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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1903
Page
8
A digest discusses Panama’s move toward selecting representatives for a constitutional assembly and confirms strong U S influence shaping a treaty. It notes ministerial appointment, Cuban measures, Philippine tariff concerns, and ongoing debates on canal policy and retrenchment at home.
The piece argues Wall Street opposes Roosevelt and will back his bid for a second term, dismissing Hanna and backing party unity. It notes Ohio’s loyalty to Roosevelt, mocks rivals like Herrick, and predicts a Roosevelt victory despite anti nomination chatter. It references Wall Street money, Panama canal talk, and regional issues including Texan cotton, Colombia, and Philippine policies.
Julius, a young Black carriage driver for Mrs. Roosevelt, stands as a dignified White House servant in Washington. The article notes he is a Washingtonian like other Black staff who serve the president and Mrs. Roosevelt in the capital.
Report notes Julius guiding a carriage during a visit to Oyster Bay with the First Lady. Description details his attire a long dark blue coat silver buttons white breeches and boots a high black hat and the White House cockade in red white and blue ribbons.
The Express states the city has the right to regulate prices charged by the San Antonio Gas and Electric Light Company under its franchise. The article notes that franchises confer regulatory power and that the paper favors private operation over municipal ownership. It cites the Mutual Electric Light and San Antonio Gas franchises and their transfer to the current company.
An editorial argues regulation rather than municipal ownership should fix light and power issues. It warns against a $200000 bond proposal, urging clear itemized costs and a measured path via council regulation before any large public venture.
The exchange reprints Gladstone remarks from 1862 criticizing Jefferson Davis and the American Civil War. He admits errors and acknowledges speaking in heat after a public dinner at Newcastle upon Tyne.
The speaker confesses a cabinet minister in a power allied by blood and language uttered an improvident inference on secession. He admits the fault lies in a false estimate of facts and in not perceiving the gross impropriety of the remark amid charges of neutrality in cruiser matters.
West Riding police in England offer a 1500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers who shot a man on September 10 on the moors above Marsden near Huddersfield.
A first class job of plumbing always speaks well for the firm that did the work Machenheimer Jonas. Phones 452.
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