Senate Rules And The Filibuster Question
The piece discusses whether a single senator can block votes by objecting to debate under Senate rules and how proceedings can be stalled. It notes that no rule compels immediate votes on amendments, that calling roll on adjournment or executive sessions can delay, and that a constitutional requirement to call ayes and noes exists. It compares with House practices where committee action governs regular order. Continuous stalemate can force a de facto session or halt progress until consensus emerges.
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Senate
House
Forraker
Washington Post reports on lobby corruption and reform
The Washington Post comments on the Ohio legislature lobby controversy, denouncing lobbyists as pests and urging contempt for “lobby by request” bills. It argues the lobby undermines reason, corrupts institutions, and must be banished from lawmaking. Strong language echoes across capitals.
One Man Power in Legislature and Joe Blackburn
The piece discusses how a single figure in each chamber can block or hasten bills via special orders and filibusters. It lauds Joe Blackburn of Kentucky, noting his long service, defeat with honor, and enduring esteem in national politics.
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Kentrexian
Old Commonwealth
Joe Blackburn
Kentucky
Joe
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Houses of
Congress
Hke Claverhouse
Schiff warns Congress on elastic currency and coming panic
The piece cites financier Mr Jacob H Schiff urging elastic currency and warns Congress will ignore the warning until a future panic. It recalls opposition by Bryan and Lincoln era debates, notes the Bank of England’s notes as assets currency, and argues no elastic currency exists without credit backing.
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Jacob H Schiff
Congress
America
Arkansas
Wiliam L. Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Bank of England
Capitol Hill
Hill
Bank of France
Schiff
Hazing Debate Highlights Hidden Costs at Naval Academy
A columnist contrasts harsh hazing at the Naval Academy with Parisian judgments on pedestrians. Then a milder tale shows a bullied boy resisting abuse, suggesting hazing harms the powerless and prompts reconsideration of martial tradition and discipline.
Speech on self defense and clash at the academy
A commentator argues that self defense is essential against cowards and bullies, urging effective retaliation while criticizing officials for failing to protect lower-class students. The piece then covers Speaker Cannon’s clash with California clubwomen over the Franking Privilege and related political commentary.
The Curse of Riches From President Eliot’s Harvard Address
President Eliot argues that vast wealth distorts power and invites responsibility yet hinders heirs, contrasting autocratic wealth with democratic effort. He notes rich children’ s laziness from lack of productive labor, while farmers’ children co operate early in work, shaping habit and character.
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Eliot
Harvard
What Real Life is Marcus Aurelius A Pointer on Success
A fragmented reading notes that discuss life as more than years, asserting that vitality comes from knowledge truth love beauty and goodness. The text references Marcus Aurelius and Torrey, with jumbled phrases suggesting a focus on success and inner meaning rather than mere effort.
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Marcus Aurelius
Jerome Cleaner Boss of the Criminal Courts Building
William Travers Jerome takes on a house cleaning push in the Criminal Courts Building, inspecting offices and ordering fourteen workers to scrub dust laden rooms and dirty windows. He jokes about the effort as a new kind of political duty and notes the building’s filthy condition.
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New Yort Sun
William Travers Jerome
Criminal Courts
Jerome
Andrew Jackson
Franklin Street
Center Street
Elm Street
White Street
Mr Jerome
Confident clash over Dominican treaty and Morales revolt
Disjointed account traces Morales and his revolt against the vice president, arguing the Dominican treaty was not mere diplomacy but an entity driven pact. The piece notes Roosevelt’s view of treatyable nations and questions Morales Casas Morales amid poetical asides about Carlos and fate.
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New York
Morales
Carlos
Album for Miss Alice Roosevelt from Cuba
Dr Mascaro a Penn bacteriology student prepares a signed illustrated autograph album for Miss Alice Roosevelt as a wedding gift from Cuba. It features Cuban senators and officials and will be exhibited in Philadelphia before presentation to the Cuban Minister in Washington. The project ties to General Wood era Cuba and a World as source notes a political chairmanship rumor. A watermelon anecdote from Cordova closes the item.
