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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1912
Page
4
Ben C. Dawkins of Monroe and Percy Sandel of Monroe announce candidacy for District Judge in the Sixth District covering Morehouse and Ouachita parishes. Both seek the Democratic Primary nomination subject to party action.
The News Star announces BURKA BRIDGES from Claiborne parish as a Third District candidate for Railroad Commissioner subject to Democratic party action J J Meredith from Caldwell parish seeks re election to the Third District Railroad Commissioner post subject to Democratic party action.
District Attorney candidate Fred M. Odom of Morehouse seeks re election to the Sixth Judicial District post covering Morehouse and Ouachita parishes. R Harry Oliver of Ouachita seeks the Democratic nomination for the same district attorney position.
Robert O. Randle of Ouachita parish enters the race for nomination. The filing signals his intention to seek a party nomination and advance to the primary.
Hon Amos L Ponder of Amite City announces for Congress in the Sixth District to succeed the late Robert C Wyckliffe. The Baton Rouge Times-Democrat notes Monroe commission bill fate and legislative timing as the legislature moves to adjourn and the governor’s signature. Bryan shifts focus to predatory interests in a changing party scene.
An analysis notes that societies continually embrace new ideas across all fields as old methods give way to fresh approaches. The piece questions whether today’s innovations are truly novel or repackaged versions of enduring concepts, highlighting the ongoing drive for progress and practical changes in daily life.
White Plains June 25 Harry K Thaw spent five hours on stand marking the sixth anniversary of the Stanford White killing. Jerome pressed questions on motive and insanity while Thaw and his lawyers objected amid the courtroom cross examination.
The Carthage Register compares Carthage’s decline to Hector’s death and warns dry rot may finish the town. It urges open dispute among factions and notes youth lingering on porches under starry skies as a sign of frayed community spirit.
In New York on June 25 the waiters and hotel employees voted nearly unanimously to end a monthlong strike and return to work without concessions. Demand was recognition of the union, but hotel proprietors did not grant it. Rioting occurred for several days injuring some, inconveniencing guests, and prompting hotels to rely on improvised or external security. Catcher Hank Gowdy of the Boston Nationals is sidelined with an injured hand.
Roosevelt resumed talk of a new party aiming to draw strength from Democrats. Upon arrival in New York he met with visitors, including Robert Bacon former ambassador to France, and began communicating with several Democrats about joining the committee.
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