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Political clash and reform rhetoric in Stevens county politics
The piece contrasts Democratic and Republican policies on campaign finance and transparency. It notes Democrats banning corporate contributions above 10000 with public disclosure, previews county primary timelines, and defends the Examiner as a neutral Democratic paper. It surveys national politics, Roosevelt La Follette tensions, and looming Supreme Court vacancies shaping the 1908 election.
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Democratic National Committee
Republican Party
Stevens County
Examiner
Nation
Jones
Ankeny
East
Theodore Roosevelt
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Republican Congress
W. H. Taft
Sherman
New York
Robert la Follette
Republican National Committee
Bryan
Taft
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Melville W. Fuller
John M. Harlan
David J. Brewer
Rufus W. Peckham
Harlan
Supreme Bench
Supreme Court