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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
3
The Republican National Convention pledges support for Theodore Roosevelt and his policies including tariff revision after the next inauguration, currency reforms, conservation, waterway improvements, and clearer court injunction rules. It lauds Roosevelt as history making and commits to maintaining these policies under a Republican administration.
The speech extols Republicanism as the cause of American wealth, arguing the nation has grown from 16 billion to over 110 billion in a generation. It claims the US now owns a quarter of world wealth and produces one third of modern manufactured goods, praising equal opportunity and economic supremacy.
The text extols the Republican Party for shaping national laws since McKinley’s election. It touts party wisdom and decisive majorities guiding recent congress measures, highlighting patriotic resolve and progressive actions under Republican leadership.
The department lauds the progress of government reforms despite Democratic filibustering. It commends the emergency currency bill, national monetary commission, employer and government liability laws, military efficiency measures, widows’ pension, DC child labor law, railroad safety statutes, and other acts protecting public welfare.
The Republican party advocates an immediate tariff revision by a special session after the next president’s inauguration. It backs maximum and minimum duties, cost-based protection, and a free exchange with the Philippines subject to sugar and tobacco limits to protect domestic interests and wage standards.
The republicans push emergency measures and a permanent currency system. They support a national monetary commission to study methods and favor postal savings banks to encourage thrift and convenience for farmers, manufacturers, and merchants.
The piece argues for amendments to the Sherman anti trust law to enhance federal supervision and publicity over interstate corporations with monopoly power, claiming initial Republican use was beneficial and that experience supports tightening controls to better achieve its objectives.
A measure to enable tariff agreements is favored with strong support for vigorous enforcement of rebates and discrimination laws. The group commends Congress for funds to allow the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate railroads, while urging amendments to permit traffic agreements under commission approval and to curb overissuing stocks and bonds by interstate carriers.
The Republican party touts past labor protections including safety laws, eight hour limits on public works, and compensation efforts. It pledges further action to ease burdens on wage earners and improve citizenship standards, aiming to lift all who toil through continued federal measures and investigations.
The Republican party pledges to uphold court integrity while seeking statutory clarity on injunctions. It argues no injunction or TRO should issue without notice except when irreparable harm requires immediate action, followed by a speedy hearing.
The passage argues that farmers are vital to national prosperity and credits the Republican party with improving rural life over 12 years. It highlights free rural free delivery and its expansion, the value of good country roads funded publicly, and support for state and federal efforts to advance agricultural methods and road construction.
The Republicans declare equal justice regardless of race or color and support enforcement of the thirteenth to fifteenth amendments. They condemn any devices aimed at disfranchisement by color as unfair and un-American, upholding the nation’s supreme law.
The text voices support for administration led conservation efforts, timber waste prevention, arid land reclamation, and Republican policy favoring free public domain distribution to landless settlers. It advocates a nationwide plan for waterways harbors and great lakes to improve national transport capacity.
The sixtieth congress passed acts to unite state militia with the national forces and authorize joint army militia maneuvers. It funds new naval bases, coaling stations, a female nurse corps, two new battleships, ten torpedo boat destroyers, three steam colliers, and eight submarines while affirming a peacekeeping yet ready stance and protection for Americans abroad.
Under Republican administration the United States foreign commerce has grown to about 3 06 000 000 annually, employing much labor and capital that would otherwise be idle. The secretary of state’s South American and Mexican trip inaugurated a new pan American commerce era, linking the U S with twenty sister republics sharing heritage and republican government, promising vast legitimate expansion.
The Hague treaties greatly advance peace as the U S Senate ratified 11 conventions on neutral rights war laws and debt restrictions while 12 arbitration and extradition pacts with major powers were confirmed. The measures affirm patriot pride and pledge to strengthen global friendship and goodwill through continued national effort.
Merchants advocate a law to revive the nation’s merchant marine prestige essential to national defense and the expansion of foreign trade and industrial prosperity. The stance reflects adherence to the Republican doctrine of encouraging American shipping.
The text outlines Republican commitments to generous veterans pensions and widows' benefits, endorses civil service laws, supports public health improvement, and urges a mining bureau to aid mineral industries. It emphasizes gratitude for sacrifice and a liberal administration of pension law.
The text claims US oversight freed Cuba and protected Puerto Rico and the Philippines, notes progress toward home rule in those areas, supports US naturalization for island residents, praises the Panama route, and urges immediate statehood for New Mexico and Arizona along with Lincoln’s centennial observance in schools to kindle patriotism.
The text contrasts Democratic and Republican ideals, urging voters to back the Republican platform. It claims Democrats fail to enact measures and warns socialism looms under Democratic rule, while praising Republican regulation, prosperity, and opportunity. It calls for united support to sustain achievements of a stronger America.
