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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
2
Reported clashes over platform clauses for labor and injunction use as factions from Ohio Pennsylvania and New York back Knox and other candidates. McKinsey urges reapportionment while Buck pushes immigration plank amid fading committee interest and Tennessee and Texas seating decisions.
An advertisement touts Grape-Nuts as a natural food made from wheat and barley with phosphate of potash to restore strength and mental sharpness. A New York reader claims night-work fatigue eased after using the product and notes weight gain and better exertion.
Chicago June 11 National Committee contests fade as sectional fights emerge in Illinois and Ohio. Reports say A J Vorys may replace Myron T Herrick as Ohio member, though neither man would comment.
Chicago June 11 Preparations continue for a party convention reception as nondelegates arrive in smaller numbers than expected Senators Cullom predicts harmony and endorses strong federal administration support Tariff reform likely to be a campaign issue Knox and Fairbanks camps plan large cheering contingents with figures like George Ade among Indiana delegates Expected turnout remains uncertain as speeches and echoes are organized for the event
Reports say a recent foot injury may keep him from the convention hall as Foraker La Follette and Hughes camps plan large shows of support, though their exact plans remain secret.
A special New York train will depart at noon for Chicago carrying State Chairman Woodruff Representatives Parsons and Bennet Speaker Wadsworth and other delegates to the Republican National Convention. Woodruff forecasts Taft nomination and supports a potential Hughes vote as a complementary bid for Vice Presidential consideration. The delegation will not caucus until Monday when a chairman is chosen.
Chicago June 11. A labor conference of union leaders will open after Samuel Gompers arrives. The meeting aims to press the Republican convention to adopt an anti inj unction plank in its platform. Seth Low of New York may participate and Ralph Fasley confirms attendance.
N P Ramsey and Oscar Gale Harding delegates to the Republican National Convention lost their bid for the temporary roll and will appeal to the Committee on Credentials. They blame the loss on impressions of disloyalty to Secretary Taft. Harding plans to remain an independent candidate for Congress in the Third District.
Special Dispatch reports in Washington on June 11 that Secretary Taft halted before a hanging ladder during chandelier repairs in the War Department hall. After glancing at onlookers and noting the cramped space, he chose to walk beneath the ladder, eliciting chatter about superstition and presidential prospects.
Louisiana delegates meet at the Victoria Hotel in Chicago and re-elect Pearl Wright as National Committeeman. F B Williams is named Chairman and M C McFarland Secretary. They plan to caucus for state Credentials and Resolutions committees tomorrow. Mississippi caucus set at Grand Pacific Hotel. JL Mosely rumored sole rival.
Secretary of War Taft plans to travel to Cincinnati next Monday to receive news of the Chicago National convention. A National Committee subcommittee may also visit Cincinnati after Chicago’s adjournment to discuss selecting a National Chairman if Taft is nominated.
Salt Lake City June 11 delegates from Utah decide to support mining expert John Hays Hammond for the Republican vice presidential nomination. Senator George Sutherland announced the decision and sent Hammond a telegram informing him of the backing.
New York June 11 Union League Club meeting adopts resolution urging the Republican National Convention to include in its platform an expression of confidence in the integrity of the Federal and State judiciary.
Amusing sidelights from a pre convention event in Chicago detail Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis being greeted by H. Clay Evans of Mississippi and U S attorney Sims. Evans compliments Landis and his family while attendees note the weather and fashion near the hotel lobby.
The platform outlines a straightforward pledge to advance Roosevelt administration policies while remaining conservative. It highlights currency and banking reform, railroad rate law. anti injunc tion policy. postal savings banks debate. inland improvements. forest reserves. equal rights for Black and white voters. Civil War veterans' pensions. and corporate reform under Roosevelts era policy.
The Pompeian room offers a set of cocktails with political nicknames such as the Fairbanks special and Taft winner. Former Governor Henry Warmoth, aligned with Louisiana’s lily white delegation, vented frustration outside the Coliseum Annex about the current political scene and declined to comment beyond a sharp, censored remark.
Berlin reports claim Germany warned of a potential triple alliance with a threat of a mailed fist after King Edward and Emperor Nicholas met at Reval. Officials in Russia Britain and France seek pacific relations while Macedonia and Persia issues are discussed quietly.
Virginia convention instructs Kentucky representatives to vote as a unit for William J. Bryan. Delegates and electors named include James McCreary Ollie James J. C. W. Beckham and John Mayo. electors listed from major counties across the state.
Berlin reports deny any German attempt to forge a Briton Russia alliance as a threat of war. Officials unavailable late, press tone at Reval remains reserved while Nord Deutsche Zeitung notes monarchs privately aim to preserve world peace amid English and Russian cautions against war.
At the Democratic Senatorial Committee meeting in Hamilton Ohio on June 11 the party set a Lebanon July 1 convention. Delegates were apportioned Butler 34 Brown 15 Clermont 17 Warren 11 Judge J A Runyan of Warren County was chosen Chairman and Frank X Frebre of Brown Secretary. It is sure Huffman will be renomination despite Antisaloon League opposition.
The tenth annual convention in Philadelphia named Cleveland as the next meeting location. Officers elected for the coming year include President D. B. G. Rose of The Evening Post Louisville and Secretary Treasurer Joseph R. Taylor Grand Rapids Mich.
The document asserts peaceful foreign policy with Japan and pledges strict immigration limits and fraudulent naturalization controls. It reaffirms enforcement of the contract labor law rail way employee laws and the new employers liability act while defending workers’ rights alongside employers’ equal rights.
The Virginia State Democratic Convention in Roanoke elected at large delegates to the Denver national convention and adopted a Bryan platform. Senator John W. Daniel will join three other top delegates to vote for Bryan, with district reports split on instructed delegation.
David B. Hill, once a U S senator and longtime Democratic leader in New York, sails to Europe aboard the Baltic. He laments the demise of a unified Democratic party, recalls clashes with Altgeld, and predicts a 1908 political struggle between parties drawing from the masses. He praises John Johnson as a strong, people oriented candidate and criticizes Bryan’s control of the party.
Utah will add six delegates to the Bryan column tomorrow. Frank B. Stephens chosen as temporary Chairman of the State Democratic Convention. Meeting at the Salt Lake Theater at 11 o clock. No other presidential candidate considered. Denver instruction to Bryan will be a formality.
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