Harmon Opens Campaign With Tariff Speech
Democratic state campaign opened in Mansfield Ohio with five hours of speeches and a parade. Attendance was disappointing and enthusiasm was low though national figures like Bryan and Roosevelt drew some yells. Kern spoke about tariff injustices while Campbell tried to avoid criticizing Roosevelt and Taft.
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Commercial Tribune
Mansfield
Cincinnati
Cleveland
David Rockwell
Johnson
Bryan
Roosevelt
Finley
Sharpe
Harris
Pattison
Kern
Campbell
Taft
Foraker
Maryland
Central Park
Harmon
Sharp
Interior Department Revokes Pension Disbarment for A I Vorys
The Interior Department releases a letter by Secretary Bliss revoking the 1882 disbarment of A I Vorys of Lancaster Ohio from practice before the Pension Office. Vorys, then a law student, withheld pension money to benefit a claimant and later refunded $321.25.
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Washington
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Cornelius N. Bliss
A. I. Vorys
Ohio
Vorys
Taft
Bliss
Commissioner of Pensions
Lancaster
Pension Office
Pension Bureau
Garfield Answers Haskell Over Oil Land Leases
Secretary Garfield rebutted Governor Haskell’s charge that the Interior Department granted a pipeline franchise. He says the authorization was a land easement on Indian lands to build pipelines and not a state cross or private land occupation. The note details regulations under Hitchcock, payment to allottees, and equal treatment for all companies including Prairie Oil and Gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Garfield
C. N. Haskell
Interior Department
Prairie Oil and Gas Company of Oklahoma
Standard Oil Company
Department of the Interior
Haskell
State of
Oklahoma
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
United States Indian Agent
United States
Gulf Nor Texas Company
Jamey K. Jones
Arkansas
Democratic National Committee
T. Barnsdall
Pittsburg
Barnsdall
Roosevelt
Woodruff
Hisgen Links Resignations to Confession at Turner Hall
Thomas L Hisgen of the Independence party rallied a Kansas City crowd denouncing resignations by T C Dupont and Charles N Haskell as confessions. He attacked Bryan as well and blamed the Republican and Democratic parties for trust ties and misleading campaigns. He cited Dupont’s Taft campaign role and Haskell’s Democratic National Committee ties to Standard Oil.
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Kansas City
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence Party
Turner Hall
Hisgen
T. C. Dupont
Charles N. Haskell
Bryan
Haskell
Daniel Webster
Foraker
Hearst
Senator Foraker
Standard Oil Trust
Republican Party
Powder Trust
Sam
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Standard Oil Company
Frango German Clash at Tangier
In Tangier a clash occurred between French officials and German Consulate representatives over deserters from the French Foreign Legion. Deserters sought refuge at the German Consulate and attempted to flee by boat with German support. French gendarmes intervened, stopping the boat and detaining the deserters and a German trooper.
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Tangier
Casa Blanca
French Foreign Legion
Taft backs postal savings banks opposing bank deposit guarantees
Taft argues that guaranty of bank deposits is socialism and supports postal savings banks. He campaigned across Iowa and Minnesota delivering speeches at Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Faribault, St. Paul, and Minneapolis. He road tested public support with large audiences and noted speakers including Clapp and Tawney.
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Taft
Minneapolis
William H. Taft
Bryan
Iowa
Minnesota
Clapp
Davis
Stevens
Tawney
Steenerson
Jake Jacobson
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Waverly Junction
Albert Lea
Owatonna
Faribault
Northfield
Farmington
St. Paul
Hughes Declares Country Threatened By Schemers
New York September 26 Governor Charles Evans Hughes in accepting the Republican nomination at Brooklyn warned of national schemes threatening prosperity and called for honest purpose and prudent remedies. He praised Theodore Roosevelt and urged support for Taft while defending reform measures and key administrative acts. Secretary Garfield spoke at Prospect Hall with a warm reception and did not address Standard Oil matters.
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New York
Charles EB. Hughes
Brooklyn
Theodore Roosevelt
Executive Department
William Howard Taft
Public Service Commission
Garfield
Prospect Hall
Standard Oil
Prairie Gas and Oil Company
Oklahoma
Mr. Bryan
Hughes
Roosevelt
Hughes Election Fund
J. P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
William Nelson Cromwell
Bryan
Taft
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Washington, D._C
Haskell
Bryan Declares Haskell Case Needs Unbiased Court
Milwaukee dispatch reports William Jennings Bryan defending Governor Haskell against Roosevelt charges. Bryan criticizes trust ties and asserts Haskell’s election and constitution were legitimate despite Taft and Roosevelt campaigns.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Haskell
William Jennings Bryan
Madison
Roosevelt
Bryan
Oklahoma
Taft
Steel Trust
Taft defends middle bass trip and corporate ties
In a brief statement Judge Taft disputes Senator Foraker s charges. He explains he recommended Judge Doyle for a Northern Ohio judgeship, noting Doyle s corporate clients, and describes his Middle Bass visit as a club guest with paid private car and a boat courtesy from a club member not connected to the Glass Trust. He rejects implications of improper influence.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Taft
Senator Foraker
Doyle
Standard Oil Company
Taylor
Foraker
United States
Middle Bass
Lewis
Commodore Richardson
Glass Trust
Middle Ass Cli
Ohio
C. T. Lewis
Richardson
Harrison
McKinley
Cleveland
Keifer
Hot Springs
Toledo
Pullman Company
Ohio River
Middle Bass Club
Mr. Richardson
Jailbreak wife frees husband from Knoll County jail
Mrs. Sallie Richter, wearing her husband’s clothes, forced the jail bars with a crow bar at dawn and helped her husband escape. A posse pursues them as they fled to the mountains. Three other prisoners escaped. This marks Richter’s third jail release. He faces murder charges.
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Commercial Tribune
Whitesburg
Sallie Richter
Knoll County
Richter
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Bryaw
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Band
Jones
Says Haskell
Minneapolis Claims Plan
Des Moines
Cédar Rapids
Minneola
Twin Cities
Supreme Court
Taskell
Ernor
Says Trusts
National Organization
Mr. Haskell
Denver
National Committee
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