Roosevelt Urges National Aid to Transform the Desert
The piece argues for federal reclamation of arid lands through irrigation. It cites the 1902 Reclamation Act, outlines vast water storage projects, and quotes President Roosevelt on forests and national duty. It highlights multiple regional surveys from Milk River to Salt River and stresses homestead settlement and national economic gains.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Montana
St. Mary Oa
Wyoming
Bighorn Mountains
Grand River
Grand Junction
Colorado
Utah
Revada
Truckee-Carson
Wahoe
Walker River
Nevada
Arizona
Colorado River
Needles
Yuma
Salt River
Congress
Roosevelt
Iorest
Ohio
Mississippi
Atlantic States
Asia
Irrigation Policy Should Serve Public Interest and Water Rights
A speaker urges irrigation policy aligned with broad public interest, warns against local or self interested projects, and calls for expert study, lawful water rights, and national cooperation to ensure fair use of public water and secure homes for settlers.
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Arid
The Protective Policy and Wage Standards Debate
The piece argues protection raises American wage standards to deter low wage competition from Britain. It asserts peace and war benefits from a strong wage stake, contrasts Republican protection with Democratic free trade, and mentions W. J. Bryan and Parker, noting Democratic discomfort in seeking power on Republicans’ record.
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England
Champ Clark Threat Sparks Razor Cutting Campaign Gag
The Honorable Champ Clark is mocked for promising notional fall campaign spectacles mixing oratory with sensational stunts. A sharpened threat during a New Albany speech triggers imagined throat cutting contests and demotic rally antics. The piece lampoons Democratic bravado and party tone as Clark's influence looms over P. Parker’s potential cabinet prospects.
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Missourian
Champ Clark
ShXoko
IhXoko
Champ
New Albany
Indiana
Democrats OF
P. S
St. Louis
Parker
Roosevelt Emphasizes National Irrigation in First Message
One of the first acts of President Roosevelt was to summon the men who had worked on national irrigation. He discussed conditions, expressed belief in government action, and planned to make irrigation a topic in his first message to Congress. No prior President mentioned irrigation in a message.
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Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Tsos Teste Dent Boelsnan
Sind
Nicaragua
Jess
Panama Canal Policy Debate in 1904 Platform Clash
The piece critiques Democratic and Republican stances on the Isthmian canal, arguing the Democratic platform misstates policy and warns against aggressive diplomacy. It contrasts Buchanan era resolutions favoring transit control with Roosevelt's pro canal approach and condemns past Democratic methods as inadequate.
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Democratic
Whfet
Esiasius
James Buchanan
Nicaragua
United States
California
Questioning Judge Parker on tariffs and protection
A heated critique questions Alton B. Parker on free trade versus protection. It argues the Democratic platform and his silence on tariffs imply support for free trade, urging telegraph declarations to labor and stances on tariff policy and the gold standard.
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Judge Parker
St. Loonis
Democratic Party
St. Louis
United States
Tie
Alton B. Parker
Europe
Congress
New York
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Sam
America
Idaho
Ansas
Nebraska
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Tah
Washington
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Terry
Pacific Coast
Mexico
Canada
North Dakota
Asas
Texas
Alaska
MR. Bryan
seHied
Ixnod
John T. McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
Ncageon
W. J. Bryan
McClellan
Clark
Panama Canal
Buchanan
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