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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1897
Page
11
The message hints at the pink ticket returning as the key instrument of action, signaling a repeat of past workflow. Details remain sparse, but the tone implies a procedural trigger or authorization tied to the familiar pink ticket.
The Texas audience jeered Dr Guiteras and THE PROGRESS voices align in judging his actions as roughly deserved. The exchange highlights ongoing tensions between the speaker and regional press as opinions diverge on accountability.
The piece notes that the United States often assumes a bluffing posture which, in the author’s view, benefits the nation and does not intimidate any other country. It argues this stance serves as a potent but safe display of power.
Several Democratic candidates for the Ohio legislature sign an agreement to vote against any U S Senate nominee who is a millionaire. If enough are elected, John R. McLean Calvin S Brice and Thomas L Johnson would be ineligible, as they are said to be supporters of such candidates.
The Progress supports Thomas L. Johnson for the United States Senate, noting his status as a free trade iron manufacturer and his advocacy for the measure as a member of the Fifty-third Congress in the House.
The writer mocks President McKinley as oily in dealings with office seekers. He suggests the President’s smiles mask rejection or expulsion while accusing him of fearing a Black person named Demas who allegedly secured a position, implying manipulation and prejudice.
The Colfax Chronicle notes the common view that the thirty six Delegates-at-Large to the Constitutional Convention should be nominated within their Senatorial districts and wishes the State Committee would back this plan. A local exchange adds sharp skepticism about the State Central Committee’s willingness to prevail.
The Lake Charles Police Judge required a permit from municipal authorities before any entertainment. The accused claimed ignorance of the law and received the lowest penalty. The writer doubts such an oppressive ordinance could stand in any superior court.
The New Orleans City Item questions the epidemic claim at Ocean Springs and New Orleans arguing the fatality rate is unusually low. It asks readers to compare alleged cases and deaths, suggesting the outbreak may be mild, misrepresented, or controlled by medical skill.
A historic list calls for an anti-trust law, bans on futures and options dealing, a Railroad Commission, offenses for public officials using passes, prohibition on convict leasing, compulsory road work for jail inmates, expanded trial magistrate powers for justices of the peace, universal suffrage, adequate public school provisions, and permitting municipalities to tax for public improvements.
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