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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1902
Page
6
The text argues that populists influenced the Democratic Party before and after the Chicago convention, noting shared positions on free silver, income tax, and government by consent. It contrasts reform impulses with imperialist policy, citing Jefferson and Lincoln to defend governance by the people and criticize rule by force.
The passage recounts Abraham Lincoln's 1861 remarks about a higher aim in the American struggle for liberty. He recalls boyhood readings of Weems and the Trenton ordeal, urging that the union and constitutional liberties endure to fulfill the original purpose of the Revolution and advance universal rights.
The Lincoln State Journal notes that the steel corporation, often called a trust, claims earning 55 million dollars in the first nine months. The piece frames this as a question about whether such profits justify the methods used to obtain them.
The speaker notes Doctor Loeb’s assertion of finding a death microbe and a method to render it harmless. The remark adds cautious optimism that, in time, he may also locate a trust microbe and a way to neutralize it.
A proposal to amend the constitution should be postponed until a commission has time to investigate and report whether enough of the document remains to sew a patch. The idea urges a careful assessment before any formal change is advanced.
Authorities continue to criticize Webster Davis for having the courage of his convictions. He is accused of the heinous crime of thinking for himself and voicing his own views.
The article notes Mr. Hanna will not begin diligent labor on the Inber capital harmony initiative until he has resolved issues with the Ohio legislature, delaying the assignment.
The Chicago Record Herald criticizes Justice Brown calling his distinction acrobatic. It argues uniform federal laws should apply to all U S territories and questions why tariff discrimination was used for Porto Rico and could extend to the Philippines and other territories.
Justice Bateman and Co. warn that reciprocity danger is past but warn the coal industry faces Babcock tariff tinkering. The bulletin cites a reciprocity convention spirit and a speaker denouncing reciprocity as asking foreign nations to let us damage their industries in return for access to ours. Manufactures control the administration, risking the fate of reciprocity praised by the president.
The excerpt argues for extending subsidies from the steel industry to its shipping carriers and then to foreign buyers. It warns of a pattern where subsidies ripple through production, transportation, and international sales, potentially shaping global competition.
Charles Emory Smith leaves the post office department and Historian MacClay departs the navy. Despite the changes, John Hay remains in government employ representing the literary fellows.
Mr. Fry asserts he has removed objectionable features from the ship subsidy bill and states that if he has the bill it will carry no subsidy provision.
The statement suggests that those who fund the venture might resolve the merger by organizing a vote at the polls. It frames voters as key actors in deciding the proposed corporate consolidation.
The report notes limited signs of prosperity in wool growing areas, with few strong indicators and cautious optimism amid broader economic signals. Local traders express muted confidence as market conditions and prices remain uneven, reflecting a restrained yet present sense of improvement.
A concise editorial sentiment argues the nation requires a practical census bureau temporarily rather than a permanent one, emphasizing usefulness and timely population data over institutional permanence.
The passage notes Alfred Austin’s lapses in memory about past collaborations between John Bull and Uncle Sam on two former occasions, framing the anecdote as a humorous reminder of historical partnerships.
A cautious note suggests the Boers can rekindle efforts without a forceful or grandiose poet. The remark implies self motivation and national vigor are sufficient to spur renewed energy among the people.
The article describes progress in tree surgery with the Simon Cameron elm near New Jersey Avenue in Washington. After a limb removal, decay threatened the tree, but surgeons scraped out the decay and covered the wound with asphaltum to halt further rot. The tree is recovering and may fully heal.
A San Francisco inventor introduces a rectangular sun oven with glass sides and mirrored vents. The box concentrates heat via adjustable angles to three horizontal shelves for baking, with a hollow top broiler for frying. No fuel or flames, appealing to thrifty households.
The piece notes Lady Carew as a benefactress of Ireland and the first to wear Irish poplin in Paris. It recalls Parisian demand for patterns, Marie Antoinette and other royals ordering poplin in lavender blue and pink, and its Dublin origin from Popeline. It mentions poplin’s prestige at court and durability in rain.
A Philadelphia Record item notes a barber claiming insight into a customer’s shaving habits. The barber argues that the customer’s hair length differences near the ears reveal right or left handedness and shaving technique, illustrating how personal grooming can reflect dexterity.
Dr. Sidney Jones states that 16 006 consumptives travel across Australia each year.
The article condemns a Philippine tariff measure passed by the House as shameless and risks political fate for supporters. It attacks English colonial oppression, Spain’s cruelty, and argues the tariff would bar U S commerce with the West Indies to benefit a few manufacturers. It urges Senate Democrats to publish the facts in the Congressional Record.
In his annual report Secretary of the Treasury Gage backs a shipping subsidy, repeal of minor War taxes, a central bank, and a national clearing house. He endorses expanding silver coinage, releasing bonds, and retiring greenbacks to replace government currency with national bank currency, a shift Republicans push as sound finance.
Critics call the subsidy bill a partial step and not a satisfactory measure for its authors. They aim to gain western support by promising a harmless starter, while Frye and others see little value unless Congress accepts the policy. The Boston Herald notes the plan as a strategic move to advance subsidies gradually.
The St. Paul Globe argues the Democratic Party is fractured by free traders tariff devisionists protectionists silver and gold factions and positions on Philippines ownership and public utilities. It contends no Democrat supports the current Republican control of national affairs.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Mississippi and tariff policy in partisan terms. The text hints at a political context with a Republican tariff stance but is unclear and incomplete.
The article notes that measures closing our parts to articles from the Philippines would lead Filipinos to call the United States a stepmother nation rather than the mother country. It argues a carpetbag government cannot exhibit benevolence or justice.
