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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1897
Page
27
The item notes Dr. Guiteras being roasted by Texas and The Progress siding with a belief he deserved it. It suggests U S bluster is seen as beneficial, and implies concern over vocations under the sun amid the exchange.
A group of Democratic candidates for Ohio's Legislature reportedly signed a pledge to oppose any U S Senate candidate who is a millionaire. If enough are elected, John R. McLean Calvin S Brice and Thomas L Johnson may not qualify under the agreement.
The Progress supports Hon. Thomas L. Johnson for the United States Senate. A free trade iron manufacturer, he was a strong advocate of the measure while serving in the Fifty-third Congress.
A harsh caricature charges President McKinley with oily diplomacy toward job applicants. It claims he offers smiles while rejecting some and hints that racial bias affected a favored appointment, suggesting a Black individual benefited from a forced choice.
The Colfax Chronicle notes the general idea to dominate the thirty six Delegates at Large by senatorial districts and urges the State Committee to record this plan. The speaker expects the committee to push for it only if forced by public demand, likening resistance to the devil sparing a pleading soul.
The Lake Charles Police Judge reportedly required a permit from municipal authorities before any entertainment. The accused pleads ignorance and is fined ten dollars. The writer questions the law's legality and notes potential constitutional issues, doubting its enforceability in higher courts.
The New Orleans Item questions the yellow fever outbreak at Ocean Springs and New Orleans. It argues that if the epidemic were real the fatality rate would be higher and asks whether 300 cases occurred, suggesting the illness may have been milder or exaggerated.
A historical plea outlines aims for anti-trust action, prohibiting trading in futures and options, creation of a Railroad Commission, criminalizing public official travel on passes, barring convict leasing, and forcing jail labor for parish road maintenance. It also seeks trial magistrate powers for justices of the peace, universal suffrage, robust public school funding, and city tax powers for public improvements.
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