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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
44
A fragmented editorial mocks parliamentary antics and political theatrics around Socialist candidates and potential vice presidential picks. It discusses John Mitchell and labor votes, recalls historical figures, and critiques party loyalty, with busy asides about public figures and local color commentary.
Instructions for remittances to THE WASHINGTON POST CO. specify drafts checks post office orders registered letters or express payable to THE WASHINGTON POST CO Washington DC. Entry at Washington DC post office as second class mail matter. Mentions New York Office Flatiron Building and Chicago Office Hartford Building with Paul Block as manager. Dated Thursday May 14 1908.
A brief promotion for subscribing to The Post from Washington, urging readers moving away to keep informed with prompts to update addresses, and offering direct order to The Post through a provided telephone number for prompt delivery nationwide.
The piece dismisses rumors that Republican candidates would withdraw in favor of Secretary Taft. It argues withdrawals are rare, Taft and advisers deny involvement, and supporters unlikely to defect. It notes strong, independent delegates and the general likelihood to stay in the race.
In a weekly column the author questions how much Snandal or influence Joseph Pulitzer owning the New York World holds over railroads and steel stocks. The piece imagines Pulitzers holdings totaling about two million dollars and asks if Bryan’s stance would threaten railroad securities and thus all property, asking whether farmers and farm earnings are exempt from this critique.
Washington letter to the Indianapolis News notes Democrats nationally are nominating strong state candidates to appeal to voters. Indiana backs Thomas Marshall. Ohio favors Judson Harmon. The piece highlights a broader shift toward local nominations and a wary but hopeful view of winning seats in the next Congress and governorships.
The village of Brancaster receives 4 percent of Royal West Nordene Golf Club gross income with a £50 annual minimum for land turned into links. Each year the funds are shared equally among residents of at least twelve months. This year's distribution totaled £63 16s, up 48s 12d from last year, sufficient to give each householder a share and leave a balance.
A long report recalls King Otto of Bavaria nearing sixty under restraint as a lunatic since 1871, with no contemporary portrait and public sympathy shifting from fear to support for the regent. It notes his confinement at Furstenried, annual medical reviews, and Bavarian public sentiment. Queen Marguerite offers Bernini’s The Rape of Proserpine to Italy, prompting debate over royal art treasures and national museums.
The record shows a surge in personal crisis reports tied to the Wall Street panic of October. Among the dead are five brokers, five bank cashiers, and seven bank presidents, with sixty seven deaths overall since January.
New York press reports a shift in travel habits as trans Atlantic trips become affordable for many. Gen Frederick Charles Maberlin returns from a seven week tour spending 560 dollars including first class passages. He visits Gibraltar Naples Genoa and Berlin among others and praises German order, liberty, and railway towns. The coach notes hyacinth fields near Lisse and Amsterdam with fragrant air and scenic old fashioned buildings.
A man named Hal J Brown ing admitted to City Hospital from Mills Hotel suffers ichthyocytis, a fish scale disease causing painful skin with scales from feet to chest. He will receive hot baths and unguents. Separate from this, the Chicago Tribune notes actors fear superstition around witch dolls in Macbeth and stage rituals. Sir Henry Irving avoided the witches reading during performances. Some players fear passers on stairs and many cross themselves before entrances.
A physician notes astonishing paternal ages and birth feats among famous men. Sir Stephen Fox had a daughter at ninety-nine, Joel Vaughan of Cincinnati reportedly fathered twenty seven children with a last birth at seventy-nine, and nobility such as the Earl of Leicester and Earl of Essex had children late in life including Lady Beatrice.
A collage of satirical verse and clipped notes from newspapers ridicules a Bryan victory. Projections include tariffs, political roles for Churchill in New Hampshire, and a parade of zany futures. Scattered jests reference Wall Street, Roosevelt, and various public figures.
An 18th century account notes John Williams Burke of North Carolina delaying Congress by adjourning himself and Edward Langworthy of Georgia withdrawing. A messenger sought return, Burke refused with invective, and Congress adopted a resolution condemning the action and warning against single members blocking proceedings. The incident was transmitted to North Carolina's assembly.
Washington governors conference draws praise from Gov Albert B Mead who hails the gathering as the best thing in years. He predicts Taft nomination backing, notes Johnson strength, and remarks on campaign dynamics shaping the 1912 race. A Southland sentiment shift favors Johnson, with business leaders and travelers influential in Ohio, Minnesota, and Oklahoma.
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