Indiana Journal Editorial Watch On National Affairs
The March 15 1902 Indianapolis Journal quotes notable contributors and commentary from editors and writers. It covers Democratic party leadership, canal route debates, and the role of race politics, with references to Mr Bryan Spooner and Utah Senator Kearns in a broad national context. It also notes New York and St Louis fair appropriations and touches on Denmark's transfer of the West Indies and Booker Washington’s Boston visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
Washington
Bryan
Senator Gorman
Hill
New York
Gorman
Tuskegee graduates aid German cotton project
A Berlin dispatch notes Tuskegee graduates employed by the German government as experts to teach cotton culture by American methods. It suggests Germany may expand the experiment and build a railroad to move cotton from interior regions to the coast. The work is described as bearing practical fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nial
Berlin
Primary election reform criticized in county race
The extended county primary under the first primary election law is praised in principle but criticized for its administration. The editorial laments methods used, calls for reform, and hopes the next primary is held under better circumstances with a voter will vindicating reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Supreme Court to rule on Northern Securities suit
The case tests if the government can use the Sherman anti trust law to halt a merger that may consolidate rival railways under one company. The outcome will decide whether several railroads may be controlled by a single entity and thus suppress interstate traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
Department of Justice
Northern Securities Company
United States
The British Concentration Camps Contrasted in War Debate
Pro Boer and pro Filipino papers are accused of lying about British concentration camps in South Africa. The piece argues Weyler’s reconcentrado policy in Cuba was harsher, while the British camps protected women and children, though disease caused child deaths. It notes Kitchener and Botha disputes over farm and family protections.
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South Africa
Weyler
Cuba
Lord Kitchener
Botha
Kitchener
Boer camps debate over cruelty charges and relief channels
The article defends concentration camps as protection for Boer women and children while criticizing accusations of cruelty. It cites Miss Hobhouse, Miss Markham, and Miss Phelps on camp conditions, and notes support for relief via Red Cross or consuls. It also condemns pro Boer lying and stresses proper charitable channels.
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Miss Hobhouse
Miss Markham
Miss Phelps
London
London Times
Pretoria
South Africa
South African Republic
Red Cross Society
Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
International Red Cross
Burleson
Texas
Baron von Richthofen
Reichstag
The New Banking and Currency Bill Explained
The committee reports a sweeping banking and currency bill designed to replace greenbacks with gold redemption, empower banks to issue notes against assets, and tax circulation to deter excess. It envisions government note retirement, gold-backed notes, and strong safeguards, arguing for asset banking as a safer system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Silver Certificate Denomination Limits and Quiet Primaries
The article discusses proposed currency reform with gold and silver certificates, restricting bank-note denominations to ten dollars. It notes congressional delay for study, describes orderly primary voting, Bryan’s Washington visit and anti imperialist stance, Gorman’s influence, and Democratic leaders resisting direct voting for county and township candidates. Carnegie notes gifts to establish libraries. Marion county backed delegate conventions over mass voting, reflecting modern democracy's preference for representative government.
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House Committee
Overstreet
Congress
The Humorists and Wedding Jokes Across Papers
A collage from Chicago Tribune Philadelphia Press Life Heavy Brooklyn Life Chicago News and others recounts humorists jokes about joints marriage and wedding announcements. The items depict playful quips with a Bride of a Day couple on a train and a church tableaux featuring a heathen executioner.
Too Much to Ask in Public Names
Washington Star reports a light heated exchange on naming a child after eminent figures. Mr Stiggins ridicules royal names yet declines to favor a prince’s reentry into public schools with the name Hohengollen, drawing lines on courtesy and tradition.
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Washington Star
Mr. Stiggins
Hohengollern’ Stiggins
Indiana Editorial Notes Compile Mixed National and State Views
The Indiana editorials note a burned Battle Creek sanitarium yet intact breakfast food, Bryan opposing Filipino education, and calls for rope to reach a goal. They critique Democratic rings, praise Funston against anti imperialists, and discuss Indiana Supreme Court rulings on exemptions and leadership moves by Speaker Henderson amid tariff debates.
