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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1912
Page
3
Sees Postal deficit dispute through Rural Free Delivery News arguing Post Office finances were misrepresented. Brown critiques antiquated bookkeeping while Krantz notes outstanding balances and audits, urging full transparency of revenues expenditures and year end totals.
The article cites auditor reports showing rising unpaid balances at year end and criticizes Postmaster General Hitchcock for shifting payments to subsequent years. It argues the department cannot prove a true surplus or self sufficiency due to bad bookkeeping and large outstanding debts carried beyond fiscal years.
The New York Ties reports a plan by Tom Smith, secretary of Tammany Hall, to charter two or more large excursion steamers carrying 2,900 or more Tammany delegates to the Democratic national convention in Baltimore. The ships would anchor in the bay near the city and delegates would live on board.
Kansas City Star poll covered 9133 votes with Col Roosevelt leading. Speaker Champ Clark topped other candidates, Bryan second, La Follette fourth, Taft fifth, and minor candidates and scattered votes noted across Missouri and nearby areas.
Woodrow Wilson arrives in Providence from Boston on a six hour informal visit invited by local Democrats. He meets Gov. Higgins Judge Fitzsimmons and other leaders at the Hope Club to discuss state politics before departing for New York.
The article describes a debate over a court of honor for Col. Watterson and a proposed arbitral board to resolve the Watterson Tilman Wilson Harvey Ryen matter. Senator Bryan supports an arbitral reference to The Hague, while Gov. Wilson declines comment and plans a southern speaking tour after returning from Providence.
A dispatch from Nai Javat reports the marriage of Nina Irene Mudd, formerly married to Dallas R. Bowman Jr., to Nai Javat, a Siamese attache. The ceremony at the Siamese legation in Washington was conducted by Rev. Dr. Jensen, with both parties appearing in haste. The couple immediately returned to Washington.
A long, critical editorial argues Congress should place national defense needs before local interests and support a strong navy. It champions Guantanamo Bay as a strategic harbor and discusses historical views on term limits, noting Washington and McKinley refusals and Roosevelts stance on a third term.
Long fragment covers weather forecasts for the Atlantic coast and Midwest, political notes on Jefferson and Grant, and a local weather report. It cites winds from the east and southeast, rain and snow in various regions, and mentions a 1875 movement to renominate Grant. The piece blends meteorological updates with discussion of presidential term limits and a Pennsylvania convention’s stance.
A special dispatch from Omaha reports both Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Robert La Follette uniting factions in Nebraska to divide the progressive ballot for the 16 delegates and oppose Taft. Don C. Van Dusen and Col. Tobin D. Vikset represent Roosevelts and La Follette interests respectively, aiming for eight delegates each and a unified vote for the top progressive candidate. A conference in Chicago on February 6-8 will decide campaign strategy with leaders from every state. Oklahoma pledges Roosevelt support, funds raised, and a February 10 state gathering planned in Oklahoma City to strengthen organization.
Virgil Rute chairman of Speaker Clark campaign committee refused to appoint two Clark supporters to meet Folk backers and craft a divided delegation at the Baltimore convention. He cited Folk and Clark agreeing to abide by state convention delegates while opposing any candidate if the other was endorsed. Clark advisers rejected Bryan harmony advice, signaling no peace among Missouri Democrats. In Minneapolis a permanent organization of Champ Clark Democratic Clubs will form in Hennepin county next Friday with Representative Meury George of New York as principal speaker.
George Warner, VP and secretary of the General Slocum Survivors Association, was admitted to Bellevue Hospital in the Paychonathic ward. He mourns the death of his wife and daughter who perished in the General Slocum disaster seven years ago. his grief fills the hospital vigil tonight.
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