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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
14
A compact look at editorials from The Washington Post discussing William Jennings Bryan and a possible 1907 Democratic platform focusing on government ownership. The page also covers Navy reform opinions, capital punishment views by Gov Ansell, and broader party unity debates amid reflections on leaders and press judgments.
The Senate approved the Coast Artillery reorganization bill, praising its national reach, affordability, and long term defense aims. The piece argues the House should enact it promptly, framing it as essential and nonlocal, with strong support for national security over partisan constraints.
The piece questions how much democracy to include in the national platform, mentions Mr Bryan and the idea of government ownership, and recalls past election outcomes. It argues whether Bryan will accept the nomination and notes wary views of the party facing socialist implications and monetary policy debates.
A Weekington Dispatch essay argues that public opinion clings to fixed delusions about leaders. It cites Roosevelt's third term belief, Taft and Fairbanks ambivalence, Osler misattribution, and the difficulty of correcting myths created by politicians and media in shaping national sentiment.
Newark Herald reports Jerome blasting legislature over horse track betting. He accuses officials of oaths violations and says public sentiment will push action. Clergy backs him. 104 church delegates may be sent to Albany to press bills. He cites Chicago track opening as proof betting fuels attendance.
A Pall Mall Gazette item reports a Hanwell telephone prank where a Piccadilly club page boy asked absurd questions to chiefs and institutions. Authorities traced the seeker as a club page boy. he was dismissed for the harmless yet disruptive nuisance.
Emperor Francis Joseph backs Baron Lexa d Aerenthal and his Parisienne wife to revive Vienna salon life at the Ballplatz. The pair face aristocratic prejudice as they attempt to remake the Dual Empire’s social calendar amid a scene of shifting loyalties and royal intrigues.
A fragmented verse recounts a mother’s sigh as a child cannot sleep. The poem contrasts a sleepless night with divine comfort when God smiles and kisses the child to sleep, concluding that he was not trouble to keep.
A condensed reminiscence traces Traveler the Gray Eagle horse raised in Greenbrier County and bred by Captain John Johnston. It recounts how Major Brown bought the animal for 175 gold, its service with the Wise Legion, and Gen Lee’s affection and purchase in 1862 for 200 currency, plus later notes on Traveler’s pedigree and display in memoirs.
The excerpt blends verses on loneliness and domestic life with a discussion of freezing pipes from the New York Press. It then shifts to a political analysis of the Brownsville incident and African American voting patterns, noting how black voters could influence key states and the implications for the Republican Party in upcoming elections. The piece cites population figures and references the 1904 Roosevelt ticket and party dynamics.
A rural dialect poem from the Chicago News extols granting a wife her way while warning against debt and foolish displays. It contrasts domestic harmony with potential cost, urging restraint when vanity or ugliness appears and stressing traditional obedience and love.
Police officer Thomas O Neil on Seventh Avenue near West Thirty-sixth Street beat multiple pedestrians including Louis Sainty a hotel guest and Joseph Gaynor with his club and fists during a 6 15 PM incident. A crowd gathered as O Neil wrestled Gaynor to a doorway where fellow officer John McCarthy helped arrest him after repeated blows.
Loren Baker, agent for American Express, resigns from the company rather than deliver a tobacco package. A devout Christian, he believes tobacco is evil and refuses to enable another to become enslaved to it. His resignation was accepted.
At the Willard hotel a Quincy man urged making the Mississippi navigable from mouth to Minneapolis. Secretary Boswell of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association said the $2,000,000 project would cut carriage costs and boost farm shipments, arguing the river can rival Germany in world trade with proper waterways improvements.
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