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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1908
Page
2
In South Carolina and Tennessee factions split at district meetings over presidential backing. Evans supporters in Tennessee endorsed Taft and Evans for VP with two delegates, while Brownlow adherents named other delegates. Alabama and West Virginia conventions split or prepared for Taft endorsement, with notable figures presiding or nominating.
Reports indicate no contests outside Hudson and Essex Counties. Secretary Taft may win about one third, or more, of New Jersey delegates to attend the state convention next Tuesday.
Jackson, April 28. Two state political gatherings will be in session here tomorrow the Republican state convention and the Democratic state executive committee meeting. Indications point to good attendance with Taft supporters dominant among Taft faction while a strong minority favors Senator Foraker in the Republican gathering.
ESURG Pennsylvania April 28 delegates to tomorrow's Republican State convention began arriving. Knox supporters expect a strong indorsement in the platform praising the President and Governor and noting party pledges kept. At large delegates likely include Governor Stuart, James Elverson, Charles A. Rook, and Robert P. Habgood.
In Riverhead L I a First Congressional District Republican convention named John J. Bartlett of Greenport and Smith Cox of Nassau as delegates to Chicago. They were instructed to nominate Governor Hughes for the Presidential nomination and the convention endorsed national and state Republican administrations.
Baltimore April 28 delegates to the Chicago convention were selected by the Republicans of Maryland's Second Congressional District. The delegates were not instructed.
In Shreveport on April 28 the black and tan faction of the Fourth Congressional District Republican party chose Dr. S. P. Brown and W. J. Walker as delegates to the National convention. The delegates are uninstructed. Both delegates and one alternate are Negroes.
At the First Republican District convention in Burlington Vermont on April 28 the sole notable action was tabling a resolution favoring Roosevelt's renomination. The State Committee met that night to set preliminaries for the State Convention. Charles F. Dana of Montpelier will chair the convention.
In Ackerman Mississippi the Fourth Congressional District Republicans met and held two conventions. Both passed resolutions endorsing President Roosevelt. Delegates who withdrew advised voting for Senator Foraker as the Presidential nominee.
In Washington DC on April 28, Henry H. Flather and Richard R. Horner were elected delegates to the Chicago Republican convention for the District of Columbia. Alternates named were William Tindall Jackson Murray and a second negro. Delegates were not instructed.
Secretary of War William H. Taft spent a few hours in New York delivering three talks. He spoke at the Waldorf Astoria to the New York State Branch of the American Red Cross, then at the Union Club dinner, and finally at Carnegie Hall about delays and the enforcement of laws. He left by midnight train for Washington.
A heated Senate session ends with bedlam as President Williams rules the amendments report as agreed. Senators Beatty Howe Mahaffey and Vanover clash, nearly provoking a fight before adjournment. Bills passed include restricting cocaine giveaways, funding for weak county schools, rifle range land, state park military use, steel ship investments, extended tax time, and a proposal to elect U S Senators by the people.
The Ohio House approved the Hypes bill to prevent educational institutions from selling degrees. Other actions included passing West’s bureau of vital statistics to register births and deaths, and amendments about reporting voter deaths. The session also advanced a plan for a new Lima state hospital for noncriminal mentally ill and authorized a seven member mining conditions commission.
Governor Harris reappoints Turhand G. Hart and Frederick Thornhill to state boards while transferring George Fordyce to Massillon State Hospital. Other appointed trustees include W. S. Metcalf Athens State Hospital Frank H. Southard Zanesville Columbus State Hospital and more with reappointments to Ohio institutions. Long list notes Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home Board of Managers and State Library Commission. Explanations state Hart and Thornhill are new appointees and Fordyce moves from Cleveland to Massillon.
Secretary Taft told a Civic Forum audience that courts are not biased against the poor, but delays in judicial procedure harm poor litigants. He urged a rule limiting reversals to clear errors shown after full record review to curb reversals for technicalities.
In St Patrick's Cathedral New York a vast Catholic hierarchy gathered to thank God for a century of Catholicism in New York. Cardinal Gibbons led a Pontifical Mass with Cardinal Logue and Archbishop Farley present, as robed clergy and bishops processed. President Roosevelt sent congratulations while Cardinal Logue preached and Cardinal Gibbons spoke on immigrant faith and civic duty.
Prince Helie De Sagan and Mme Anna Gould plan to depart Naples for Rome tomorrow and have booked apartments at the Grand Hotel. One of Mme Goulds cars is sent to Nice and she is expected to spend a few days on the Riviera.
In New York on April 28 Selig Silverstein, the anarchist who tried to lob a bomb at policemen in Union Square and was wounded by its premature blast, died today. His companion perished in the blast.
In Alliance Nazareth resident Robert Bachman led a new healing band and killed Councilman Henry Smith's daughter May Irene during a late night religious frenzy. Bachman was arrested as his wife testified the child was killed by God and that her husband is God.
Judge Bigger in Franklin County Common Pleas Court largely made permanent a restraining order preventing the State Board of Agriculture from printing in its annual report the analysis results of fertilizers. The Smith Agricultural Chemical Company filed suit claiming the report would declare its product below standard and include other derogatory statements.
Local merchants testifying before Interstate Commerce Commission officials Clements and Clark claim that St Louis Cincinnati Nashville and other farther cities receive lower freight rates to Mobile and Pensacola than New Orleans. They say furniture soap paper supplies glass and paints and cotton goods pay 10 to 30 percent more in some cases.
In Winchester Kentucky the Circuit Court returned a verdict for the estate of Mrs Celia Banks against the C and O Railway for 5000 dollars. Mrs Banks died after being run over at the Main street crossing about a year ago and the fatal injuries led to her death.
In Columbus April 2 the Supreme Court overruled Willcox motion for leave to file a petition in error in William Willcox vs Ohio. Willcox, former Columbus electric light plant superintendent, is jailed for four years for defrauding the city via light pole purchases. Anna Hall of Cincinnati won a suit against her brother C W Hall in a civil estate dispute.
In Mason County a barn belonging to Joseph Yancy at Mays Lick containing twenty tons of hay and farming gear burned last night. Fifth tobacco barn fire in two weeks leads to arrest of a supposed ring member, William Washington, a half witted man, held amid threats of violence. Bloodhounds traced him to a bed and he was jailed. Liverpool tobacco firm buys 25,000 pounds pooled with the Society of Equity. No troop movements reported in the Blue Grass district.
Obituary notices report Col Myron H McCord longtime Nogales customs official and former Wisconsin congressman who helped shape Arizona politics died at 67 from Brights disease. Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger of Temple Emanuel San Francisco died in California at hotel Monte Del Monte. Price N Peniston aged 92 Jessamine County Kentucky died Wilmore with two daughters surviving.
The Senate today confirmed the nomination of Robert Harryson to be Postmaster at Indianapolis. Confirmation occurred on April 28 in Washington.
Washington reporters note that John Norris for the American Newspaper Publishers Association contends a paper mill cartel exists and prices are set independently of freight costs. He cites Concordant evidence from publishers and consular reports, while mills’ shutdowns and control by large buyers are described as collusion.
After a full day of fruitless talks the Southwestern Coal Operators Association and the United Mineworkers of America referred the dispute to a six member subcommittee from each side. The panel will reconvene tomorrow to resume negotiations.
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