Slander and Sway in 19th Century Gubernatorial Recall
A paid political ad by Martin Vetleson, Republican judge candidate, sits beside a sweeping recount of the 1884 Blaine Cleveland presidential race. The piece recalls Blaine’s brilliance, Cleveland’s rise, and the slander campaign that toppled Blaine, noting local candidate's own political peril.
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Pioneer
Martin Vetleson
Sixth Judicial District
Sweet Grass County
James G. Blaine
Grover Cleveland
Blaine
Congress
Philadelphia
Col
Robert G. Ingersoll
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ohio
Chicago
James A. Garfield
New York
Erie County
Cleveland
Maria Halpin
Henry Burchard
Pathetic birth stories fade as voters seek future plans
The piece argues that voters care less about where Hoover Curtis or Smith were born and more about their proposed policies. It criticizes past hardships as irrelevant and questions Hoover’s wheat prices, Curtis’s McNary-Haugen stance, and Smith’s stance on prohibition enforcement.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Houston
Tex
al Smith
New York
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
Ohio
Curtis
Senate
A! Smith
Republican platform critique from Chicago Tribune editorial
The Chicago Tribune editorial reviews the Kansas City Republican platform, praising core principles while condemning issues. It denounces Kellogg’s treaties, McNary-Haugen, anti-lynching gaps, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, prohibition enforcement, and calls for constitutional fidelity and representative government.
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Chicago Tribune
Joseph Medill
Kansas City
Republican Party
Kellogg
Europe
Asia
Harding
Cleveland
Anti-Saloon League
Treasury Department
Federalist Party
Congress
Young Roosevelt’s Finish at the Republican Convention
James O Donnell Bennett reports in the Chicago Tribune that Col Roosevelt Jr appears absent from the Kansas City convention. Theodore Roosevelt Jr travels under a harsh epigram while the New York delegation shows little sign of his presence and a hotel window displays his portrait.
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Young Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt, Jr
Kansas City
James O’donnell Bennett
Chicago Tribune
New York
Muehlebach
Oyster Bay
Theodore
al Smith
Empire State
Adirondacks
Farm Relief Moves to Convention in Texas
In Houston on June 19 Democratic leaders gather ahead of the national convention. Ohio’s W A Julian urges primacy of the McNary Haugen farm relief plan as vital to avert disaster while others push farmer concerns and prohibition as a potential issue. Jesse H Jones and Clem Shaver back farmer pleas and suggest Robinson as permanent convention chair.
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Houston
Texas
W. A. Julian
Ohio
Julian
Clem Shaver
National Democratic Executive Committee
Jesse H. Jones
Kansas City
Hounston
Louis A. Culliver
National Constitutional Liberty League of America
Hoover Bumps Heads With Running Mate
Secretary Hoover and Senator Curtis met in Washington for the first time since their nomination to discuss campaign plans. They posed for photographers at luncheon and held a lengthy conference but offered no decisions. Curtis will stay in the capital Thursday and may rest briefly before campaigning.
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Washington
Hoover
Curtis
Republican Party
Canidate
Senate
Repubican National Committee
James W. Good
Chicago
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