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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1900
Page
1
Inside pages report a concise executive message asserting Missouri returns push the Democratic legislature toward stricter, goebel style election laws. The note signals shaping reforms and the political climate surrounding voting rules.
The text argues that beer bears the war tax best and could be targeted to end opposition. It suggests removing the tax or quitting alcohol as a simple remedy, portraying beer as the strongest support for or against wartime taxation.
Bryan’s Missouri vote in 1900 trails his 1896 total by about 12 000 yet the Gallatin Democrat calls it a sweeping Democratic triumph. A further sweep could tilt the state toward the Republicans.
In Missouri the Prohibition vote reached 4,357 in the recent election, with incomplete results showing the Prohibitionists as the strongest of the minor parties nationwide, signaling growing strength across the country.
A critic questions if a new Democratic legislature in Missouri can be honest about redistricting to award Republicans a fair number of congressmen, casting doubt on political integrity and partisan motives.
Democratic factions react to a report that President McKinley will urge Congress to raise the regular army to 100000 men. Critics say one soldier per about a thousand people is not a menace serious enough to alarm sensible observers.
The Democrats of the South seek to distance the party from Bryanism and its radical isms, aiming to return to traditional party lines. The South, as a Democratic bulwark, would lose influence in national politics if it does not support the party platform.
A Democratic committee claims to audit state accounts every two years but the public remains uninformed about the actual results. The article notes a large leakage in the state interest fund that has not yet been satisfactorily explained.
Congressman Edward Robb names Geo. W. Munger of Carter County and H. C. Bell of the county as private secretaries. Munger will serve the remainder of the current Congress, Bell when the next Congress convenes. Both supported Robb in the congressional primary, with Bell chairing the committee meeting and voting for the scheme despite local instruction. Political robbery, like virtue, has its own reward.
The piece asserts that several gentlemen including Congressman Edward Robb predicted no further presidential elections if McKinley was re elected yet the Democrats plan to nominate another aggressive candidate in 1904. It notes Robbs doubt about his own forecast and hints he will keep up political efforts despite his skepticism.
A political note reflects a member securing a further two year term in the House, despite anxiety over potential dismissal and pay loss under an autocratic regime in the United States. The fragment hints at debates over tenure and fear of political purge affecting compensation.
The piece argues for more work than talk on highway improvements. It notes a constitutional amendment granting county courts power to raise road taxes by fifteen cents per hundred dollars, passing in the county and challenging the incoming court to implement it.
A St Louis Democratic paper celebrates apparent之 prosperity noting Thanksgiving provisions donated by city schoolchildren found no need among the poor. Police report all aid unused and left to spoil, arguing that self reliance eliminates charity burdens as soup houses and gifts fade.
A census table shows twenty two heavy Democratic counties in Missouri gained only 160 people in the last decade while ninety two counties and St. Louis added 425,871. The piece argues outmigration from demographically rigid areas, cites election results, and urges reform aligned with national sentiment and economic opportunity.
In a critical column the writer urges Democrats in Missouri counties to broaden beyond old Bourbon lines or risk stagnation. The Globe-Democrat notes official figures show decay of Bourbon counties while urging reform, including economic expansion and stronger local self government. The piece cites national advice to drop old party shibboleths and focus on harbor improvements and interstate commerce. W M M
Missouri Supreme Court Judge Gantt clarifies when an officer may kill a resisting prisoner. In State vs Lane night marshal Lane, Malden, struck James McGregor with a pistol fracturing skull, killing him. Jury found murder in the third degree, three years. circuit court affirmed.
W E Sargent returns from New York and Henry Martin moves to Davisville. A foot-bridge across Big River will begin work soon, easing travel. A milk wagon owned by Mr. Baker appears, and painter Jaize Richeson from Potosi is in town for Dr. Eaton. J C Smith hosts a barn-covering party. J B Milsap injures his back. Local residents pass through, while rich ore is reported on the Pite Diggings tract.
George Boyer of Broomsdale lost an arm in a corn shredder. Flat River post office to become a Presidential office with a 1200 salary. Catherine Lead Co of Madison County plans ten acres for building lots and a new town. J F Beggs challenges Frank Sonderman’s election as Madison County Collector. Iron County Circuit Court to try Thomas Hall for murder of James Asher, case in December. John Bogan family near Knob Lick poisoned at breakfast. four year old child dies from poisoning.
A plea from a mother describes a baby's wasting condition and imminent danger. The child, once plump, now gaunt and in pain, lacks fat from food. The text urges Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as the fat that can save the child and calls for quick action.
Mrs Charles Bogard of Mansfield Missouri was seized by a fit while seated before a fireplace and fell into the flames sustaining fatal burns. A second item notes a Confederate memorial at Fredericktown completed. Locomotive orders: Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Bay system order fifty new engines to Brooks works, due end May. Kate Shelby of Farmington named Missoula County superintendent of public instruction at a salary of 1800. Arthur Jefferson, a colored boy, was shot and killed at Poplar Bluff by Eugene Dalton. Dalton is in custody. An agricultural tip advises warm houses clean feed exercise and health to induce winter egg laying.
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