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Battle Creek
Evansville
Bryan
Terre Haute Express
Shelbyville
Funston
Muncie Star
Indiana Supreme Court
Anderson Herald
Henderson
Richmond
China
Dan
Tillman scorned by Goshen Democrats over speech ban
The Goshen Democrat reports Elkhart county Democrats refused to host Senator Tillman during the last presidential campaign. They rejected his speaking engagement, signaling a cool reception for the pitchfork senator and reflecting broader editor and party tensions with Tillman’s stance.
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China
Uncle Sam
South Bend
Tillman
South Carolina
Charleston
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
Dem
Elkhart County
State Committee
Goshen
County Central Committee
President Roosevelt on the Hohenzollern Luncheon Irony
The Detroit Free Press questions the notion that a U S president cannot leave the country noting Roosevelt's luncheon aboard the Hohenzollern with Prince Henry. It argues the deck was foreign territory and the president traded allegiance for state hospitality while the nation carried on without issue. The piece suggests no sacred liberties were harmed and hints at the unwritten law concerns involving Mr Wheeler of Kentucky.
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Detroit
Wheeler
Kentucky
New York Letter on Mrs Jefferson Davis’s Strain
Reporters note Mrs Jefferson Davis shows extreme fatigue from mourning Varina three years after the loss. Friends doubt how she endures the New Orleans public reception. In New York she stays with cousin Mrs Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World. Varina’s closeness with the Pulitzer family is recalled.
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New York
Jefferson Davis
New Orleans
Varina
North
West Coast grain exports drive strong February totals
The Portland area led February wheat shipments with Portland Portland Seattle and Tacoma sustaining heavy west coast export activity. Eastern markets remained quiet while western exports helped hold national totals.
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Minneapolis Journal
West Coast
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Tacoma
Where They Are. Baltimore American's Provocative Notion
An English professor claims women cannot learn Chinese while noting no strong desire exists among women to try. It counters that men have yet to translate basic baby talk into the vernacular, challenging the professor's taunt without presenting further evidence of widespread female linguistic pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Electrical workers strike shades Norfolk in darkness
In Norfolk Virginia electrical workers staged a sympathetic strike. The city remains dark each night causing discomfort to about 40 000 residents as labor interests support the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Norfolk
Tillman’s rise to Senate sparks sympathy and accusation
A South Carolina paper accuses Tillman of leveraging influence to reach the United States Senate. The national mood sympathizes with South Carolinians yet labels them part of the criminal collaboration in his ascent, remarking they could have avoided the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
South Carolina
Tillman
United States Senate
Error of Depreca tion in Buffalo Express
The report notes Bryan overstates his own lack of clarity, arguing his oratory was too clear and would have misled voters if understood less plainly. It suggests the people might have been deceived into voting for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Express
Bryan
Tillman Reputed to Fear Battle in Spanish-American War
Butte Inter Mountain claims Lieutenant Governor Jim Tillman of South Carolina showed an aggravated case of cold feet during the Spanish-American War, based on what appears to be excellent authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Inter Mountain
Jim Tillman
South Carolina
General Funston Faces Wink Lows Displeasure
Boston Journal notes General Funston who led charges against Aguinaldo and endured battlefield danger now faces displeasure from Mr. Erving Win slow. The item frames the shift from wartime achievement to internal rebuke within a historical, period voice.
French press mocks Prussianic performances
The French press attacks American Prussianic displays with sharp commentary, noting frequent criticisms of military or strategic performances. The piece wryly observes the long history of French sensationalism and public quarrel over allied actions.
What Might Have Been. Funston Entertains Prince Henry
The Chicago Post comments on General Funston's preparations for entertainment and suggests Prince Henry might have enjoyed more if he had kept his German title. The note hints at social expectations and royal pretensions in a playful tone.
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Chicago Post
General Funston
Prince Henry
Germany
Will Be Dall at Home After Return
Prince Henry will need weeks at home to regain calm after his return and the roar in his ears will gradually subside as he adjusts to domestic life.
