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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
1
The Nebraskan reports Bryan is notified for a third time of his nomination as President of the United States. The note emphasizes the ongoing interest in Bryan as a potential candidate amid national attention.
William J Bryan accepted formal notification of his nomination for the presidency from Alabama’s Henry D P Chayton in Lincoln Nebraska. The event drew a vast crowd with robust police, Kern and Bryan greeting supporters at a noon luncheon, a Capitol platform ceremony, and a public reception.
The text reports Bryan S accepting a Democratic nomination, thanking the party, and pledging to uphold the platform. He affirms loyalty to the party policies, states a future formal reply, and argues a platform binds officials and reflects voters sovereignty. He notes amendments possible if nominated under an unsatisfactory platform.
The speaker challenges Taft and the Republican platform asserting it fails to promise needed reforms. Roosevelt notes predatory wealth targets and criticizes past GOP control while urging accountability and more decisive remedial legislation. The piece frames a partisan clash over corruption, reform, and executive power with explicit references to Taft Roosevelt and policy battles.
Rear Admiral Sperry and the U.S. fleet officers toured Rotorua and nearby districts in New Zealand. They met Prime Minister Ward and parliament members, witnessed Maori ceremonies, and visited a European cemetery. Admiral Sperry thanked Maori leaders as tribes performed war and Hakka dances.
Tammany Hall, through its executive committee, approves the Denver platform and endorses the Democratic national ticket. The statement lauds the platform as strong and progressive, aiming to unite citizens of democratic tendencies under a government of law.
A group endorses W. J. Bryan and J. W. Kern pledging wholehearted support in the campaign against organized greed and legal plunder. They praise democratic harmony and urge enforcement of democratic principles to elect Bryan and Kern to the presidency and vice presidency.
Coerunna Spain Auge 12 United States school ship tasca ar arrived here today. This is the first desort of the American government to call at Couranna since the Spanish American war. The crew of the Tiasca was given a splendid welcome on landing hetes and a regatta were organized in their honor.
In Dallas on August 12 the Texas Republican convention named a full state ticket and issued a platform. Nominees include Col J J Simpson for governor, Charles Ogden for lieutenant governor, and W H Atwell for attorney general. The platform endorses the national platform, opposes expansion of bank deposits, opposes statewide prohibition, and opposes a constitutional amendment on state prohibition. It also calls for an exhaustive audit of the comptroller's department records.
Governor Cummins issued a statement from Des Moines addressing the succession to the late Senator William B. Allison. He denied plans for a progressive Republicans conference and said decisions will be his alone as governor, aiming for good government and welfare of all people.
Toulon Aug 1 The gun explosion aboard the gunnery school ship Couronnet off Hyeres killed six and wounded eighteen as recruits trained with a 164 millimetre gun. Three of the injured are in critical condition. This marks the third accident aboard the Couronnet.
Over sixteen months three separate incidents off Les Salines d'Hyeres cause multiple deaths and numerous injuries aboard the Couronnet and other ships. Experts cite decomposition of powder B as a factor, while survivors report overheated guns and explosive blasts in the turret.
Nashville Aug 12 George N Tillman of Davidson county is the Evans faction gubernatorial nominee in Tennessee. He was nominated by acclamation at the second Republican state convention this week. The platform calls for state-wide prohibition of liquor via extension of the four mile law. Also nominated was T M Asbury Wright by the home rule faction at Chattanooga last week. State-wide prohibition is the keynote of the platform.
The Republican state convention to nominate a governor and state ticket will meet at Saratoga on September 14. Elihu Root will be temporary chairman and Joseph Choate former ambassador to Great Britain will chair. Choate indicated he supports Governor Hughes in a letter to Chairman Woorteuff.
In St Louis the United States court of appeals upheld a ruling branding a suit against Union Pacific officials as fraudulent. Plaintiffs claimed $27 299 000 in bonds belonging to Charles Durkee’s estate had been misappropriated, and the court reprimanded the plaintiffs for fraud.
Spokane dispatch reports a timber fire threatening Sand Point Idaho was controlled this morning with little damage to the town. A special train from Spokane carried fire apparatus and crew who combated the flames to the north and east of Sand Point due to extensive timber burn.
Oklahoma Republicans condemn Col Bryan and denounce his fundraising appeals as undignified. They endorse Chicago platform aligned with Roosevelt policies and call for strict law enforcement and school land policy while criticizing Democratic primary election moves.
After conferring with managers, Candidate Taft decides not to campaign outside Cincinnati. The move narrows his public appearances and signals a focused effort in his home region during the ongoing race.
Taft will not speak in West Virginia or New York campaigns nor mix in state political contentions. The plan includes no speeches outside Cincinnati and no preference for any state nominee, as Taft and Hitchcock outlined after a long Hot Springs meeting.
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