Taft Campaign Tour Through Industrial Hudson Valley
The Taft campaign drew crowded houses across industrial towns along the Hudson as he defended labor records and protection. In Schenectady Cohoes Troy and New York City venues, he argued against Bryan’s rule and highlighted Republican labor policy amid enthusiastic crowds and a fainting spectator in Troy. Sunny Jim Sherman continued with six Manhattan Bronx speeches after Schenectady, praising gold standard money and tariff policies.
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Sunny Jem Sherman
New York
Upstate
James S. Sherman
Manhattan
Bronx
Schenectady
Upper West Side
Sherman
Camp Hughes
Hughes
Camp Taft
Empire Hall
Amsterdam Opera House
Taft Hits Labor Policy Across Hudson Cities
Taft campaigns along the Hudson river towns from Yonkers to Poughkeepsie arguing that Republican policy favors labor through protection, criticizing Bryan's tariff reform plan. He cites sugar refining in Yonkers and the anti trust law as proof of party aims to curb monopoly while sustaining industry. Attendance braves rain, with crowds at Yonkers, Tarrytown, and Poughkeepsie filling venues and shouting support.
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Bryans
Taft
Hudson
Schnectady
American Locomotive Works
Schnectidy
Republican Party
Troy
N. Y
Greater
New York
W. H. Taft
Yonkers
Anl
Ely
Bryan
Mr Taft
Germany
Democratic Party
Tarrytown
Peekskill
Fishestill Landing
Poughkerpsie
Collinwood Opera House
Vassar College
Emperor William Praises England While Defending German Friendship
London Oct 28 The Daily Telegraph quotes an unofficial English representative interview with Emperor William who defends German friendship for England. He cites proofs including a Windsor archive telegram and a reply to Queen Victoria, and claims his South Africa plan matched Lord Roberts. He also notes a strengthened navy for protecting German commerce.
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Morning Journal
London
Daily Telegraph
William
England
Europe
Windsor
France
Russia
Cating
South Africa
Lord Roberts
Germany
Abruzzi Wins Royal Consent to Wed Rumor
A sealed message from King Victor Emmanuel arrived for the Duke of the Abruzzi regarding his marriage to Miss Katherine Elkins. The duke consulted the official notary after reading the message and discussed points of his patrimony.
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Turin
Victor Emmanuel
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
Night Rider Confession Ties Forty Men to Lake Outrages
Special dispatch from Tiptonville Tenn reports self confessed night rider Ted Burton detailing a string of depredations around Reelfoot Lake. He implicates prominent locals in the Rankin killing near Walnut Log and notes many suspects in custody at Camp Nemo. Authorities caution naming others could fuel violence as posses move to capture more suspects.
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Tiptonville
Tenn
Ted” Burton
Teelfoot Lake
Quentin Rankin
Trenton
Rankin
Camp Nemo
Samburg
Haines
G. Harris
Redfoot
Night Riders
Donaldson
Burton
Walnut Log
Tom
Garret Johnson
William Watson
Lake
Night Rider
Heelfoot Lake
Winn
Murten
James Carpenter
Union City
Rankin and &m
Taylor
West Tennessee Company
Carpenter
Hind Company
Copper
Captain Rankin
Turton
Sturton
Sheri Haines
Governor Patterson Returns to Camp After Prisoner Captures at Meelfoot Lake
Camp Nemo Tennessee October 27 Governor Patterson arrives with Assistant Adjutant General Harvey Alexander. Ten additional prisoners are captured and Captain Rogan returns from an expedition across the Meelfoot lake area. Patterson conducts a camp conference with Coleone Tatom. plans remain undisclosed though a new round of prisoner cuts is rumored with key detainees facing grand jury at Union City. Two posses report returning with prisoners at dusk.
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Camp
Nemo
Reelfoot Lake
Tenn
Patterson
Harvey Alexander
Rogan
Meelfoot Lake
Coleone Tattom
Union City
Night Rider Leader Among Prisoners Held at Camp Nemo
Union City Tenn Oct 27 A man said to be the leader of a night riders band is among prisoners at Camp Nemo. He is accused of leading the group that killed a youth near Hickman Ky on game night when a negro family was slain. The murdered boy’s mother identified the prisoner as the soldiers.
