Trust Ridden Party and Cleveland Letter Forgery Exposed
Chicago reports detail Ollie James asserting Bryan victory and attacking Republican forgery of ex president Cleveland. It cites railroad magnates Harriman and Cromwell funding and taft campaign woes with postal card welcomes and limited hall seating to curb labor crowd responses.
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Chicago
Ill
Ollie James
Kentucky
Denver
Bryan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kansas
Nebraska
James
Democratic
Mr. Bryan
Judge Taft
Cleveland
Republican Party
Mr. James
Grover Cleveland
Harriman
Standard Oil Company
Senator Foraker
Roosevelt
Standard Oil
Republican
Republican Campaign Fund
Wall Street
Nelson Cromwell
Roosevelt Party
Republican Campaign
DuPont
New York Times
Taft
Mahomet
Hot Springs
Brother Charlie
Cincinnati
Fred W. Upham
Republican National Committee
Wm. H. Taft
la Salle Street
L. 8S
Withdrawal of George R. Sheldon from New York ticket in 1902
The 1902 New York political clash over George R. Sheldon of the Republican National Committee saw Lt. Gov. Woodruff and Gov. Odell oppose his inclusion due to trusted ties with major trusts led by J Pierpont Morgan. After intense pressure, Sheldon was withdrawn, F W Higgins nominated, and Platt backed the change amid public cheers.
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New York
Times
Cleveland
New York Herald
New York World
New York Times
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
Bryan
Taft
Press Association
National Committee
George Ade
Indiana
George R. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
New York State
J. Pierpont Morgan
B. B. Odell
Odell
Timothy Woodruff
Sheldon
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Saratoga
Albany
Platt
F. W. Higgins
Gov. Woodruff
Public trust influence on legislation stirs voters
Analyzing Standard Oil letters the piece argues voters see trusts shaping national laws. It blames the Republican party for enacting pro trust tariff laws and claims Democrats lacked power to legislate for eleven years, urging a Bryan election to change the dynamic.
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Standard Oil Letters
Sherman
America
Bryan
Dawes Visit Stirs Wall Street and GOP Campaign Drive
A Sept. 19 dispatch notes Charles Dawes of Chicago shaped market unease by pressuring funds for the Republican congressional effort. Dawes warned Democrats could seize control. he met bankers and manufacturers, securing some money but falling short of hopes. The piece argues trusts influence Washington via the Republican Party and urges Bryan election.
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New York
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Wall Street
Dawes
Congress
Trusts Favor Taft Sheldon Official Fat Friar
A Chicago Special reports on George R. Sheldon as Republican National Committee treasurer with 21 directorships and large 1906 fund raising from major interests. It links Cromwell and Standard Oil figures to Sheldon and outlines other committee members tied to trusts and railroad and steel holdings.
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Standard Oil
Chicago
Taft
Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Republican Committee
George R. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
Sheldon
Nelson Cromwell
Great Corporation
Wall Street
Panama Canal Company
EK. H. Harriman
Standard Oil Company
Sugar Trust
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Cromwell
W. C. Sheldon & Co
Mr. Sheldon
American Locomotive Company
American Locomotive Automobile Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company
Detroit Edison Company
Electrical Securities Corporation
Laclede Gaslight Company
Locomotive and Machine Company of Montreal (Limited
Locomotive Security Company
Metropolitan Trust Company
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co
Milwaukee, Light, Heat and Traction Co
National Copper Bank
New Jersey Terminal Dock and Improvement Co
North American Co
Republic Steel & Iron Co
New Jersey
Rogers Locomotive Works
St. Louis Transit Co
Union Bag & Paper Co
Union Electric Light & Power Co
St. Louis
Locomotive Trust
J. Pierpont Morgan
Shipbuilding Trust
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Union League Club
Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie
New York State Republican Committee
National Committee
Levi P. Morgan
Wall
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Seeee
Chauncey M. Depew
Railroad
H.R. Hollins
Jacob H. Schiff
Harvey Fisk & Sons
Veerone Kuhn, Loeb & Co
J. & W. Seligman & Co
W. Schwab
Steel Trust
C. R. Mackey
Postal Telegraph Co
Eee
Tener
John W. Gates
W. E. Corey
Prest
U. S. Steel Gopde Scat Saarevasset
John Jacob Astor
Fred W. Upham
County Board of Review of Lands
West
Upham
Board of Review
Republican Fund
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
New York, New Haven Railroad Co
Brass Trust
Frank C. Lowden
Pullman Palace Car Co
BE. C. Duncan
Atlantic & North Carolina Railway
Seaboard Air Line
North Carolina
T. Coleman DuPont
Powder Trust
Rolse Penrose
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Roy 0. West
Republican State Committee
County Board of Equalization
Fred A. Sims
Indiana
State Tax Board
DuPont
Mr. Trooker
Bank Deposit Protection Sparks Legislative Debate
In February Mr. Bryan urged guaranteed deposits before the Ohio legislature. Former Governor Herrick followed with a reply opposing bank audit protection. Taft in his acceptance speech denounced the Denver platform plank for a national bank law, aligning with Herrick and opposing Bryan.
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Bryan
Ohio
Herrick
Uryan
Taft
Oklahoma
Joel Chandler Harris and the birth of Uncle Remus tales
Joel Chandler Harris then twenty, on the Atlanta Constitution, wrote a first Uncle Remus story at the editor's urging. He drew on plantation memories and Negro folklore to craft a vivid tale. The result launched his reputation and earned notice in Current Literature.
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Uncle Remus
Needlent
Joel Chadler Harris
Mr. Tarris
Atlanta Constitution
Sam W. Stoall
Fine
The
Constitution
Harris
Joel
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Grey
Crane
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Hitchcock
East
United States Senate
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Truste
Senator Crane
Woodruff
Chas. G. Dawes
Washington
Cornelius Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Edwin Gould
W. F. Havemeyer
BH. N. Duke
Tobacco Trust
D. O. Mills
H. M. Flagler
Standard
Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Trust
Henry Clews
Wall Street Ban
Joel Chandler Harris
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