McCook as Educator for State Superintendent Bid
The Kansas City Journal endorses A. R. McCook for state superintendent, praising his education career in Iowa, early certification, lecture on literature as an educator, and public service ethic. It argues the office should be nonpartisan and in the public interest, highlighting his leadership at Elma and strong personal character.
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Public’ Instruction
Oresco Plaindealer
A. R. McCook
McCook
Eima
Yowa
Another Race Problem in Indian Territory Land Shifts to Whites
Opinion warns that treaty enforcement will strip Five Nations of vast estates and mines, transferring land to white landlords through allotment and sales. It notes anxiety among Native people and creed that commerce drives policy, risking future sovereignty and wealth.
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Indian Territory
Five Nations
United States
Pledge to Cuba Drives Call For November Session
The piece argues President Roosevelt pledged to call Congress by November to advance the Cuban reciprocity treaty, tying the pledge to the treaty’s Cuban ratification and broader currency reform talks. It notes Root’s retirement and the need for timely House action to extend benefits to this year’s sugar crop.
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Cuba
Congress
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Roosevelt
Root
Pittsburg
Their Plan of Campaign for Iowa Politics
Davenport Democrat reports that Republican state ticket candidates and supporters met in Des Moines to outline strategy. They aim to raise a campaign fund, project unity, keep quiet on disputes, shorten the race to October, pressure Governor Cummins on reciprocity, back Roosevelt, and bring in outside appliers while avoiding post office scandal references.
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Davenport Democrat
Des Moines
Iowa
Cummins
Roosevelt
Mockery of Philippine conquest cited in Nebraska platform
Fragmentary note mocks a recent Nebraska platform referencing the Philippines and alleged honorable warfare. The text appears as garbled quotations and stray phrases from an old newspaper clipping, with unclear context and dates.
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Philippines
Nebraska
Portland
No Title Available for Fragmented Political Broadside
A fragment argues that the war and its aftermath ruined American ideals, citing water cures and torture, betrayal of independence, and the destruction of territories. It condemns Nebraska Republicans for praising the campaign as a “colossal and wicked blunder,” warning of despotism and failed assimilation.
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Ftinston
Nebraska
Missionaries in the Philippines and Faith under Constabulary Rule
Episcopal missionary John A. Staunton Jr writes in The Living Church about native faith and Catholic influence in the Philippines. He notes native reverence, contrasts Protestant campaigns with local Catholic practices, and describes a Cebu visit with Padre Benito. A cholera-prevention procession and village piety illustrate enduring belief amid American presence.
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Rey
John A. Staunton, Jr
Philippines
Christian Church
Episcopal Church
Cebu
Balamban
Leutenant
Padre Benito
Benito
Agid
Hagispar
We should educate Filipinos without erasing their faith
The speaker argues for extending Western influence to promote education and science while preserving Filipino Christianity. He urges teaching Greek literature and modern science, and enriching themselves from Filipino products, but warns against destroying or ignoring the islands' common Christianity.
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Veng
Iowa Democratic Ticket for State Officers
The slate lists candidates for state offices: Governor J B Sullivan Union County. Lieutenant Governor James D Butler Towa County. Judge Supreme Court John R Caldwell Tama County. Superintendent of Public Instruction A R McCook Howard County. Railroad Commissioner W S Portor Hardin County.
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James D. Butler
Towa County
Supreme Court
John R. Caldwell
Tama County
W. 5. Portor
Hardin County
Iowa Democratic Platform Statement of Principles
The Iowa Democratic platform condemns trusts and imperialism, calls for direct U S Senate election, local option law, state contracting with low bidders, and highway improvement. It opposes corruption in government services and the Aldrich plan. It urges tariff removal from trust goods, railroad rate caps, fair taxation, and equal burdens on corporate and individual property, with a 1904 St Louis exposition emphasis.
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Democratic Party
Iowa
United States
Republican Party
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
Aldrich
United States Senate
Wall Street
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Territory
St. Louis
Post Office Department
Congressional
General Assembly
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