10 Mar 1898
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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1898
Page
1
Regular correspondent analyzes McKinley administration’s push for indemnity against Spain over the Maine incident. Raises doubts about public and congressional support, notes Teddy Roosevelt’s potential dangers in Navy leadership, and discusses political maneuvers shaping war prep and party dynamics.
The text argues against fusing with Populists led by Rev. Hal Ayer and mocks the plan, proposing instead to target Radicals. It references voting choices by Ayer and Jim Young and suggests using a shortcut to “fine” the Reds. It also advertises No-To-Bac tobacco cure with a Chicago or New York address.
The anti-trust bill with a $10,000 fine and imprisonment from two to fifteen years has been introduced in the House. It is expected to pass quickly, but beware demagogues who denounce trusts yet aid them in Congress, notes the Biblical Recorder.
The Secretary of the Interior report notes 500,000,000 acres remaining in government ownership excluding Alaska. The author calls this the poorest land, with the best tracts already pre empted by settlers and granted to railroads, per Biblical Recorder.
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