Abram Schaeffer of near Elizabethtown Pennsylvania vowed in 1856 to never part with his mustache if James Buchanan won the presidency. He was in Baltimore at the time and, with Buchanan’s election, has not shaved the upper lip for 62 years.
The speech of the smart man and woman betrays a modern attitude. Speaking good English is deemed middle class and the current vocabulary is small, largely made up of slang according to Black and White.
In New Orleans French Quarter, Pietro Giacona and his son allegedly killed three armed blackmailers after inviting them to dinner at their Beauregard house. Victims Giovanni Barreca Ciro Cusimano and an unidentified Italian died while Francisco Vattali of St Louis was wounded and may have escaped.
Watertown New York jury found Mrs Mary Farmer guilty of first degree murder in the killing of neighbor and friend Mrs Sarah Brennan. Justice Rogers sentenced her to be electrocuted at Auburn prison in the week beginning August 2 for forging deeds to take Brennan home.
Alabama Congressman A A Wiley, who served as Gen Lawtons chief of staff in Cuba and as civil governor of the eastern province, died at a Hot Springs hotel aged about sixty after weeks of inflammatory rheumatism and systemic decline.
Mississippi congressman John Sharp Williams announces his resignation as minority floor leader in the U S House effective December 1. He cites party needs and time for a successor, aiming to let the next speaker gain experience during the short winter session.
Dr. Frank Stirn of Cudahy was shot three times in his office by patient Antony Kriz who was arrested. The gunman, seeking a cure for illness, fired the shots Thursday. The doctor was mortally wounded, according to initial reports.
In New York three thousand people gathered on West Twenty third Street near Broadway to watch police raid a gambling house said to be patronized by hotel guests. Patrons in evening dress tried to flee via fire escapes but detectives blocked exits. Managers and patrons were taken to the station in patrol wagons.
Two more deaths in the Post hospital at Fort Wadsworth bring mimic war casualties to three. The fallen are John Welsh 25 George Harvey 22 and James McDowell 22 all members of the Ninth regiment New York National Guard.
Twenty three wrapping paper manufacturers pled guilty to violating the Sherman antitrust act by forming an illegal restraint of trade as part of the Fibre and Manila association. The U S grand jury indicted 25 companies and John H Parks. Solomon M Stroock represented the association and pleaded guilty for the 23 companies.
Benjamin H. Richardson, known as the Harvard Square bookseller and landlord of President Roosevelt during his college years, died Friday at age 76. He was a prominent figure among Harvard graduates and residents of the square.
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced Friday sweeping lumber rate cuts west of the Missouri River and about five percent reductions in eastern advance rates, along with other tariff changes.
Toledo financier George G. Metzger prominent banker and Broadway Bank president is indicted on multiple counts of embezzlement and misapplication of funds following the bank closure.
The Vigorit powder plant at Pinole near Berkeley caught fire on Thursday and the nitro glycerin mixing house blew up. No injuries were reported.
Five indictments were returned Friday by a special grand jury probing the American Ice Company. The panel investigated possible wrongdoing within the Ice trust, signaling significant legal action against executives and associates.
The Murray levee on the Big Muddy river in Murphysboro broke Thursday flooding thousands of acres of rich farmland and causing an estimated $25,000 in property and crop losses.
An elderly man named Esko and a younger man named Johnson perished in a fire that destroyed a saloon and residence in Jacobsville near Houghton Michigan. The blaze left both victims dead in the flames.
Promote health and happiness with well proven products. The text touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative, approved by physicians and endorsed by the Well-Informed of the World. It urges purchasing the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
A London Telegraph anecdote recounts a visiting guest and a newly imported waiter in Dublin six years ago. The waiter insists on serving soup to all diners, citing house rules, prompting the guest to protest while Barney solemnly repeats the rule and warns of consequences.
A humorous exchange about home cooking cites a husband eating far less when a cook is not used, contrasting a young wife's claim that meals cost less now. The quip highlights frugal domestic humor.
An advertisement states deafness cannot be cured by local applications and argues for constitutional remedies. It claims nine of ten cases stem from catarrh, offers $100 for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, and promotes circulars and Hall's pills.
A wife recalls vows and marriage, while her husband retorts harshly. The exchange reveals a brutal dynamic as the couple confronts the consequences of their union and its imagined celestial sanction turned punishment.
Mrs Pinkham of the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Company sails from Lynn Massachusetts with her son Arthur W Pinkham and younger relatives for a three months tour of Europe starting May 20 for a much needed vacation.
The dialogue shows a child asking about the phrase over the bay and a parent answering with a playful image of taking a schooner to illustrate the meaning. The excerpt suggests a homely, rustic tone and a humorous misunderstanding about travel by sea.
The cure for hot sweating calloused swollen feet sold by all druggists. Price 25 cents. Do not accept substitutes. Trial package sent by Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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