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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1908
Page
2
Developments today make it appear certain that Taft will receive the solid Butler County delegation of eleven. The political move centers on local party alignment and voter sentiment shaping delegate selection.
Dayton dispatch reports the Montgomery County Republican committee moving to hold a February 1 primary with Taft aligned ballots. Foraker supporters threaten injunctions while the committee insists on clear designation of Taft and Foraker tickets, aiming to reveal each delegate’s stand before voting.
The Taft camp says Roosevelt's "square deal" policy will satisfy supporters and that the people can be trusted to seek a fair arrangement.
William H. Taft received enthusiastic indorsement for the Presidency at a Delaware County Republican gathering in Delaware Ohio. A slate of six delegates to the State Convention was pledged for Taft and every proposed candidate had to sign to support the Secretary of War before being listed. No dissent was voiced.
Trumbull County Republican Central Committee met and set a February 11 primary to elect State Convention delegates. Taft was endorsed for the Presidency with a county delegation led by W Aubrey Thomas. Warren Thomas of Warren was endorsed for Attorney General. David Todd Jr. of Youngstown has no opposition for Senator in the 23rd District.
The Pickaway Republican County Central and Executive Committees met in Circleville Ohio and endorsed Taft for President. Delegates and alternates were named to the State Convention February 11 and to the Congressional and Judicial conventions at Springfield and Portsmouth. Renick W Dunlap Festus Walters and J Warren Keifer were indorsed and instructed to vote for their nomination.
In WAVERLY Ohio on January 18 the Pike County Republican Central Committee adopted a resolution endorsing the Secretary of War for the Presidency. The meeting called a county primary and ratified the selection of delegates to district conventions held December 14.
Union County Central and Executive Committees met in Marysville and voted to hold the primary per State call. Taft for President and Edward M. Fullington for State Auditor and William T. Hoopes for Congress were unanimously endorsed. Six Taft delegates named by Fullington were backed. Congressional convention delegates to be chosen February 15.
Morrow County Republicans rally support in Gilead Ohio as a special dispatch reports Taft era politics. The brief item notes party activity and local organization efforts. The text mentions Taft era alignment and county level enthusiasm.
Delegates to the state convention include M. W. Spear George Crawford Frank Shaw and Homer Sayers. The slate endorses W. H. Taft for president An drew Harris for governor Smith W Burnett for attorney general and J A Snyder for state school commissioner.
In January a meeting approved February 11 as the delegate aid date and left details to officers. Preparations covered upcoming Congressional and Judicial Conventions. While Taft endorsement was not formal, the session was harmonious and aimed at selecting delegates to support General Keifer for a third term. The convention is expected in March in this city pending the call.
The Hardin County Republican Central and Executive Committee endorsed Taft for President and Frank B. Willis of Hardin County for Congress in the Eighth District. They approved statewide primary calls but limited Hardin primaries to February 11 per precinct to avoid taxpayer expense, with Foraker supporters voting for harmony.
The Scioto County Republican General Committee in Portsmouth endorsed William H. Taft for the Presidency, Henry T. Bannon for Congress, Andrew L. Harris for Governor, and Festus Walters for Circuit Judge. Bannon’s endorsement was read by Philo Clarke, Taft's local leader.
Guerney County Republicans approve a Taft ticket with petitions in circulation. Hocking, Allen, Greene, and Holmes counties also call primaries with various endorsements and non endorsements. Taft for President Harris for Governor Albert Douglas for Congress S Bright for Lieutenant Governor noted.
The Republican Central Committee of Vinton County met at M'Arthur Ohio and urged a February 11 primary. A Taft Club rally at the opera house featured Judge E D Sayre of Athens, and the committee endorsed Albert Douglass for renomination.
Gallia County Republican Central Committee met and, by unanimous vote, agreed to follow the State Committee call for a February 11 primary. No presidential endorsement was made.
The Republican Central and Executive Committees of Putnam County endorsed William H. Taft for President and William Kirtley Jr of Defiance for the State Board of Public Works to succeed himself. Dr. A Dray of Kalida was chosen as a delegate to the National Convention in Chicago. The meeting was harmonious.
In West Union Ohio on January 18 the Adams County Republican Committee called for a primary and to select delegates to the State convention per the State Committee call. No endorsement of Taft or Foraker was made and delegates were uninstructed. H. H. Mechlin was endorsed for Congress, C. F. McCoy for State Senator.
In Zanesville Ohio Muskingum County Republicans endorsed Taft for president after pressuring a Foraker faction. The committee also backed General R B Brown for Congress and approved selecting delegates to the Republican State convention favorable to Taft with a February 1 filing deadline.
Darke County Republican Central Committee meets in Greenville and unanimously agrees to follow the State committee call for primaries on February 11 to select delegates to state and district conventions. Forty of forty nine committeemen attend and endorse J. C. Rosser of Sidney for State Treasurer with no endorsement for President.
The Smith Congressional Committee of the Sixth District authorized Chairman M. A. Broadstone to issue a convention call for February 25 in Xenia after failing to gain support from the Hildebrant committee for harmony. The Hildebrant faction has not set a date for its convention.
Summit County Republican Central Committee approved primaries on February 11 to choose state delegates and congressional delegates. Judge N D Tibball of Akron was re endorsed for Congress and the 1907 Taft endorsement reaffirmed with few dissenters. Dick faction opposition remained minor.
The County Central Committee ordered State and county primaries for February 11 but postponed naming a Taft delegate slate. A mass convention plan to select pledged Taft men was dropped to avoid capture by Fora ker men. Likely Taft slate to be named Monday by committee with known Taft allies.
