The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-03-26
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| Jackson Day at Chicago was a ia
different affair from that of the Ney
York gathering. There the banquet Civ
en- by the Jefferson Club was the seen
of Bryan love feast, in which 900 Dem
ocrats cheered riotously the words of tn
Nebraskan.
Viscount Aoki, the retiring Japanes,
ambassador, in an interview at San Fran
cisco, declared in positive terms thai
there could be no such thing at present
as war between this country and Japan
He said the questions at issue were moi
such as would cause war and that all
the high officials of Japan were convinced
of the good faith and friendship of this
country.
The Ohio Republican State Contra,
Committee at its recent meeting decided
to give the members of the party an OBJ
portunity to express by direct vote their
choice for a presidential candidate on
March II, when delegates to the Republic
can State convention will be selected.
Senator Foraker has issued statement
action of the committee.
The first open declaration of the con
servative Democrats of the East who are
known to be unfriendly to the candidacy
of William j. Bryan took shape at the
Jackson Day dinner of the National
Democratic Club at New York. Ex-
President Cleveland sent letter of re-
greet, in which, after expressing his in
terest in the success of the party, he
said: Our country needs conservatism,
from nervous prostration, re-
instatement of constitutional observance,
buoyant, but none the less safe and pru-
dent, Americanism; scrupuious care of
every person and every interest entitled
to care, and square deal' that means
exact and honest equality before the Law
and under constitutional guarantee"
After his return home from Washing
on Mayor Dahlman of Omaha gave to the
press corrected statement of his much
discussed interview with President Roose-
relt. According to this the President
,aid: Tell the boys out West that this
financial panic is being placed on my
houlders by reason of the position |
AVE taken If this is true, it shows that
We are on a rotten foundation, and it only
anne a few months sooner than it would
ave done otherwise, and it shows we
ieeded housekeeping. You can tell
hem also that don't care what ex-judges
n judges OF exGovernors or Governors
ay about it." Mayor Dahlman says that !
$ this was spoken in the presence of |
light or ten other persons as message
o the West, he felt free to give it out.
Secretary Taft, who will soon begin the !
PREPARATION of an extended report on his !
in the Philippines. in re-
emit interview expressed himself as highly |
leased with the progress already made |
A the islands. Peace, he says, prevails !
the Philippines to a greater
xtent than ever before in their history,
nd agriculture is proceeding without fear
,om predatory bands. He finds the ma
YES receptive to education and to mod
m western conceptions of religion and
olitics. and says there is no difference
etween the educated and the ignorant
filipino that cannot be overcome by the
iucation of one generation. The Secre-
lry thinks the people should not be in
usted with self-government until their
-imary and industrial education is com
etc. and this may require more than a
,neration owing to lack of funds for
Vocational purposes.
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