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Chicago RNC crowds spur water culture over grandiose pleasures
Report notes that many delegates prefer water troughs and cheap entertainment to lavish city amenities at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. It cites heavy attendance by colored delegates and prohibition-era officeholders, with Taft expected to secure a majority and a large contingent of assistants at arms. The piece also covers Democratic preparations in Baltimore, possible bolt talk by Roosevelt supporters, and civil service pension pressure on the platform.
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Chicago
Prohibition
Roosevelt
Harvester Trust
John Callan O'Laughlin
National Committee
Taft
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Baltimore
O'Gorman
New York
Kern
Indiana
Ollie James
Kentucky
William Sulzer
Henry
Texas
James Hamilton Lewis
Lincoln
Nebr
Aldrich
J. C. Harpham
N. Merriam
Nebraska
E.L. King
Osceola
Gov. Aldrich
Friends
L. Roy Slater
Spokane
W. L. Johnson
Colville
Washington
Resolutions Committee
Roger C. Sullivan
Sullivan
Urey Woodson
Senator O'Gorman
William Jennings Bryan
Pennsylvania