National Question Tests Non-Partisan Policy Pressing
The piece argues for nonpartisan national policy on colonial affairs and education, voting rights for Porto Ricans Hawaiians and Filipinos, local governance, worship, customs, and trade. It urges more unselfish statesmen and condemns partisan bias as a threat to liberty and national unity. An Idaho Legislature note lists Senate and House officers and clerks with party affiliations amid a Thanksgiving report from Andrew Marker.
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Washington
Hawaii
Philippines
Porto Rico
Andrew Marker
Custer County
Idaho Falls
Uncle Sam
Gen. Merritt
Reed Defends True Freedom Over Canned Liberty
In a Boston & Maine smoking car last Saturday a Boston Record writer, Thomas B. Reed of Portland, and several unidentified men debated the Philippine question. Reed remarked that some think the U S can furnish canned freedom to all the heathens, then offered a sharper quip about providing fresh liberty.
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Boston Record
Boston & Maine
Thomas B. Reed
Portland
Mr. Reed
Troops Face Delays and Quarters Life Off Manila Bay
Regulars seek musterout applications while officers cling to posts for pay. Valencia and Senator bring recruits, not relief, as 700 aboard Morgan City endure meager rations and makeshift cooking. Troop life on ship and shore mixes ball games, gambling, and typhooned seas with notes of Spanish lessons and relics.
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Uncle Sam
Idaho
Valencia
Senator
Morgan City
Kansas
Manila
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