Talkfest Anyway May Be a Swattest
Chicago 1912 political preview shows Taft and Roosevelt camps circling the convention with hope and fear. Predictions of votes clash with reality as factions scheme amid riot rumors, police prep, and tense maneuvers before the Taft and Roosevelt camps vie for control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt
Hope
Senator Borah
Senator Dixon
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Root
Mr. McKinley
Mr. Taft
Mr la Follette
Cummins
Logan
Herbert Hadley
Missouri
Victor Rosewater
Colonel
Harry New
Republican National Committee
Hadley
Roosevelt allies break with Taft over Crane in Massachusetts
Roosevelt delegates announce an irreparable split with Taft forces as they refuse any compromise to reelect Senator Crane to the national committee. Charles Baxter leads the delegation and plans a separate organization while Crane contemplates retirement from national service amid growing party tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barnes
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Taft
Senator Crane
National Committee
Committee On
Crane
Thierry
Charles S. Baxter
Frederick Fosdick
Fitchburg
A. Bushnell Hart
U. S. Weeks
Fall River
John W. Keyes
Boston
Charles H. Innes
Committee On Credentials
Arthur L. Nason
F. P. Glazier
George L. Barnes
Grafton Cushing
Abbott P. Smith
Taft Committee
Roosevelt Committee
Baxter
Barnes
Mr. Hale
Mr. Hill
Charles 8S
Edgar
Champlin
Washington
Berkshires
United States Senate
Mayor Gaynor Receives Urgent Southern Delegation Telegram
New York June 17 Mayor Gaynor received a telegram claimed from a Southern Democrat stating he leads an undirected delegation to Baltimore for the national convention. The message complains rural delegates lack funds and asks Gaynor to help transport them, promising interest if his name is favored. The mayor was urged to answer at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
T. R
McKinley
Victor Rosewater
New York
Gaynor
Baltimore
New England Turners End Three Days Meet in Roxbury
The New England Turners convention closed in Apollo Garden after three days of sports and music. About 10 000 attendees including delegates from Greater Boston areas and visitors from Springfield Lawrence Clinton Holyoke Providence and Manchester.
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New England
Turners
New England Turners, German Arbeiter Society
Roxbury
Apolo Garden
Greater Boston
Springfield
Lawrence
Clinton
Holyoke
Providence
Manchester
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Patrick J. Dore
Oklahoma
Lillian Russell
Samuel G. Blythe
Rosewater
Colonel Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Murray Crane
William Flinn
Pittsburg
Boies Penrose
France
la Follette
Pussy Footers
Lightning
Bay State
Robert L. Norton
Post
Mr. Baxter
Boss” Penrose
Pennsylvania
Timothy L. Woodruff
Brooklyn, N. Y
IMD
Morse Furniture Co
Washington. St. Corner Common St
Livsiun Sliasde
Southern Democrat
Balti
Bauer Chemical CO
Irving
C. New
Sanatgre
C. A. Ewald
Berlin University
Thos.b. Stillman
Stevens Institute
C. van Noorden
Vienna University
Emperor of Austria
Keral
Vienna
von Leyden
First Medical Clinic
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