Eighteen of twenty nine Jackson County Central Committee members back Joseph C. Lutz for Congress. They urge Edwin Jones Taft faction to meet but Taft men refuse. Foraker forces seek to rescind Saturday’s actions on delegate selection and Feb primary date, shifting it to March 11 while Jones supporters keep the original Feb 11 county primary.
The Republican State Central Committee voted to hold a state convention in Sacramento on May 14 to select delegates for the Republican National Convention. County Committees will run unofficial primaries on May 2 to gauge voter preference for a presidential candidate, with delegates instructed to back the top vote-getter. The move replaces a Taft endorsement resolution.
A new type of schoolmaid aged around 14 has been used to cover for absent teachers in Chicago. Privileged pupils supervise classes to prevent idle time as substitutes are scarce, keeping the standard timetable in many rooms.
In Knoxville on January 18 Captain John M. Brooks a Democrat won the mayor's race. John Flenniken heads the Board of Public Works with William Brake Bill and R. B. Ragsdale as associate members from the Citizens Reform party which maintains control of police and fire departments. Temperance enforcement was the key issue amid a bitter campaign and reformers claim seven of eleven aldermen support temperance. The vote was quiet despite the fierce contest.
The Mexican-American Line steamer City of Mexico arrives at Vera Cruz after departing New Orleans January 9 with a large passenger list. A gulf storm delayed her. all on board are reported well.
In Mt Vernon Ohio on January 18 Edward Colgin 21 a popular local figure fell headfirst from a fourteen to fifteen foot descent at Miller's Hall Brandon four miles south of town during a dance. He died from the fall after landing on his head while among the twelve guests present.
The Baltimore & Ohio River Division was tied up eight hours by a wreck eight miles east of Gallipolis Ohio. The tender of an express train jumped the track while traveling at high speed. Passengers were uninjured but severely shaken.
Marie Bernardo, a Cleveland girl who killed her sweetheart when he forced entry, was moved from the Ohio Penitentiary to Mt. Carmel Hospital today to await the birth of her child. She will be returned to serve a life sentence afterward.
A Janesville Wisconsin blaze completely destroyed the Julius Marquessee Warehouse and damaged tobacco worth more than 200000 dollars. The fire’s origin is listed as mysterious and the building’s one side burned away before firefighters arrived.
The torpedo boat flotilla bound for the Pacific may skip Buenos Ayres and Montevideo. The plan now favors a direct Rio Janeiro to Sandy Point run to test endurance and to rejoin the battleship fleet through the Straits of Magellan. Admiral Evans has discretion to alter the itinerary as needed.
The Interstate Commerce Commission upheld a Bovaird Supply Co. verdict against Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway on long and short haul rates. The decision explains why lower rates for shorter hauls are not automatically justified and outlines criteria for when dissimilar circumstances merit higher charges for shorter hauls.
A new lightship of No. 88 class, cost 60000 dollars, ready at Tompkinsville to voyage 15000 miles to Blunt's Reef off Eureka California. With a crew of twenty and coal use of eight tons per day she is to travel under her own steam and complete the trip in about 100 days in Evans fleet's wake.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans praised Brazil's government and people for their reception of the American fleet in Rio de Janeiro. He, troubled by rheumatism, still looks to press on to Punta Arenas and Magellan Strait, confident in smooth passage with the fleet in formation. A race between Minnesota and Louisiana cutters drew hefty bets, while Paymaster Doherty was acquitted and midshipman Roberts was injured aboard Hopkins.
About 100 unemployed men gathered at Jacobs' Hall in Hamilton to hear Nicholas Klein of Cincinnati. A resolution was adopted urging the city to employ the men on public improvements, while local Socialists denied any involvement.
Under guard of the National Guardsmen with a Gatling gun and special police the tobacco warehouses concluded another enormous week of sales. The week’s loose leaf Burley tobacco totaled 1,769,265 pounds bringing $186,425.81 in payments.
The 1906 pooled crop of tobacco in Webster County was sold to English buyers. The crop will be shipped from Madisonville to New Orleans and then Liverpool. The purchase totals $25 hogs heads and will form a sixty car train.
Four children, Sadie Kinley 12 Renie Kinley 11 Charlottes Kinley 8 and Roy Stokes 13, drowned skating on the Wharton Coal and Coke reservoir at Coral near Indiana Pennsylvania. A separate incident in Newark New Jersey involved three boys Gustav Hartman 9 Louis Hartman 9 Leo Smith 10 drowning after the ice broke on Kirgschgessner's pond. Edward Rowle 10 survived.
In Kentucky's Fleming County a tacit accord ends pool disruptions as independent buyers regroup. Thomas J. Daugherty, who lost his Bath County warehouse to night riders, leases Young Warehouse in Bwing and will start receiving tobacco Monday. The area remains peaceful with a mood to maintain it.
S Littletton Herd, 65, a well known Christian County farmer, was found dead today in a field near Hopkinsville after being missing since Thursday. Neighbors searched the countryside. authorities believe he wandered into the field and froze to death. He leaves a widow and seven children.
Isaac N. Hascall former acting Governor of Nebraska dies at 77 in Omaha after paralysis attack. John I. Handley Fraternal Union of America official dies at 74 in Denver from appendicitis. Sir John Lawson Walton Parliament member and Attorney General of the Southern Division of Leinster dies in London at age 71. Charles H. Sawyer former New Hampshire governor dies in Dover. longtime owner of Sawyer Woolen Mills and later part of American Woolen Company.
A Michigan woman describes years of stomach trouble and malnutrition ending after trying predigested food. After a doctor suggested Grape-Nuts with milk, she reports no pain and a five week gain of twenty five pounds, crediting the cereal with restoring health and strength.
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