Bryan’s East tour fuels talk of leadership aim
After arriving in Washington, William J Bryan met with prominent Democrats and southerners, signaling no direct bid for leadership. He kept a conciliatory tone with leaders and rank and file, denying overt political aims while edging closer to Democratic factions in Congress. He later dined with Democratic lawmakers at Representative Jones’s home, then traveled to Philadelphia after a Washington lecture schedule.
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Washington
Congress
Bryans
Bryan
St Louis
Democratic
Representative Jones
W . Jones
Virginia
Sir Bryan
Tarmack
Daniel
John Sharp Willams Rixey Ped Armond
Daniel and
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Willams
Mr Bryan
East
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Lecaise
Democratic Party
Lette
Kryan
Wweigh
Seluons
Edwin A Newman
Eighth
Richmond Streets
Petworth
Foundry Church
Philadelphia
Alexandria
Compromise urged on Philippine duties at fifty percent
The Ways and Means Committee plans hearings on reducing duties on Philippine sugar and tobacco from 16 percent of Dingley rates to 50 percent. Representative Watson of Indiana leads talks with strong opponents of the Curtis bill, aiming to speed enactment this session and avoid extended hearings. Also, Jamestown Exposition officials travel to Washington to confer with Chairman Tawney on the exposition bill.
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Ways and Means
Curtis Mill
Watson
Indiana
Congress
Ways and Weans
Washington Post
Norfolk Va
Brooks Johnston
Board of Governors
Beaman
Jamestown Exposition Company
Washington
Tawney
House Committee On Industrial Arts and Expositions
Porto Rico School System Report Hints Tax Pause
The annual education report by Samuel W eune Lindsay states about 1200 schools serve Porto Rico at an annual 3 million outlay, the maximum affordable. It notes that 1,200 schools cover only one fifth of school age, and proposes 1 to 1.3 million more yearly in property tax revenue could strengthen funding, while no funds are directed to educational trials or experiments.
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Porto Rico
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Interior Department
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
Afghanistan
India
Germany
Austria
Roumania
Turkey
America
Europe
St .Petersburg
Rairoad
Fight Before Senate Deliberates On District Appropriation
District of Columbia appropriation faces House action with several measures on the calendar. Commissioners aim to preserve items from the district bill and seek early action. Debates likely two to three days with opposition noted. After House passage, commissioners will urge the Senate appropriations subcommittee to support their estimates, including a $300,000 extra for municipal buildings.
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District of Columbia
House
Senate Committee On Appropriations
House Committee On Public Buildings
Congress to Decide Statehood and Budget Path This Week
Congress faces a busy week with Statehood bills and the fate of Arizona. Impeachment trial for Judge Charles Swayne opens in the Senate while Senate and House push annual appropriation bills and rail regulation proposals. Senator Hemenway travels to Washington for duties amid health concerns.
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Arizona
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Capitol
United States Senate
Court of Justice
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Florida
Supreme Court
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Beveridge
Washington Rose
Eledt
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Washington
Hemenway
My Offer to Kidney Sufferers
An advertisement by Dr Shoop promises a free offer to kidney sufferers. It touts a remedy claimed to strengthen automatic nerve control over the kidneys and other organs, with a televised book series and a free order form for required medications.
Rates and Power Clash Over Rail Freight Reform
James B Dill warns that enlarging the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix rail rates would extend government power beyond constitutional bounds, interlock interdependent rates, threaten the value of rail securities, and possibly force government ownership if rates are pushed down, arguing a complex global and domestic web of competition and costs.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
James B Dil
New York City
Mr Dill
Congress
Commission
United States
Chicago
Sajp
New Orleans
Philadelphia
New Orlean
Europe
SIGN OF THE STRANGER WALKING TO CAPITOL WEST STEPS
A longtime congressman notes that first time visitors to Washington tend to look at the Capitol's western front from hotels on that side. He says strangers typically enter via the west stairs and later learn street cars can take them east, revealing their inexperience.
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Capitol
Westerm
Congress
Washington
Taki
Nimack
Deon
Aes
Railroads in Russia under government control
Russia's rail network exceeds 36,600 miles with about one sixth double tracked. The system strengthens defense, facilitates troop movements, and binds diverse regions. Government owns two thirds. costs and receipts are noted, with ongoing Trans Siberian expansion and payoffs in cheaper travel.
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Hmnea
Trans-Siberian
America
Russia
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Crimea
Chary
Alexander II
Moscow
Mijnl Novgorod
Voronezh
Volodya
Kharkoff
Kiel
Warsaw
Turkey
Ministry of Finance
Europe
Invitation to Mobile to Invite Roosevelt to Visit
An invitation committee of seventeen representing Mobile Alabama’s municipal government the Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Club will reach Washington to present a formal invitation to President Roosevelt via Representative George W Taylor The meeting is set for 1230 and the party will stay at the New Willard Hotel
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Mobile
Ala
Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Club of Mobile
Washington
George W Taylor
Alabama
Roosevelt
New Willard Hotel
Gridiron Play in Arizona Described by Tombstone Epitaph
The Tombstone Epitaph recounts a football game with gory whimsy, detailing 2% o'clock crowding at the old ball grounds, medical crews, a Red Cross wagon, and a chaotic scene of players, officials, and spectators. It likens football to a rough spectacle with kicks, pileups, and shouts for water as coaches, crowds, and vehicles swirl around the field.
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Red Cross
Tombstone
Varsity
Biles
Count Cassin
Kansas
Not that Caine from Tit Bits
A minister who preached on Cain and Abel is asked to clarify that Cain who killed his brother is not related to the local shopkeeper Caine in High Street. The caller fears a rumor linking him to the biblical figure.
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Cain
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High Street
Gome
Mina
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