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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
4
The semi weekly Aberdeen Herald, published Mondays and Thursdays, lists office at 309 East Wishkah Street Aberdeen Washington. Editor Mgr J Carney and Aberdeen Printing Co. handle subscriptions with rates for six months and one year.
The Herald claims it is the oldest paper on Grays Harbor with the largest circulation in Chehalis County. Advertising contracts rely on this claim and payments may be forfeited if the statement is not wholly true.
The piece ridicules a Taft platform saying the party betrayed no trust while noting 60 years of uninterrupted national growth, then questions who controlled power in 1967 when prosperity paused amid tariff disputes and alleged trusts.
The republicans face a decisive split after six decades in power, with progressives urging reform and reactionaries clinging to the status quo. The piece argues the crisis mirrors 1860 and condemns deceit in the 1908 campaign as the root of current turmoil facing Roosevelt era landslides.
A two day protest by Republicans against Taft administration is described as a costly but cleansing bout with party failure. Aberdeen’s crowd size marks it as a potential convention city, with the Chamber of Commerce entertainment committee praised for smoothly handling attendees.
Des Moines May 14 The Iowa Bryan league calls for a mass meeting of Bryan democrats in Burlington on the eve of the state convention to back William J Bryan and oppose Roosevelt Critics call Roosevelt as wearing stolen political clothes and say the Harmon faction would back Nebraskan if needed The document argues Bryan would garner between 1 6 and 2 million votes if nominated and accepted under favorable terms.
The Nineteenth Annual Commencement at Aberdeen High School will be held in the school auditorium Friday evening June 7 for a class of 44 graduates 17 boys and 27 girls the largest yet. Baccalaureate on Sunday June 2 at the same auditorium conducted by Rev. F F W Greene. Spring Festival May 24 features include a chorus of 20 voices a Martha Washington minuet folk dances and a flag ritual.
The E B Jackson is loading at Wilson mill for Valpariso. Fair Oaks at Slade mill for San Francisco. Makaweli at Donovan mill for New Zealand. A B Johnson at Wilson mill for San Francisco. John A Campbell at West mill for San Pedro. Washougal at American mill for San Francisco. Carmel arrived to load at Hulburt mill for San Pedro. Daisy Mitchell left Slade mill for San Francisco. Strathleven at Slade mill for Australia. Azalea at Aberdeen mills for California ports. Temple E Dorr from Donovan mill to San Francisco. Roy Somers at Cosmopolis for San Francisco. Grays Harbor at American mill for San Francisco. W J Patterson and W F Jewett anchored in stream awaiting orders.
The state convention split with a rival insurgent group in Pythian hall while the official body sat at the Grand theater. Roosevelt and Taft factions claimed delegates as 560 total from 386 counties with 251 uncontested and 309 contested. The convention adopted a progressive platform and elected delegates alternates and presidential electors to back Roosevelt and La Follette.
W J Moulton Pierce J L Aldwell Clallam H C Pigott King J L Dumas Whitman Austin Myers Kittitas G A Haynes Benton names listed for Congressional District Delegates and alternates Frank R Pendleton Snohomish James A Johnson King Thomas Crawford Lewis N S Richards Chehalis H A Espey Pacific Theo Geisners Leroy State Spokane T C Elliott Walla Walla Al landon Chehan Lorenzo Dow named national committee. A move to raise funds for hall met with cheers as Aberdeen citizens offered to pay.
W. J. Bryan said he had last yesterday urged Iowa Bryan league officers not to launch any movement on his behalf after the Burlington meeting dispatch.
Mr and Mrs E A Sims and Mr and Mrs George J Willey arrived in Aberdeen by auto from San Francisco yesterday after a Hawaiian Islands tour. The party reached San Francisco May 1 where Mr Sims learned he was a delegate to the Republican state convention in Aberdeen and they left the Bay city after a week on the road.
Hoquiam and Chehalis are set for a baseball game today at Electric Park. The match highlights a regional clash with standings likely impacted by the outcome.
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