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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
5
Massachusetts Governor Guild congratulates Sherman and Taft as a strong national ticket. He notes an unbroken Massachusetts delegation and pledges support. Local leaders like Luce Adams Tuttle and corporate figures voice approval, while some favor Guild as VP but praise the Chicago choice.
Eight Republican national committee members left Chicago for Cincinnati to confer with Secretary Taft on appointing a national campaign chairman. Taft reportedly faces pressure for Arthur I. Vorys or Myron T. Herrick from Ohio, while a majority seeks Frank H. Hitchcock.
Washington notes Secretary Taft resigns today to take effect June 30. The move marks the 30th departure from the cabinet in a period of reform era realignments.
Dorchester Republicans organized last night forming the Taft and Sherman Club of Ward 20 and sent telegrams of congratulations to the Republican nominees. Jesse D. Crook was chosen president, Thomas H. Keenan secretary, and Frederick A. Junisky treasurer. Crook regretted Governor Guild was not nominated but said higher honors would come.
June 19. Massachusetts Senators Lodge and Crane led a bitter breach as Governor Guild fell two votes short of Murphy for the vice president nomination. Guild won 75 votes. opposition boasted of fewer than a dozen, while New York backed Sherman. The rancor and maneuvers left many delegates to explain the split and its impact on Guild’s candidacy.
The Massachusetts delegation heads home to Boston after backing the Taft Sherman ticket at Chicago. Lodge and Crane split on preferred candidates but united for Fairbanks and Sherman. The group praises the ticket as strong and ensures New York State support, with plans to arrive home Saturday afternoon.
Dr Francis J Barnes president of Boston College Club heads the garden party and reunion efforts as grounds at University Heights open from noon to midnight. The Algonquin Club matinee exhibition and two college orchestras perform while Burke Cochran delivers the dedication speech on The Higher Education and Ideal Citizenship.
R H Stearns Co mails 28 500 illustrated catalogues to charge patrons. The store plans to place copies on the street floor Saturday and Monday to meet demand. The catalogue is described as one of the most comprehensive volumes of its kind.
In the water tank of a locomotive that reached Springfield, Massachusetts, early yesterday, the body of William McMahon, 28, a printer from New Haven, was found. He likely climbed into the tender when empty and was smothered as water and coal were loaded in the yards.
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