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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1902
Page
5
A lengthy Indianapolis Journal item surveys campaign rhetoric and voter guidance ahead of a November election. It contrasts McKinley prosperity claims with Democratic criticisms, notes labor and wage data, and discusses candidates like Overstreet and Cotton against a backdrop of national and local political tension.
A policy allowing convicts to labor on roads and public works has led to private companies employing workhouse inmates for rough tasks at meager pay. Prisoners are kept in camps and face numerous abuses. The piece laments Georgia’s one party system and its failure to end this injustice, drawing a parallel to Indiana’s abuses.
The piece argues twenty one districts are so close they are deemed doubtful with Democrats claiming sixteen. It notes specific districts and explains how voter behavior in close races can tilt control, urging Republicans to back Republican candidates in these districts to support Fairbanks and influence future reapportionment and the Senate race.
In Indianapolis a Democratic candidate, Jacob P. Dunn, canvasses factories urging workers to vote against asset currency. He labels it a Democratic scheme and recalls 1840s origins and Cleveland's era. Dunn contrasts with his past support for free coinage and urges focus on tariff and protection to aid wage earners amid economic fears.
A political column argues that Indiana voters should support the Republican party in 1902, citing historic Republican victories under McKinley in 1896 1898 and 1900 and the party’s promises to secure the gold standard and bring prosperity. It frames next Tuesday’s vote as a continuation of past gains and critiques tariff and silver policy.
The piece argues that prosperity rose with McKinley and Republican rule after 18 18% downturn and mass unemployment. It contends pledges have been redeemed, calls for continued high wages and profits, and urges Indiana voters to support the Republican ticket next Tuesday to sustain prosperity and protection.
A circular from the National League of Republican Clubs urges state and territorial leaders to mobilize Republicans to vote for Republican congressmen. The letter argues a Republican House would strengthen President Roosevelt and enable his progressive policies on Cuban reciprocity trust legislation and protection of American industries. It asserts Roosevelt faces a political trial and must be vindicated by voters.
The Democratic organ argues abolishing trusts is impossible and that Republicans have not moved to abolish them. It notes trusts are legal unless used for illicit purposes and that regulation and punishment for lawbreaking are appropriate. It cites Lord Coleridge on lawful competition and concludes combinations of capital cannot be abolished.
The piece defends Republican efforts to break up illegal combinations in restraint of trade, citing four suits under the current administration against railroad rates, pooling, meat price collusion, and rail rivals. It praises Overstreet and criticizes a money policy shift, while denouncing anonymous circulars and unnamed Democratic mailers as cowardly tactics.
Information from New York states J Pierpont Morgan is using influence on Wall Street to oppose Governor Odell. Grievances include the corporation tax he helped establish and Odell’s refusal to head a ticket with a prominent trust promoter. The move risks an indirect rebuff to the President over trusts. The piece notes a 1900 US manufacturing output of 13.01 billion dollars, up about 3.64 billion from 1899, while some claim McKinley prosperity is imaginary.
In a drawn scene from Brooklyn Life a man laments his own temper after a quarrel with a woman. He reflects that his outburst may have ruined something, while she privately frets about what she might have said had she not left her hat.
A collage of light dialogue and crackers at play from various papers includes a cautious bride’s divorce insurance, a father of eleven applying for the Query Box, Shakespeare in rehearsal with Scots dialect, a comic athletic harnessing verse, and a Kansas City Journal note on Mr. Cleveland’s party woes hinting at termination.
The piece profiles the Mad Mullah and fourteen other mullahs who lead Somaliland villages and resist British rule. It notes their influence, the steady looting by other tribes, and the Mullah Haji Mohammed Bul Abdullah’s hostilities since 1901. It covers geography, climate, trade ports Berbera Bulhar Zeila, and the risk of wider conflict involving Italian and Abyssinian Somaliland.
The Philadelphia Press notes after the anthracite strike that the public may face high costs and wastage, with capital timid about investment. Roosevelts truce ends coal unrest but may cause broader economic disturbances. railways and labor groups risk entanglement, dampening construction and politics in the state.
The discussion on tariffs during Massachusetts campaign topics reveals theories about free raw materials for U S shipbuilders. The Boston Journal notes U S steel plates and other materials used in shipbuilding can be imported duty free for foreign built vessels, but few orders come from foreign owners due to cost and competition. A government subsidy is argued as necessary to level the field with foreign rivals.
The New York Evening Post critiques William R Hearst and the yellow press for their role in McKinley's assassination aftermath. It notes Hearst seeks Congress within a year, questions his fitness, and warns a Madison Square Garden Democratic meeting under Hearst may hurt candidates. The piece cites Democratic Club leadership and presses party reform needs.
The President resents being seen as approving or disapproving the arbitration commission on the coal strike. He chose an impartial panel acceptable to both sides and will let their verdict stand without influence. Patriotism dictated restraint, and he washed his hands of the matter, pledging no attempt to modify the commission’s decision as it is announced.
In World’s Work Andrew Carnegie notes Britain and America now clash as industrial powers. America produces most steel and textiles, three quarters of cotton, and dominates world exports, food, railways, and wealth. Britain’s supremacy wanes though pride persists in the old order.
The Chicago Post notes daily water bulletins show improving city water as typhoid fever declines. Once "uniformly bad" during the outbreak the water now appears only "suspicious" and further health reports may spur better pumping. The piece uses satire to urge caution about contamination.
A fragmented note claims Edison invented a megaphore and mocks dated devices. It references a six foot long call apparatus in an English tome used to summon people during fire or war, with garbled remainder about a metal clip and bronze inscription.
A New York Evening Post correspondent argues that large coal region families strain miners financially and drive youths into mining or mills. He urges strict birth registration, compulsory schooling, and raising the legal working age to sixteen to curb inherited poverty and limited social mobility in Pennsylvania.
The White House taps its spring water from a Franklin Park source in central Washington, declared pure years ago with no medicinal claims. Origin traced to a spring near Thirteenth and K streets, once at Steenth and K, later shifted via wooden then iron pipes to the Executive Mansion and key offices.
The text outlines six laws shaping global trade: nations must meet own needs as capacity grows, skilled labor loses its pull on capital, nations should develop resources as patriotic duty, the largest single market wields a powerful advantage, home commerce will outpace foreign, and population rises with cheap food production. It argues larger areas under one government prevent nations from becoming insignificant globally.
Washington Times notes criticism of Madison Cave for bringing Greek gods into Kentucky in his latest poems. Critics find Bacchus gathering gga root and Artemus filtering distinctly American themes incongruous. Authors discuss reviving Indianaes but acknowledge progress is needed to keep gods relevant and amused by modern Billville theater.
A Tacoma man undergoes medical care for a swelled head, a rare instance in the city. The report notes Tacoma is fortunate to have only this single case while other towns suffer more widespread afflictions and seek reduction of the swelling.
A New York Evening Sun query asks if residents would acknowledge the death of a Christian Science healer. The piece ponders whether his demise would be blamed on trial and rape or on a mortal condition, reflecting community tensions and belief.
Announcement from Boston states author Mary MacLane will return to Butte. The brief note notes uncertainty in the later line, but confirms travel plans and upcoming move back to her Montana home.
The Baltimore American notes the President steps into what the paper deems his luckiest year, hinging on a long familiar blend of fortune and circumstance believed to accompany his tenure and public life.
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