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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
2
Voters are urged to mark the X in the circle under the rooster to ensure Bryan counts. An X opposite the Democratic electors will count for nothing, risking a partial vote and past errors. The guidance emphasizes one safe method and advises Republicans to use the rooster circle and then choose state and county tickets.
The article rebuts a Taft campaign claim that William J. Bryan called working men beggars. It cites Bryan’s January 13 1894 tariff speech in the Congressional Record showing support for labor and justice, denying private slander and asserting workers seek equality and fair share of wealth.
The piece accuses Governor Harris of ties to state officers who diverted public funds for private gain. It argues he resisted investigation and urged lawmakers to limit scrutiny by creating a preselected two member panel. The author demands a political change.
The Ohio Democratic slate includes Judson Harmon of Cincinnati for governor with running mate David L. Rockwell. It lists W. W. Durbin for state auditor, S. D. Creamer for treasurer, Timothy S. Ho an for attorney general, James Henry Newman for secretary of state, Hugh T. Mathers and George B. Okey for supreme court judges, and others including Bernard Doran, Joseph A. States, David Eley, and John A. McDowell, highlighting wide geographic representation and strong qualifications.
The piece argues Republicans at the Ohio convention backed Shauck and Price for third terms amid claims of corporate favoritism and suppression of investigations into Cox government. It cites past rulings favoring corporations, a backstory on Standard Oil graft, and urges voters to defeat Shauck and Price for Democrats Mather and Okey in the coming election.
Judge Harmon twice urged President Cleveland to pardon railroad workers convicted during the 1894 strike. The U S Supreme Court upheld their conviction in November 1895, but Harmon argued the defendants lacked intent to obstruct mails. The president granted a pardon, sparing them imprisonment and fines.
Secretary Taft read a caustic portrait of Ulysses S. Grant at Grant's tomb, asserting weaknesses including alcohol use and financial struggles. Senators Foraker and Silliman condemned the speech as harmful during the campaign season and disrespectful to a national hero.
The Fostoria Times notes that all people will have a chance to vote on November 3 a question of general option State or Plutocrats rule.
Samuel Gompers, head of the AFL, told laborers in Columbus on October 14 that President Taft must answer whether his acceptance speech complies with a court injunction issued by Justice Gould. The injunction, sought by Buck Stove and Range, has summoned John Mitchell Frank Morrison and Gompers to show cause why they should not be jailed for contempt of court.
Mixed state legislative text and official secretary of state attestations on proposed amendments to Ohio’s constitution, detailing ballot timing and session commence rules, with appended local obituary notes including a concealed infant burial and a suicide attempt report.
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