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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1908
Page
2
The excerpt comments on pension bills, treasury deficits, party politics, and looming conventions. It references Taft with 296 pledged delegates and predicts broad support for his secretary at the Chicago convention, while noting public concerns about bonds and the Roosevelt panic.
The Omaha Bee quotes Colonel Bryan stating he dislikes being labeled a demagogue, while contrasting him with Vicky Roosewater and noting the Bee editor views himself as a true demagogue, a fact he acknowledges.
The St Louis Times highlights Montreal's achievement of a thirty foot channel replacing ten feet and ten miles of new wharves, remarking that the inland city, though a thousand miles from the open sea, now handles much of the Dominion's shipping.
The Kansas City Daily Post argues William Jennings Bryan will be renominated at the Denver convention on the first ballot. It predicts overwhelming Democratic support nationwide and a unified party victory with Bryan as the next president of the United States.
President Roosevelt urged immediate removal of print paper and wood pulp duties. Congress faced a likely rejection despite press influence and petitions from the American Press Association. Uncle Joe Cannon, a staunch stand patter, blocked the move by arranging a committee led by the Speaker.
A House committee says a report on duty removal cannot be completed in the current session, leaving the issue shelved while print paper costs rise. The Speaker signals publishers nationwide to fix outcomes benefiting Representative Cannon, whose district in Illinois faces protracted exposure. Winter lingers with lingering cold.
Fragmentary remarks mention Taft, delegates, a weather commission, and Aldrich's bill. Governor Johnson is portrayed as friendly to Mr Bryan while a newspaper trust refuses court access to its books. The text hints at calls for a commission and transparency in financial matters.
A late era editorial tone muses on Congress stagnation and the paper trust, hints at a revised press role, and contrasts Theodore Roosevelt with Cannon. It notes tensions in Central America and Mexico flavored by war talk, while lampooning political figures and the state of governance.
Four Connecticut delegates to the Denver convention are noted as staunch Bryan friends while the party did not direct their selections. The detail highlights personal alliances influencing the delegation.
Senator Goore derides the steel corporation as the treasury tapeworn and predicts strong Republican support for the Nebraskan after the Denver convention. Every Cass county precinct will soon boast a Bryan club as more Republicans rally to his cause.
The Bryan Volunteers are expanding rapidly with hundreds joining daily in Iowa and Nebraska and plan nationwide growth following the Denver convention.
The St Luke Herald cites shrewd prophets claiming Democrats may win Ohio as Taft’s popularity wanes locally. Republicans face Foraker opposition and labor resistance while parallels to 1892 and 1896 are drawn. The piece notes trends like unemployment rising, prosperity questioned, and hunger relief programs recalled.
The article reviews a clash between President Roosevelt and House leaders over naval funding and a battleship bill. It frames the dispute as a major political spectacle with factions plotting explosive consequences for the Republican Party, amid a flurry of city visitors and local notes.
The future president W. J. Bryan will speak at Elmwood on Saturday June 21 during the Woodman Log Rolling event. Plan to attend as organizers urge crowds to make arrangements now.
The report notes Bryan supporters lead the mass factions while ringsters influence conventions by restricting instructions and shaping delegate actions. The text implies manipulation in the convention process affecting democratic processes and party dynamics.
The piece argues that Republicans cannot deny responsibility for the economic panic and downturn they helped create through boastful claims of prosperity, highlighting a built in dilemma from their own rhetoric.
The article reports hundreds and thousands of Republicans nationwide rallying behind Bryan with strong belief of overwhelming votes in November. It claims even Eastern factions cannot slow Bryan and predicts near unanimous backing for the peerless candidate.
New Jersey representative Leake criticizes Roosevelt for seeking a second term and suggests changing the Republican emblem from an elephant to a dog to reflect current conditions. He argues the dog can bark and wag its tail simultaneously, leaving voters unsure which end to trust.
The writer contrasts states that refuse to instruct delegates to Denver with those that back Bryan. He notes federal office holders target Bryan while claiming the jig is up for Taft or any Republican after Bryan’s Denver nomination. The piece implies political maneuvering around the Democratic convention and presidential prospects.
The speaker argues the party controls government and will shield voters from hard times. The record against them is recent, but many of Roosevelt’s 4 year supporters will back the Democratic ticket in November, lending substantial influence to the campaign.
Last evening Mrs. Beetel heard a noise and found five large horses loose with halters on near the barn of H. C. McMahen and Sons. The horses had the halters and stable doors closed, suggesting a theft attempt by someone not familiar with horses who could not have traveled far before being missed.
Bach Music Club members gathered at Roy Denson’s home on Wednesday evening to celebrate his fourteenth birthday with games music and a late lunch. Guests included Miss Kittie Cummins Waldemar Soennichsen Marion Dickson Benny Fanger Eddie and Paul Lutz and Eddie and Dewey Zuckweiler.
Today marks the sixty ninth year of W D Jones born May two1839 near Sparta Tennessee. Friends in the city congratulate the longtime resident and wish him many more birthdays in a land where peach blossoms can snow yet peaches still grow.
Will C. Ramsey of Plattsmouth attended Nehawka last Thursday to take depositions of C D Keltner and Miss Chloey Tanner for a divorce suit filed in Texas by Cora Gaskill. The parties are well known here and the circumstances of the separation are familiar locally. It is not known if Gaskill contests the divorce.
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