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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1897
Page
3
Governor Atkinson denounces mob justice, urges prompt fair trials, stronger railroad and telegraph regulation, broadened railroad commissions powers, and tighter election law. He calls for criminal justice reform, disarms mobs, and outlines penalties and accountability for law enforcement and public officials. He highlights education growth and urges textile and normal school enhancements while warning on bucket shops and crime spikes.
The governor reiterates his stance on vetoing reforms while endorsing a state controlled commission. He proposes convict labor with able-bodied inmates hired out for five years and a central penitentiary. A reformatory for youth and girls is planned, with a pardons board and new tax measures. The governor urges Ford donations and ENA Powell’s payment toward Georgia’s share of Cowpens monument funding.
William J Bryan begins a brief campaigning tour in Ohio and stops at Montpelier. An audience of about five thousand from across the country gathers as he questions Ohio’s last year vote, attacks the gold standard, and criticizes the monetary commission sent to Europe. The train then moves to Defiance where a crowd again gathers at the depot.
A New York dispatch reports women from Murray Hill and Riverside drive supporting Beth Low gathered at Cooper Union to influence politics. Mayor Strong, though a Republican, urged cleaning out the Angean stables and placing the party on a firmer foundation as he chaired the meeting.
Weather in New Orleans Wednesday boosted yellow fever activity with52 new cases and 11 deaths reported. Despite a high death rate, the situation remained unsettled compared to Tuesday. Fumigating crews are stretched thin across the city working to contain the outbreak.
The Frankfort Zeitung quotes Spain’s finance minister Senor Puigcerber as calling for a fresh large loan in June 1898 to avert exhausting the lands. The Cuban war and monthly expenses of 45,000,000 pesetas strain civic and military payments, with Spain behind on obligations.
At Port Moresby New Guinea a young native girl pleaded guilty before a white magistrate to a theft charge. As they were too young for prison, the magistrate ordered each offender be spanked on the knee by the judge, a corporal punishment used in the local case.
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