Bryan Charges Taft On Campaign Contributions Publication
Lincoln Oct 2 William J Bryan declares that Tafts stance on publishing campaign contributions insults voters and harms Tafts judgment. Bryan argues public disclosure before elections reveals sources of funds and prevents influence by predatory interests, contrasting with expenditures reporting.
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Taft
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Fairview
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Massachusetts Democrats Nominate State Ticket at Boston Convention
In Boston on October 2 the Massachusetts Democratic state convention nominated a full state ticket for November, elected sixteen presidential electors, and passed resolutions on tariff, labor, and state administration reform. The ticket includes Governor James H. Vahey and other statewide officers with electors Richard Olney and James E. Cotter at large. BE Gerry Brown challenged Vahey for lieutenant governor but urged unity as the vote indicated strong support for Vahey.
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Boston
James H. Vahey
Watertown
Charles J. Berton
Melrose
James F. Aylward
Cambridge
Erwin H. Kennedy
Pittsfield
Simeon V. Shaw
Lawrence
John A. Thawer
Worcester
Richard Olney
James E. Cotter
Hyde Park
Vahey
BE. Gerry Brown
Brockton
Brown
Six Men Die In Logging Train Collision Near Portland
A Chapman Tos ting logging train from Scappoose collided with a Northern Pacific passenger train. Six crew members were killed and eight injured. one fatal, five serious, two slight. Injured rushed to Portland hospitals.
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Portland
Ore
Chapman Tosting Company
Scappoose
Northern Pacific
Ital
Ten Thousand Chicago Students Lacking Adequate Nourishment
A Chicago board of education report based on house to house inspections finds about ten thousand school children are insufficiently nourished. Some live near starvation, with families relying on dry bread and tea for days, while others struggle on meager weekly wages. The report cites parental unemployment, illness, and alcohol abuse as factors, especially in stock yards districts, and actions on free breakfasts may be considered.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Stock Yards
Compulsory Education Department
Crusade Against the White Plague At Tuberculosis Congress
Dr. Robert Koch urges education for children as key to stopping tuberculosis. Discussion at the International Congress on Tuberculosis also hears Dr G A Heron report and Irving Fisher proposal for a national health board and cabinet seat.
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Robert Koch
G. A. Heron
Royal Society of Medicine of London
Great Britain
Ireland
Koch
Dr. Koch
Irving Fisher
Yale University
National Board of Health
Liston Homer Montgomery
Chicago
Congress
Department of Public Health
Felton testifies on rail rebates in Standard Oil case
Henry E. Felton, president of Union Tank Line and former C R I L railroad official, spent the day on the stand as the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil resumed. He described pre 1887 tariff practices with rebates and gentlemen's agreements that failed when a road offered larger shipments and rebated to attract customers.
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Chicago
Henry E. Felton
Union Tank Line Company
Chicago and Eastern Ilinois
Standard Oil Company
Felton
Sentlemen
Alexander Mann elected bishop of Washington diocese
Dr. Alexander Mann of Trinity Episcopal church Boston Mass was elected bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Washington on the seventh ballot. Bishop Brent of the Philippines declined after earlier elections. the vacancy followed the death of Bishop Henry Y Satterlee.
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Dr. Mann
Washington
Alexander Mann
Trinity Episcopal Church
Boston
Mass
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Tishop Brent
Philippines
Henry Y. Satterlee
Atlantic battleship fleet enters Manila harbor
Manila reports the Atlantic battle ship fleet has entered the harbor, passing Corregidor island at noon.
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Manila
Corregidor Island
Taft Forecasts Electoral Victory on Midwestern Tour
William H. Taft predicted he would win the election after a tour through Nebraska and nearby states. He said Republican support remains strong in Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa and Nebraska, and noted big crowds at Crete Beatrice Table Rock and Nebraska City. He contrasted Democratic rule with Republican achievements and praised Bryan in his remarks.
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Omaha
William H. Taft
Taft
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Nebraska
Mr. Taft
South Omaha
Crete
Beatrice
Table Rock
Nebraska City
Bryan
Sherman in Illinois Republican VP campaign tour
James S Sherman spoke across the Middle West finishing with a mammoth Coliseum rally in Peoria after Decatur Clinton Bloomington events. He attacked Bryan tariff policy and addressed campaign finance publicity while Longworth Rodenberg McKinley and Esch spoke at various stops.
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Peoria
Ill
Middle West
James
Sherman
Decatur
Milliken University
Clinton
Bryan
Longworth
Rodenberg
Bloomington
McKinley
Illinois
Esch
Wisconsin
Mr. Bryan
New York
Speech Declares One Dollar a Day Was Not Enough
A speaker stated he had never declared that one dollar a day sufficed for any laboring man, emphasizing a belief in higher wages for workers.
Hughes Campaign Tour Energizes New York Rally Circuit
Governor Charles E. Hughes rushed through Manhattan and the Bronx on a campaign swing after Baltimore. He spoke at five points from McKinley Square to the East Side, praised Taft, and warned that his defeat would bolster forces opposed to an honest state administration.
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New York
Charles E. Hughes
Manhattan
Bronx
Baltimore
Farl Hall
Columbia University
McKinley Square
Manhattan Island
Lower East Side
Taft
United States
Hughes
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Good Mower Co
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