Taft Delegates Seated as Convention Ends in Apparent Consensus
The convention debated seating Taft delegates from multiple districts including Georgia Indiana Kentucky and Louisiana with no minority reports and a viva voce confirmation. The body adjourned briefly at 7 38 p m and planned to reconvene at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Taft Delegates Seated Amid Chicago Convention Turmoil
In Chicago on June 21 the convention saw heated debates over credentials with Taft forces gaining ground. The credentials committee reported seating Taft delegates in Alabama and Arizona amid clashes with Roosevelt supporters, rolls calls, and a volatile vote tally. Georgia and California cases shaped the tense proceedings as business paused for a break.
Baltimore Convention Hints At Democratic Nominating Battle
Baltimore observers report a partial convention setup with all candidates’ headquarters active. Delegates and national committee members debate temporary chairmanship as Ohio and Harmon campaigned factions press unit rule and Wilson’s claimed 215 delegates while Clark is shown at about 220 on first ballot and Underwood at 86.
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Underwood
Threats of a Third Ticket Revived in Roosevelt Move
Chicago reports Roosevelt may lead an independent ticket if he is not backed by the current convention. Advisers note the California district contest and a shift away from continuing the present convention. Roosevelt says any nomination would be by enthusiastic supporters, not his own plan or sanction.
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Stormy Convention Hisses Over Roosevelt Taft Delegates
Chairman Root announced the credential's committee report as the first order. W T Dovell of Washington urged seating Taft delegates in Alabama's ninth district, aligning with the national committee. R R McCormick of Illinois filed a minority report for Roosevelt. boos and hisses erupted as Root warned he would proceed unless overruled.
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Clean Sweep for Harvard in New London Regatta
Harvard defeated Yale by six lengths on the Thames River in the annual varsity eight race. Harvard also led freshmen eight and varsity four crews to victory, giving Harvard a clean sweep in New London.
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Roosevelt Third Party Move Fails at Taft on First Ballot
Chicago June 21 Roosevelt’s third party move collapses as Taft’s managers claim he already holds a majority of sixteen to eighteen votes on the roll call for presidential nominations. Taft accelerates plans for rapid convention closure with day and night sessions to wind up the convention by Saturday.
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Bryan to Lead Fight Against Judge Parker
Baltimore Maryland June 21 That the Democratic national committee will ratify Judge Parker s selection as temporary chairman of the Democratic national convention was stated by national committeemen who led a fight on the arrangements committee to name the former Democratic presidential candidate Parker has announced he will accept the temporary chairmanship. William Jennings Bryan arrives Sunday to lead the fight against Parker. Meantime friends of Bryan say they will canvass the national committee as they arrive to see if the arrangements committee s choice can be set aside by the full committee.
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Two Die in Electric Chair in Virginia Prison
Richmond June 21 Byra Jackson and Clarence Nixton two negroes were electrocuted in the state prison for crimes including assault and robbery. Jackson was said to be the first in fifty years to receive the death penalty for such a crime and Nixton died for an atrocious Portsmouth crime.
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Weekend Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia sunshine expected Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change. Virginia forecast calls for fair weather with light variable winds and modest temperature stability through the weekend.
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Virginia
Taft forces tighten grip as Roosevelt fights linger at convention
Chicago June 21 Taft delegates won most contested seats in a day of nominal victories and bitter clashes. Roosevelt forces faced defeats in California and expected earlier fights in Texas and Washington. Delegates adjourned with Texas and Washington cases unresolved amid tension and jokes about a steam roller.
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Coalition Charged by Roosevelt People
Chicago, June 21 Charges that contested delegates and Republican national committee members formed a coalition in the credentials committee to control the body in favor of the Roosevelt faction were circulated tonight by R K McCormick and other Roosevelt members. The statement, to be offered at the convention, claims the credentials work is part of a plan to influence the national gathering against Taft supporters. McCormick circulated the document and all who received it signed.
