Prominent Republicans Named From The Convention History
Black Th er Hon Frank 68 born March 8 1853 Dartmouth 1876 journalist and editor admitted to bar 1879 congress 1896 97 governor of New York 1897 99 home in Troy Henry C Payne born November 28 1848 Ashfield Mass Shelburne Falls Academy 1859 Republican national committee 1880 delegate 1888 1892 Milwaukee postmaster 1876 1899 postmaster general since Jan 8 1902 home in Milwaukee photo by Purdy
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Frank
Theodore Roosevelt
Dartmouth
New York
Troy
N. Y
Henry C. Payne
Ashfield
Mass
Shelburne Falls
Milwaukee
United States
Purdy
Albert J Beveridge to Second Roosevelt Nomination Speech
BEVERIDGE ALBERT J BEVERIDGE born in Ohio Oct 6 1862. Plowboy at 12 railroad laborer at 14 teamster at 15. Attended High School graduated DePauw University 1885 admitted to bar. US Senator from Indiana since 189? well known as orator home in Indianapolis.
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Albert J. Beveridgch
Roosevelt
Ohio
de Pauw University
United States
Indiana
Indianapolis
Odell Benjamin B Odell Jr New York political leader
Odell Benjamin B. Odell Jr a New York political figure born January 14 1854 in Newburgh New York attended Columbia College since 1875 in business chosen as a member of the New York Republican State committee in 1887 served in Congress from 1895 to 1901 chaired the accounts committee of the Fifty fifth Congress and became Governor of New York on January 1 1905 with a term expiring in 1909
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Benjamin B. Odell, JR
New York
Newburgh, N. Y
Columbia College
New York Republican State Committee
MEN WHO RUN THE MACHINE THE ALASKAN MILLIONAIRES
The Alaska delegates arrive equipped with gold nugget adornments while Churchill Edwards and George Ade mingle in the Auditorium. Senator Fairbanks faces a joke from Miss Lotta Faust in a private box as Maine delegates gripe at rising food prices. Chicago hotels push higher costs with lunch wagons scarce and diners paying extra for free lunches.
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Alaska
Chicago
Winston Churchill
Harry Stillwell Edwards
George Ade
Maine
Cholera Morbus and Bowes Complaints
A leading specialist claims over 95 cases of summer illnesses could be avoided if people keep their systems toned with Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. He calls it the most effective germ destroyer known to the medical profession.
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Duffy
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Ad Claims Health Benefits
An old advertisement touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as aiding digestion and blood purification, toning nerves, building muscle, and aiding heart action. It claims half a century of medical endorsement, asks readers to obtain it from druggists or grocers for one dollar a bottle, with a free medical booklet from the Duffy Malt Whiskey Co in Rochester, New York.
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Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
Fairbanks as Lincoln figure born in cabin and rails
Senator Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana emerges as a potential vice presidential candidate. The profile details his rural upbringing in Unionville Centre Ohio, education, marriage, and domestic tastes, noting his Senate tenure since 1897 and reputation as a cautious, well connected lawyer. A humorous anecdote contrasts McKinley and Gear campaign moments with Fairbanks’s request for milk and pie.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks
Indiana
West
Senate
McKinley
Unionville Centre
Vermont
Cannon Named as Convention Chairman
The permanent organization committee after adjournment elected Hon. W. M. Johnson of New Jersey as chairman and Governor George R. Carter of Hawaii as secretary. Joseph G. Cannon was nominated unanimously for permanent chairman. all temporary officials were confirmed except the temporary chair. Honorary vice-presidents were recommended as vice-presidents of the convention before ad journment.
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Chicago
Committee On Permanent Organization
W. M. Johnson
New Jersey
George R. Carter
Hawaii
Joseph G. Cannon
Fairbanks Receives More Cheers Than Roosevelt at Convention
Chicago June 21 Senator Fairbanks drew 25 percent more cheers than President Roosevelt as delegates hailed the probable vice presidential nominee with 25 seconds of applause. Governor Van Sant mentioned Roosevelt with 26 seconds of cheers and gallery hoots amid his remarks.
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Chicago
Senator Fairbanks
President Roosevelt
van Sant
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Massachusetts backs Fairbanks at delegation meeting
June 21 massachusetts endorses fairbanks at the state delegation meeting ex governor john d long offering a motion adopted unanimously to join in the push for fairbanks nomination for vice president while reserving right to change position if new conditions require action this report from chicago.
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Chicago
Massachusetts
Fairbanks
John D. Long
Wisconsin contestants withdraw amid prejudiced credentials claim
The La Follette faction of Wisconsin Republicans refused to contest before the credentials committee, charging it lacked impartiality and that members had been approached. They offered no specifics and said they would appeal to Wisconsin voters in November. The Alabama fourth district contest was heard next, with contestants withdrawing and the committee’s seating of B. F. Aldrich upheld by default.
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Chicago
Ill
la Follette
Wisconsin Republicans
Credentials Committee
Committee On ‘Credentials
Wisconsin
Alabama
National Committee
B. F. Aldrich
Lodge Platform Draft Reveals Tariff Revision Debate
The draft continues on the tariff plank amid debate over reciprocity and enlarged foreign trade. Senator Hans Brough supports the resolution for tariff adjustment for better foreign relations. Republicans grapple with wording a revision clause while aiming to present a strong stand and possible changes.
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Hansbrough
McKinley
Subcommittee On
A Trial Your Own Affair and the Coffee Cure
An advertisement urges avoiding coffee and its nervous system effects. It promotes POSTUM as a food drink that rebuilds nerve cells, replacing coffee in ten days. It claims coffee causes dyspepsia, heart and kidney trouble, and other ailments, while POSTUM offers pleasant taste and a well-fed feeling.
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Postum
Many planks submitted to resolutions committee
The Chicago meeting reports numerous planks for the party platform. Women suffragists pressed for a constitutional amendment to prevent sex-based disenfranchisement. ARBITRATION plank favored by Bartholdt, and waterway improvement within U S. borders. A peonage ban plank urged by H L Johnson of Georgia.
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Chicago
Committee On
Bartholdt
Missouri
Senator Lodge
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
United States
Harriet Taylor Upton
Ohio
Clara Parker Wolley
Olympia Brown
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Bartholdi
Ralph Loveland
United
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Payne
Beveridge
Odell
Sammy
State Street
Morbus
Bowes
Duffy's Pure
Albert
Boston
Pitts-Kimball Co
Houghton & Dutton Drug Dept
J. M. Nelson
Lynn
Lincoln
Delaware
Ira Andrews
Marysville
Cornelia
P. B. Cole
Park Avenue
Seventh Street
John W. Timmons
Iowa
Gear
Joe Blackburn
Kentucky
Mr. Blackburn
Charles W. Fairbanks
Cannon
Lodge
Johnny Kelley
Harry Kilroy
Jamaica Plain
Post
Newsy
Wellville
Chee
Foraker
Upton
Afro-American League and Negro Suffrage’ Association
H. L. Johnson
Georgia
Congress
Harry
Cummings
Baltimore
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