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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1906
Page
2
The Washington Gazette announces subscription terms for daily and weekly editions including carrier and mail rates. It notes the newspaper is entered in the local post office and lists editorial offices and contact details.
A reflective piece contrasts May’s lush natur e with urban filth and crime. The author laments city smoke and crowded streets, urging a return to rural preserves and forested places to witness God's creation and moral order.
Analysis traces election totals from 1896 to 1904 showing Republican Chaney gaining votes each cycle while Democrat Miers faltered. It argues Roosevelt era shifts and district trends favor Republicans, dismissing claims of luck or protest votes as causes for past results.
Readable fragments show Daviess county Democrats clashed with Knox Sullivan and Lawrence delegates. Heffernan and ONeall led the Davis faction guiding the Knox delegation to vote against rival candidates. A disruptive Alkire temporarily inflamed tensions before suppression. The row helped cement Davis allied control and deterred reorganizers amid district friction.
Arthur J A Hargrave argues that party papers persist as voters align by principles and that modern newspapers, not the failure of Indianapolis party papers, reflect competitive pressures. He asserts party papers will endure as long as there are parties needing advocacy.
The article notes a shift toward Republicans across counties and districts. In Knox county 1904 returns show a Republican gain of 655 while the Democrat gain was 364. Sullivan county swung by 1,205 for Miers since 1896, but 678 in 1904. The piece cites manufacturing growth and population influx as natural factors.
State papers debate paying peace officers by fees. Critics call the system pernicious and bribery, arguing it defeats justice. Most officers now receive salaries, with justice of the peace as a key exception, per Lafayette Journal’s view.
A speaker argues against a fee based justice system where judges and prosecutors rely on convictions for income. He urges salary based on population, notes recent laws moving toward abolishing justice of the peace courts, and calls for active reform to ensure law enforcement without coercing guilty verdicts. He stresses prosecutors must prove innocence as well as guilt.
The Washington Democrat reports a Holtzman letter to District Chairman Padgett was not read at the May 1 convention. The piece, invited as a policy address, was smothered amid internal Democratic power struggles and political pressure from Thomas Taggart allies.
The text argues that Republican administrations act as business-like governments. It asserts Da viess county owes nothing and that state debt is paid except bonds not due until 1910.
Reports from Vincennes Sun and Sullivan Times show the Democratic convention platform calling for municipal ownership of utilities, direct election of United States Senators, higher tuition tax, and abolition of gravel road supervision, provoking newspaper explanations statewide.
A fragmented letter criticizes Mayor Holtzman and district leadership. It argues against a party with alleged corruption rumors and calls for changes to election laws and candidacy voting practices amid Indiana political tensions.
The piece argues taxpayers should compare what they paid on a forty acre tract in 1887 to current taxes under Republican rule. It cites Anthony M. Johnson’s land assessed at 42 dollars in 1887 with county and bridge rates totaling 58 1/2 cents, and notes Johnson estate taxes around 2.48 dollars. By 1905 the land valuation rose to 620 dollars, tax rate about 39 18/20 cents, yielding about 2.42 dollars this year.
The text discusses expurgations as planks for public funds municipal ownership and for direct senatorial elections by popular vote. It notes district chairman Padgett’s likely reflections on the end of his life, suggesting changes in alliances and invitations at the district convention.
The Washington Herald and other papers debate a convention letter by J W Holtzman to Alvin Padgett and its reading at the convention. They note no letter was read, Padgett faced threats, and Republicans cite a letter read elsewhere. The piece also praises Congressman Chaney's early Washington work and cites saloon proliferation in Schuylkill and surrounding counties as a sign of regional “prosperity,” urging liquor‑sale restrictions to curb oversaturation.
The article discusses political clashes in Daviess and surrounding counties with mention of candidates Abner D Colbert and F Amison of Vincennes. It notes district leadership choices, county tax rates, and editorial stance on printing a candidate card while criticizing language use in political discourse.
The Princeton Democrat urges reorganization of the state central committee saying the current state organization is unpopular with party masses. It argues the party needs mass support rather than top heavy control and accuses the Democrat of political capital making. The piece notes rising wealth and population in Davies County and highlights Washington township's growing real estate and personal property value compared to the county twenty years ago.
Democratic candidates for prosecuting attorney compete in a three cornered fight led by Charles M. O’Brien Henry Bordinett and Arthur Greenwood with Vie nomination likely to Gwin who declines. Daviess County controls the judge nominating chair and Pike and Radgett factions shift support. The senatorial race features John H. Spencer and Fred B. Chappell with possible new entrants urged by Prof Hamlet Alles allies.
A fragment from the Newcastle Courter mocks bulldogs and mocks a preacher. The text ridicules feuds and boasts of a thoroughbred trait, ending with a cryptic note on ferocity and repulsion.
The county delegation votes at the convention boost publican John C. Chaney amid factional fights with ex congressman Miers and Davis. Chaney’s larger plurality in X two years ago, plus party unity concerns, frame the race as Chaney seeks stronger support to return to Washington.
Fr Porter Myers of Epsom reports being stopped by three men on the Plainville road about six miles north of the city. They tied his hands and robbed him of 15 dollars, regaining 10 before releasing him, with 5 still missing. He plans to ask officers to act.
Una Cochran discovers a mechanical balloon in her yard near Alfordsville. It carries two sealed cards directing delivery to St Louis if found before May 6 or to a town in Massachusetts if after. A $2 reward is offered and the sender is listed as F T Ferguson.
John Aikman sr of the Sugars land, a fifty four year old farmer, suffered a stroke at his son John Aikman jr's home. The incident left him unable to talk and with right side weakness. he was found unconscious after looking at hogs and was taken home for medical care. He is brother to Henry C. Aikman, sr, and relatives are anxious about his condition.
Charles A. Speer will lead a Princeton meeting to organize southern Indiana farmers into a national equity society. The aim is higher prices for all farm products and the rallying cry is one dollar wheat. James and Elmer Courtney and W. R. Smith visited from Emora on Thursday.
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