WHE Daily Journal Opinion 1901 Congress and Elections
The article notes looming anarchist legislation in the Senate and the House’s stance on the Kansas City platform. It discusses the Panama versus Nicaragua canal route, Senator Wellington's disgrace, the American peril notion, and a call for cautious governance amid a prosperous county, plus critique of Knox’s attorney general appointment and tobacco trusts linked to Colonel Moses Wetmore. It closes with views on disenfranchisement and equal representation in the South.
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Senate
Knox
Carnegie
Moses Wetmore
St. Louis
Tobacco
Bryan
Ciny Trusts
President's message praised by bipartisan lawmakers
Reporters describe broad congressional support for the president's message with Democrats and Republicans united in optimism. A Washington dispatch notes Democrats view policy as in the formative stage and expect major recommendations to pass this session. A proposal to raise federal judges salaries is under consideration, increasing Supreme Court pay from 11000 to 31507 per year.
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White House
Washington
Congress
Bryanem
Supreme Court
Circuit
Federal judges salaries cited as reasonable rise in costs
Judges from _PERCENT_ to 9000 and district judges from 6640 to 7300. The increased salaries would not be unreasonable compared with incomes of good lawyers today. The Judiciary is the least expensive government department. Appropriations estimates for 13 submitted to Congress show 459,008 for the legislative establishment, 15,257.06 for the executive and 550 for the judicial. Hundreds of lawyers in federal courts earn many times the judges’ pay in fees each year.
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Congress
Legislative
Roosevelt’s Cuba policy wins Cuban trust and hopes
The Cubans applaud President Roosevelt’s message seeing it as a path to independence and prosperity. He notes Cuba’s progress toward an independent government and urges substantial tariff reductions on Cuban products. Hay echoes nonterritorial aims, while Cubans must unite and Congress must finish establishing commercial relations for mutual stability and prosperity.
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Roosevelt
Havana
Cuba
United States
Congress
Antilles
Hay
New York Chamber of Commerce
McKinley
Santiago
An American Living and the Immigrant Question
The speech argues that foreigners seeking entry should meet standards to support an American living, praising protective policy. It contrasts well-being achieved by nations with strong employment and social care, citing Great Britain and Germany as models and endorsing selective immigration to protect American workers.
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Roosevelt
Great Britain
Germany
American living and tariff duty debate in 1900s editorials
The piece argues that immigrants accepting lower wages threaten American workers, urging policies to raise living standards and prevent “American living” from eroding. It credits protective tariffs for raising wage earners’ needs and voices support for restricting lower-priced foreign labor. It notes Roosevelt’s inquiry into attorney general Knox charges and ends with a call for a locally managed Southern coal road to ensure cheap coal and city benefit.
The Humorists No Room for It Cartoon Snippets
A compact strip of humor notes from Chicago Post Punch and Washington Star feature quips about the impossibility of room for humor in society. Jests touch on skeletons in closets flat living and Heaven versus mean ancestors.
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Chicago Post
Old Lady Nervous on Railcar Sparks Insurance Quip
In New York Weekly dialogue a nervous old lady frets about a railroad journey. Mr Wiuck reassures with a joke about his accident insurance ticket. The Chicago Tribune exchange turns humorous as Torus and Naggus discuss a poem leading to a comic confusion over a lullaby.
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New York
Mr. Wiuck
Chicago Tribune
Torus
Scott
Current Periodicals and The Redemption of Palestine
The December issue highlights a "Ten-Story Hook" featuring stories by King Potter Read Gardener Gain Daniels Hampiuen Greenlees y Mariecal and Cody. Israel Zangwill’s article in Frank Leslies Monthly argues for a Jewish homeland and outlines the Zionist movement’s early progress.
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The
Black Cat
Little Magazine
Daily Story Publishing Company
Chicago
General Charlies King
Margaret Horton Potter
Opie Read
Melon J. Gardener
George Granby Gain
Gertrude Potter Daniels
Holiday period reviews feature in December magazines
The December issues of Lippincotts and the Cosmopolitan present coverage of King Edward coronation preparations and holiday features. Edmund Gosse, Agnes Repplier, I Zangwill contribute fiction and poetry. Kipling, Kyrle Bellew, Leonora Ellis, and Huneker add varied pieces. The Cosmopolitan covers Early Opera in America with C D Hess. The Engineering Magazine discusses American coal exports and British fuel relief. International Studio highlights art photography and Sidaner works. Ainslees Magazine surveys America in England and Senator Aldrich. Melba at Home and Newfoundland articles round out the issue mix.
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Rothschild
Hirsch
Edward
Lippincott's
Edmund Gosse
Agnes Repplier
I. Zangwill
Ladies’ Home Journal
Rudyard Kipting
Criterion
Richard Burton
Ballington Booth
Kyrle Bellew
Leonora Ellis
James Huneker
America
C. D. Hess
Zelda Seguin Wallace
Seguin
Hess
Parepa-Rosa Grand English Opera Company
Engineering
F. E. Saward
Philip Dawson
Yerkes
London Traction
Frederick
Dierghardt
Cardinal Rampolli
Sidaner
Guido Rey
Far East
Ainslee
England
Allen Langree
Aldrich
Congress
L. A. Coolidge
Senate
Congressional
Washington
Newfoundland
Norman Duncan
Melba
William Armstrong
Foolish Woman and a Sporty Man in Washington Hotel Trial
A Milwaukee Free Press account critiques a Washington hotel case where a married woman faces trial for the death of a younger man she knew socially. It portrays jealousy, promiscuity, and sensationalized hotel life, arguing the woman may be a fool rather than guilty, with the tragedy framed as a result of improper lodging and reckless behavior.