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Union City
Tenn
Camp Nemo
Hickman
Night rider inquiry at Reelfoot lake delayed by technicality
Union City Tenn Oct 27 due to a technicality the special term of court investigating night riders at Reelfoot lake may be abandoned and a thirty day delay considered Attorney General Caldwell said a conference of prosecutors will decide if the thirty day statute is mandatory and the inquiry may resume on Governor Patterson's return ten witnesses testified before the grand jury and disclosures were described as nearly as important as the Tiptonville confession
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Union City
Tenn
Reelfoot Lake
Caldwell
Patterson
Tiptonville
Ted” Burton
Morning Journal
New York
Greater
W. J. Bryan
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Charles F. Murphy
Brooklyn Bridge
Patrick H. McCarren
Kings County
Lewis Stuyvesant Chandler
Mr. Bryan
Congress
Bryan
Breoklyn
Market Square
Long Island City
Jeprey City
New Jersey
College Men's Democratic Club
Murphy
Hrooklyne
Clermont Avenue
M Clove
Traiters
Labber
Denver
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
Chandler
Vlak
Direantivet
Democrate
M. Bryan
Samuel Thomper
Mar Gompers
Knox
Littlefield
Pittebawy
Charles W. Morse
Ice Trust
Alfred H. Curtis
National Bank of North America
Curtis
Hough
United States
Panic of North America
William KK. Olcott
Bank of North America
Wall Street
Bank of New York
Morse
Roosevelt's farmers uplift commission plans first tour
Ithaca N Y October 27 1909 President Roosevelt forms a seven member farmers uplift commission Led by Chairman Liberty Hyde Bailey the group will begin at the Maryland Agricultural College on November 6 with hearings across the South West Mountain states and midwest and a final session in Washington on December 15 A manager stenographer and several experts accompany the party and two more members will be added to reach seven.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Roosevelt
Farmers’ Uplift Commission
Liberty Hyde Bakey
Lse
Agricultural College of Maryland
Washington
Mississippi River
State Granges
Farmers’ Institute of the
United States
Southwest
Tennessee
Texas
Arizona
California
Rocky Mountain Group
Middle West
Bailey
Victim Brings Suit Against Night Riders in Kentucky
Henry Bennett files a $100000 damages suit in U S circuit court alleging a conspiracy by prominent western Kentucky and Tennessee citizens allied with night riders to terrorize him and destroy his tobacco factory. The case targets organizers and members of the night riders and seeks to hold all participants responsible for the actions and intimidation.
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Morning Journal Special
Loutaville
United States Circuit Court For
Sixth Circuit
Loulaville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Henry Bennett
Clude
Bennett
Night Riders Organizations
Silent Brigade
Night Finders Organization
Night Riders
Dark Tobacco Associa
Bryan Victory Dream Spurs Nebraska Campaign
W J Bryan plans to carry his own precinct in Nebraska and Lincoln this year as he tours New York State. He argues Republicans fear his local strength and weights his bid with labor support while attacking Taft and Roosevelt.
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Bryan
New York
Oet
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Lincoln
Nebraska
Republicans Plan Big New York Rally Tonight
New York Oct 27 Republicans organize a major rally on Fifth Avenue from Fifty-ninth to Fifteenth streets lighting Union and Union League clubs and sky scrapers. marching clubs from the thirty-fifth district join fifty bands as Chairman Hitchcock calls the event a campaign climax at Madison Square Garden ahead of Mr. Taft's arrival.
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New York
Republican County Organization
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Fifty-ninth Street
Fifteenth Street
Union and Union League Club
Madison Square Garden
Tatt
Light on Taft labor record from Fuller letter
H F Fuller of Beaver Falls Pa national executive representative of railroad brotherhoods released a letter to President Roosevelt criticizing Taft's labor record. He argues the public should know Taft's true stance on railroad employees and cites court decisions to support wage and overtime disputes under receivers. The letter aims to correct perceived misrepresentations in Taft's labor guidance.
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Jourway
Pittsburg
H. F. Fuller
Beaver Falls
National Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers
Associated Press
Roosevelt
P. H. Grace
Lodge No. 36
Brotherhood of Railroad
Taft
Fuller
Grace
Organizations of Labor
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Mr. Taft
United States
Er. Fuller
Two More Vacancies in College of Cardinals Reported
Dated October 27 the death of Cardinal Mathein in London and Cardinal Salvador Camigrary Pages in Barcelona create fourteen vacancies in the Sacred College. Vatican authorities foresee a December consistory and probable appointment of two American cardinals.
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Tome
Mathein
London
Salvador Camigrary Pages
Barcelona
Sacred College
Vatican
Land fraud convicts plead for new trial
Frederick A. Hyde and Jaamot H. Schhneider, convicted of conspiracy in west land frauds, ask for a new trial. Justice Stafford reserved ruling as defense cites jury compromise. prosecution accuses daily verdicts.
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Washington
Frederick A. Hyde
Jaoot H. Sehneider
West
Justice Stafford
Criminal Court of
District Y Columbia
Hyde
Sehneider
Benson
Diacnds
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Bill
Kniser
Wing
Turns Informer
Piches
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Albany
New York City
Hoffman House
National League of College Men's Clubs
William J. Bryan
Warren J. Davis
George Washington University
North American Bank
Mr. Puller
United States District Court For
Southern District of Ohio
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