Panic over panic talk in election by bankers
A heated exchange shows President George E. Roberts of the Commercial National Bank Chicago advocating Bryan's defeat harming business. J P Malley of People's Savings Bank Iowa blasts Roberts in a letter denouncing what he calls panic talk as unpatriotic and unsafe for credit and business integrity.
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George E. Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Bryans
Roberts
J. Ip.malley
People's Savings Bank of Iowa
Commercial National Bank
O'Malley
Roberte
Bryan
Taft
Carnegie Donation Sparks Political Outcry Over Homestead Blood Debt
A critique notes Andrew Carnegie gave $20,000 to the Republican campaign fund, linking the gift to tariff gains and Homestead mill casualties. The piece frames the contribution as a stain on money earned by oppression, urging workers to remember Homestead on the third of November as a warning against tariff interests.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Republican National Committee
Woodruff
Associated Press
Taft
Laird O' Skibo
Homestead
Wartyre
Another Republican Gets His Eyes Opened
W. J. Johnson a prominent stock man of Wright precinct and long trusted Republican in the county said in Alliance that he and three sons will vote for Bryan. He condemns a system that halves property values in three months and cannot conscientiously vote for a party responsible. A leading Alliance Republican urged him to stay with the GOP but failed.
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W. J. Johnson
Wright
Alliance
Johnson
Bryan
G.o.p
Great Work of a Nebraska Newspaper Campaign Subscriptions Spread
The Omaha World-Herald reports its national campaign effort funded by popular subscriptions from about 400 towns, mainly in Nebraska. A $10,000 award was passed to the paper, raised by fifty cent contributions, with Omaha leading at $1,237 and Alkane at $140.00.
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Omaha World-Herald
World Herald
Nebraska
Omaha
Rockefeller Meegan and Taft Consolidated Show Next Tuesday
Republican campaign managers employ billboard ads for their candidate Taft while Bevan is slurred and misrepresented. George L. Sheldon, Nebraska governor candidate, visits Adams and is greeted by a parrot heckling with Polly want a cracker as Sheldon’s campaign nears its end.
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Rockefeller, Meegan and Taft Consolidated
Wm. Taft
Wm. J. Bevan
Taft
George L. Sheldon
Nebraska
Adams
Nebr
Polly
Sheldon
Tariff Backlash Cited Against Republican Policy
The piece argues the high protective tariff fostered by the Republican Party has led to widespread trust growth and a consumer burden, creating a renewed popular demand to change the tariff under McKinley and Roosevelt. It asserts over two hundred trusts were created to scourge the people, affecting laborers and merchants who pay duties on manufactured goods.
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Republican Party
G.o.p
McKinley
Roosevelt
Voters to oppose tariff tyranny next Tuesday
The passage notes that over years the public grew to resent high tariffs and on the upcoming Tuesday thousands of voters nationwide will go to the polls to oppose further tariff tyranny with their ballots.
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Mammon
Union
Westover Pledges Voter-Facing Platform in Sixth District
Judge Westover publishes a public pledge outlining stances on direct election of senators, campaign finance disclosure, jury trials for indirect contempt, tariff reform, railroad rate stays, income tax, homestead rights, national bank deposit guarantees, and House rules limiting the Speaker, urging support at the upcoming general election.
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United States
A J
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jeball
House of Representatives
Cannon
House
W. H. Westover
Adams Statement Outlining Deposit Guarantee Plan for Nebraska
Crawford Neb Oct 15 1908 Geo M Adams declares support for a law guaranteeing bank deposits to protect the people's money and prevent panics. He notes endorsement by Democratic and People's Independent parties and seeks voter clarity before the election.
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Crawford
Nebr
Nebraska
People's Independent
Gro M Adams Letter Expresses Democratic Platform Support
Gro M Adams states support for precinct or township assessors by direct vote, opposes state board valuation increases, backs a Northwestern state experimental form, calls for a wide open secret ballot primary, and endorses the Democratic platform from the Denver 1908 convention. He asserts his experience in the Fifty third district as proof of understanding local desires.
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Tam
State Board
Democratic Party
Denver
Col
Fiftythird
Nebraska
Gro. M. Adams
Nebraska Hox Butte community probate petition filed
In Hox Butte county court a filing in the estate of the deceased More Kellogg seeks letters of administration granted to Edith Kellogg. The petition asks the estate be administered by A. Kellogg. The court sets a hearing date in November and orders notice to all interested persons to appear.
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Nebraska
Hox Butte
L. A. Berry
More Kellogg
Edith
Kel
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