Foss withdraws from presidential primary ballot in Massachusetts
Eugene N. Foss announces withdrawal from the Massachusetts presidential preference primary. He informs Secretary of State Langtry that his name will be taken off the ballot and urges pledged delegates to consider themselves unpledged. The governor also asks other candidates to keep their names on the ballot to ensure a genuine expression of voter preference.
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Langtry
Albert P. Langtry
Boston
Massachusetts
Mr. Langtry
Ewugene N. Foss
Thomas P. Riley
Democratic State Committee
Mass
Riley
Congress
Eugene N. Foss
Governor Foss Withdrawal Forces Ballot Pledge Debate
The Governors surprise move unsettles delegates pledged to Foss and raises questions if unpledged candidates can appear on the ballot. Secretary Langtry will decide if pledges can be removed, with a 5 p.m. deadline for withdrawals. Ballot Law Commission meets today as Curley and Harlow consult on the issue.
Governor Foss Withdraws Name as Presidential Candidate
National political developments report Foss withdraws his bid. delegates pledged to him and the state committee slate to be decided today. Roosevelt appeals for fairness in West Virginia. key figures from New York and others slated for delegates at large. Wilson spends hours in Washington with Democratic leaders. Maryland forwards a presidential primary bill into law. Clark withdraws from New Jersey ballot. Nebraska Populist ballot names urged to be withdrawn.
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Foss
State Committee
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Elihu Root
J. S. Sherman
William Barnes, Jr
Nicholas M. Butler
Columbia
New York
Williams
Wilson
Washington
Mary
Curley to Aid Clark Campaign in Massachusetts
Mr Curley announced he will travel to Massachusetts to manage Speaker Clark’s campaign while the Wilson effort will be run by ex Mayor Josiah Quincy and Robert Treat Paine. Foss may have delegates pledged to Clark or Wilson rather than unpledged. The Ballot Law Commission will also tackle the issue today as Foss briefly flirted with withdrawal and then returned to the ballot before again stepping off.
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Washigton
Curley
Massachusetts
Speaker Clark
Wilson
Josiah Quincy
Robert Treat Paine
Foss
Clark
Balot Law Commission
Congressman Curley
George Fred Williams
Real Issue: A Nation Fit for All or None
In Maysville Kentucky Col Roosevelt on April 4 discussing the campaign stated that unless the country is a pretty good place for all of us it will not be a good place for any of us. He said the core issue is the nation's future direction not personal fortunes and emphasized handshakes at several stations due to a tight schedule.
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Maysville
Col. Roosevelt
Covington
Ohio
Louisville
Roosevelt
P. G. Boutwell
Clear Water
Minn
West Union
Iowa
Dr. Williams
Stone Defends Clark At Chicago Democratic Meeting
Senator William J. Stone of Missouri charged Governor Harmon and Governor Wilson with disloyalty to the national Democratic party at a Chicago rally supporting Champ Clark. He cited their 1896 votes for the opposition ticket and lauded Clark’s two decades in Congress. He asked voters who has done the most to advance the party.
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Chicago
Wilson
Harmon
National Democratic Party
William J. Stone
Missouri
Champ Clark
Missouri Society of Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Stone
Clark
Missourian
Congress
Democratic State Committee Reelects Officers In New York
At a New York Democratic State committee meeting M Palmer of Schoharie County was reelected chairman as preparations for the April 11 state convention began. A protest from Nassau and Suffolk counties questioned Henry P. Keith's credentials and a five member committee was appointed to investigate his seat amid charges of strong arm tactics linked to Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall. Keith vowed to fight to retain his seat and said he would pursue court action.
