Nomination Night at Colosseum as Wood Fails to Clinch
At the Republican National Convention in Chicago delegates endured ten hours of ballots and unrest as General Wood failed to reach the 180-vote margin on four ballots. Senator Lodge struggled to restore order while Governor Allen nominated Wood amid fans and feathered regalia.
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Alabama
Arizona
Mkansas
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William C. Sproul
Pennsylvania
Probable Convention Choices Narrow Around Coolidge Harding Hughes and Knox
Chicago June 12 At midnight convention leaders conference at a downtown hotel and other meetings across the city centered on possible nominees. Wood and Lowden camps weighed in while compromise offers circulated to Johnson headquarters. Several men including Harding Knox Hughes and Coolidge were viewed as qualified dark horses though no agreement was expected before tomorrow.
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Borah Declines Support For Lowden Or Wood In Convention
Idaho Senator Borah told Johnson delegates in Chicago that he will not back either Lowden or Wood. He warned the leading nominees would force the issue of corruption on the electorate and urged nominating Hiram Johnson as the best for party and country.
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Captain Marshall Field Wins Estate Fight in Chicago
A Chicago judge rules Captain Marshall Field is entitled to income from three fifths of his grandfather’s estate and the two fifths share of his brother Henry Field. Immediate possession is denied. Henry Field’s widow receives a widow’s dower. Henry Tony Marsh, an illegitimate child, is excluded. The case centers on the will’s 20th clause directing a trust until Captain Field turns 50.
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Charles M. Foell
Nancy Perkins Field-Tree
Henry An
Tony Marsh
Captain Field
Record Ballots at Republican Convention Reach New High
Voters set a record with the fourth ballot at the Chicago convention, marking the highest ballot count in 34 years. The piece notes past peaks in 1880 and 1884 and recalls candidates Garfield Harrison and Hughes, with three to four ballots used in historic nominations.
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Blaine
James A. Garfield
Hays
Amvyy Vygis
Harrison
Charles Evans Hughes
British Labor Delegates Report Soviet Russia Unfavorable
London June 1944 The first report by British labor delegates returning from Soviet Russia is broadly unfavorable to the Bolshevik regime. The dispatch notes hardship under the Soviet system and casts doubt on promised utopian plans. The delegates describe economic and political constraints observed during their visit.
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Russia
Labor to Back Democrats as Labor Platform Presses
Montreal June 11 The American Federation of Labor in session tonight prepared to offer labor support to the Democratic party in exchange for adoption of its platform. Leaders say Republicans ignored labor’s interests and a drastic action against the GOP is possible. Samuel Gompers and others led the talks while details remained undeclared and a labor party option was discussed.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
Samuel Gompers
Police Court Under Fire at Cheyenne Literary Club
Municipal problems dominate the Cheyenne meeting of the Young Men's Literary Club as members critique the police court and sewer bond failures. Lawyers in the group call out the court's conduct and demand a regular police magistrate, noting that GC. A. Swainson serves as judge without a jury and as city attorney in jury trials.
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Young Men’s Literary Club
GC. A. Swainson
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Four Ballots Fail to Name GOP Nominee at Convention
Chicago July 11 Republican National Convention fails to unite on a nominee after four ballots. Wood leads with 314.5 votes followed by Lowden 289 and Johnson 140.5 as the adjournment sets suspense for tomorrow morning with scattered votes and balance of power held by Johnson and La Follette.
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Bursting of Big Water Main Cycles North Cheyenne
North Cheyenne residents north of the city park faced water outages after a major main break near the old pump house. City officials including Engineer Arthur Parker and Water Commissioner Melnerney were on site overnight working to reduce pressure and repair the line. A water stream ran down Caplicl avenue as crews struggled to control the leak and restore service.
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