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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1912
Page
4
Colonel Roosevelt continues campaign across Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to urge support for Saturday’s primaries. Crowds are large and demonstrative, with the candidate asking voters to follow Illinois’s example yesterday.
Colonel Roosevelt forecasts victory in Pennsylvania after Illinois and aims to steer the win toward social and industrial justice. He denounces selected New York lawyers as embattled defenders of privilege and denounces Taft allied figures. Crowds fill streets in Johnstown Altoona Harrisburg Lancaster Philadelphia and Reading Allentown Easton awaits his departure to New York and Oyster Bay.
A Taft rally is planned for tonight in Manchester New Hampshire. Senator Charles L. Townsend of Michigan will be principal speaker with Hon. Sherman E. Burroughs of Manchester and Hon. Edward E. Wason of Nashua also speaking.
Mrs Margaret Deland told Radcliffe College students at Agassiz House that women should not repeat men's mistakes and should seek universal suffrage. Her remarks drew attention to her works including The Iron Woman and other books.
Mrs Deland argues a middle ground between suffragists and anti suffragists. She favors voting rights tied to intelligence rather than universal suffrage and criticizes male apathy while noting that some young men support suffrage out of chivalry.
Delegates arriving for the New York state Democratic convention discuss Mayor William J. Gaynor as a possible compromise candidate for the national nomination. The platform will push tariff revision while reaffirming the 1910 Rochester platform and Governor Dix’s administration. Key figures include Dix, James A. O’Gorman, Charles I. Murphy, with four delegates at large to be chosen. Temporary chair Seymour van Santvoord. permanent chair John J. Fitzgerald expected to preside.
The 1015 delegates at Rochester New York spring Republican convention endorsed Taft for renomination and urged the state delegation to vote for Taft at Chicago. City Comptroller William A Prendergast of New York opposed the platform stating Taft could not be re elected.
Delegates selected include United States Senator Elihu Root, State Chairman William Barnes Jr., William Berri of Brooklyn, and Edwin A Merritt speaker of the State Assembly. Alternates include Senator Edgar T Bracket of Saratoga Charles W Anderson of New York George W Whitehead of Niagara Falls and B V B Brown of New York.
The coffin said to hold Major-General Philip Kearny was opened in Trinity Church yard New York by verger William C. Broughton. Among twenty coffins in the vault the right one, believed to contain Kearny, was found and the body will be moved to Arlington Cemetery. The uniform buttons were as bright as ever.
United States Senator Elihu Root urged the Chicago gathering to uphold a restrained judiciary and warned against recalling judges. He joined Wadsworth Prendergast and Hedges in speeches praising sober policy over sensational rhetoric as the convention selected delegates and adjourned. State Chairman Barnes stated the party would seek coherent judgment over pulpit-style declarations and warned against vain promises.
In Bay City Michigan a split in the Republican State central committee pits Taft and Roosevelt factions. Delegates from Detroit and Battle Creek were seated for Taft, with Roosevelt leaders predicting a reversal on the floor as the convention opens tomorrow. Detroit holds balance of power in the race.
Wood row Wilson headquarters issued a statement blaming the Illinois outcome on William Randolph Hearst and his newspapers and allies. It says Governor Harmon abandoned the field, shifting Harmon strength to Clark, while in Wisconsin the Clark-Harmon ticket was defeated by over two to one.
The Sunday Post teases new material from Kaptin Kiddo The Zoo Hank Sambo and other fan makers delivering fresh humor and artwork for the forthcoming comic pages.
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