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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1906
Page
4
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A survey shows eleven Southern states electing U S Senators by party primaries and popular vote this summer. It argues the people should directly choose Senators, reducing legislative selection, with Oregon leading in push to end general-assembly ballots.
A Nebraska Cannon Club secretary resigns and members in government service urge removal from the club amid reports the Civil Service Commission banned political fundraising by clerks. An executive panel questions the commission and learns no order exists. The law forbids dues campaigns by government workers, with dismissal as penalty.
Secretary Thatcher may rethink his plan to resign as the Benning racing season proceeds. The Cannon boomers who fled after a wicked rumor may return to the fold. A club meeting is planned for Thursday night to hear the executive committee report and its possible impact.
Lieut A Brockman of the Seventeenth infantry and Infantry and Cavalry School, a Georgia native, was tried by court martial at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The trial concluded today and the verdict was forwarded to Washington. The War Department has pressed officers to answer official communications and threatened court martial for delays. Brockman’s case is the first of its kind tried here.
Ottumwa IA Sept 1 Charles A Walsh longtime Iowa member of the Democratic National Committee and secretary during the Bryan campaigns resigns from the national committee and declares he will vote and act as an independent. He criticizes party subserviency to corporations and calls for Jeffersonian democracy with independent action and the defeat of predatory corporate influence.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Senator Joseph B. Foraker defending an independent stance in the Ohio primary debate. He urges direct GOP nomination by party vote, asserts Burton’s remarks misframe the issue, and says the test is whether voting with party and president or not, amid questions on ship subsidy, navy, and canal procurement.
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