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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1898
Page
4
A reflection on memorial rituals and the ache of lost love. The poem contrasts planting flowers and building tombs with the desire for tender words and shared affection. It suggests a kiss and a single day of love outweigh enduring mourning, urging timely expression of affection over quiet grief.
The Progress defends Governor Foster for attending and influencing the Constitutional Convention, arguing practical politics justify his actions. It asserts that democracy, deceit, and self interest drive political success, and notes critics ride the same system, with the piece offering no condemnation of Foster or politics itself.
The passage blasts Governor Foster for influencing a constitutional convention through weak allies and political manipulation. It argues that most politicians would similarly bend to ambition, condemning a system where high moral ground is absent and praising Foster as the era’s most successful public figure in Louisiana politics despite alleged impropriety.
The Progress claims England’s excess of regard reflects a sincere sentiment and our great mother country is remembered in this reflection.
In a Seventh District municipal court in New York a case unfolds with Adam Born accused of underpaying to Mistress Miller as he faced twins born to her. The judge, Justice John McKean, orders the plaintiff’s charge proven and then arranges a fair split of the fee, with Mistress Miller receiving half and Adam Born paying the rest. The outcome sees Adam returning home to buy sundries for the twins.
DeSoto parish meeting adopts resolutions opposing the proposed suffrage ordinance as unfair and unenforceable. It condemns an inheritance based voting right and supports removing the understanding clause. The group backs universal voting for honorably discharged Confederate or Federal veterans and calls for fair, uniform policy.
The group endorses a reasonable poll tax as a prerequisite to voting and approves alternate educational or property qualifications proposed by the suffrage committee. It condemns relieving naturalized foreigners from qualification, opposes know-nothingism, and urges the Secretary to deliver copies of these resolutions to Convention representatives.
The Progress recounts its stance against Mayo McKellar amid a bitter clash over railroad franchises. It defends restraint toward the Valley railroad and cotton belt interests, warning taxpayers of a costly birth right and urging caution to avoid delivery of Shreveport to lesser rail powers.
Capt Ross the Free Silver Orator plans another appearance in Shreveport to address the laboring classes with political rhetoric and mobilize support.
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