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Milwaukee Free Press
Washington
Horrors of Morocco reform talks meet strong resistance
The new Moroccan sultan aims to curb abuses including prison torture and extortion by provincial governors. Despite edicts on prison reform and taxation, officials resist, with reports of brutal punishments, amputations, and a history of savage rule. An earlier sultan’s brutal acts and a 19th century mercy tale illustrate a dynasty marked by violence, yet the present sultan may improve the image if he can constrain powerful ministers and reform the system.
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New York Sun
Morocco
Tangier
Europe
Rif
Gibraltar
Sid Mohammed
Sidi Mohammed
Mulai-Yezid
Red Beard
Sidi Mohammed Abdurrahman
Queen Victoria
Elizabeth
Mustai
Abd-el- Aziz
The Flag as an Asset in World Trade
Saturday Evening Post article quotes Cecil Rhodes praising the British flag as the greatest commercial asset. It notes Britain’s flag flies on ships worldwide from dawn to dusk, influencing trade and national branding, with German firms increasingly adopting their emblem in commerce.
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Saturday Evening Post
Cecil Rhodes
Great Britain
Germany
Oldest Woman Postmistress Defends Her Chair in Trenton
Mary Anne Paschall once faced hostile townsmen and mail theft as Trenton Indiana’s postmistress. She recalled nights guarding bags and even firing a shot to protect U S mail. Nearly ninety, she maintains she remains essential and unflagging.
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New York Times
Mary Anne Paschall
Trenton
Ind
America
United States Mail
West Virginia
Washington
Lincoln
Savings of presidents show varied fortunes across eras
Leslie's Weekly surveys wealth of U S presidents from Washington to Cleveland noting estates from under 50 000 up to about 250 000 and beyond while flagging losses from bank failures misfortune and second marriages The piece argues these figures underscore honesty rather than greed among notable leaders and ranks wealth relative to era.
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Leslie's
McKinley
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Andrew Johnson
General Grant
Jefferson
Virginia
Johnson
Freedman’s Bank
Pearl
Washington
Arthur
Buchanan
Polk
Garfield
Martin van Buren
John Tyler
White House
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
Madison
Payne Todd
Grover Cleveland
Gen Oliver C Howard Returns to Burlington After Pacific Trip
Gen C O Howard and wife returned to Burlington in good health after a Pacific coast trip. He revisited the First Congregational Church, received an ovation, and spoke to the Sunday school. He cited Chinese merchants who favor modifying the exclusion act and criticized corruption in some authorities detaining Chinese entrants. He argued for reasoned immigration measures and noted the inconsistency in excluding some groups.
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Burlington
Free Press
C. O. Howard
Pacific Coast
Howard
First Congregational Church
San Francisco
Portland
China
Gen. Howard
Exclusion of Chinese labor in the Philippines criticized
The speaker argues against excluding Chinese laborers, noting their crucial role in the Philippines. He claims most Chinese come from one Chinese province, warns exclusions are senseless, suicidal, and selfish, and asserts labor cannot thrive by oppressing others. He stresses Chinese workers can support vast duties, including forestry and quartermaster tasks.
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Philippines
China
Élion
Purdue expert says corn smut poses little risk to livestock
Professor A W Hitting of Purdue University notes that vast smut on fodder this fall is widespread but unlikely to cause stock disease. He cites experiments showing negative results except with extreme, repeated exposure and warns losses from corn smut are very small.
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A W. Hitting
Agricultural Experiment Station
Purdue University
Value of an Honest Eye in Hiring Decisions
A business man recounts hiring based on eye contact and demeanor. An applicant with no credentials but a bright, honest gaze impressed him, earning the job and a promotion later. The piece extols the eye as a reliable character index, urging steady, fearless eye contact in conversation.
London Style Skyscraper Proposed by London Telegraph
Victorian vision for a new London shopping center under a central dome. The scheme features a ground level rotunda with twelve hydraulic lifts, eight intersecting passages, grand arches for carriage access, and eight stories plus four more atop a central dome supporting the arena. All rents include utilities and services. bottom floors house a restaurant and Turkish baths. A bid of £2000 yearly seeks boot cleaning rights for the building.
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London Telegraph
America
The Fact of Fastidiousness in London Society
A critique of modern fastidiousness, noting how excessive discrimination dulls pleasure and distorts judgment. It argues such critics value detail over essence, turning conversation into a self conscious art and leaving most social life tasteless and shallow.
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London Spectator
Lord Bacon
November’s gone with joys and creditors’ bills
A brief reflective note from the Kansas City Journal on November passing, hinting at joys and vain regrets as creditors send in their bills. The fragment suggests a nostalgic mood with financial overtones.
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Kansas City Journal
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