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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1899
Page
4
The Shoshone Journal is issued weekly by The Journal Publishing Company. It is entered at the Shoshone post office as second class matter under Lincoln County Idaho. Editor B M McCollum oversee operations in oneehone Idaho.
A long list shows United States Senators and state officials plus local figures. The article then shifts to political commentary on Bryan, tariffs, and U S policy in the Philippines, noting Cuban bonds, platform longevity, and questions about future governance and agriculture under American rule.
The piece ponders expansion in government and individuals, noting Idaho misperceptions, gold production in South Africa, wheat prospects in Nez Perce county, and a proposal to honor Admiral Dewey with a marine hospital funded by public subscription. It argues expansion as a theme across politics and society.
The dispatch reports ex United States Senator W A Peffer of Kansas, a founder of the Populist party, has become a Republican. In an interview he says he has always been a Republican except on the main question, and that the Populist party is nationaly defeated by Democrats. He notes older allies as they shift or vote their convictions.
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