Silver Messenger items mix of politics and anecdotes
The issue reports General Bristow says charges target smaller guns not cannon and notes English debate over coolie policy in the Transvaal. Major Seely resigns, Hull suits over voter services, and questions arise about electing a Catholic president. Sioux visit prompts a jest about selling horses. Cabinet meetings follow. Hitchcock pays out 692000 to Indian claim lobbyists. Senator Platt condemns lobbying as notorious.
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Bristow
Hitchcock
Platt
Senate
Seedless apple amid wartime rhetoric and old world claims
In a fragmented report, remarks touch seedless fruit, the appendix, and political figures in Ohio and Iowa. The piece notes a war outbreak in Ohio Iowa and New York, German losses in southwest Africa, and a German surgeon’s brutal claim. Taft advocates Catholic influence in the Philippines alongside Protestant tolerance as aid.
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Ohio
Iowa
New York
Africa
Jacob Smith
Secretary Hay Questions Japan Aid for Homeward Horm-Combatants
Secretary Hay asked Russia, via the United States, to urge Japan to help horm-combatants return home. The query asks why Japan was not pressed to obey international law at war's outset. The piece notes the great Russian railway through Siberia to the Pacific, 6,000 miles long, costing $81,000 per mile.
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Hay
Russia
Japan
Siberia
Pacific
Untimely Rhymes Echo in a Spring Plea
A fragment from a verse lament reflects on spring’s delay and a critic named Thompson. The poet questions nature’s timing and laments the lack of rhyme and reason in April’s absence.
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Thompson
Panama Navy Dwindles to Tugs and Tiny Navy
The article notes Panama reducing its war fleet to a handful of mul atoes and selling two midget tugs, leaving the nation described as the most dependent and powerless small power on earth, a claim even President Roosevelt might concede.
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Panama
Roosevelt
President pledges to investigate all departments if elected
The President states he would personally audit every government department upon election. Critics question why he cannot start now when he has the chance.
Question to Senator Reed Smoot on Mormon status and election
Our Washington correspondent asked Senator Reed Smoot if he could have been elected if not a Mormon. Reply: "Yeah certainly, was not Senator. Rawlins elected, who was not a Mr. But could a Protest, weet elected alderman to the
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Washington
Reed Smoot
Rawlins
Resignation Sparks Debt and Tax Critique at DC Church
Rev Dr Easton resigns amid congregation’s refusal to lift church debt and pay taxes. He quotes Our Lord’s example on debts and taxes. The piece criticizes the President’s parade culture and Roosevelts’ excesses, noting Burtons’ Senate conviction and calls to replace General Bristow. The text mocks Republican troubles and references a Burton anatomy satire.
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Dr. Easton
Washington, D. C
Lord
U. S
Burton
Kansas
St. Louis
Postofice Department
Taft mulls Philippine tour to test readiness for self rule
Secretary Taft, if all stays well in November and no acute illness occurs, contemplates visiting the Philippine Islands next year. He says Filipinos will be fit for self government when they decide the United States should govern them.
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Taft
Philippine Islands
Secretary of the Navy John D Long at the White House
The Secretary of the Navy John D Long, once called old fogg, appears at the White House and is described as a Massachusetts delegate who will vote in Chicago. The piece notes Taft abolishing Bates Moros treaty and instructing General Wade to avoid provoking the Moros.
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John D. Long
White House
Jack
George
Times
Massachusetts
Chicago
Col. Bates
Taft
Wade
Lands and Oath Referenced in Turbulent Times
A narrative discusses a refused oath of allegiance and a costly bond offer. It critiques Panama Canal politics, high meat prices due to packer control, and the forced shift of ranchers and butchers into packer dominance, detailing the four-sided conspiracy and Hearst’s rising strength as a Democratic candidate. Sixto Lopez allegedly plans to carry New York for Roosevelts in the Philippines context.
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Armour
Swift
Cudahy
William R. Hearst
Parker
New York
Sixto Lopez
Roosej
Philippine
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