The New York Evening Poet essay argues Americans favor only a defensive navy and oppose greater armaments. It claims Europe bears heavy burdens and that the United States should demonstrate its ability to thrive with minimal military build up.
The Nashville American argues that tariff remains the party’s strongest cohesive issue. It notes Democrats diverge on many topics but align on tariffs, urging it to lead the next campaign as a defensible Democratic platform.
A St Paul editorial argues the Republican majority in the House of Lords should not limit minority representation on committees but cut it entirely. It contends such absolutism aligns with recent national governance trends and would make only a minor difference.
The American Anti-Trust League protested Attorney General Knox arguing he did not prosecute anti trust offenses brought to his notice. The senate committee supported his confirmation, asserting the president's right to choose advisers.
The financial community remains hostile to Secretary Gages central bank plan and the Times notes the secretary's report was practically barren of sensible advice. It argues the nation is unlikely to embrace a centralized banking system soon.
The Philadelphia Times notes Schley, victorious in battle, received less than one seventh of Sampson’s prize and under one fifth of Chadwick’s share. Officials may intend to provoke comment, but the paper calls it the most amazing injustice in government records.
The St Louis Republic warns that the present trust capitalization system endangers the public. It argues investors face undue risk buying trust securities and calls for regulation with publicity to guarantee safety for investors and consumers.
The Washington Post notes many would welcome cooperation with the old Democratic machine. Names such as Hanna Fire Gage Foraker Quay Addicks Platt and others might be cited. Democracy now rejects that kind of cooperation.
The Boston Globe notes that oil and water ideas of civil rule and military sway in the Philippines may not harmonize. Until a phenomenon occurs, civil and military governance are likely to clash at many points, hindering unified rule.
General Chaffee, military governor, struggles to judge Filipino capacity for self rule without upsetting carpetbag officials and exploiters profiting from the new possessions. The piece frames a political balancing act amid postwar governance debates.
The Dallas News notes Mr. Hanna and Mr. Cleveland will form a committee to unite capital and labor. It predicts likely disagreement, with Cleveland out of politics and Hanna in politics, which could swing the outcome.
The Detroit Frac Press quotes a farmer frustrated by decades of funding another’s infant industry. He argues it is time somebody hires a nurse for his beet sugar industry, reflecting calls for targeted support.
The Commoner reprints Secretary Gage endorsing a great central bank with many branches. It warns that such a system would magnify bank power and offend the common instincts of the people, urging vigilance against Republican plans to centralize finance and threaten liberty.
The New York World highlights fiscal figures from the Treasury report. Last year tax receipts totaled 699,216,530, with expenditures at 621,598,546. If four year ago rates applied with present spending the nation would show a 273,876,641 deficit rather than a surplus.
The Middle West region, between the Alleghenies and Rockies from the Ohio River to the Canadian line, grows as political power concentrates. Governor Shaw leads the financial branch with his state holding the speaker of the house, top Senate appropriations, and cabinet heads in treasury and agriculture. Illinois also places Cullom atop foreign relations and Cannon as house appropriations chair, with other western states similarly well represented.
A warning letter declares the six month expiry of the Chinese exclusion law and predicts floods of cheap labor, corporate opposition to renewal, and possible race riots as workers resist displacement by Chinese migrants. It alleges Congress and senators will bow to corporations, urging readers to heed the warned consequences.
A Delaware reader counters a Republican claim of equal prosperity by recounting a friend who declined ten thousand dollars in national bank stock twenty years ago for farm land. Bank stock would now be worth triple with over 12 percent annual interest, while the farm investment trails behind.
The latest Congressional Record fills sixteen pages with private bills 1 438 in number and the serious debate takes less than three pages. Most bills will pass through committees without thorough review and be railroaded to passage trading favors. Much energy is wasted on unimportant matters that do not serve the nation.
Members of the house debate whether Philippine revenue bills must originate in the House as the constitution requires. Congressman Overstreet of Indiana argues the Philippines bill may originate in the Senate, claiming it is not a revenue measure within the constitution’s meaning.
The article notes that several directors of the Northern Securities Company who also sit on the railroads it owns resign from one role or the other. It suggests eminent legal authorities guiding the trust may have erred and that deeper issues could emerge. Murder will out, the piece adds, regardless of the authorities involved.
The text asserts the silver issue remains alive and unkillable, with farmers in Iowa and planters in Alabama opposing Republican contraction schemes. It argues silver supporters act on principle, continuing the fight regardless of global supply or price conditions.
The article contemplates whether the nation will be ruled by the people or by trusts and corporations. It notes large influences shaping Congress and policy, including subsidies and Cuban affairs, and questions where the people fit in the current political struggle.
Washington reports say attacks on Attorney General Knox and opposition to his confirmation are unlikely to stop his approval when the question comes to the Senate. Some opponents remain earnest, and the debate may clarify the agency’s enforcement duties.
The piece reflects on Sir Robert Peel and William Gladstone as advocates of protection who later shifted toward freer trade, paralleling McKinley’s apparent stance. It argues protection is bound to lose influence and predicts England’s protection history will repeat, framing protection as an economic war vs peace in trade.
The piece argues against building a navy for imperial conquests and imperial authority. It states Americans should fund a navy solely for defense and reject using naval power to extend national mastery on the seas.
The coal trust, now owning coal landings and harbors on the Ohio at Louisville and Jeffersonville, governs nearby cities and imposes tolls on all coal passing through its gates.
The article notes voters think for themselves about tariff policy in Congress and warns sharp political maneuvering may hinder agitation while ideas persist without mechanized aid.
A compact aphorism advises that if a bee stings, killing it prevents swelling of the wound. The saying emphasizes decisive action to mitigate irritation and infection risk.
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