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Philadelphia
Mascaro
Santiago
University of Pennsylvania
Alicea Roosevelt
Railway buys Booth House for Ridgefield Electric Railroad
The New Haven Railroad Company plans a nineacre land purchase at the western end of the Colweb railroad bridge known as the Lake place. It includes buildings once home to Edwin Booth and is declared for the terminal of the proposed Ridgefield Electric Railroad to connect with the Berkshire district.
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Railway
Booth House
Frome@ Greenwich
Cann
Lake Place
Edwin Booth
Ridgefield Electric
New Haven Railroad Company
Berkshire
Financiers differ on the remedy for money scarcity
In New York, Jacob Schiff criticized Secretary Shaw’s currency policy at the Chamber of Commerce, sparking market speculation as December profits eroded. The debate centers on elastic currency, clearing-house measures, and whether National Bank notes should be credit-backed or backed by bonds, with potential danger looming next fall if relief is not enacted.
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Paris
Jehu
New York
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Foster
Mess
Washington
Catonsville
West Point
Philadelphia Press
Washington Post
Chamber of Commerce
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Shaw
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Schiff
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
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Shawne
Seceretary
Msanual
Mr Schiff
Hepburn
Clearing-house Association of
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Georgeuoan
Omaha
Jengta
Ug Ut
Larhe
Bank of Nebraska
Denver
Rocky Mountain Region
Moiria
Moffatt
Joseph W. Willard
United States Sense
Omaha National Bank
Nebraska
Wal Fatt
Millard
New York Press
CE Ingersoll
Philadelphia
de Tor
Shoreham
Luckless Exposer of Graft Tells of White House Ejectment
Former congressman Robert Baker spoke at the Manhattan Single Tax Club in New York claiming he witnessed a Post Office contracting branch employee Nash try to warn officials about graft. Nash reportedly sought Roosevelt and was escorted to the White House, then jailed as insane for six hours before release.
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Cannon
Joe" Cannon
House of Representatives
California
California Club
San Francisco
Robert Whiteside
Calaveras County
Uncle Joe
Baker
White House
New York Times
Robert Baker
Brooklyn
Manhattan
East Sixty-second Street
Nasu
Postoffice Department
Postal Service
Nash
Payne
Nusa
Machen
Mining Widow Tops Music as She Rules Family Mine
Wass Nhelbeth i lingsworth Brown of Colorado runs a mine her father David Wolfe Brown secured. Once a failed concert aspirant she built a productive claim and is said to be the only US woman actively managing a profitable mining business. She refused offers to sing and will wed Joseph Boon of Baltimore, placing mine control in a company.
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New York
Wass Nhelbeth Ilingsworth Brown
Colorado
David Wolfe Brown
House of Representatives
Myelzhoot
United States
Cupid
Miss Brown
Joseph Boon
Baltimore
Ashland man dies after pound a day diet mishap
A 25 year old man named Benny Hours of Goldden from Ashland Wisconsin died from heart disease linked to extreme weight gain. He reportedly weighed 683 pounds at death and required a special coin for burial. The report riffs on Depew era political lines and a New York Herald note about federal offices.
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Ashland
Wis
Abraham
Benny
Depew
New York Herald
Chauncey Depew
Bankers and Real Estate Boom Talk at Coast
Mr Henry Maurig Robinson of Youngstown Ohio, a banker with western interests, discusses California real estate prices and inflation in a hotel lobby interview. He cautions that inflated Los Angeles land values and fragile construction risk a market “pandemic” bust, contrasting it with safer holdings.
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Henry Maurig Robinson
Youngstown
Ohio
Pisidena
Cal
Robinson
Los Angels
San Pring
Evers
Greal
Judee Vaher Garcruth
Tousalt
Boutlern
Tavis
Cassatt Buys Commutation Tickets Amid PRR Anti Pass
Robt Kelso Cassatt president of Keystone Coal Co buys commutation tickets for self and family between Rosemont and Philadelphia as PRR moves to end free transportation. Reading and Reading Coal executives also buy paid passes while officers consider cutting coach service. other nonessential travel staff also affected.
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Trom
Philadelphia Ledger
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robert Kelso Cassatt
Keystone Coal Company
Rosemont
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Reading Company
Reading Halway
T M Richard
W G Brown
New York
Pittsburg
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