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Jansen Describes Senate Career and 1910 Campaign
Peter Jansen recalls his Nebraska State Senate service after 1910 election, noting coauthorship of laws regulating trust companies, proposed Torrens land title reform, and a county option liquor bill thwarted by a Republican ally. He reflects on Roosevelt Taft era politics and later defeat in Gage and Pawnee counties amid Democratic shifts and economic distress.
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