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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1906
Page
8
The Belmont Bill occupies both houses as lawmakers debate preventing corporate influence on campaigns. The piece notes calls for state legislation and highlights the tension between federal limits and state control over electoral processes.
The piece rails against growing officialism in Washington, denouncing restricted access to the Capitol and White House, censorship of reporters, and the shrinking space for ordinary citizens. It warns that exclusive galleries, secretive sessions, and selective communications threaten public accountability, urging a public reaction to restore Americanism and open government. It notes officials may face future panics if currency reform aids securities and dividends, predicting continued expansion with good crops.
The speaker argues that the United States must accept the responsibilities of power in Haiti and Santo Domingo, rejecting shirked duties and condemning a policy that avoids action. It emphasizes that American authority, though questioned, obliges intervention to uphold civilization, security, and regional stability.
A long editorial argues the United States must act decisively to take possession of the island, urging Congress to assume control or let other powers act. It condemns mixed signals and warns against half measures while noting Germany’s imperial aims in the hemisphere.
The American Congo Reform Association plans a vigorous campaign in the current Congress session aided by influential senators. The British Congo Reform Association expresses sympathy for Congolese victims, funding harrowing atrocity reports by ED Morel. Despite cross‑Atlantic sympathy, the piece argues US troubles may limit broad popular support.
A sardonic wrap highlights domestic and international political fault lines. It mocks free school lectures, discusses Germany’s freight cars, praises financial gifts to causes, and lampoons tariff talk, Panama shifts, and lobbyist woes while naming politiciens and public figures in a brisk, period voice.
Alfred Mueller of New York urges the President to dismiss two policemen and the official responsible for their conduct after a Washington White House incident. He argues such brutality undermines liberty and calls for apologies and action from the President. Looker-On comments on Devery and Barnes regarding discipline and discretion.
Nearly 900 clerks of the New York Life Insurance Company will contribute to a loving cup for exPresident John A McCall. Clerks only may donate from 10 to 50 cents, aiming to raise about 400 dollars, with officers not contributing. Reports link McCall to a real estate venture and a Europe trip, but officials deny truth of those claims.
From Baltimore Sun, Sergt Richard H Carberry of the Northwestern district and Mrs Sarah O Connor married at St Stephen s Church New York City. The bride, wealthy and stylish, wore pearl gray lace trimmed gown. Couples friends and two Carberry sons celebrated at Union Station before traveling north. The bride s NY relatives are known as wealthy. Carberry, popular and dashing in blue, and Mrs Carberry, dark and imposing, are regarded as a matching pair with romance tied to their meeting years earlier.
Wealth of short notes: Peekskill man Ordway Travis finds his two beagle hounds playing with garter snakes and a woodchuck in Anthonys Nose woods. Pussy willows spotted in Branch Brook Park signal early spring. strawberries arrive in Austin. Mosquitoes in Millville. blockades disrupt Golden State Limited trains near Santa Rosa NM. rail routes rerouted via Santa Fe and Southern Pacific to California.
Berlin police forbid Isadora Duncan to perform in public provoking astonishment across Germany. The ban, announced in the Tageblatt, follows a wider hot climate of conservative restrictions on public behavior for women in high society.
A New York press report notes steamships to the Mediterranean will return with up to 3,000 steerage passengers each, renewing immigration scrutiny. Western farmers favor influx for labor, while inspectors fear overwhelmed Ellis Island, as Italian, Austrian, and Hungarian peasants flood into the port and influence U.S. markets and public credit. It also covers Christmas remittances by new arrivals, and the broader economic and political implications for New York’s immigration policy and labor supply.
Metropolitan Opera patrons recalled a soldiers chorus performance led by Melba and stars like de Reszke and Maurel during a testimonial for Sobey and Gar. The ailment of nonunion singers united for a record chorus, with top conductors Seidl Hevignam and Sepp overseeing a soldout show a week before opening.
The Yerkes fortune funded public works from a Wisconsin observatory to a Bronx hospital endowment and a New York gallery. The article lauds Henry Yerkes's philanthropy and dramatic life from Pennsylvania jail to major transit reforms and cultural gifts.
Col Samuel Mood, general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines, paid $9 for a monthly commutation ticket for his daughter between Beaver and Pittsburg. Senators hear that the widow of ex President Fran Thompson and the daughters of the late President Roberts must pay fare. Politicians bought 100 round trip tickets Pittsburg to Philadelphia to move ward workers. Diatrice Passenger Agent Watt says half rate tickets will not be issued to inmates of charitable institutions.
The passage criticizes Roosevelt and Taft for promoting reforms while political jobbery thrives near them in Panama. It argues officials mean well but fail to stop corruption, urging the public to recognize rot in the system and consider change.
In Utah and national circles the New Willard and Salt Lake guests discuss political moves. Prominent locals and lawmakers mingle with business leaders as topics range from governance and reform to insurance regulation, hospitality and social whirl.
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