Foraker Denies Standard Oil Ties In Taft Era
Senator Foraker asserts he was never employed by Standard Oil after 1901 and that his actions against the company, including the Elkins law, show independence from corporate influence. He cites letters, court actions, and his stance on the rate bill and Brownsville affair to defend his record.
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Congress
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Elkins
Landis
Clapp
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Ohio
Becaue
Public Service
St. Louis
Jones
Arkansas
John D. Archbold
Hoar
Judiciary
Platt
Connecticut
Fairbanks
Nelson
Hearst
Broadway
Mr. Hearst
Ohio State Journal
Archbold
Columbus
Bryan
Mr. Taft
Brownsville
Taft
Foraker
Watt
Middle Bass
Toledo
C. T. Lewis
Doyle & Lewis
Virgil P. Kline
Republicans Choose Electors at New Jersey Convention
The Republican State Convention met in Trenton to nominate twelve presidential electors. United States Senator Kean presided as the event opened with the convention called to order and resolutions adopted amid reaffirmation of the party platform.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
United States
Kean
Convention adopts brief resolutions reaffirming Chicago platform
A committee headed by Congressman Gardner prepared brief resolutions reaffirming the Chicago platform. A separate resolution urged New Jersey Representatives to consider protection policies when revising the tariff. The convention, after selecting Presidential electors, unanimously adopted the resolutions and adjourned.
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Mittee
Gardner
Chicago
New Jersey
Congress
Kern Leaves for CIO Campaign Stops
John W. Kern completed a Baltimore stay studying the political scene and meeting leaders. He stated Maryland and Indiana are clearly Democratic and heads to Mansfield then Indianapolis to join family before speaking in Kalamazoo Michigan and Saginaw Michigan.
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Baltimore
John W. Kern
Maryland
Indiana
Alabama
Kern
Mansfield
Ohio City
Indianapolis
Kalamazoo
Mich
Saginaw
Democratic Nominations at Concord Convention
The Democratic State Convention in Concord nominated George H. Bingham of Manchester for Governor after a letter and telegram from Bingham refusing the post were read. Four Presidential Electors were chosen. Resolutions endorsed the Democratic National platform and called for abolition of the lobby and free pass, higher railroad taxes, direct election of Railroad Commissioners, direct primaries, publication of campaign contributions, and initiative and referendum.
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Concord
N. H
George H. Bingham
Manchester
Bingham
Roosevelt confident on political outlook after White House visit
General Felix Agnus of The Baltimore American met President Roosevelt who expressed strong confidence in the current political scene. He said Taft would carry more states than Theodore Roosevelt did in 1904. Agnus cited Maryland as likely giving Taft a large majority comparable to McKinley’s election margin.
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Senate
Taft
Cox
Harris
Ohio
Burton
Unu
Standard Oil
Doyle
Justice Moody
Robert W. Taylor
Judge Taft
Roosevelt
Republica Party
Brownsville
Washington
Felix Agnus
Baltimore American
White House
Agnus
Maryland
McKinley
House
Congress
Cholera Claims Lincoln Fritter in Manila
Kinnis Fritter received a Manila cable reporting his brother Lincoln Fritter died of cholera there. Once prominent in real estate and reputed a millionaire, he left Columbus years ago after business failures and vanished.
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Columbus
Kinnis
Postmaster Held Over in West Virginia
Washington reports the Postmaster General will not act on Sherman C. Denham the Clarksburg West Virginia postmaster charged with pernicious political activity until after the election. A successor was named but charges were reinvestigated amid intense factional feeling making reliable testimony unlikely.
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Washington
Sherman C. Denham
Clarksburg
W. Va
Denham
West Virginia
Post Office Department
Cabinet Holds First Full Meeting Since Summer Break
Washington reports the first Cabinet meeting since June. all members attended except Root. General Luke E. Wright attended as War Secretary for the first time, with discussion focusing on the political situation.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Root
Luke E. Wright
Mrs Taft Arrives in New York for Brief Stay
Mrs William H Taft has arrived from Cincinnati and stays at the Taft home in New York for about a week with her daughter Helen Taft who will soon go to Bryn Mawr College She plans to visit sons Robert at Yale and Charles at Watertown Connecticut and time her Cincinnati return with Judge Taft's arrival.
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New York
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Henry W. Taft
Helen Taft
Bryn Mawr College
Lucas Endorsed as Pension Examiner Nominee
Hamilton Ohio September 25 The Republican County Executive Committee endorsed Dr W A Lucas of Middletown for Pension Examiner and sent his name to Washington DC to succeed the late Dr J T McCready of Monroe.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Republican County Executive Committee
W. A. Lucas
Middletown
Pension
Washington, D. C
Lucas
J. T. McCready
Monroe
Debs Starts For East on Socialist Campaign Train
The Red Special bearing Eugene V. Debs began its Eastern tour from Chicago on September 25. The train, with Debs, other speakers and a brass band, arrived in Chicago after a 9,000 mile West and Northwest journey and then left for what is described as one of the longest campaign trips on record.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
True West
Mrs J Ellen Foster Named Head of Republican Women’s Dept
Mrs J Ellen Foster of Washington was appointed head of the Republican campaign’s women’s department. A Roosevelt White House visitor, she will direct efforts from New York to mobilize women for the ticket with two organizers from the New York headquarters, including Miss Helen Varick Boswell.
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Washington
J. Ellen Foster
Four Conventions Nominate Tickets For Ohio Race
The Republican convention nominates the incumbent Nicholas Longworth for Congress in Ohio's First District by acclamation. Longworth pledges to back Taft and to oppose tariff upheaval, while stressing progress in recent federal laws and river improvements for Cincinnati.
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Sixteenth Street N. W
Washington, DC
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Washington, D.C
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A. Oae Foraker
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Price
Nash
Hanna
Congress of
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Atlantic
Montreal
Providence
John H. Doyle
Standard Off
Republican Party
Wall Street
New Mexico
Arizona
Ohio General Assembly
Aaron Price
Athens
General Assembly
M. W. Hissey
Hunyadi
Janos
CIO
New Hampshire
Philippines
Will
DR. Lucas
Butler County
Republican Executive
Woman’s Department of
Republican Campaign
Longworth
Goebel
Nicholas Longworth
Galvin
National Republican Congressional Committee
Judge Littleford
House of Representatives
Committee On Ways and Means
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