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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1908
Page
1
A retrospective on the 1880 campaign showing Tammany Hall, GOP and Democratic maneuvering. Garfield won a close nomination after a protracted convention fight with Grant, Blaine, Conkling and Windom. Maine's September result reshaped control, prompting unity to stop a Republican collapse.
A vast Catholic procession through central London concludes the Eucharistic Congress. Cardinal Vannutelli led in scarlet, with cardinals and bishops following as crowds kneel and bless. Cardinal Gibbons delivers a sermon praising religious liberty and constitutional government as England’s future temple for God and country.
In Budafest on September 13, police faced Socialist disruptions during the Catholic Congress. Sworded officers restored order and fifty rioters were arrested amid the tension at the Eucharistic prison event.
London Sept 13 The Standard prints an interview with Prince Von Buelow German Chancellor at Norderney. He argues Germans fear attack due to geography and history, states Britain has not been invaded since William the Conqueror, and that Germany has not waged war in 37 years.
Taft’s first campaigning trip begins September 23 after a quiet Sunday at his brother’s residence. He attended Christ Church services in the morning and will visit Cincinnati, Lexington, Nashville, Chattanooga, St. Louis and Kansas City as part of a broad itinerary. A. I. Vorys telegraphed plans to stop in Columbus and Lancaster en route home.
An open switch on the Augusta street tracks caused a westbound C and O freight train to derail and smash into a pier of the C and O bridge near Smith. About a score of cars and the engine left the rails, the bridge suffered heavy damage, and traffic was halted pending investigation.
Franks, collector of Internal Revenue at Owensboro, visited Hopkinsville and planned to travel to Cadiz tomorrow to repeat a speech on the night rider question. He said he was threatened with bodily harm after his Princeton address and warned of being killed if he spoke again.
William Jennings Bryan denounces Sunday political speeches and declines to speak at Mountain Lake Park where 1200 residents gathered. He meets supporters, shakes hands, but no address or applause is allowed. he departs for Baltimore to continue his campaign schedule.
A breakfast table oil can exploded near a stove at John G. Resh’s Mason County home in Pomeroy Ohio area. One child died and Mr and Mrs Resh and three other children were severely burned with the house destroyed.
Reports from Chesterton Ind and Meadville Pa describe wrecks on the Chicago to New York routes. A collision near Chesterton injures over twenty with four to five killed. Erie Train No 4 derails near Geneva Pa injuring thirty four passengers and three railway workers.
Searchers found the bodies of Oliver West Oberlin Ohio and Elmer Smith Springfield Ohio in wreckage near Sandusky after a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern freight train wreck twelve miles east of town at midnight. Frank Sheridan Wheeling West Virginia was fatally hurt.
Anti Hughes Republicans gather in Saratoga New York as Secretary of State Root arrives and tempers race for the gubernatorial nomination. Chiefs fear factional jealousy could derail a united anti Hughes choice with Choate and Black also mentioned.
A public letter from Theodore Roosevelt praising William Howard Taft outlines a reformist vision and the need to pursue morally right policy over mere profits. Roosevelt endorses Taft as a steady reformer capable of moral leadership and pledges support from his experience in New York and the presidency.
Rochester N Y Sept 13. Democrats struggle to unify as many candidates for the gubernatorial nomination are considered ahead of the State Convention meeting Tuesday noon. State Chairman Williams J Connors remains the focal point, insisting the nomination will be chosen by delegates in the hall rather than a leaders' secret conference. Connors has named Lieutenant Governor Lewis as his personal choice.
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