Bryan Holds Rallies in West Virginia
William J. Bryan drew large crowds across Ohio Kanawha and New River valleys in West Virginia urging voters to back the Democratic ticket. He defended labor rights against coercion, praised Samuel Gompers and denounced Roosevelt’s stance while highlighting campaign issues in Charleston Thurmond and Evansville before heading to New York.
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Hinton
W. Va
William J. Bryan
West Virginia
Ohio
Kanawha
New River
Mr. Roosevelt
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Charleston
Thurmond
Mr. Bryan
New York
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Bryan decries missing full dinner pail emblem in West Virginia
At Montgomery West Virginia William J Bryan addressed miners and laborers urging a Democratic ticket victory. He recalled the once promised full dinner pail and noted its absence this year mocking Republican pledges. A miner shouted hung as he critiqued 16 to 1 election odds and Bryan pressed labor questions.
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Montgomery
W. Va
William J. Bryan
Congress
Bryan
Miner
Taft Speaks 16 Times in Indiana with Labor Focus
In Evansville and across Indiana Taft delivers 16 speeches to large crowds. He refutes Bryan on bribes and business promises, calling them facts not fides. He appeals to labor audiences, emphasizing an educational tone and recounting the writ of injunctions at Linton where coal miners listened.
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Evansville
Ind
Indiana
William H. Taft
Bryan
Taft
Linton
Nominees War in New York Invasion for Final Battle
Hitchcock delays departure to Chicago as Taft and Bryan plan to address Port Chester on Monday. Republican and Democratic committees align schedules with Bryan speaking in the morning and Taft at 3 p m that afternoon. Parsons outlines Oct 28 Taft and Hughes events including noon downtown meetings and a Madison Square Garden rally at 8 30 p m presided by Hitchcock.
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New York
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Charles P. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Mr. Bryan
Portchester
N. Y
Republiccan
Democratic National Committees
Bryan
Parsons
Republican County Committee
Hughes
Union League Club
East Side
Thalia Theatre
Camp Hughes
Camp Taft
Fifth Avenue
Madison Square Garden
Bryan assails Republicans over labor clash in St Albans
William J. Bryan told a St Albans audience that President Roosevelt's letter criticizing his stance with Samuel Gompers shows Republican desperation on labor. He said the platform fails to promise labor capital reconciliation and that Republicans have denounced the labor leader to win votes.
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ST. Albans
W. Va
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Bryan
Gompers
Aoe
Bryan Dominates Lexington Vote In City canvass
A general canvass in Lexington shows Bryan winning by over three to one against Taft among workers at a bank sawmill printing office carpenters and laborers. Bryan picked up 19 votes from a black employee group while Taft led only in bank workers by three.
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Lexington
Bryan
Taft
Taft Leads Illinois Straw Vote in Chicago Results
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a Taft plurality in Illinois likely between 175000 and 270000 with Governor Charles S. Deneen expected to win.
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Chicago
Ill
Chicago Record-Herald
Illinois
Taft
Charles S. Deneen
Varying Plurality Between 110000 and 161000 Estimated
The figures arise from the unofficial straw ballot conducted by the Record-Herald. The canvass shows 11 861 votes cast, with estimates of the minimum and maximum plurality ranging from 110 000 to 161 000.
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Tohieg
Record-Herald
Bryan Leads in Newark Ohio Straw Vote
Newark voters show William Jennings Bryan with about three times as many votes as Taft in a city straw poll. Harmon outpaces Harris in the state tally, while Republicans pledge voter integrity efforts and a $1000 reward for fraudulent voting convictions.
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Cincinnati, CO
Newark
Bryan
Taft
Harmon
Harris
Debs
Prohibition
Conners Charges Padding in New York Voting Lists
William J. Conners, Democratic State committee chairman, accused Republicans in New York of adding 10 000 to 20 000 bogus names to voting lists in a statement dated October 22. He demanded investigation and legal action.
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Alton B. Parker
Conners
Pennsylvania
Canada
Mack
New York State
New York
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Boston's New Caterers Burleigh & Martin
Burleigh and Martin, at Berkeley and St James avenue, offer top catering for weddings dinners luncheons and teas. C F Burleigh has 22 years in the business and a strong reputation for managing large gatherings.
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Burleigh & Martin
Berkeley
St. James Avenue
C. F. Burleigh
Gargan Mass Planned by O Reilly Reading Circle
A requiem mass for Thomas J. Gargan will be celebrated in the Cathedral at 9 o'clock Saturday morning October 24 at the request of the John Boyle O'Reilly Reading Circle of which he was an honorary member.
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Thomas J. Gargan
John Boyle O'Reilly
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