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New York
Democratic State Committee
M. Palmer
Schoharie County
Henry P. Keith
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Murphy
New York City
Keith
Nassau
Suffolk
Mason
Palmer
Secretary of State
State Committee
Wilson at Capital as Candidates Gather in Washington
Governor Woodrow Wilson spent eight hours in Washington meeting prominent Democrats after arriving from New Jersey. He conferred with House and Senate leaders including Culberson, Williams, Chamberlain, Gardner, Mayors of several states, and Representatives Henry and Vurleson, before departing for Chicago with secretary Walter Measday and Wilson publicity head Thomas J. Pence.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Harmon
Ohio
Roosevelt
Wilson
Chicago
House
Senate
Newlands
Nevada
Congress
Culberson
Texas
Williams
Mississippi
Chamberlain
Oregon
Gardner
Maine
Montana
Smith
Georgia
Henry
House Rules Committee
Vurleson
Walter Measday
Thomas J. Pence
Wilson Publicity Bureau
Wilson withdraws from Populist ballot
Woodrow Wilson writes to Secretary of State White to remove his name from the Populist ballot as a candidate for the preferential vote at the primaries in Lincoln Nebraska. Admirers had filed him as both Democratic and Populist, the two parties often fused in the state.
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Lincoln
Neb
Woodrow Wilson
White
Wilson
Roosevelt begs fair treatment at Wood County convention
In Parkersburg on April 4 Colonel Roosevelt accused his political opponents of using unfair methods to defeat him at the upcoming Wood County convention. He claimed officials were trying to influence the vote despite widespread support for him and urged the public to ensure a fair expression of popular will at the convention.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Roosevelt
Wood County
Roosevelt Campaign Tour Through Kentucky and West Virginia
Colonel Roosevelt spoke in Parkersburg on a crowded overflow night and toured along the Ohio River into Kentucky and West Virginia. Governor Glasscock acted as guide as crowds gathered at Covington Augusta Maysville Point Pleasant Ravenswood and Huntington with a large reception before his Martinsburg stop on the next day en route to Chicago.
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Roosevelt
West Virginia
Kentucky
Parkersburg
Court House
Covington
Augusta
Maysville
Point Pleasant
Ravenswood
W. Va
Huntington
Martinsburg
Chicago
Gardner Defends Judiciary in House Dissent on Recall
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts attacked the recall of judges as demagogic in a House speech. He warned that recall politics threaten impartial justice and urged upholding lifetime appointments, citing a Socialist editorial that praised recall as a tool to oust capitalist judges and aid the McNamara brothers.
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Washington
Gardner
Massachusetts
House
Republican Progressive League
California
McNamara Brothers
Senator Jones Compares Roosevelt Policy to Pontius Pilate
Washington April 4 Senator Jones of Washington said he would speak next Wednesday on ex President Roosevelts views on judicial reform. He declared the rule laid down by the ex president was in line with that advocated by Pontius Pilate 1900 years ago. The remark drew much interest in the forthcoming speech.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Jones
Pontius Pilate
Card Games at Polls as Ballots Fail to Arrive
In Brooklyn New York on April 4 during a disrupted primary election inspectors and sheriffs fled posts as ballots did not arrive. A card game began in a polling district while a new Democratic primary in the 13th Assembly district was sought. The appellate division of the Supreme Court upheld the lower court finding no fraud.
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New York
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
John C. Judge
13Th Assembly
Bell
Williams Named Prosecution Counsel for Money Trust
Washington reports George Fred Williams will be named counsel to the committee on banking and currency to prosecute the money trust. The appointment will likely keep Williams out of Massachusetts during the campaign for delegates to the national convention.
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Washington
George Fred Williams
Committee On Banking and Currency
Money Trust
Mr. Williams
Massachusetts
Four New York Delegates At Large Named For Republican Convention
Unofficial at Republican State headquarters indicates the four delegates at large to the Rochester convention next week will be Senator Elihu Root James S Sherman William Barnes Jr and Nicholas Murray Butler The delegates will not be instructed for President Taft or any other candidates and Butler is set as temporary and permanent chairman of the State convention.
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New York
Rochester
Elihu Root
James S. Sherman
William Barnes, Jr
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Lafayette B. Gleason
State Committee
Taft
Harvard Men to Form Roosevelt Club at Harvard
Harvard University students plan a Roosevelt club with a meeting at 4 pm in the trophy room of the Harvard Union. Speeches will honor the alumnus and an organization for his political support will be formed.