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Kansas City Journal
Fatherland
Prince Henry
Soldiers’ Philippine outrages noted by Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune reports ongoing abuses by American troops in the Philippines, detailing new killings and the capture or killing of Lukban as part of the conflict’s ferocious violence.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Philippines
Lukban
Fisiberty
Harvard honors Henry and Booker T. Washington equally
Harvard’s freedom from prejudice is shown by awarding Prince Henry and Booker T. Washington the same high honor.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Harvard
Prince Henry
Booker T. Washington
Brooklyn Eagle: Cake Captures British Feet in Awe
The Brooklyn Eagle laments a striking scene where the American cake seemingly outpaces a reserved Briton, presenting a spectacle fit for gods and men to admire. The odd comparison evokes national pride and culinary whimsy in a vivid, compact report.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Prince Henry Questions Steerage Passengers
Philadelphia Record notes that on his journey Prince Henry spoke with steerage travelers about why they were leaving their homeland, a moment suggesting his potential insight into their motives.
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Philadelphia
Prince Henry
Fatherland
Honors for the Missouri Mule in Nebraska State Journal
A Nebraska State Journal account honors the Missouri Mule figure, noting its symbolic resilience as Boer columns broke away with a British escort and an empty train, reflecting wartime endurance and public sentiment.
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Nebraska
American mule earns glory in South African war
A brief Local column notes the American mule gaining fame in the South African conflict. Native drivers fled at offer of danger, mules moved to reinforce a British camp, signaling trouble. The piece praises the American male for common sense and self-reliance, humorously dubbing Missouri men as the honest, capable group in the era.
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Cochran
Missouri
Transvaal
Great Britain
Missuri
Klerkadorp
Teaching the Filipinos. Colonial Education Debate
War Department observers monitor the Philippine education experiment as reports from teachers influence home opinion. Letters from teachers spark controversy, while the second impression improves. safety, climate, pay, and coinage issues shape morale and transfers.
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Seeman
New York
War Department
Philippine Islands
Islands
Atkinson
Manila
Representative Weeks
Michigan
Philippines
Talcott Williams
Mindoro
Samar
Bohol
Batangas
Weeks
United States
The Voting Machine Debate in Hartford
The Hartford Courant weighs voting machine tests versus old recount methods arguing machines count accurately and instantly, but questions whether Hartford should buy them now or test first. It notes tampering risks in hand tallies and praises machine ingenuity while calling for a cautious rollout.
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Hartford Courant
Courant
Hartford
Automated Chestnut Street Eatery Promises Full Service
A noted firm plans a pioneering restaurant on Chestnut Street above Eighth featuring a 92 by 42 foot automatic food machine along one wall. Customers drop coins to receive meals and beverages via trays. hot items exit near the fire, cold near the ice. About 14 food and drink varieties will be offered, with noiseless staff to clear, and the $20,000 machine mirrors European designs for self-serve dining.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Eighth
Brown
Europe
The Sunday Journal preview of tomorrow's issue features diverse topics
A promotional summary for the next edition lists features such as Tan Maclaren on book blaving, Boy Who Must Open, Fire-Walking in Japan, The Rigo-Chimay Affair, Fairies of the Black Mountains, French Colonial Schemes, an engineer interview, Fire Chief's Horses, Protestant Church in Italy, English News Topics, Odd Ways of Birds, George Ade's Weekly Offering, A Shattered Dream, Out-Of-Door Papers, a local fashion article, sports, theater gossip, social news, and a stock company forming to sell machines in the United States, aimed at drawing readers with varied content and a champagne sale note.
Washington Star Announces McKinley Postal Card Version
The Washington Evening Star reports a new one cent postal card printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. It features President McKinley in place of Jefferson and will be issued in packs of forty with three lines of small type for postmark address and message space. The Jefferson card will be retired when stock runs out.
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Washington Evening Star
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
McKinley
Jefferson
Mc . Thuarters
United States
Independent Inconsistency on Elections and Suffrage
Mr. Bryan’s Commoner attacks Senator Hoar’s critique of Philippines elections arguing free speech and public reading of the Declaration of Independence are denied. He questions the value of elections where suffrage is limited, comparing to U.S. race rights and calling out Democrats for hypocrisy. Tillman not chiefly to blame, South Carolina at fault for sending blackguards to the Senate.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Bryan
Hoar
Philippines
Massachusetts
United States
Kansas City Journal
Tillman
South Carolina
Senate
Sunday Editorial Labels Show Varied Reader Signals
The Washington Post notes that some newspapers label their Sunday editorial sections to guide readers, while others omit warnings. The practice raises questions about clarity, reader expectations, and the role of labeling in shaping interpretation.
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Washington Post
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