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Armageddon speech opens tumult at Chicago convention
Roosevelt era headline notes a dramatic fiery speech in the Chicago auditorium shaping the Republican National Convention. It details contest battles between Roosevelt and Taft factions, the seating of delegates, and threats of a new party as the conference moves toward nominations and platform debates.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Ledger-Press
Col
Roosevelt
Bryan
Republican Party
Coliseum
Congress Hotel
Attica
Red Cross
William Jennings Bryan
George Ade
Peter Finley Dunne
Mister Dooley
Samuel Blythe
Saturday Evening Post
Elbert Hubbard
Richard Harding Davis
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
Taft Room
Cummins
Iowa
Florentine
National Committee
Elihu Root
New York
Gov
Hadley
Missouri
Victor Rosewater
Rosewater
Johnson
California
Gov. Deneen
Illinois
McGovern
Wisconsin
Root
Gov. Hadhey
Teddy
Board of Strategy
Old Guard
Deneen
Credentials Committee
Taft Organization
Jim Watson
Jim
Resolutions Committee
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Federal Trade Commission
Baltimore
Fairbanks
Warren G. Harding
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Europe
John
LaFollette
Thiu
Pennsylvania
Hughes
Idaho
Borah
James
Sherman
Orchestra Hall