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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
4
The question of a dollar a day for a workingman unsettles Republican leaders. Taft’s blunt comment stirs concern, bringing days of worry and nights of sleeplessness for party managers.
William Howard Taft abandons his vow not to leave home for campaign speeches and decides to travel by rail to counter growing opposition to his bid for the presidency.
Report says Count de Toulouse Lautrec was arrested in Antwerp for cashing bogus coupons. He claimed American citizenship and offered to settle if kept across the Atlantic.
The piece charges the Republican platform makes loud reforms and tariff cuts while promising to protect bank depositors, arguing voters cannot trust a party that shifts stance and a candidate who contradicts its platform.
Willie Hearst addressed laborers in Davenport on Labor Day and implied William Jennings Bryan was not a friend to workers. He criticized Judge Taft as the "father of injunctions," signaling his political stance and urging labor support.
The Alliance Times questions the Herald's Shakespearean quota quotes while confirming Taft’s stance on labor injunctions and a dollar a day for workers. The piece notes the man with the hoe focuses on Taft’s remarks affecting labor and American freedom rather than Shakespearean attribution.
The democratic national campaign text book is ready for distribution at 25 cents from national headquarters or the local office. It is billed as the most complete volume of its kind from a political party, featuring new lines, engaging content, and extensive cartoon and color work.
Wi J Bryan addressed a large labor day gathering in Chicago outlining key labor issues. The speaker critiqued both major parties and analyzed their platforms, noting two linked questions that Democrats and Republicans do not agree on and freely discuss.
The text criticizes the Republican convention for not addressing labor concerns and alleges Secretary Taft promised platform changes that lack substance. It argues the party cannot escape its record on labor questions and asserts promises are not binding on Republicans in Congress.
William Jennings Bryan begins a three week tour starting Sunday afternoon from Lincoln on the Rock Island to Chicago. He contrasts Taft's announced campaign with his own past runs, noting shifts on income tax railroad regulation tariff reform and Filipino independence. He jokes that imitation becomes virtue and fears patent infringement on a campaign fund raise.
The text reports the Taft Ohio delegation voting against all major reform planks including Direct Election of Senators Campaign Fund Publicity and the LaFollette reform platform. It notes opposition to inheritance and income tax, ICC expansion, and curbing wealth influence, with a complete negative on all proposals.
The Democratic Campaign Text-Book is now available for twenty five cents from the Text-Book Committee at Democratic National Headquarters in Chicago. Committee members include John F. Lamb of Indiana Josephus Daniels of North Carolina and Richard L. Metcalfe editor in chief of the Commoner. Metcalfe did the bulk of the work and Bryan learns of Alexander Troup’s death last Friday night, a longtime ally and advisor from the New Haven Union. Tariff and bank guarantee issues shape the race with weight on the poor and east and west voting trends toward Bryan. Metcalfe just back from Chicago reports uniform optimism across sections.
Herman Ridder, editor of the New York Staats Zeitung, praises the Democratic lead in New York with Republicans losing ground. He notes growing enthusiasm for Bryan and Kern and reports a good-natured contest among leaders to aid party success. He also cites optimistic views from the Pacific coast.
At the South Dakota state fair in Lincoln Governor Crawford drew about 3,000 listeners on Thursday while 45,000 passed the gates. On Friday Mr. Bryan spoke to 6,600 in the big auditorium as the fair closed, with attendance under 12,000 due to dismantling exhibits.
In St Paul last week Mr Bryan visited a music store and asked for a phonograph to play speeches by himself and Mr Taft. Taft’s speech played first, Bryan listened, then his own was recorded and played. Afterward Bryan told the crowd he was now convinced.
A writer recalls slipping from work to visit his Missouri home for a day of fishing. He spoke with an old friend, a Democrat, who described in his locality that thirty five Republicans in a county back Bryan. The narrator knows twenty five of them personally and notes their long standing Republican stance.
The canvassing board led by County Clerk Mounts with A. F. Baldridge and John O Keefe reviewed the primary results. Countywide totals were light with listed returns across offices including Governor Supt Public Instruction Commissioners and Representatives and a variety of party candidates.
An analysis of the bank deposit guaranty proposal in the Democratic platform and its impact on the 1908 campaign. The piece notes Taft’s criticism, Kansas and Oklahoma experiences, and the brewing cross state adoption of the plan along with Republican opposition and Democratic gains. It also covers campaign finace improprieties, labor support for Bryan and the influence of the American Federation of Labor led by Samuel Gompers.
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