the League of Nations. Senator Moses concedes the panel was stacked with Republicans who opposed the treaty, while Williams brandishes the charge as a serious partisan attack.
Fifty five years of patient advocacy for woman suffrage preceded any real action by the Republican party. The piece notes the party born in 1856 and in power most of the time, yet offers a sharp critique of its delays from 1869 to the Susan B Anthony amendment era. It insists the label prompt is bolder rhetoric than history.
Washington dispatch reports Republican clerks in the Senate office protested a move to staff for six years a negro candidate while Assistant Secretary Henry Gose joined the lineup. The push drew rebuke from committee members who warned it could offense, as the debate centered on staffing and party balance amid racial tensions.
A brief note examining IM’s usefulness to Senator Spencer and to other Misseurd figures, assessing potential leverage, strategic value, and areas where collaboration could advance political goals. Includes caution on limitations and possible risks.
The Zuyder Zee once a marsh surrounded lake, known as the Zayder zee or Bothersot, measured about 2.090 square miles with depths from 10 to 1 feet. The Hollanders have drained and restructured its waters since the sixteenth century, turning a mile length from seas into river like progress.
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