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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
1
The column surveys Senate figures and lobby groups, noting tensions over patronage, influence, and the role of professional lobbyists. It cites Cummins LaFollette and Wilson era politics, stresses the need for transparency, and warns about excessive expense accounts. It highlights Illinois women suffrage advances and the public concern over immigrant quality.
The Freeman Tribune reports officials in Boone, Hamilton, Lyon and other counties refuse to raise assessed farm values. Executives may act on their own to set valuations. Des Moines considers a garbage incinerator plan to fund a city electric plant. The piece also quotes debates over President Wilson's tariff bill and executive patronage.
Sioux City Journal recounts how a lobbyist, identified as Woodrow Wilson, articulates long held thoughts about congressional pressure and its impact on pending legislation, prompting readers to question the source of frank influence in Washington.
Webster City dispatch spreads claim that Rock Island will take over or has taken over the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern Interurban when receivership ends in July. Homer Loring, Interurban president and receiver, scoffs at sale rumors at a Wahkonka meeting with Fort Dodge Interurban committee. Anna R. Brown quotes about selfish pursuits ends note.
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