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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
3
The letter from William J. Bryan defends campaign finance disclosure and attacks Roosevelt for suggesting secrecy. He rebuts charges tying him to trusts, argues for preelection funding transparency, and cites past funds and the need for voters to know funding sources.
William J. Bryan traveled through Iowa speaking at the baseball park in Rock Island and Davenport. He planned to campaign in Muscatine Washington Oskaloosa Knoxville and Albia before arriving in Lincoln at 1 50 Thursday afternoon with Adlai Stevenson and others awaiting him.
John W. Kern denounces President Roosevelt for pressuring the national campaign to name his own successor. Kern says Americans must choose representatives free from official influence, citing Arthur-Folger politics as a rebuke and criticizing civil service violations. He plans to travel to Saginaw and Lansing next.
Guthrie Oklahoma dispatch says Governor C N Haskell plans to sue William R Hearst in Missouri for alleged charges linking Haskell to an attempted bribe of Frank Monnett in connection with the Standard Oil case The suit will likely be filed in Kansas City with Haskell attorney H C Simrall of Mexico Missouri drafting the petition.
William J. Bryan addressed a large Boone crowd about Taft and the Republican platform. A heckler asked where Haskell fit in, and Bryan retorted that the man should attend to his own party, silencing the disruption as the audience reacted.
William J. Bryan urged Lincoln Democrats to take down his lithographs from store and home windows during William H. Taft's Lincoln visit. He asked for courteous treatment of Taft, citing the partisan fallout from the campaign. The request is transmitted by telegram from Bryan in Lincoln Nebraska.
Chicago September 29 Guthrie telegram claimed Assistant Treasurer J B Doolin would resign. John E Lamb acting for Chairman Mack ready denied the report and stated Doolin remains in his post.
Guthrie Okla Sept 29 Governor Haskell announced plans to visit Ohio next week and deliver campaign speeches on the depositors law. He will speak in his home state at the Putnam County Fair on October 5.
Cincinnati voters will receive explanations of upcoming constitutional amendments. A joint committee of the Business Men's Club Associated Organizations and the Chamber of Commerce will raise funds and print literature. The effort aims to counter indifference, with extensive Ohio coverage planned and a weekly meeting schedule leading to Election Day.
Taft presses tariff revision as Republican pledge while touring Nebraska nine or ten speeches. He argues for protective industry policy balanced against consumer interests. He defends golf as accessible for heavier men, replying to charges of aristocracy during a Lincoln stop.
The American Bankers Association trust company section votes against the bank deposit guarantee proposal and postal savings banks. Officers elected include A A Jackson as president and H P McIntosh as vice president. Clark Williams notes New York holds 20 percent of U S banking power and opposes guarantees.
Reports from Willemstad say President Castro refuses to meet Baron Seckendorff and will not accept the second Netherlands note. Castro argues the German minister only represents war and land interests and insists a Netherlands envoy handle the mediation between Caracas and The Hague.
In San Francisco on September 29 Judge Van Fleet refused to grant the injunction sought by Western Distilleries Company against Internal Revenue Collector Murter. The case challenged an order that distillery products be branded alcohol rather than spirits as before. A similar Ohio Circuit Court ruling was cited but not swing the decision.
A Danville Illinois rally drew thousands as four congressmen including James S Sherman voice support for Speaker Joseph Cannon. Longworth McKinley and Wilson spoke urging Cannon’s re election amid opposition from Methodist bishops over the Littlefield liquor bill.
Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock held talks with State Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff and New York County head Herbert Parsons. The two committees pledged cordial cooperation for the state campaign with the State Committee taking lead and the National Committee arranging prominent speakers. Finance for the state campaign will be jointly supported.
Indiana Senator A J Beveridge explained the Republican policy toward capital and labor and recounting legislation in the interests of the working classes delivered the second reply to Bryan in Terre Haute. An enthusiastic audience of more than 3000 greeted him.
A blaze gutted Jacob Margolis's notion store at 3943 Spring Grove Avenue last night after an alarm was raised. Firefighters arrived too late. damage estimated at 500 dollars and insured. The building is owned by Hogan Bros.
The Cline barn near Mason County Kentucky burned last night with livestock and tobacco losses. Edward Johnson, Kentucky Postmaster, collapsed dead from excitement at the scene. Night riders suspected as the cause amid a string of similar fires in the Gallipolis Ferry area.
Adjutant General Johnson arrived from Frankfort to assess Bracken County conditions and recommended withdrawing State Guards. The Beattyville unit of fifteen under Lieutenant Dixon will return home. twenty Cynthiana Guards remain on duty under Captain Terry.
Advices from Calhoun Baker and Miller Counties describe night rider raids destroying thirteen negro churches and schoolhouses from Kestner to New Salem. The district has seen a dynamited lodgeroom and multiple lynchings.
Charles Edward Davis was bound over to the District Court on a first degree murder charge in the shooting of Dr. Frederick Austin after five days of legal proceedings before Police Judge Crawford. Bail was set at 10000, posted by two of his brothers, with Davis under guard. Witness Abbie Rice, detained since the shooting, to be released on nominal bond. Her father to take her to Des Moines until the trial ends.
A meeting in a local club moved toward merging several commercial organizations in the city. Plans call for additional meetings to educate members on the plan's practicality and benefits. Advocates say consolidation would cut expenses and boost activity through bureau style work modeled after Chicago and Cleveland.
Yale professor Irving Fisher warned at the International Congress on Tuberculosis that 5,000,000 Americans are doomed without action, and that 138,000 annual deaths cost the nation over 1 billion dollars in direct losses. He framed the issue as a grave economic and public health crisis.
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