Champ Clark Choice Wyoming for President at Democratic Meet
Eighty eight Wyoming delegates gathered in Cheyenne for the Democratic state convention and loudly backed Champ Clark for president. The gathering, intense from start to finish, saw orderly seating of delegates and a push to establish rules, with C L Rigdon named permanent chairman and Fred L. Thompson permanent secretary. The convention then moved to nominate a national committeeman, with proceedings continuing to page 2.
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Plains
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
United States
Missouri
Keefe Hall
Publicity Smoker By Club Tonight
The Cheyenne Industrial Club hosts a smoker tonight for delegates at the State Publicity Association meeting. All attendees are invited to the club house at Seventeenth and Central Avenue. Industrial Club members are asked to attend without further notice.
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Cheyenne Industrial Club
State Publicity Association
Seventeenth and
Central Avenue
Industrial Club
Taft Endorsed as Wyoming Delegates Picked at Keefe Hall
At Keefe hall yesterday afternoon Republican delegates chose Taft as their national convention choice. The steam roller method produced a smooth result with Warren Mondell and other Wyoming representatives praised, while Teddyites were left with little chance. Ten delegates were named for Chicago with several alternates elected and George E. Pexton chosen as national committeeman.
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Keefe Hall
Pat
Patter
Taft
Warren
Mondell
Wyoming
Wyoming Political Delegates and Officials List
The document lists Elections National Committeeman John Osborne of Carbon county and delegates to the National Convention from Albany Converse Crook Laramie Sheridan Uinta and other counties. Alternates include Beck Reid Hackney Jordan Taliaferro Decker. Presidential electors are Brook Thompson Kinney. Temporary and permanent officers named W L Simpson Fred L Thompson C L Rigdon.
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Ff. EK. Warren
C.D. Clark
If. W. Mondell
Patrick Sullivan
Natron County
W. Woo Tunties
Sheridan Counts
W. L.walls
Park County
Iton
M., Brown
Albany
Willian Daley
Carbon
Hoyt
Longwor Hy
Daley
John &. Osborne
Carbon County
A. N. Hasenkamp
Albany County
James KE. Mayea
Converse County
Roy Montgomery
Crook County
John D. Clark
Laramie County
B. F. Perkins
Sheridan County
P. J. Quealey
Uinta County
George T. Beck
William Reid
R. B. Hackney
Weston County
J. L. Jordan
Taliaferro
Sweetwater County
C. L. Decker
Albert L. Brook
Johnson County
John Charles Thompson
Peter Kinney
W. L. Simpson
Fred L Thompson
Fremont County
C. L. Rigdon
Fred L. Thompson
Johnson grills Pres Taft in California campaign
California primary scene as Governor Johnson reopens attack on Panama Pacific Exposition spending. He claims five thousand dollars funded a private car for Secretary Knox during a recent visit and says expenses for a distinguished guest are acceptable only when justified.
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San Francisco
Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Knox
Wyoming Democrats Demand Just Land Laws and Espionage End
The Wyoming Democratic platform denounces federal land policy and what it calls espionage by the Interior Department to hinder home builders. It calls for rapid private ownership of public lands, a revenue tariff, direct election of senators, and adoption of the Oregon plan. The document expresses confidence in the party's record and urges broader support.
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Wyoming
United States
Law
Department of the Interior
Oregon
Sheriff Nab A Forker By Clever Forgery Case
Sheriff Roach and undersheriff Pat Hays arrested James Weaton on forgery charges after two counterfeit checks cashed by two saloon keepers led to a prompt identification. The forged signatures to M. P. Keefe passed through banks, and one check cleared without detection. Weaton, said to have a wife and children, resided at 406 East Seventeenth Street.
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Sheriff Roach
Pat Hays
James Weaton
Wile
Sheriff's Office
Thenly
John Astel
Wandther
William Fisher
M. P. Keefe
Uietime
Keefe
Oon
Weaton
Astel
Bae Sixteanth Street
Democratic convention aims to send Clark delegates to Baltimore
New Mexico reports Clark supporters confident as Democratic convention plans to elect delegates to the national convention in Baltimore. Wilson and Harmon backers seek to ally with uninstructed delegates at Hallimore.
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Clovis
N. M
Baltimore
Champ Clark
Clark
Wilson
Harmon
Hallimore
Dancing And Gaveling May Not Be Prohibited
Minneapolis May 14 The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church faces a vote on whether to overrule a previous ban on dating and card playing. The committee adopted the minority report urging the ban be left to individual conscience. Dr James Day of Syracuse University chaired the sub committee and announced the minority report. The committee debate was strenuous.
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Minneapolis
General Conference of the Method
Iat Cpiscopal Church
Dred
Su-Committee
James Day
Syracede University
Dhair- Man
Convention Opens with Hrooks as Temporary Chairman
The meeting began at 10 15 a m with ex governor Dr B Hrooks named temporary chairman Ralph Smith of Uinta County elected temporary secretary Committees on credentials rules order of business and resolutions chosen and sessions set to resume at 2 o'clock
Convention endorses Taft at national convention
The convention met in the afternoon and adopted resolutions endorsing Taft and instructing delegates to vote for him at the National Convention. Delegates and alternates were elected, presidential electors chosen, and a committee on land law questions was appointed. The session adjourned sine die.
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Ben Shelden
Fremont County
Orelock
Taft
Sheridan Downey Urges Delegates to Reflect Wyoming Will
Sheridan Downey addressed the Republican delegates denouncing the instruction to support Taft at Chicago. He argued delegates must reflect the will of Wyoming voters and primaries showing Theodore Roosevelt as preferred, while others push for Taft, asserting the convention faced defeat if Taft is chosen.
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Taft
Roosevelt
United States
Wiliam Howard Taft
Atate
William H. Traft
Volus
Theodore
Wyoming Convention Dictates Presidential Preference
The article reports Wyoming political tension as figures debate party leadership and voter will. It notes quotes about Roosevelt and Teddy and warnings that the convention could misread public will, with ten polls cited to gauge presidential leanings amid Republican and Democratic influence.
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