Picttsmouth Journal Brief Notes on Local Events
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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
4
Local Government Official Ballot Names List
A fragmented list shows candidates for state and county offices including governor attorney general state treasurer railway commissioner congressman third district state senator front representatives and county positions with names such as William J. Bryaw John W. Kers Garrett Gatewood and others. The material presents candidate lineups for a ballot in the Otoe and Cass Counties area with local officials and commissioners indicated.
Proposals for Nebraska voters on banking, senators, and tax
The text argues for three measures direct voting of U S senators bank deposit guarantees and an income tax on large incomes. It claims three fourths of Nebraskans support these and says Bryan pledges for them while Taft opposes. It ends by asking readers where they stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Bryan
Taft
East Reports Claim Bryan Victory Majority Formation
Reports from reliable sources in the east claim Bryan would win a majority as the question of popular rule is raised. Joe Cannon rejects the idea that the people should rule, amid applause from E. M. Pollard. Eastern Republican papers blame the president for campaign demoralization and Roosevelt’s motto debate surfaces over Taft’s candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bryan Hwwe
House
Joe Cannon
E. M. Pollard
Familiarity Breeds Con tempt With Trusts and GOP Tie
The piece notes that familiarity does not lessen trusts intimate links to the Republican party, yet claims this reality is not evident to a rational voter who surveys the political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ous
Wisconsin voter abandons party as Bryan support grows
A Wisconsin reader, voting Republican for thirty years, plans to switch support to Bryan this November. The piece notes intensified coercive tactics to drive workingmen to the Republican ticket, including threats to close factories and cut wages if Bryan wins. It cites John Mitchell saying Bryan's election would favor the white nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Bryan
John Mitchell
Government fails to jail a single criminal trust official
As to date the federal government has failed to imprison a criminal trust official. Judge Taft sentences a labor leader to eight months in the penitentiary for conspiracy and restraint of trade under a restraining statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Turbulent Political Rhetoric Follows Taft Speech
A garbled excerpt cites J G Masanace at Notre Dame critiquing public morality while Cherresman Pollard faces the question on Cannon's re election. The piece contrasts Nebraska crop woes with eastern gambling claims and condemns Taft's criticism of General Grant as drunken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherresman Pollard
Mr. Pollard
Dao Cannon
Trusts and party power debate over law enforcement
The piece argues that the ruling party shapes and enforces laws to prevent trusts. It contends that if laws exist but are not enforced, the in power party bears responsibility for trusts, while laws not made to curb trusts blame the party in power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eviderca
Trusis
Biel
Blacksmiths Deprived of Debt Collection Protections
The article argues that while most trades are protected by law to collect debts for labor, blacksmiths horseshoers and wheelwrights lack such protection. It urges legislative action in the coming winter to allow collection of earned wages and insists blacksmiths work is among the hardest.
Differences of opinion and the old spirit of persecution
The piece laments lingering intolerance in olden times and today. It argues that political disagreement leads to economic retaliation against a neighbor and even to canceling a local editor’s paper or ads, harming families. It condemns such acts as unjust and urges restraint.
Croom Hotel Owner Credits Doctor King’s New Discovery
Mrs Ada L Croom of Vaughn Mississippi credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a severe cough and apparent consumption after months of illness. She reports three bottles effected a complete cure and notes the remedy is sold at F G Fricke & Co with a trial bottle offered free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada L. Croom
Croom Hotel
Vaughn
Miss
Dr. Kings
F. G. Fricke & Co
Bryan Emerges as Choice in Nation’s Crisis Fight
Kansas City Post portrays William J. Bryan as the rightful savior of national prosperity, contrasting his calm, principled leadership with Theodore Roosevelt and Taft era rhetoric. It argues demagoguery falters and predicts Bryan’s inauguration, restoring liberties and constitutional governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Bryan
Chicago
Wich
Kansas City Post
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