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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
4
J P Jensen announces as regular nominee of the Democratic Independent ticket for County Commissioner in Box Butte County Second District. He asks voters for support at the polls.
Evcene Burrow announces candidacy for the Box Batte county attorney on the democratic independent ticket and asks voters for support in Nebraska.
Sidney Tapp, candidate for president on the liberal party ticket advocating women suffrage, was informed of his nomination only last Tuesday. The piece urges prompt action from Tapp and supporters to secure a win in the coming race.
C V Mitchell of Zanesville Ohio, a prognosticator with a track record, forecast Taft carries Maine New Hampshire Vermont Michigan Pennsylvania Washington Oregon Rhode Island Wisconsin and Delaware while Hisgeo wins Massachusetts and Bryan takes all remaining states.
James Schoolcraf Sherman, a Republican candidate for vice president, is accused of holding multiple public and private positions. He reportedly earns 7500 dollars as a congressman and 12000 dollars yearly from New York State as attorney for Utica Hospital for the Insane, a practice alleged to violate law. He also serves as president of a bank a canning company and the Utica ice trust.
Opinion on party silence over straw votes. claims Taft and Sherman fare poorly in straw polls. Editor notes perceived discrepancy between public results and Republican commentary.
A remark asserts that a bank funds guarantee would boost W. J. Bryan’s backing by thousands of voters. The statement frames the proposal as favorable to his national law stance and political prospects.
From Omaha to Nebraska City Mr. Bryan spoke to large crowds about 45,000 daily. He challenged starch trust history and warned of trust power, noting rebuilt starch plant failures as proof. Lincoln leader W A Woodward backs Bryan, while Normal precinct Republicans push for unanimous support in Bryan’s hometown.
A Lincon admirer presents Mr Bryan with a center table by Ersting King a Lincoln union printer. The piece is a par quetry work built from over 5000 wood bits in a 16 to 1 design showing notable artistry. King began it twelve years ago and hopes the table rests beside Bryan at inauguration bearing a pitcher of ice water.
Ailing Tecumseh resident Ross, 80, sweetly greets hero William Jennings Bryan as he visits at bedside before death. Bryan, moved to tears, later mourns Jefferson H. Broady of Lincoln, a longtime Bryan ally and Nebraska Democrat stalwart, noted for a life of public service and legal work.
A political appeal questions Taft, the trusts, and the Republican Party over campaign donations and policies. It argues trusts influence fund-raising, banking guarantees, railroad valuation, and taxation while advocating William J. Bryan as the champion of the common people to restore banking confidence and curb panic. It urges voters to support Bryan over Roosevelt and the current Republican lineup.
The piece chronicles staged campaign jabs in Lincoln with Senator Beveridge, Mr. Bryan fans, and GOP tactics. It highlights historical figures Judge Jefferson H. Broady, Abner Dunton of Hope Maine, and a long, ironic dig at Democratic and Republican maneuvers, noting Dunton’s 70 years as a shoemaker and his voting history.
Governor Hughes ridicules the platform demand for limiting outputs as penible yet supports a similar cap for life insurance firms. He argues against limiting a corporation but urges a $250,000,000 annual limit on life insurers as sufficient for one company to manage.
The article, by Willis J. Abbot, argues Bryan leads labor support at 65–75 percent and critiques Andrew Carnegie's undisclosed steel trust funding to the Republican campaign. It notes Hearst affidavits about Bryan and defends Bryan on labor rights, while praising a Chicago banquet where Bryan and Taft discussed conservation.
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