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Convention in Chicago Aims to Shorten Three Day Session
Republican leaders plan to compress three days of convention business into one session in Chicago. With the permanent organization unresolved and several contest cases and platform decisions pending, delegates will convene at 10 a.m. to decide presidential and vice presidential nominations, with Taft expected to be renominated on the first ballot.
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Call boys accused of planning poison plot in Virginia
W D Bostic testified in the Call boys case alleging they plotted to poison Constable Hunt who was shot. The trial drew a large crowd in Honover Virginia with 12 to 15 witnesses present as attorneys argued the charges. Bostic, wounded in pursuit, is remanded to jail after the poisoning case is resolved.
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Vienna Musicals Festival Opens With Brilliant Prospects
Vienna unveils a two week music festival drawing European fans. Beethoven Haydn Brahms Bruckner Haller works performed by Vienna's famed orchestra and choirs under Nikisch Weingartner Bruno Walter and Schalk. Folk songs dance music and operas by Mozart and Smetana featured at the Imperial Opera.
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Deliverance Prayer Against Political Corruption in Chicago
Rev. Dr. Shaw delivers a prayer calling for national repentance and divine deliverance from war, intemperance, commercial dishonesty, social impurity and political corruption. He urges God to establish gospel principles across the republic and confront citizens with high responsibility.
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Faithful Nation Assembly Prayer for Divine Guidance
A prayer asks God to guide the national assembly in conserving resources and planning for prosperity. It seeks wisdom, concord, and purity to honor God, endow deliberations with peace, and secure divine approval for future actions. The invocation ends with the Trinity praised through Jesus Christ.
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Bryan welcomed by crowd in Chicago on June 21
William Jennings Bryan received a noisy welcome as he entered the press stand in Chicago. Cheers of speech speech Bryan rang out while the band played Should Auld Acquaintances Be Forgot. Bryan smiled, waved, and announced he will begin 72 speeches before starting for Baltimore tomorrow morning.
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Baltimore Convention Opens With Fight Over Parker
William J. Bryant telegraphed five presidential candidates Clark Wilson Foss Baldwin and Gaynor asking them to oppose Judge Parker as temporary chairman of the Democratic national convention. The note cooled any hope of avoiding a fight at the opening as leaders align against Parker. Committeemen await replies before further action. Henry of Texas Wilson's manager backs Bryan.
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Clark Appeals to Bryan on Baltimore Convention Strategy
Speaker Clark telegraphed William J. Bryan that a united appeal to the Democratic national committee could avert controversies in organizing the Baltimore convention. He argued the platform and candidate nominations should be the only real issues dividing delegates.
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Credentials committee leaves national decisions unchanged
Chicago June 21 the credentials committee completed a thirty eight hour session with no changes to the Republican national committee decisions. Texas contests remain unresolved as Virginia fifth district kept open for morning decision. Roosevelt forces rally over thirty Texas delegates amid a total 207 Taft aligned delegations and 15 Roosevelt votes listed by state totals.
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Parker Reactionary Label Roils Democrats at Baltimore Meet
Brands Parker faces opposition as Judge Alten B Parker ally Wil liam Jennings Bryan wires Democratic leaders to block Parker's election as temporary Baltimore convention chairman. Telegrams go to Speaker Clark Governor Wilson Governor Burke of South Carolina Governor Foss of Massachusetts Governor Baldwin of Connecticut and Mayor Gaynor.
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Strother Reports $150.70 Cost for Senate Nomination
James A. Strother of Welch, Republican nominee for the Sixth district state senate, spent 150.70 to secure the nomination per expense statement filed with the secretary of state in Charleston West Virginia on June 21.
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Dem Democratic Conventions From 1832 to 1860 Recap
The article surveys the history of Democratic national conventions from 1832 in Baltimore through the 1860 Chicago gathering, noting the two thirds rule, walkouts, and the split over slavery that culminated in Lincoln’s 1860 election. It highlights key tickets and figures like Van Buren Polk Pierce Buchanan Breckinridge and Douglas Johnson.
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Hannibal Hamlin
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