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Newspaper
Missouri Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
9
The Marshall Republican lists postal terms for subscribers at 1.00 per year in advance. Editor Percy Hm Van Dyke signs from Marshall Missouri, with post office entry and indication of general publication details.
The Postmaster General claims 12 million dollars yearly could fund universal daily mail delivery, asserting benefits in both urban and rural areas. He notes rural delivery has proven popular, while advertising journals drain funds and block reforms. publishers are urged to back laws ending such abuses to enable nationwide rural free delivery.
Missouri Republicans report a Bryan deficit shrink from 58,727 to a Dockery lead of 32,140, signaling broad support for their platform. The state platform is described as strong and reform minded, highlighting perceived sincerity in advocating reforms.
The Marshall Republican Party denounces past misgovernance and pledges to enact needed reforms if empowered. It calls for a consistent minority record, opposes filibusters, and pushes taxation reform, retrenchment, and franchise taxation while urging the Republicans to demonstrate fidelity to their platform principles.
A committee favorably reports a bill to substitute the metric system for existing standards. A large part of the public may oppose the change due to confusion, but proponents argue the shift yields long term profit. The piece argues old English measures lack arithmetic regularity and should be discarded for time-saving metric methods.
Official figures show exports from Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, Samoa and the Philippines will top 50 000 this year with about 8 million more since 1890 and a 17 percent rise largely due to new possessions. The writer dismisses this as a baser stomach argument. Democratic papers allegedly unfairly praise the Nesbit law Supreme Court decision.
Supreme court ruling holds that election statutes fall outside federal jurisdiction. The decision condemns any law that concentrates election control in a single party as unfair, though it offers no explicit arguments. The stance implies endorsement of state or other non federal approaches to regulate elections.
Editorials in Saline County repeatedly urge voters to back a new jail, arguing ongoing coverage demonstrates the need and aims to sway public action. The papers insist continued discussion will prompt favorable action.
Boone county voters rejected the proposed two thirds vote requirement for adopting a new court house. Columbia and nearby precincts supported it, while opposition was strongest in distant areas. The outcome highlights local pride in public buildings versus self interested criticism.
In Eudora Mississippi De Soto county eight votes were cast six by judges seven offices to fill only one voter voted for someone else. The piece cites this as evidence that some Southern elections are treated as formal exercises. It notes McKinley gains 155,489 nationwide since 1896 while Bryan drops 87,538.
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled the anti trust act provision requiring corporations to file affidavits with the attorney general stating they are not part of any trust or restraint of trade to be constitutional. The decision reinforces state oversight of corporate affiliations and antitrust compliance.
After charges in a Republican corruption case, Democratic county leaders in Indiana aim to indict forty vote sellers who signed for bribes to secure votes for William Jennings. Meanwhile British findings say no Filipino junta at Hong Kong. Aggie’s foreign friends face disappointment as an election passes. The Booz inquiry also reveals a father’s belief that his son was cowardly.
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