South Carolinian Attacks President in Speech
Arraigns the President in a tense address as Beveridge challenges senators in a sharp running debate. He scores against Democrats, labeling them servile and pushing for a firmer stance on policy.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1908
Page
11
Arraigns the President in a tense address as Beveridge challenges senators in a sharp running debate. He scores against Democrats, labeling them servile and pushing for a firmer stance on policy.
A chaotic Senate session features Fillmar attacking perceived executive overreach, Beveridge defending the administration, and debate over an Indian appropriation bill and related conference. A Philippine aid measure, currency speech by La Follette, and party tensions color the day as roiling rhetoric and procedural fights dominate.
The speech criticizes President Roosevelt and party harmony in Congress, citing Tilman and Jackson as missteps. Beveridge attacks attempts to craft influence through concessions, urging the people’s confidence and warning against demagoguery while identifying political maneuvers ahead of the Denver convention.
A sprawling OCR read reveals a discussion on financing reforms and bank governance. References include the National Bank of North River and New York entities, plus a proposed committee on equity, installation, and potential stock movements. The text mentions loans, securitization, and the role of commissions in oversight, with scattered names and places indicating a complex, era-specific finance policy debate.
The Campbell anti-petting bill, advanced in the House, seeks the strongest prohibition yet on bets across horse racing and four other race types, baseball and football games, and elections. Violations carry fines from not less than 100 dollars to 1,000 dollars, plus jail terms up to seven years for individuals or corporate violators. The measure targets bookmaking and betting on premises and telegraphic reports, aiming to curb wagering nationally.
The Grand Dealers Madonal Association in session adopted plans to appoint a commission and press Congress to act. Speakers urged protection of importers and exporters, denied farmer aggression, and protested tariff practices while calling for orderly trade measures.
A scrambled,OCR-like passage discusses fear of Japan’s stance and financial strains from wartime policies. It references costs, potential reductions in funds, and committees amid reports of postwar reparations and public notices. Names and clear events are fragmented, with limited coherent details available.
Fragmentary text references Harriman era cost figures and Senate considerations. Mentions reps, secretary actions, and a cam effort with unclear nouns and broken phrases. The readable content hints at political maneuvers around budgets and committee moves without clear dates or names.
Albert Mc Read, president of the American Warehouse Association, urged public hearings to advance a warehouse reform bill. He said enactment into law would benefit business people and District residents by clarifying and modernizing warehousing operations.
The bill to reinsert In God We Trust on U S coins passes the House by wide margin and moves to the Senate. Debates feature Rep Catlin and others praising restoration and criticizing the removal as unwise. The measure accompanies military pay increases and reshaping of service ranks and honors in a broad wartime bill.
The legislative brief notes Senator Cran Vitroem backing a post office bill to promote clerks pay raised to one month with future adjustments. It mentions John McCourt’s nomination for a district judgeship in Oregon and Carter’s amendment on uniform weighing of major county votes. The text references a House passage about a trust fund and a Manila bishop appointment, plus various committee actions and debates.
An old promotional text urges readers to try Di Kilmers Swamp Root as a premier remedy for kidney and bladder diseases. It claims rapid effects, describes it as a gentle vegetable compound, and offers a free sample bottle by mail with certificates of purity, urging readers to send for the sample.
fragmentary OCR text shows mixed words and names but lacks coherent events or entities. No identifiable persons, organizations, dates, or places to anchor a factual summary. Unable to extract a distinct news item or outcome from the provided content.
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