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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1912
Page
5
Vermont politics heat as Progressive Roosevelt support clashes with Taft loyalists. Analysis notes potential Governor race runoff into the Legislature with expected Democratic gains and broad party shifts affecting votes and newspaper support.
The note discusses Theodore Roosevelt's capacity to influence votes for the Progressive candidate for governor, framing the issue as a test of Roosevelt's vote-delivering ability rather than a pledge to deliver for any candidate.
In the final campaign days in Vermont Roosevelt struggles to sway farmers who will vote for him for President but not for the Progressive governor hopeful. The Vermont Republican machine fights hard to preserve power and the pork barrel, while Taft is sidelined as unlikely to win reelection. The piece criticizes the party’s avoidance of national issues and its reliance on patronage.
Governor Woodrow Wilson denounces the minimum wage idea, arguing it would drive wages to a legal floor and empower federal monopoly oversight. He cites a federal commission as enabling employers and limiting workers ability to strike, urging strong defense of organized labor against powerful masters.
Governor Wilson, in Buffalo, argues against a government run by a small elite and experts. He warns against monopolies and federal control, advocating regulation of competition to restore freedom and avoid a safeguarded, controlled economy.
Worcester opens the 94th New England Fair by the Worcester Agricultural Society at Greendale as a record crowd enters despite poor weather. Highlights include a long midway, an expert aviator performing 15 minutes in the air, and top class horse show judging featuring valuable Massachusetts bred geldings fillies and trotting stallions. Tomorrow features horse races and a horse show aiming to rival Boston Brockton events.
Ernest Barry of England world champion sculler and Edward Hanlan Durnan of Toronto have arranged a Thames race in October to contest the world championship of sculling.
In St Joseph Missouri on September 2 Battling Nelson and Steve Ketchel of Chicago boxed to a 15 round draw this afternoon. Ketchel pressed the attack in several rounds while Nelson found counters and went the distance.
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