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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1906
Page
22
The piece analyzes how a single senator blocks votes by extended debate, the lack of a Senate rule to force debate closure, and alternatives like roll calls on adjournment or executive session. It notes the constitutional requirement for ayes and nays on demand and contrasts with House procedures where committees control regular order.
The piece from January 6 1908 denounces lobbying as a pestiferous institution that corrupts legislative processes. It condemns lobbyists and bills by request, urging a moral purge and warning that self-serving influence harms private interests and public governance.
A discussion of how a single member can block bills by procedural rules in both houses. The text commends Joe Blackburn of Kentucky, noting his long service, personal popularity, and political career, and expresses universal regret at his defeat while praising his honorable conduct and enduring influence.
Mr Jacob Schiff, eminent financier, urges elastic currency and warns of a future panic harming American business. He argues currency policy hinges on credit, counters anti assets currency views, and notes Congress avoids action until forced by public pressure. He predicts the panic will be remembered when it arrives.
A reflective column compares Parisian attitudes toward pedestrians and drivers with hazing at the Naval Academy. It questions whether meek youths endure humiliations for tradition, recounting a Washington boy who faced brutal roughhousing, fought back, and ended the pattern.
The article argues that lower-class students could protect themselves against tyrants at school with ready defense, while recounting a California Club clash with Speaker Cannon. It critiques franking privilege abuses, hints at reform, and notes reactions from politicians, editors, and public figures amid a swirl of political commentary.
A Harvard address by President Eliot argues that vast capital confers power with moral responsibility, yet autocratic wealth can erode virtue. It notes rich heirs often lack work habits unlike farmer children who labor early, and contrasts wealth with productive effort and governance.
The text quotes Marcus Aurelius on life noting that years alone do not constitute vitality. It contrasts with ideas of knowledge truth love beauty goodness faith providing life to existence’s mechanism. The snippet appears as fragmented musings from a broader work on success and discovery.
Jerome the district attorney leads a house cleaning sweep at the Criminal Courts Building in New York. He inspects offices, orders dust cleared, and jokes with staff as fourteen workers scrub desks, windows, and corners, calling the effort the greatest public service in four years.
A reflective piece argues that Roosevelt’s state papers justify a Dominican treaty as a persistent entity needing action beyond a mere gentleman’s agreement. It notes Morales’ flight and revolt, the treaty’s true nature, and the uneasy personal dimension involving Casas Morales, as the author contemplates the paradoxes of diplomacy and power.
The Philadelphia Press notes a unique autograph album by Mascaro of Santiago, a Penn bacteriology student, to be sent as a wedding present to Miss Alice Roosevelt. It bears signatures of Cuban officials and citizens, to be exhibited in Philadelphia then presented to the Cuban Minister in Washington.
The New Haven Railroad plans a terminal at the Lake place near the Colweb railroad bridge eight acres of land with buildings once Edwin Booths home. The purchase is declared semi formally for the proposed Ridgefield Electric Railroad to connect with the Berkshire district.
A Washington Post summary of Jacob Schiff's New York Chamber of Commerce address criticizes Secretary Shaw's currency policy and highlights debate among financiers over elastic currency. Schiff argues for credit currency or clearing-house style expansion, while Shaw favors automatic but limited inflation tied to tax- backed notes. The piece warns of potential money distress next fall if policy fails to adapt.
Former Congressman Baker recalled a Post Office contracting branch worker Nash who believed graft was present. Nash sought Roosevelt’s attention, delivered a typed statement, was escorted, and held in a police station for hours on a claim of insanity. The episode spurred post office graft investigations tying to Machen.
Wass Nhelbeth i lingsworth Brown of Colorado, once a failed contralto, now runs a productive mining claim. Her father David Wolfe Brown aided the start, and she stands as one of the few women actively managing a mine in the United States. After moving to New York last autumn, she rejected concert offers to pursue mining, which proved more lucrative. Soon she will wed Joseph Boon of Baltimore and transfer control of her mine to a company.
An Ashland Wisconsin man known as Benny Hours dies at twenty five after consuming nine flesh for two months at the toe of a pound daily. He weighed 683 pounds at death and required a special coin for burial. The report cites Dray Depew on federal offices and retirement compromises.
A report details Henry Maurig Robinson of Youngstown pausing at his California winter home as he observes a California real estate boom. The piece cites inflated Los Angeles land values, shifts in banking networks, and recollections of early Nebraska finance figures like Joseph W. Willard and the Bank of Nebraska, highlighting risk and opportunity in Western markets.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports the Pennsylvania Railroad enforcing anti pass rules by requiring Robert Kelso Cassatt and family to pay for travel between Rosemont and Philadelphia. Reading Company officers and other railroad affiliates also buy tickets while expressing concern over reduced free rides. Executives consider removing coaches on key Pittsburgh runs as passenger numbers fall.
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