Massachusetts Pressured Over National Convention Deliberations
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts discussed state sentiments with the President and said many constituents favor art instructions to guide the party platform. He notes a possible resolution of instructions may pass but predicts no firm outcome until the vote. He also says Massachusetts Republicans will support the party’s chosen nominee, likely Taft.
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New England
Gardner
Massachusetts
Dency
William H. Taft
West Virginia In Line Taft Delegation Seen In WV
Special Dispatch from Charleston reports attorney William Seymour Edwards says West Virginia’s Third District convention shows strong Taft support. He notes the district’s size, rail routes, and diverse economy as representative of the state’s GOP sentiment and predicts all WV delegates to Chicago will favor Taft.
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West Virginia
Commercial Tribune
Charleston
W. Va
William Seymour Edwards
Chicago
Edwards
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Kanawha
Elk
Greenbrier
New River
William H. Taft
Taft
Taft Committee in New York Defends Independence
Louis D. Hay, chairman of the New York Taft organization, declares the state group is independent of Washington and Ohio managers, formed from belief Taft is the best choice. He rejects Wall Street influence and notes bankers and business leaders favor Taft, Hughes, or others.
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New York
Louis Do. Hay
Taft Organization
New York State
Mr. Taft
Washington
Ohio
Taft
Tart
Taft Laughs at Manila Patch as No Condemnation Felt
Secretary Taft read the Manila dispatch in Chicago on April 4 and laughed heartily. He quipped that it was funny and satisfactory that the report did not condemn him.
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Chicago
Manila
Taft
Railroad Men Endorse Taft At West Virginia Meeting
Secretary Taft won endorsements from railroad unions at a Friday night gathering in Hinton West Virginia. Organizers say the show of support came from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the Order of Railway Conductors and the Order of Railroad Trainmen in the Chesapeake and Ohio rail hub.
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Indorse Taft
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Taft
Hinton
W. Va
A. I. Vorys
Taft National
Chesapeake & Ohio
Montana GOP endorses Taft for president at Chicago
The Montana Republican State Central Committee endorsed Secretary Taft for the presidential nomination. They also set a May 14 delegate convention in Butte to nominate delegates to the national convention.
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Helena
Mont
Taft
Chicago
Montana Republican State Central Committee
Butte
Taft in Chicago Outlines Trade Aims at Commercial Club
Secretary of War William H. Taft spent a second busy day in Chicago with receptions luncheons and speeches ending at the Commercial Club banquet. He avoided politics but touched on the Philippine tariff trade with China and a proposed steamship subsidy to link the U S West Coast with the Far East. He urged adequate salaries for diplomats and noted the canal’s impact on Asiatic trade and U S exports.
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Commercial Club
Chicago
William H. Taft
Commercial Club of
Congress Hotel
United States
China
Far East
Taft
Hamilton Club
Daughters of the American Revolution
Orient
Japan
Korea
Philippines
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Pacific
Germany
Taft Urges Tariff Reform and World Mission for U S
President Taft criticizes Philippine tariff policy and calls for expanded consular salaries and housing. He advocates embassies and consulates at key stations to broaden American representation and reduce aristocratic access. He also supports a ship subsidy to boost the merchant marine and foster Pacific trade with China and Japan.
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Japan
Germany
United States
Diplomatic Corps
Lawson's Yukon stock ad targets 12000 stockholders
Special Dispatch to Cotical Tribias Boston April 4. Thomas W. Lawson urges readers to study his Monday advertisement to learn about Yukon stock and the financiers who allegedly undermined it. He claims the ad reveals the heart of the stock exchange and Wall Street.
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Fair Finance
Heart of Stock Exchange
Wall Street
And
Systems
Boston
Mass
Stock Exchange
Yukon
Thomas W. Lawson
Nebraskans Explain Populist Walkout At St Louis Convention
The Nebraska delegation that halted the Populist National Convention in St Louis issued a press statement. They say old-time Populists were absent, parliamentary rules were ignored, and delegates from states hostile to corporation control manipulated apportionment. They accuse Independence League financiers and claim Nebraska holds the only legally constituted Populist party, ready to participate in a properly called convention.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
St. Louis
Independence League
Bryan
Watson
People’s Party
United States
Amusement ban may be lifted by New York Methodist Conference
At the New York Methodist Episcopal Conference the proposal to eliminate the admonition against amusements from church discipline advanced with support from Rev. W. H. Peters and others. The mood on adopting a faith statement was unfavorable and the amusements question was sent to Monday for action with many clerics backing the move to remove the paragraph. An ensuing debate is anticipated.