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Harvard University
Harvard Union
Harvard
Doubt in Wisconsin Clark Wilson Contest
Milwaukee April 4 official returns will decide the Clark Wilson contest in Wisconsin. Clark will have not more than eight delegates but at least five, with the official count needed to determine the three in doubt. Wilson leads Clark in total preferential primary vote by about 15000.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Clark-Wilson
Clark
Wilson
Legislature adjourns early in Michigan second special session
Both houses of the Michigan Legislature quit work tonight and will end the second special session tomorrow. Governor Osborn’s recommendations have all been acted upon, with several measures opposed. A presidential preference primary law, urged to be in effect this year, was defeated.
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Lansing
Mich
Osborn
Clark Withdraws Name From New Jersey Ballot
Speaker Champ Clark withdraws his name from the official ballot in the New Jersey primary to select delegates to the Democratic convention. The action, received by Secretary of State Crater, is not explained but is believed to be a courtesy to Governor Woodrow Wilson.
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Clark
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Champ Clark
Crater
Woodrow Wilson
Taft Men Refuse To Enter Straw Vote Test
General Edgar R. Champlin Taft manager in this state declines to join the Roosevelt committee organizing a straw vote. He says the committee has no time or money to waste on a straw ballot and that backers of the President are confident of the result on April 30.
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TAFT
Edgar R. Champlin
Roosevelt Committee
Champlin
Democrats Favor Taft as Easiest to Beat
Roosevelt headquarters alleges Democrats nationwide back Taft’s renomination because he would pose the least challenge at the polls in November after Wisconsin primary results. The claim frames Taft as the party’s simplest opponent for the general election.
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Taft
Washington
Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Stedman Sued for 10000 Auto Death Case
Arthur W. Stedman of Boston is defendant in a Norfolk county suit for 10000 filed in Dedham for striking and injuring Patrick Murphy of Brookline with an automobile on December 24, an injury that led to Murphy’s death.
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Stedman
Arthur W. Stedman
Boston
Norfolk County
Dedham
Patrick Murphy
Brookline
Senate approves navy dental surgeons bill
The Senate passed a bill allowing the appointment of dental surgeons in the navy. The retirement age was set at seventy, instead of sixty two.
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Washington
Senate
Rebel rout in Parral as Campa’s forces defeated
Reuters despatch from El Paso reports General Campa’s rebel army routed near Parral Mex April 2 with federal defenders tightening siege. Official tally cites three killed and 12 wounded among rebels, but many wounded left behind as Campa fled. Included in the casualties is Campa’s 18 year old brother.
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Campa
Parral Mex
el Paso
Parral
Woman Fights Beside Husband in Battle at Parral City
A woman accompanies her husband through a brutal advance and fights in trenches with a rifle as the retreat begins. Her husband is killed while she tries to recover his body, later escaping on horseback. Campa deploys rapid firers and mortars, calls Parral’s mayor for surrender. the mayor refuses and shells fall toward the city.
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Campa
Parral
Villa
Campn
Sam Drebin
Drebin
Race for Delegates Stands in Democratic and Republican Counts
The report outlines delegate tallies for each party across states. Democrats assign six delegates to territorial possessions, while Republicans grant two each except Hawaii with six. States listed include Maine Missouri Kansas Wisconsin Oklahoma Indiana and Indiana totals for Clark Wilson Harmon and Marshall with varying counts.
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Hawaii
Clark
Wilson
Maine
Missouri
Gast
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Taft Kor Roosevelt
Alabama
New Mexico
Lumbia
Colorado
Indiana
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
New York
Michigan
Roosevelt
Philippines
Dakota
Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Taft
Lowa
Drebin and companions survive hot clash after rebel sortie
In a standing fire exchange the hilltop battle raged with federal sharpshooters silencing rebel artillery. Drebin and gunner Ignacio Gutierrez endured wounds, swapped horses under fire, and finally formed a retreat with their small group 25 miles from the fight after 40 hours without sleep and two hours without food.
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Drebin
Philadelphian
Jack Zimmerman
el Paso
el Pasoan
Ignacio Gutierez
Gutierrez
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