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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1899
Page
5
The Scranton Times questions Aguinaldo’s forces and charges the opposition with disgraceful conduct. It cites the Malay “George Washington” figure as likely to flee the country, leaving the Filipino freedom cause in jeopardy and questions the American public’s reaction.
The Philadelphia Times advocates a reform program including mandatory voter registration and tax payment proof, sworn petitions for independent watchers, a simplified ballot, and court oversight of fraud. It also discusses postal rate reforms and debates over Chinese immigration in the Philippines.
The speaker urges merging third and fourth class mail to aid the public and cut rates. He cites San Francisco to Germany postage as 12 and domestic mail 16, and notes possible parcel weight increases to six or eleven pounds. Critics argue freight-like expansion risks.
The text argues for currency reform and automatic currency expansion and contraction to meet business needs. It critiques Treasury policy under Secretary Gage and advocates a plastic currency that adapts to stringency without external aid.
The piece surveys stalled plans for a trans-isthmian canal amid congressional inaction. It cites Philadelphia Inquirer questions on a Burr grant railway coal tolls, notes Long’s possible retirement, Hayward’s illness and Bryan’s potential rise, Aguinaldo terms, and the Molineaux jury delay with remarks on Buller and Hobson.
A reader letter critiques wasted calls for reform while urging moral integrity in voting. It argues honest election officers are essential to prevent ballot stuffing and notes Lackawanna county’s long history of contests with many votes rejected, yet fraudsters persist and suffer no consequences.
H M Hannah of Scranton argues that election laws burden citizens and lawyers while failing to deter criminals. He questions public integrity in prosecutions and urges enforcing existing laws with upright judges and officials rather than adding new statutes. He worries dishonest officers and voters defeat law and urges public consideration of reform.
A Wichita Eagle humor piece recounts Caesar and Brutus at a cigar store with a Bunko steerer, a prankish Iceman, and a school mistress romance. It shifts to James Whitcomb Riley in Indiana, highlighting his violin music and travel tale.
In a cabin visit a lame youth named Amon gazes at a violin Whitcomb plays. Amon longs for the instrument, exclaims he would pay fifty dollars for that fiddle, and compares it to his own. Whitcomb finishes, then the youth seizes the violin to inspect it by fire.
The San Francisco Wave reports Indian delegates being introduced to a pompous local official who boasted of the land office. An interpreter reveals the natives mocked him as a “little man, big head, heap talk, say nothing, much fool” after he pressed to hear their words.
A casual remark on Irish bulls in English papers notes a temperance speaker retorting that he has been a total abstainer since birth. A London vestryman humorously describes bath district finances as a millstone around ratepayers necks, likening it to a white elephant.
A Scottish country boy, visiting a village near a railway branch line, spots a train and, astonished, misinterprets it as a smithy stealing a row of houses. He exclaims to his father that a smiddy has run off with houses, a mishearing turned local incident into a quaint tale.
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