Republican doubts over Cortelyou gifts spark 1904 questions
The Casper Press notes Clayton’s Denver speech attacks on Roosevelt and Cortelyou over alleged corporate tribute. It cites a $260,000 New York campaign sum and a $400,000 campaign surplus, with calls for publicity laws and a party house cleaning as Bryan taft rhetoric circulates amid labor leaders Mitchell and Gompers pushing for jury trial rights.
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Clayton
Denver
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
Tobacco Trust
Mr. Cortelyou
Steel Trust
Insurance Trust
Washington
New York
Republican Party
Mark Hanna
Bryan
Mitchell
Gompers
Committee
Wheatland Times
Old Stage Coaches on Display at Wyoming State Fair
An exhibit at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas runs Sept 20 80th and Oct 1 2 featuring famous old stage coaches that served mail and passenger needs on the western plains before railroads. The cars carry histories of road agents Indians and blizzards and some carried treasure from Black Hills camps or into frontier army posts.
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Douglas
Wyo
Western Plains
Oil Black Hills
Frontier Army Posta
Great West
Platform in Brief Denounces Federal Growth and Waste
The platform objects to the rising number of federal officeholders and high costs, condemns wasteful spending, urges the House to be a deliberative body not controlled by a powerful speaker, and denounces patronage and presidential selection of successors.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Bia
Democratic Platform Promises Broad Reforms and Equal Rights
The document outlines a broad set of reforms including campaign finance publicity, state versus federal power limits, tariff revision, anti trust measures, railroad regulation, an emergency currency, income tax, eight hour workday for government workers, civil service integrity, and expansion of education. It pledges support for a strong navy, national resources development, and territorial policies, with a call for democracy and equal rights for all citizens.
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Congress
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Alaska
Porto Rico
Panama Canal
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Oman
Cowboys at Wyoming Fair Contests Highlight State Fair
At Douglas State Fair starting September 20, 80th year, and through October 2, planned cowboy and cowpony events include roping bucking contests and cowgirl races. Judges aim to ensure fair competition, with entries limited to genuine cowboys and cowponies.
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Douglas
Wyo
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Treasury
Republican Daily Newspaper
Joseph Kini
Hawaiian Islands
Cheyenne
Kini
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Denver News
Philip Schaff
Florsheim
Hanan
J. E
Hyer
Dunlop
Shoe & Clothing CO
Wyoming Fair
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