Why Not Foster and Fitz Patrick in Louisiana Politics
The article denounces the Constitutional Convention for enacting a suffrage law aimed at aiding Murphy J. Foster and John Fitzpatrick, condemning political bosses and fraud in elections. It argues Louisiana voters are cowed, urges bold public action, and endorses Foster for Senate and Fitzpatrick for governor as practical politicians in a flawed system.
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Louisiana
Democratic Party
New Orleans
United States
Turpie
Lindsay
West
Berry
Walthall
Turley
Pettus
McLaurin
Dave Culberson
Convention
Esia
Poster
Socrates
Diogenes
Plato
Foster
Elon
John
Fitzpatrick
Louisana
Eelf
Canary
Murphy J. Foster
John Fitzatrick
Nero
John Fitzpatrick
Debs Speech In Washington Lays Bare Wage Struggles
Debs delivered a remarkable Washington address on March 21 drawing wide attention from morning papers. He described wage earning plight with focus on the lowest wages, attacked the competitive system as self-destructive and cited Rockefeller and Morgan era monopolies to argue for cooperation over competition.
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Eugene ¥. Debs
Washington
Debs
Rockefeller
Pierrepont Morgan
The Social Democracy and the Emerald Isle Repubs’ Centennial
A speaker extols social democracy with community ownership of labor and infrastructure, promising universal work and shared benefits. The audience, while not wholly persuaded, valued the sincerity and provocative ideas. The piece touches on Irish emigration gains, Morgan consolidations of Vanderbilt routes, and criticisms of a pooling bill amid railroad lobbying resistance.
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Cooperative Commonwealth
J. Pierrepont Morgan
Vanderbilt
Erie
New York
Pennsylvania
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