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New York Methodist Conference
New York
New York Methodist Episcopal Conference
W. H. Peters
Claverack
C. L. Goodsell
Calvary Church
City
Dr. MacMullen
C. H. Taylor
Prohibition Debate Cited From Eliot to Jefferson Davis
Louisville April 4. T M Gilmore president of the National Model License League cites President Eliot and other leaders to oppose prohibition. He quotes Eliot warning that prohibitory law harms courts and public respect while Lincoln Grant Adams Jefferson Davis and Jefferson warn that enforcement infringes liberty and self government.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
T. M. Gilmore
National Model License League
United States
Eliot
Harvard University
Davis
Jefferson Davis
Sires
Leech Named Public Printer in the Philippines
John H. Leech of Illinois is appointed Public Printer in the Philippines by President Roosevelt succeeding Stillings. Leech, Bloomington resident, has served at the Government Printing Office since 1889 and is praised as an organizer and administrator by Insular Bureau reports. He is noted as a union man with an honorary suspension enabling his new post.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
U. S. Grant
Washington
John 8. Leech
Illinois
Philippines
Leech
Stillings
Bloomington
Government Printing Office
Insular
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Philippine Post
Palmer
Aseer Eae
Cable
Setitenents Et Pre
Harbin and Manchuria Crisis Drives U S Tensions
The article describes American consular actions in Manchuria provoking Russia and Japan, with Washington blamed for meddling as China faces debates over Harbin municipality and railway policies. It notes ongoing parliamentary obstruction in Congress over district funding and foreign policy battles.
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Russia
Fisher
China
Peking
United States
Harbin
Japan
Washington
Manchuria
Indiana county goes dry saloons shut in Clay County
A mass petition filed in Brazil Indiana on April 4 lists nearly all township voters in Clay County backing prohibition. With licenses expiring within a month forty six saloons will be closed and out of business.
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Brazil
Ind
Clay County
House adjourns after procedural delays on district bill
The session featured dilatory appeals and floor denouncements as Sulzer and Dalzell clashed on points of order. Democrats used pro forma amendments to seek explanations and forced divisions and tellers votes, delaying action on the District of Columbia bill until after adjournment at 5 36 p m.
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Sulzer
Dalzell
Vreeland
New York
Gardner
District of Columbia
House
Four Shot in Fight Near Nag Arizona
Jeff Kidder wounded and dying in a Mexican jail across from Douglas while three Mexican policemen are lightly wounded after an early morning confrontation. Kidder reportedly fired on officers when called to intervene in a quarrel with a Mexican woman.
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Douglas
Ariz
Jeff Kidder
Kidder
New Country Club Planned for Hamilton Area
Hamilton reports a new country club to be formed with strong support from city leaders. The club will be built on either the Morey estate near the reservoir or in Oak Park on Wilson Hill, with a large membership already secured.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Morey Estate
Hamilton Reservoir
Oak Park
Wilson Hill
Obituary notices for Moravian bishop and railway official
Obituary notices report Bishop J Mortimer Levering of the Moravian Church in the North Province died suddenly of heart failure in Bethlehem Pa He also notes Col William Murray longtime railroad executive died in New Orleans and Melissa Millikan Johnson wife of Frank Johnson VP of The People s and Drevers Bank died in Washington DC The notices give brief biographical details and funeral plans
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J. Mortimer Levering
Conference of the
North Province
Moravian Church of America
Bethlehem
William Murray
New Orleans
Colonel Murray
Illinois Central Railroad
England
Melissa Millikan Johnson
Conran
Elizabeth Rawlings Millikan
Frank Johnson
People’s and Drevers’ Bank
Washington
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