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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
2
J P Jensen announces candidacy for County Commissioner in the Second District Box Butte County on the Democratic Independent ticket. He asks voters for support at the polls.
Eveene Burrox announces candidacy for Box Butte County Attorney Nebraska on the Democratic Independent ticket and asks voters for support. The pledge is to serve the county and uphold the law.
The article notes the straw vote will soon be buried as the real ballot process approaches, signaling an imminent shift from informal testing to official ballots.
Box Butte County residents react to an upcoming event described as startling. the Bryan vote is noted as a surprise to many, suggesting local political tension ahead of the scheduled date.
Taft and supporters insist Bryan’s election would let a hostile senate defeat democracy they claim the people should govern. The line is presented as a rebuttal to Bryan’s call for people rule.
In a western speech Taft warned that Bryan would add trust controlled articles to the free list while Republicans favor regulation as the proper remedy. He cited 12 years of the Republican plan under McKinley and Roosevelt, noting 127 and 167 new trusts, and asked why trusts multiply and continue to practice exhortation if regulation is proper.
Mr Taft endorses postal savings banks and the Republican platform aligns. Critics note the GOP has held power 12 years without such banks and question deposits guarantees. Big bankers oppose guarantees and push postal banks to funnel funds into large banks, increasing their financial control.
University of Minnesota students form the Bryan Republican Club pledging allegiance to progressive Republican principles while voting for William Jennings Bryan. The group denounces the Chicago platform as unrepresentative and seeks to influence the election beyond party lines.
Support for J. P. Jensen grows statewide as taxpayers plan to reelect him to a second term. The article notes favorable opinions from all parts of the county and strong intent to vote Jensen back into office.
Labor reach reaches seven thousand letters with seventy six hundred received as sentiment centers in New York Ohio and Indiana show strong backing for William Jennings Bryan. The labor movement rates support at eighty to eighty five percent with indications of an overwhelming win for Bryan from organized workers.
The article notes large corporate gifts to Taft’s campaign from Andrew Carnegie and J. J. Hill and other trust magnates while contrasting with smaller, publicized contributions from ordinary voters. It questions which class the reader belongs to.
The text ranks Bryan as favored by workingmen and Democrats while decrying Taft, Roosevelt and big trusts. It notes a labor wage threat from railroads, tariff barons, and slush funds, and contrasts Bryan’s popularity with Republican resistance and trust influence. It frames Roosevelt’s prior actions with Morgan and Schwab as aiding the steel trust, and argues for Bryan’s victory as the people’s will.
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